Alexander Hecht
ML Strategies - Executive Vice President & Director of Operations
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Alex is Executive Vice President & Director of Operations, ML Strategies, Washington, DC. He is an attorney with more than 10 years of senior-level experience in Congress and trade associations.
Alex assists clients with their legislative and regulatory needs on a wide range of issues, including health care, telecommunications, cybersecurity & privacy, the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), technology, energy, and federal procurement. Prior to joining ML Strategies, Alex served for over six years as chief counsel for Senator Olympia J. Snowe (R-ME) on the US Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship. He was the lead policy counsel for Senator Snowe on health insurance market reform, individual and employer-based insurance, ERISA, COBRA, HIPAA, and health care tax incentives. He worked on numerous bills, including the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2009, Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, Small Business Health Fairness Act, and Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) Act. He advocated for health care legislative and regulatory issues before Senate Finance, HELP, Commerce, and Homeland Security Committees, as well as the US Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Labor. Along with health care policy, he advised Senator Snowe on energy, financial services, innovation, and technology matters.
Alex is regarded as one of the leading congressional staff specialists on the regulatory process and how federal agencies promulgate rules and regulations. He has developed numerous bills and amendments reducing the regulatory compliance burden of business.
Prior to working on Capitol Hill, Alex was a legislative analyst, with a focus on health and environmental regulatory issues, at the National Multi Housing Council. He was also a research clerk at the Maryland Office of the Attorney General, studying Medicaid reimbursement and long-term health insurance planning. Alex was also the chief articles editor for the Houston Journal of Health Law & Policy at the University of Houston Law Center.
viewpoints
Congress Passes AI Deepfake Law, Trump Signs EO on AI Education — AI: The Washington Report
May 2, 2025 | Article | By Bruce Sokler, Alexander Hecht, Christian Tamotsu Fjeld, Matthew Tikhonovsky
Congress Passes AI Deepfake Law, Trump Signs EO on AI Education – AI: The Washington Report
House Select Committee Publishes Report on DeepSeek, as Commerce Imposes New AI Chip Export Restrictions — AI: The Washington Report
April 24, 2025 | Article | By Bruce Sokler, Alexander Hecht, Christian Tamotsu Fjeld, Matthew Tikhonovsky
In this week’s AI: The Washington Report, we unpick the details of the House Select Committee’s findings and analyze the restrictions places on Nvidia’s chip exports.
Commerce Department Investigates National Security of Semiconductors, and US Attorney Indicts AI CEO for Fraud — AI: The Washington Report
April 18, 2025 | Article | By Bruce Sokler, Alexander Hecht, Christian Tamotsu Fjeld, Matthew Tikhonovsky
Read about recent federal activity surrounding semiconductor imports, AI export controls, and the first AI-related fraud prosecution under the new administration in the latest edition of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and ML Strategies covering potential federal legislative, executive, and regulatory activities related to AI.
OMB Issues New Guidance for the Federal Government’s Use of AI, and President Trump Signs EO for AI Data Centers — AI: The Washington Report
April 11, 2025 | Article | By Bruce Sokler, Alexander Hecht, Christian Tamotsu Fjeld, Matthew Tikhonovsky
Read about the new OMB memoranda and Executive Order, and their implications for federal AI policy and infrastructure development in the latest edition of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and ML Strategies covering potential federal legislative, executive, and regulatory activities related to AI.
DOJ Reaffirms Stance on Algorithmic Price Fixing, While Federal Judge Dismisses Price Fixing Complaint Against Software Company — AI: The Washington Report
April 4, 2025 | Article | By Bruce Sokler, Alexander Hecht, Christian Tamotsu Fjeld, Matthew Tikhonovsky
Read about the DOJ’s latest filing, the implications of the recent court dismissal, and what these developments suggest about the evolving legal landscape for algorithmic pricing in the latest edition of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and ML Strategies covering potential federal legislative, executive, and regulatory activities related to AI.
DC Circuit Court Rules AI Cannot be Author of Copyrighted Work, and NIST Finalizes AI Report — AI: The Washington Report
March 28, 2025 | Article | By Bruce Sokler, Alexander Hecht, Christian Tamotsu Fjeld, Matthew Tikhonovsky
Read about DC Circuit’s reinforcement of the human authorship requirement under US copyright law and the NIST’s newly finalized guidance on mitigating adversarial attacks targeting AI systems in the latest edition of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and ML Strategies covering potential federal legislative, executive, and regulatory activities related to AI.
