Nov 29, 2023 IP Risks, Benefits and Ideal Use-Cases for AI: Best Practices When Drafting Generative AI Usage Policies By Harold Laidlaw As generative AI tools such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Dall-E, Meta’s Llama, and Anthropic’s Claude become ever more capable and more...
Nov 21, 2023 AI-Enabled Fraud: How Worried Should We Be? By Joanna Curtis The most interesting event I’ve attended yet on AI and the law was a panel discussion on AI-enabled fraud – thank you to the London...
Nov 15, 2023 The White House Launches Initiative on Women’s Health Research By Sage Revell On Nov. 13, 2023, the White House announced the launch of its first-ever initiative focused on women’s health research. This will be led...
Nov 09, 2023 France Says "Oui" to AI By Morgan Jones France’s data protection authority, Commission Nationale Informatique & Libertés (the "CNIL"), recently issued very important news,...
Nov 07, 2023 SolarWinds Fraud Case Shows 'Cyber Risks Are Real Risks' By Matthew Richardson It looks pretty bad for SolarWinds and its chief information security officer (CISO) after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission...
Nov 01, 2023 General Data Protection Regulation Fine ... Overturned! By Morgan Jones Matthew Richardson In a surprising turn of events, on Oct. 18 a First-tier Tribunal in the U.K. overturned a fine previously issued by the U.K. Information...
Oct 31, 2023 Biden Administration Releases Sweeping Executive Order Regarding Artificial Intelligence By Matthew Richardson Nina Franco The Biden administration issued an “Executive Order on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence” on Oct. 30.[1] The order,...
Oct 19, 2023 US Federal Court Allows Seizure of Libyan Assets to Satisfy ICC Award in Investor-State Dispute By David Weinstein As a general rule, U.S. federal law prevents people with judgments against foreign countries to satisfy those judgments against the...
Oct 19, 2023 Protests: Timing is Everything By Shlomo Katz On Dec. 28, 2022, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) issued a Request for Quotations (RFQ) for scientific, engineering and technical...
Oct 11, 2023 New Rules and Other Tips for Government Contractors Working With Small Businesses By Shlomo Katz Most federal contracts require the awardee to enter into a subcontracting plan that includes percentage goals for using various...
Oct 11, 2023 Gov. Newsom Signs Historic Emissions Reporting Bill By Kyle Johnson On Oct. 7, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two bills into law that aim to address climate concerns through corporate emissions...
Oct 04, 2023 Zombie Contracts. What Happens if You Keep Performing Beyond Expiration? By Sam Wolf In the commercial world there exist myriad fixed term goods and services contracts. Some contracts renew automatically, but the agreement...
Sep 26, 2023 Will California’s $20 Fast Food Wage Eliminate All Joint Employer Liability? By Sam Wolf For years, California has led the way in the fast food industry, with several famous brands having their origins there, including...
Sep 22, 2023 Government Shutdown: To WARN or Not to WARN? By Shlomo Katz In two previous posts, we addressed several wage-hour and contracts-related issues arising from a potential government shutdown. In this...
Sep 21, 2023 Crumbling Cookies: Franchise Activity Request Denied in Alleged Trade Secrets Theft By Sam Wolf In a trade secret dispute between two franchisors of cookie stores, a federal judge has denied Crumbl's injunction request following...
Sep 19, 2023 Contractors Have Rights in the Event of a Government Shutdown By Shlomo Katz The possibility of a federal government shutdown may have contractors worried. However, if a shutdown does occur, contractors may be able...