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Join us as Hill Wellford and Mike Scarborough offer insights on antitrust developments affecting the technology industry.

Driven by the demand for AI-ready cloud infrastructure, the market cap for global data center construction, currently valued at more than $250 billion, is set to double in less than ten years, reaching half a trillion dollars by 2034.

On January 13, 2025, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (“Texas AG”) filed the first-ever enforcement action under the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act (“TDPSA”) against insurance company Allstate and its subsidiary, Arity (collectively, “Defendants”).

On November 7, 2024, the Transportation Security Administration (the “TSA”) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the “Proposed Rule”) that would mandate cyber risk management (“CRM”) and reporting requirements for certain surface transportation owners and operators, including certain pipeline, freight railroad, passenger railroad, rail transit, and over-the-road bus owners and operators.

On January 13, 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) issued its Framework for Artificial Intelligence Diffusion, an Interim Final Rule revising the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”) to expand controls on advanced computing integrated circuits, commonly called microchips (“ICs”) and impose new licensing requirements for artificial intelligence (“AI”) model weights (the “AI Diffusion Rule”).

On January 14, 2025, President Joe Biden issued an executive order aimed at advancing U.S. leadership in AI infrastructure (the “Order”).

The incoming Trump administration is expected to make several policy changes likely to impact tech transactions. President-elect Donald Trump has promised to reduce regulation and cut federal bureaucracy, which he says have suppressed innovation, increased the cost of goods, and caused jobs to shift oversees.

As generative AI technology becomes increasingly integrated into the legal profession, in-house counsel face a range of new considerations.

This insightful webinar on generative AI considerations for legal departments, featured Francisco Morales Barrón, a partner in our Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity practice group.

Welcome to Vinson & Elkins’ Securities and ESG Updates.

The energy industry is experiencing massive transformation as incentives grow to invest in green technologies.

Many companies are considering or currently engaging in acquisitions or investments in startups and established providers of artificial intelligence (“AI”) technology.