On January 30, 2026, the California Senate passed a new bill, SB 574, to impose restrictions on attorneys (and arbitrators) using generative artificial intelligence (“generative AI”) in their practice....more
3/5/2026
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Biometric Information ,
Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
California ,
Class Action ,
Data Privacy ,
Legal Ethics ,
Legal Technology ,
Machine Learning ,
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Regulatory Requirements ,
Risk Management ,
State Legislatures ,
Wiretapping
Digital twins are no longer experimental engineering tools—they are becoming core components of medical devices, biomanufacturing systems, and AI-driven clinical platforms....more
3/3/2026
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Biotechnology ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Security ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Digital Health ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Life Sciences ,
Medical Devices ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Risk Management
State legislatures are regulating what AI chatbots say. Plaintiffs’ lawyers are suing over what AI chatbots collect. Most compliance teams are only watching one front....more
3/2/2026
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CIPA ,
Class Action ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
COPPA ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
ECPA ,
Emerging Technologies ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Executive Orders ,
Minors ,
New Legislation ,
Preemption ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
State and Local Government ,
State Legislatures ,
Wiretap Act ,
Wiretapping
When organizations hire employees for positions of trust, they check references, run background screens, and assess character. When they retain outside counsel or financial advisors, they evaluate judgment, ethics, and...more
2/13/2026
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Automation Systems ,
Corporate Governance ,
Due Diligence ,
Emerging Technologies ,
Ethics ,
Governance Standards ,
Machine Learning ,
New Legislation ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Risk Management ,
Third-Party Risk ,
Transparency
Over 100,000 people just gave an AI assistant root access to their computers. That assistant can now talk to other AI assistants on a social network humans cannot post to....more
2/3/2026
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Automation Systems ,
Bots ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Security ,
Emerging Technologies ,
Information Technology ,
Innovative Technology ,
Machine Learning ,
Online Platforms ,
Open Source Software ,
Popular ,
Risk Management ,
Software ,
Supply Chain ,
Third-Party Risk ,
Vulnerability Assessments
AI agents are no longer a research concept. They book travel, execute trades, draft documents, approve purchases, and interact with customers—often with minimal human oversight....more
1/30/2026
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Artificial Intelligence ,
Automated Decision Systems (ADS) ,
Automation Systems ,
California ,
Contract Terms ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Security ,
Governance Standards ,
Liability ,
New Legislation ,
NIST ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Risk Management ,
Third-Party
Multiple significant state AI laws became effective January 1, 2026. California's Transparency in Frontier AI Act (SB 53), signed September 29, 2025, requires developers of large AI models trained using greater than 10²⁶...more
1/28/2026
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Artificial Intelligence ,
Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal v State Law Application ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
New Legislation ,
Preemption ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
State and Local Government
In 1979, an IBM training manual offered a principle that now reads as prophecy: “A computer can never be held accountable, therefore a computer must never make a management decision.” Nearly five decades later, computers—now...more
1/21/2026
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Automated Decision Systems (ADS) ,
Best Practices ,
California ,
Contract Terms ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Documentation ,
Due Diligence ,
Indemnification Clauses ,
Indemnity Agreements ,
Innovative Technology ,
Liability ,
New Legislation ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Risk Management ,
Supply Chain ,
Transparency ,
Vendors
In a single week, regulators on three continents moved against AI platforms capable of generating explicit imagery. The UK’s media regulator opened a formal investigation....more
1/15/2026
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Artificial Intelligence ,
Consent ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Deep Fake ,
Due Diligence ,
Enforcement Actions ,
International Harmonization ,
Machine Learning ,
Minors ,
New Legislation ,
Online Platforms ,
Online Safety for Children ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Risk Management ,
Transparency ,
UK ,
User-Generated Content
On December 19, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed the RAISE Act, making New York the first state to enact major AI safety legislation after President Trump's December 11 executive order calling for federal preemption of...more
1/13/2026
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Compliance Monitoring ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Innovative Technology ,
Machine Learning ,
New Legislation ,
Preemption ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Risk Management ,
State and Local Government ,
State Attorneys General ,
Trump Administration
This Article analyzes over 89,000 patents litigated over a twenty-year period to determine how the number of office actions to allowance during prosecution impacts rates of invalidity during subsequent litigation. Many...more
It is well established that “a petitioner in an inter partes review … is not permitted to assert a ground of unpatentability under 35 U.S.C. § 112.” Dexcowin Golabl, Inc. v. Aribex, Inc., IPR2016-00436, Paper 12 (PTAB July 7,...more
2/4/2025
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Copyright ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Legal Technology ,
Machine Learning ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Regulatory Reform ,
USPTO
Everyone seems to be talking about DeepSeek, and its latest AI technologies. But what is DeepSeek? What has it produced? And why is everyone talking about them? This client update is intended to provide some of the basic...more
2/3/2025
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China ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Machine Learning ,
Popular ,
Risk Management ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Technology
Can AI be used to draft a patent application? The answer is complicated. The capabilities of AI have been advancing very rapidly, which seems to suggest that it could be possible. For example, at the end of 2024, a leap...more
1/23/2025
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Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Innovative Technology ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Legal Technology ,
Machine Learning ,
Patent Applications ,
Patents ,
USPTO
California’s AB 2013, the “Generative Artificial Intelligence Training Data Transparency Act,” is poised to reshape the landscape for developers of Generative AI (GenAI) systems. Signed into law on September 28, 2024, it sets...more
Properly pleading inequitable conduct claims is a challenge, a challenge that can be met with early due diligence and attention to detail in your pleading. The leading case that set forth the legal framework for inequitable...more
9/4/2024
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Demurrers ,
Due Diligence ,
EU ,
Federal Bans ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Inequitable Conduct ,
Innovative Technology ,
Intent ,
Inventions ,
NIST ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Risk Management ,
Software ,
USPTO