North America: Technology

Two bodies of export regulations typically come to mind when we think of export controls: the Export Administration Regulations of the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security, and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations ...

The 2026 International Hotel Investment Forum EMEA revealed critical challenges facing the hospitality industry, from geopolitical tensions affecting Middle East markets to yield compression threatening profitability. Industry leaders grappled with how artificial intelligence will reshape booking channels and operations while maintaining the human touch that defines hospitality.

As AI agents begin to autonomously execute commercial transactions, a critical question emerges that precedes all others: will the platforms, merchants, and payment providers that control transaction infrastructure even allow these agents to participate? The architecture of access control is being built now, and it may determine the future of agentic commerce more than any legal doctrine.

Recent federal court decisions are challenging long-standing interpretations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act's consent requirements for pre-recorded calls to cell phones.

Through our Viewpoints series, Riveron experts share their opinions on current topics, business trends, and industry news.

Effective January 1, 2025, California law AB 2426 will require companies offering online-only digital goods to disclose that consumers are purchasing a limited-duration license...

An Executive Order directs the Attorney General to prioritize enforcement of federal criminal laws against AI-enabled cyberattacks, particularly focusing on identification fraud and authentication violations. Legal experts analyze how Section 1028's broad definitions of identification documents and authentication features provide powerful prosecutorial tools against autonomous AI threats, while examining implications for public-private cybersecurity partnerships.

Ankura's latest insights explore how organizations can transform data and analytics investments into actionable business value through decision intelligence, while addressing critical challenges in AI workforce readiness, cybersecurity threats, and regulatory compliance across multiple industries. The collection examines emerging opportunities in stablecoin regulation, healthcare data optimization, and procurement efficiency.

I hear some version of this from general counsel more often every year: they don't blindly trust their outside firm anymore, they verify it, the same way they verify every other vendor with access to their data. That shift catches a lot of firms off guard. Lawyers see themselves as trusted advisors, but procurement and legal ops teams see a law firm as one more party holding sensitive information. To them, that means proof, not just a handshake.

Tokenised risk financing is revolutionising the insurance industry by using blockchain technology to represent insurance risks as digital tokens that can be traded by investors. This digital transformation promises to make capital markets more accessible, improve liquidity, and reduce friction in transferring risk, though regulatory frameworks and industry standards are still evolving to accommodate this innovation.

Federal regulators have issued new guidance confirming that properly authenticated digital credentials, including mobile driver's licenses and verifiable digital credentials, may satisfy Customer Identification Program verification requirements under anti-money laundering rules.

If you have held or traded cryptocurrency or NFTs through a Canadian platform in the past several years, the Canada Revenue Agency may already have your account details, and you may not know it yet.