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Amundsen Davis LLC

Minimizing Product Liability Risks Caused by AI: Practical Tips for Businesses

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The use of artificial intelligence AI (AI) touches many sectors in the United States, and the business world is no exception. While this exciting development has proven useful for many businesses, it is also a new source of...more

Buchalter

Want to Ensure Arbitration in an E-Commerce World? Time To Refresh Your Website’s Terms of Service

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Recent court decisions have raised the bar for enforceable arbitration provisions in website Terms of Service (ToS) agreements. E-commerce businesses must ensure their website architecture and ToS design meet current legal...more

Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC

7 Things Businesses Should Consider When Using AI

Artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning algorithms, and other emerging technologies impact nearly every business and industry. The rapid deployment of Generative AI (GenAI) is reshaping how organizations do business...more

IR Global

Diversifying to boost financial resilience

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Q1: How can proactive risk management strategies help businesses navigate regulatory and economic uncertainties? The last few years have offered some, often difficult, lessons to many businesses who found themselves...more

King & Spalding

Tools of the Trade: Reacting to Government Contract Terminations and Pauses

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On February 26, 2025, Executive Order 14222, Implementing the President’s “Department of Government Efficiency” Cost Efficiency Initiative, was released. This Executive Order (“EO 14222”) states that its purpose is to...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Key Considerations Before Negotiating Healthcare AI Vendor Contracts

The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in healthcare is revolutionizing the industry, bringing efficiencies to the practice of medicine and benefits to patients. However, the negotiation of third-party AI tools...more

Baker Donelson

Top Five AI Procurement Questions General Counsel for Manufacturers Should Consider

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Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping the future of manufacturing. As manufacturing operations shift back to the U.S. in response to recent tariff policies, general counsels (GCs) in the manufacturing sector face a...more

Oliva Gibbs LLP

The Kings in the North!—North Dakota Operators are Kings (for now) When it Comes to Statutory Interests on Suspended Overrides

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Do North Dakota operators have to pay suspense penalties on all types of late-paid interests? Not according to a recent line of decisions from the North Dakota Federal District Court. These cases interpret the North Dakota...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Navigating Clinical Research Agreements and Regulatory Strategy for Successful Commercialization

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Clinical research agreements (CRAs) and developing a regulatory strategy—particularly in connection with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)—are crucial for a company’s ability to bring innovative life sciences products to...more

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Arkansas Motor Fuel Supply Agreements/Documenting the Jobber/Retailer Relationship: Fall Edition of the Arkansas Oil Marketers...

I authored an article in the Fall edition of the Arkansas Oil Marketers Association publication, The Canopy, titled: Arkansas Motor Fuel Supply Agreements: Documenting the Jobber/Retailer Relationship (“Article”). The Article...more

Wiley Rein LLP

Potential Government Shutdown Nears as Negotiations Stall on the Hill

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WHAT: The March 14 funding deadline is fast approaching, and it is increasingly likely that the federal government may shut down. Although the House narrowly passed a funding bill this week, the Senate has signaled that it...more

Flaster Greenberg PC

Why Do I Need a Lawyer if I Have ChatGPT?

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Artificial intelligence has seen rapid advancements, including large language models and chatbots that understand and respond to questions using aggregated information. While mostly everyone is familiar with ChatGPT and some...more

Mayer Brown

NAIC Working Group Launches Project Relating to Reciprocal Management Fees

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AT A GLANCE - The NAIC Risk-Focused Surveillance (E) Working Group (RFSWG) met via teleconference on February 26, 2025 and initiated a new project relating to the management fees paid by reciprocal interinsurance exchanges...more

Polsinelli

AI for GCs: What You Need to Know in 2025

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During the course of 2024, interest in generative and other types of artificial intelligence, machine learning and predictive applications and services (collectively, AI) accelerated across industries. Some sectors, such as...more

White & Case LLP

Fed Court Enjoins DEI Restrictions From Taking Effect

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On February 21, 2025, a federal court in Baltimore issued a preliminary injunction preventing key provisions of Executive Order 14119, Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity, from going into...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

IFA Takeaways: How Smart Franchisors Stay Out of Court

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The International Franchise Association’s Annual Convention is always filled with useful take home information for franchise practitioners. Last week, I attended the session “Proactive Strategies for Franchisors to Prevent...more

PilieroMazza PLLC

Proposed Rule on Organizational Conflicts of Interest Signals Significant Changes for Contractors

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Organizational conflicts of interest (OCIs) should be front of mind for any federal government contractor. The mere presence of an OCI may cause contractors to reconsider which contracting opportunities to pursue, reshape...more

Proskauer - California Employment Law

Does an Arbitration Agreement Require the Employer’s Signature?  Read the Fine Print

The California Court of Appeal recently reminded employers in an unpublished (but nonetheless chastening) opinion of the importance of carefully drafting arbitration agreements. In Pich v. LaserAway, LLC et al, the court...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

Have a SaaS Contract in Place? You May Need an AI Addendum

Virtually every business has signed an agreement with a software as a service (“SaaS”) provider at one time or another. And now, virtually every SaaS provider (it seems, at least) is coming out with an AI-related feature or...more

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP

Top Twelve Trends to Monitor in the Hospitality Industry in 2025

The hospitality industry will need to focus on several key areas to ensure compliance and minimize risk in the year ahead, including data privacy and cybersecurity protections, employment and labor law compliance, and even...more

Pillsbury - Global Sourcing Practice

An Early Primer on Contracting for Agentic AI Procurement

A recent code leak indicated that OpenAI is set to release its first true AI Agent. An AI agent is a system designed to perceive its environment, process information, and autonomously take actions to achieve specific goals....more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

What to Do if Your Government Contract Is Terminated per the New DEI Executive Order

On January 21, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order titled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity.” The executive order’s stated purpose is to end “illegal” diversity, equity,...more

Stoel Rives LLP

Addressing Tariffs in a Construction Contract: A Lawyer’s Perspective

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In 2024, many real estate developers pressed pause on new projects. Interest rates for multifamily loans were too high and the office market was still recovering from “work from home,” at least in the Pacific Northwest (where...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

New York Insurance Coverage Law Update — Compilation 2024

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An owner, general contractor (GC) and subcontractor (Sub) were sued by injured workers at a construction site, and they were defended by the Sub’s insurer, U.S. Specialty Insurance Company. U.S. Specialty tendered their...more

Kerr Russell

Countdown to Tariffs: Are your contracts ready?

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President-elect Donald Trump has threatened to impose sweeping tariffs on imported goods immediately upon taking office on January 20, 2025. Those tariffs could have an immediate impact on the U.S. supply chain for goods, as...more

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