DOJ Scraps Proposal to Require Google to Sell AI Investments — AI: The Washington Report
March 14, 2025 | Article | By Bruce Sokler, Alexander Hecht, Matthew Tikhonovsky
Read about the DOJ’s revised proposed remedy in its antitrust case against Google that would require the company to provide advance notice of its transactions involving AI instead of divesting AI investments and forgoing future investments in AI companies.
Congress Holds Hearing on Energy and AI Data Centers — AI: The Washington Report
March 7, 2025 | Article | By Bruce Sokler, Alexander Hecht, Christian Tamotsu Fjeld, Matthew Tikhonovsky
Read about a March 5 hearing held by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce’s Subcommittee on Energy that featured testimony from experts about the growing demand for energy in the US, which they attributed partly to the rise in AI data centers.
Senate Passes AI Deepfake Bill, as Congress Considers AI Legislation — AI: The Washington Report
February 27, 2025 | Article | By Bruce Sokler, Alexander Hecht, Christian Tamotsu Fjeld, Matthew Tikhonovsky
Read about the 13 bills that have already been introduced in the 119th Congress in the latest edition of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and ML Strategies covering potential federal legislative, executive, and regulatory activities related to AI.
Vice President Vance Delivers Remarks at AI Summit, Overviews AI Priorities — AI: The Washington Report
February 20, 2025 | Article | By Bruce Sokler, Alexander Hecht, Christian Tamotsu Fjeld, Matthew Tikhonovsky
Read about Vice President JD Vance’s remarks at the AI Action Summit in Paris, France, on February 11, which focused on priorities for the Trump administration’s approach to AI, including ensuring that American AI technology is the gold standard globally and avoiding excessive AI regulations.
News & Press
JD Supra has recognized ten Mintz attorneys in its 2025 Readers’ Choice Awards. The awards recognize attorneys and firms whose articles on the JD Supra platform were most read by C-suite executives, in-house counsel, media, and other professionals during 2024.
ML Strategies Boss Steve Tocco Hands Over The Reins At Lobbying Shop
January 30, 2023
The Boston Globe covered the change in leadership structure of ML Strategies. The article highlights the promotion of Steven Baddour to Executive Vice President & Director of Operations in the Boston office.
Mintz Named Top Firm in Energy and Eleven Attorneys Featured in JD Supra’s 2017 Reader’s Choice Awards
March 20, 2017
ML Strategies Vice President of Government Relations to Speak at 2016 PACE TCPA Washington Summit
September 13, 2016
Telemedicine Momentum Picking up Steam as New Legislation Introduced in U.S. Senate
February 29, 2016
podcasts
Health Law Diagnosed – The 2024 Election and Health Care Policy
January 16, 2025 | Podcast | By Bridgette Keller, Alexander Hecht
Host Of Counsel Bridgette Keller is joined by Alex Hecht, ML Strategies Executive Vice President & Director of Operations, Washington, DC, as they dive into potential health care policy changes on the horizon following the 2024 election and what stakeholders can expect in 2025.
Events & Speaking
Telehealth Regulation & Enforcement: 2021 Year in Review & 2022 Outlook
Mintz & ML Strategies
Online Event
Telehealth: Keeping Up with the Fast-Moving Federal and State Regulatory Landscape During the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Health Care & Cybersecurity: A Powerful Combination
ML Strategies, 701 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Suite 900, Washington, DC 20004
ATA Annual Telemedicine Meeting and Trade Show
American Telemedicine Association
Minneapolis Convention Center, Minneapolis, MN
Recognition & Awards
JD Supra Readers’ Choice Award, Top Author – Artificial Intelligence, 2025
JD Supra Readers' Choice Awards: a Top Author on the Affordable Care Act (2016)
Champion of Small Business Innovation: "For Exemplary work on behalf of America's SBIR Community" - Presented by Small Business Technology Council and National Small Business Association (2012)
The Council for Excellence in Government: Cutting the Red Tape Excellence Award
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