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Bruce D. Sokler

Member Emeritus

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

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The FTC and Department of Justice Antitrust Division have withdrawn the Antitrust Guidelines for Collaborations Among Competitors, which were originally issued in April 2000.

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Trump Taps David Sacks as AI and Crypto Czar — AI: The Washington Report

December 12, 2024 | Article | By Bruce Sokler, Alexander Hecht, Christian Tamotsu Fjeld, Matthew Tikhonovsky

Read about David Sacks’ appointment to “White House AI & Crypto Czar” by incoming President Donald Trump 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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Senators Hold Hearing on AI Fraud and Scams, Vow to Pass AI Bills in Coming Weeks — AI: The Washington Report

November 22, 2024 | Article | By Bruce Sokler, Alexander Hecht, Christian Tamotsu Fjeld, Matthew Tikhonovsky

Read about the Senate Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security hearing on “Protecting Consumers from Artificial Intelligence Enabled Fraud and Scams” 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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AI Under a Second Trump Administration — AI: The Washington Report

November 14, 2024 | Article | By Bruce Sokler, Alexander Hecht, Christian Tamotsu Fjeld, Matthew Tikhonovsky

Read about the AI priorities and policies that Trump is likely to pursue during his second term as president 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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Federal Agencies Take Action on AI One Year After AI Executive Order — AI: The Washington Report

November 7, 2024 | Article | By Bruce Sokler, Alexander Hecht, Christian Tamotsu Fjeld, Matthew Tikhonovsky

Read about the one-year anniversary of the Biden administration’s Executive Order on AI (AI EO) 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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The Biden Administration Issues National Security Memorandum on AI – AI: The Washington Report

November 1, 2024 | Article | By Bruce Sokler, Alexander Hecht, Christian Tamotsu Fjeld, Matthew Tikhonovsky

Read about the Biden administration’s National Security Memorandum on artificial intelligence 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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OMB Issues Additional Guidance to Federal Agencies on their Acquisition of AI — AI: The Washington Report

October 24, 2024 | Article | By Bruce Sokler, Alexander Hecht, Christian Tamotsu Fjeld, Matthew Tikhonovsky

Read about the new memorandum from the Office of Management and Budget on Advancing the Responsible Acquisition of Artificial Intelligence in Government 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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Led by DOJ, Federal Agencies Convene to Coordinate Safeguarding Civil Rights from AI-Related Harms — AI: The Washington Report

October 16, 2024 | Article | By Bruce Sokler, Alexander Hecht, Christian Tamotsu Fjeld, Matthew Tikhonovsky

Read about the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Civil Rights Division convening of the heads of federal agency civil rights offices to discuss and promote coordination around preventing harms that may stem from AI, including unlawful discrimination 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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G7 Competition Authorities, Including DOJ and FTC, Release Joint Statement on AI Competition — AI: The Washington Report

October 11, 2024 | Article | By Bruce Sokler, Alexander Hecht, Christian Tamotsu Fjeld, Matthew Tikhonovsky

Read about G7 competition authorities’ Digital Competition Communique 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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Federal Trade Commission Finalizes HSR Changes

October 11, 2024 | Alert | By Bruce Sokler, Robert Kidwell, Kristina Van Horn, Payton Thornton

The new HSR form, instructions, and implementing rules were announced yesterday and are set to take effect 90 days from publication in the Federal Register.

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News & Press

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Hospital Consolidation

December 4, 2017|

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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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17
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