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Former White House National Security Council Emerging Technologies Director and Special Advisor Matt Pearl Joins Jenner & Block

Jenner & Block is pleased to announce that Matt Pearl, former Director for Emerging Technologies and Special Advisor to the Deputy National Security Advisor at the White House National Security Council (NSC), has joined the firm as Of Counsel in the Washington, DC office. Matt will be a member of the Communications, Internet, and Technology Practice and the Critical and Emerging Technologies Practice....READ MORE

Trump Administration Issues Executive Order in Attempt to Preempt State AI Laws

Yesterday the Trump Administration issued an Executive Order (EO), “Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence,” that directs the Department of Justice, the Department of Commerce, the Federal Communications Commission, the Federal Trade Commission, and other agencies to take action to preempt State AI laws....READ MORE

White House Narrows and Refocuses Biden Executive Order on Strengthening Federal Cybersecurity

On June 6, 2025, President Donald J. Trump signed a new executive order on “Sustaining Select Efforts to Strengthen the Nation’s Cybersecurity and Amending Executive Order 13694 and Executive Order 14144”1 (“Trump Cyber EO”), which significantly narrows the scope and ambition of a Biden administration executive order focused on raising federal cybersecurity standards among federal vendors. However, the order retains certain key provisions raising internal cybersecurity standards within federal a...READ MORE