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Bruce D. Sokler

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Bruce retired from Mintz in 2026. He was Chair of the firm's Antitrust Practice.

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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.

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Trump Administration Seeks Public Comments for AI Action Plan — AI: The Washington Report

February 12, 2025 | Article | By Bruce Sokler, Alexander Hecht, Christian Tamotsu Fjeld, Matthew Tikhonovsky

Read about a Request for Information (RFI) published by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, which seeks public comments on the development of the Trump administration’s AI Action Plan. 

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US Copyright Office Publishes Second Part of Report on AI Copyrightability — AI: The Washington Report

February 7, 2025 | Article | By Bruce Sokler, Michael Renaud, Scott Lashway, Matthew Tikhonovsky

Read about the second part of the United States Copyright Office’s report on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence, which focuses on the question of how AI affects copyrightability.

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DeepSeek’s Rise Creates Urgency and Uncertainty for President Trump’s AI Agenda — AI: The Washington Report

January 30, 2025 | Article | By Bruce Sokler, Alexander Hecht, Christian Tamotsu Fjeld, Matthew Tikhonovsky

Read about DeepSeek’s breakthrough and its potential impact on US AI policy 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. 

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President Trump Starts First Week with AI Executive Orders and Investments — AI: The Washington Report

January 24, 2025 | Article | By Bruce Sokler, Alexander Hecht, Christian Tamotsu Fjeld, Matthew Tikhonovsky

Read about the three significant actions on AI that President Trump in his first week in office 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.

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Out with a Bang: President Biden Ends Final Week in Office with Three AI Actions — AI: The Washington Report

January 17, 2025 | Article | By Bruce Sokler, Alexander Hecht, Christian Tamotsu Fjeld, Matthew Tikhonovsky

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FTC Announces 2025 Thresholds for HSR Act Filings and Interlocking Directorates Violations

January 14, 2025 | Alert | By Bruce Sokler, Robert Kidwell, Kristina Van Horn, Payton Thornton, Sherwet H. Witherington

Read about the FTC’s increased jurisdictional thresholds for notifications under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, the HSR Act filing fee schedule, and the interlocking directorate thresholds under Section 8 of the Clayton Act, which take effect 30 days after publication in the Federal Register.

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FTC Blog Outlines Factors for Companies to Consider About AI — AI: The Washington Report

January 10, 2025 | Article | By Bruce Sokler, Alexander Hecht, Christian Tamotsu Fjeld, Matthew Tikhonovsky

Read about the FTC’s outlined factors for AI development and deployment 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.

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Report on AI Copyright Issues Delayed, Trump Builds AI Team, and Other December AI Updates — AI: The Washington Report

January 3, 2025 | Article | By Bruce Sokler, Alexander Hecht, Christian Tamotsu Fjeld, Matthew Tikhonovsky

Read about AI-related developments from late December, including a delay in a report on AI copyright issues, the new defense law’s AI provisions, and the next Trump administration’s AI team.

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Congress Passes Defense Bill with AI Provisions — AI: The Washington Report

December 19, 2024 | Article | By Bruce Sokler, Alexander Hecht, Christian Tamotsu Fjeld, Matthew Tikhonovsky

Read about the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which includes a number of AI provisions 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.

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News & Press

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Thirteen Mintz attorneys have been named to Lawdragon’s 2025 “Leading Litigators in America.” The list honors the “best litigators the US has to offer – in antitrust, intellectual property, white collar and investigations, securities and corporate governance litigation, and a vast array of class actions, product liability and other complex civil litigation,” according to the publication. 

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Hospital Consolidation

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podcasts

Joe Miller and Bruce Sokler, Co-Chairs of Mintz's Antitrust Practice, discuss President Biden’s July 9 executive order, which called for a government-wide focus on antitrust competition issues and identified 72 initiatives across several industries.
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Events & Speaking

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2026

2026 AI Policy Outlook

The New England Council's Technology & Innovation Working Group

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2025
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2018

Antitrust in Healthcare

American Bar Association and American Health Lawyers Association

The Ritz-Carlton Arlington, VA

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Bruce D. Sokler

Member Emeritus