Nelson Mullins partner Jeff Kelly was quoted in an MLex article titled “Trump Deadlines to Discourage State AI Laws Come and Go Amid Regulatory Uncertainty,” discussing the ongoing uncertainty around federal and state AI regulation following President Donald Trump’s executive order. The executive order instructed the DOJ to create an AI Litigation Task Force in January and calls for policy statements this month from the FTC and Commerce Department on “onerous” state AI regulation.

Kelly highlighted the limits of executive orders and policy statements in providing lasting regulatory clarity, noting that political changes can affect enforcement. “I would say plan on not having preemption and build accordingly,” he told MLex, emphasizing that companies should prepare for continued state-level AI regulation rather than relying on federal preemption.

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