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A Prescription for Liability: Michigan Repeals Flagship Drug Immunity Law - Michigan’s recent repeal of immunity provisions under its Product Liability Act has potentially significant implications for pharmaceutical...more
The Phantom-Case Menace: Managing the Use of AI in Court Filings - Last summer, we noted caution regarding two parallel ways generative AI tools are impacting courtroom practice: (1) lawyers using generative AI and...more
To help organizations stay on top of the main developments in European digital compliance, Morrison Foerster’s European Digital Regulatory Compliance team reports on some of the main digital regulatory and compliance...more
Our downloadable report, Legal Insights for Manufacturing, explores how the business, legal, and regulatory framework is evolving—and will evolve—to address the large generational shifts taking place. This year, our report...more
In our ever-changing technological environment, artificial intelligence (AI) is beginning to exert its influence on numerous sectors, revolutionizing our approach to work. As businesses and organizations worldwide adopt...more
Organizations developing or using generative AI tools should implement cross-functional governance frameworks to develop and continuously monitor their use of such tools. From the earliest stages of generative AI use,...more
For better or worse, generative artificial intelligence (AI) is already transforming the way we live and work. Within two months of its initial release to the public, ChatGPT reached 100 million monthly active users, making...more
In the rapidly evolving world of artificial intelligence (AI), one development stands out for its transformative potential: the rise of generative AI tools. Many major technology companies are building the large language...more
The EU AI Act, which is progressing towards adoption by the end of 2023, will be complemented by an update to the European civil liability rules applicable to AI-related claims. Towards the end of 2022, the EU Commission...more
Manufacturers and other stakeholders contemplating the use of AI-enabled products and services should be mindful of new rules proposed by the European Commission (EC) to address product liability claims related to AI systems....more
In recent years, products liability law has been significantly impacted by advancements in technology, particularly with the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and automation. As more companies adopt these technologies to...more
If there is one thing that everyone can agree on, it is that health is an important factor in life. In 2021, over 3 million people died in the United States with heart disease and cancer topping the list....more
In a past blog post, we predicted that data is arguably the products liability issue of the future, and we also explored some ways in which data can be used as a sword and a shield in products liability cases. However,...more
In a past blog post, we predicted that data is arguably the products liability issue of the future. Dealing with data is already often a critical part of products liability lawsuits, but with the rise of artificial...more
Data is arguably the products liability issue of the future. Dealing with data is often already a critical part of products liability lawsuits, but with the rise of artificial intelligence and automation, product...more
AI as applied to manufacturing will continue to trend upward, along with associated product liability concerns. Manufacturers will continue to seek out and implement solutions that integrate tools that use AI (including...more
The EU is ramping up strict and tort product liability for faulty AI and software. The current revision of the Product Liability Directive 85/374/EEC includes AI, software, and even digital services in the IoT space in the...more
...Robots are everywhere – but perhaps just not how everyone imagined them. For decades, the promise of robots brought to mind devices like R2D2 and C3PO, or perhaps Rosie the Robot from The Jetsons – autonomous, intelligent...more
The Situation: Autonomous cars with incorporated artificial intelligence ("AI") are now a reality whereas French regulations have yet to adjust. The Issue: The phenomenon of new autonomous cars using AI gives rise to...more
As our use of AI technology becomes more frequent, interconnected, and integral to daily life, the liability exposure to AI product designers and manufacturers continues to escalate. There are more potential liability risks,...more
How big is the Internet of Things (IoT)? It’s likely that there will be tens of billions of connected devices in use by 2020. As this massive network of “things” keeps expanding, so do the number of questions about...more
The Situation: New technologies incorporating AI create questions about how product liability principles will apply and adapt. The Issue: Legislatures and courts have not addressed how product liability laws apply to new...more