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What Compliance Functions Should You Automate First?

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If you want to give your compliance team superpowers, then give them the power of automation. If your compliance program is still operating primarily through spreadsheets, emails, and manual tracking, regulators already view...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

New York’s synthetic performer disclosure law: What advertisers need to know

New York has enacted a new law requiring disclosures when certain advertisements include digitally created “synthetic performers,” including performers generated using artificial intelligence (AI) or other software...more

Mogin Law LLP

Today’s Race for GenAI Dominance Threatens Competition Tomorrow

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AI-related deal activity so far this year looks less like ordinary market consolidation and more like a race to secure long-term dominance. Transactions increasingly cluster around firms that already control critical layers...more

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New York Legislature Passes AI Workforce Impact Disclosure Bill

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With the legislative session winding down, the New York State Senate voted to join the Assembly in passing S8706-B, a bill that requires covered businesses to disclose their use of AI technologies and the impact on their...more

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Holland & Knight Health Dose: June 9, 2026

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The U.S. Senate passed a reconciliation package on a 52-47 vote on June 5, 2026, that will provide $70 billion in funding to support U.S. immigration enforcement agencies and their activities. After nearly 18 hours of debate...more

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Illinois Tax Grab Update: Digital Economy, Sports Contests, and NOL Carryover Limitations to Name a Few

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On June 1, the Illinois legislature passed a budget bill (S.B. 3019) (“Bill”) that includes a variety of new taxes along with a number of other important tax changes. Governor Pritzker came out in favor of the budget and is...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

NY ​“Synthetic Performer” Law Goes into Effect

On June 9, a New York law that requires companies to ​“conspicuously disclose” when their ads include any ​“synthetic performer” will take effect. Many advertisers who have attempted to get ahead of the law’s requirements...more

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Citations, Not Hallucinations: Why Trust in Legal AI Depends on Process, Not Perfection

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Generative AI (GAI) has captured the legal industry’s imagination and its attention. Recent headlines about GAI hallucinations, especially fake legal citations and unsupported arguments, have understandably made legal teams...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

6 Questions to Ask Before Filing an IPR Petition

On October 17, 2025, USPTO Director John Squires issued a memorandum announcing that he would be sole decision-maker for institution of inter partes review (IPR) and post-grant review (PGR) proceedings....more

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From Work Product to Exhibits -- The Emerging Discoverability of AI Prompts

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A recent ruling from a federal magistrate judge in Connecticut signals that courts may increasingly treat certain uses of generative AI as part of an expert's methodology, and therefore discoverable, rather than merely a...more

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ACEDS CANADA Newsletter - ISSUE 9, Spring 2026

This is my first President’s message for the Toronto ACEDS Chapter, and I would be remiss if I didn’t start by thanking Carolyn Anger, our outgoing President....more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Interview: How AI Is Driving M&A … and Changing the Process

Economic and political factors are major drivers of the uptick in mergers this year, says Drago Rajkovic, Citigroup’s co-head of M&A. But it’s also hard to underestimate the effect of artificial intelligence (AI), as the...more

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The AI Visibility Report Am Law 200 Marketing Leaders Should Be Demanding From Their Agencies

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If you are the CMO or marketing director of an Am Law 200 firm, you have almost certainly sat in a meeting in the last six months where someone asked, “Are we showing up in AI??” and you have almost certainly looked down at a...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Hikma v. Amarin and a Clarified Standard for Induced Patent Infringement Under 35 U.S.C. § 271(b)

In Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. v. Amarin Pharma, Inc. (June 4, 2026), a unanimous Supreme Court has further clarified what it takes to plead — and ultimately prove — that a defendant induced another party to infringe a...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

New AI Executive Order Calls for Frontier Model Security, Early Government Access and AI-Enabled Cyber Defense

On June 2, 2026, President Donald Trump issued an executive order (EO), “Promoting Advanced Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Security.” The EO directs U.S. government departments and agencies to accelerate AI-enabled...more

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New Executive Order Signals Evolving Federal Approach to AI

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On June 2, 2026, in a rapidly evolving federal AI policy landscape, President Trump signed a new Executive Order (EO) titled Promoting Advanced Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Security (the “June Order”). This EO...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Illinois advances frontier AI transparency and audit requirements

On May 29, 2026, the Illinois General Assembly passed Senate Bill 315 (SB 315), which, when effective, would impose public transparency, critical safety incident reporting, and annual independent third-party audit obligations...more

Cooley LLP

AI Executive Order Creates Voluntary Framework for Frontier Models, Advances Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity

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On June 2, 2026, President Donald Trump signed a new executive order (EO) addressing the intersection of artificial intelligence and cybersecurity. This EO has direct implications for AI developers, critical infrastructure...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Shadow AI in Government Contract Proposal Evaluations: Emerging Bid Protest Risks for Federal Contractors

Federal contractors should be paying close attention to a growing issue in government procurement: the use of shadow AI and generative artificial intelligence by agency evaluators during proposal evaluations....more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Informed Board - June 2026

With the rise of prediction markets, there is a danger that insiders may abuse their access to information for profit in new ways. Companies may want to revise their codes of conduct and other policies covering the...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Connecticut Joins the AI Regulation Movement: What Employers Need to Know

Artificial intelligence has steadily moved into a front-line decision-making role in the workplace. Connecticut’s newly enacted AI law reflects that and makes clear that, when technology influences employment decisions,...more

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UK Government Announces New Laws for Submarine Cable Protection

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On 29 May 2026, The Baroness Lloyd of Effra CBE (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Digital Economy)) announced the UK government's plan to introduce tougher laws protecting submarine communications cables....more

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The Dangers of AI Inaccuracy — Why Human Verification Is Non-Negotiable

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Let me say something that the technology industry does not say loudly enough. Artificial intelligence makes mistakes. Serious ones. And in high-stakes professional environments, those mistakes can cause real harm....more

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BIOSECURE Update - 1260H List Released

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The Department of Defense has published its updated Section 1260H list of “Chinese military companies” this week, and WuXi AppTec along with 27 other new entities were identified on the list. ...more

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Can Using AI Break Attorney-Client Privilege? AI and IP: The Legal Frontier - Season 2, Episode 3

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Host Justin Pierce talks to partner Calvin Nelson and David Levie, vice president, associate general counsel, Real Estate, Park Hotels and Resorts, about how generative AI is creating a new and fast-moving set of questions...more

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