Fintech’s Fat Moment in Time

The legal world has always played fast and loose with the concept of time. Judges of course regularly rewrite history when rendering opinions about what a law means and then applying the consequences retroactively, sometimes unwinding acts that already occurred. (Many businesses are hopeful this very thing happens when SCOTUS delivers its opinion on IEEPA and tariffs.) Another example is...

The Unexpected AI Regulators

The axiom that legislators legislate and regulators regulate is typically applied to centers of government, like Washington D.C. or Brussels, where there can be a default instinct to create guardrails and restrictions whenever a new societal challenge is identified. But in a perceived accountability vacuum around artificial intelligence, states are seriously considering policies to get ahead of potential risks. California,...

The AI Moratorium

During 2025, lawmakers across the 50 states opened over 1,000 AI-related bills. Congress became justifiably worried that local lawmakers would go overboard, and came very close to passing an AI regulatory moratorium that would preclude states from weighing in. Many states pushed back firmly on this. On Dec. 11, the White House took matters into its own hands with an...

Quantum Policy (yes it’s a thing)

We think of AI as the most exciting and transformative technology of our time, and I wouldn’t argue with that. However, one of the less talked about aspects is the potential it has to bring viability to Quantum computing by (as I’ve been told) quickly finding and controlling for the random calculation errors that are inherent in the powerful technology....