Founders Does Your Startup Have a National Security Data Problem? The DSP Compliance Checklist Founders Are Missing Your privacy program does not cover the DOJ Data Security Program. Since October 2025, the DSP and PADFAA restrict which vendors, investors, and engineers can access your users' data based on ties to Countries of Concern. Here is how to find your exposure.
In-House Counsel The EU AI Act's Big Deadline Just Moved to 2027 — What US Founders and In-House Counsel Should Actually Do Now The EU AI Act's high-risk deadline slipped from August 2026 to December 2027 under the Digital Omnibus. But several obligations did NOT move, and US companies are squarely in scope. Here's what changed, what didn't, and what to do with the runway.
Game Studios The EU Digital Services Act for Indie Game Studios: What Applies to You The EU's Digital Services Act applies to US game studios selling to European players — and it's been in force since February 2024. Here's how to figure out which obligations apply to your studio and what to do about them.
Game Studios Loot Box Laws by Jurisdiction: What Indie Game Studios Must Know Loot box regulation varies dramatically by jurisdiction — from criminal penalties in Belgium to mandatory probability disclosure in Korea to FTC enforcement in the US. Here's how indie studios should structure their mechanics and compliance before launching globally.
Hardware Founders Semiconductor Export Controls: What Engineers and Hardware Founders Need to Know About the EAR The EAR reaches inside US chip labs, R&D teams, and employee rosters. ECCNs, the deemed export rule, Entity List obligations, October 2022 China chip rules, and a practical compliance checklist for semiconductor engineers and hardware founders.
Health Tech Telehealth Across State Lines: What Digital Health Founders Need to Know Before Expanding Expanding your telehealth platform across state lines triggers licensing, privacy, and prescribing obligations in every state where your patients are located. This guide maps the federal framework, state licensing compacts, state privacy laws, and DEA controlled substance rules.
AI Law Parallel Pipelines: Why the Strictest-Rule Strategy No Longer Works for AI GDPR-as-baseline worked for privacy because regimes shared a substrate. AI regimes don't — TRAIGA intent, EU AI Act risk-class, Colorado discrimination, NYC LL 144 audit, AB 2013 disclosure. Build modular NIST + ISO 42001 spine; layer overlays.
