Policy Matters
Focused discussions on policy changes effecting industries globallyDLA Piper’s premier event series is held in Washington, DC and explores the rapidly evolving landscape of policy and regulations impacting businesses today.
These conversations provide a platform for discussing policy and regulatory issues, helping businesses navigate complexities, while covering legislative updates, regulatory changes, and the broader policy environment affecting industries in the US and globally.
By bringing together DLA Piper specialists, policy advisors, and lawyers, along with top policy leaders, these events are designed to provide
- Insights on how businesses can prepare and adapt to shifting regulatory frameworks
- Ideas on navigating new and upcoming regulatory changes
- An understanding of the broader policy trends and their implications for businesses.
For more information about our Regulatory and Governmental Affairs capabilities, visit dlapiper.com or contact Che Webb.
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Past Sessions
Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Karina Lynch moderated a conversation between Senator Richard Burr, Congressman Charlie Dent, and Senator Gary Peters that provided a behind-the-scenes look at the forces shaping U.S. governance today—and what lies ahead.
For more conversations responsive to legislative news and headlines, visit our Office Hours with Senator Richard Burr webcast series page. Each session recording discusses topics based on the latest happenings from Capitol Hill.
Monday, November 11, 2024
DLA Piper’s Government Affairs and Public Policy Group discussed the US presidential and congressional election results and explored the outcome of the elections, the expected impact, and the outlook for key issues that may dominate the coming year.
To learn more about impacts to your business, please visit our Navigating the presidential transition Legal and regulatory insights for timely insights based on the current news coming from Capitol Hill.
Thursday, October 17, 2024
DLA Piper’s next “Policy Matters” event was co-hosted with our valued strategic partner The Cohen Group. This event focused on a special discussion with Charlie Cook, founder of the Cook Political Report and one of our country’s premier political analysts, to help make sense of the upcoming elections and their consequences. Charlie’s ability to predict and analyze election trends and explain them clearly has made him one of the most respected experts in his field.
Tuesday, September 10, 2024
The Supreme Court ended its last term with several decisions that promise to reshape the regulatory landscape: The Court overruled the Chevron deference doctrine, imposed new limits on the use of agencies’ in-house adjudicatory proceedings, and effectively extended the timeline for facial challenges to agencies’ regulations.
While these rulings grabbed headlines, much of the immediate discussion surrounding them only grazed the surface. Now is the time for a closer, more nuanced look at their implications across industries – including the new opportunities and challenges they present for different entities.
DLA Piper hosted an in-person Policy Matters event in our Washington, DC office, where partners from several practices and sectors – including environmental, telecommunications, transportation, and FDA/life sciences – led a discussion focused on the ramifications of these rulings for our clients.
Tuesday, September 19, 2023
Please join us for a DLA Piper Policy Matters event on the topic of Artificial Intelligence. This two-part program includes AI 101: Unlocking the Future, a panel with DLA Piper’s team on the fundamentals and potential impacts of AI, setting the stage for our exclusive bipartisan panel on the developing regulatory and legislative landscape affecting business across the globe.
Our distinguished guests, Senator Martin Heinrich, D-NM and Senator Mike Rounds, R-SD, are two of the four lawmakers leading an effort in the Senate to craft comprehensive legislation to regulate AI. Their remarks will address the “AI Insight Forums” currently being held by US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and AI industry leaders. Senator Richard Burr, DLA Piper's Principal Policy Advisor, will introduce both panels.
Wednesday, July 19, 2023
DLA Piper held a policy discussion with US Senator Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.
The US-China relationship stands as one of the most consequential and complex policy and diplomatic challenges of our time. Former Senator Richard Burr of DLA Piper, who also served as Chairman of the Intelligence Committee while in the Senate, led a discussion with Chairman Warner about the state of the relationship as both nations navigate an evolving geopolitical landscape.
Senators Warner and Burr addressed the issues facing policymakers in Congress and the Biden Administration and the impact of the relationship on US and international businesses in a range of sectors including life sciences, technology, financial services, energy, infrastructure, and manufacturing.
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