Martin Edwards, vice president of Taft’s Public Affairs Strategies Group in Taft’s Washington, D.C. office, contributed to this post.
Early on July 1, the U.S. Senate voted to halt an effort to impose a 10-year moratorium on state regulation of artificial intelligence. The vote, 99-1, removed the AI provision from President Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill”
If you’re using AI in your business strategy, are you protected when things go wrong? Most companies assume their insurance covers AI-related damages, but that’s not always the case. From biased algorithms to copyright violations, your business could be exposed to liability.
In this video, I’ll break down strategies to avoid many legal risks of
Taft Partner Marcus Harris will moderate the panel “Safeguarding and Upholding Intellectual Property in Emerging Digital Landscapes” at ITechLaw’s 2025 World Technology Law Conference in San Diego. The panel is scheduled for May 15 at 1:10 p.m. PDT and will bring together legal professionals to discuss the evolving challenges of protecting intellectual property (IP) as
With the change in administrations and the rapid evolution of technology, business leaders and their legal advisors now more than ever need information to help them navigate the constantly shifting technology landscape.
In this one-hour presentation, Taft Partners Jackie Benson, Scot Ganow, Zach Heck, and Bill Wagner discuss some key things to know in the
The Google Threat Intelligence Group revealed a chilling reality: nation-states are weaponizing AI tools like Gemini for sophisticated cyberattacks. This new frontier of AI-powered fraud demands immediate attention from business leaders and general counsel, who stand at the confluence of technology, data security, and governance.
Recent Incidents and the Evolving Sophistication of These Attacks
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reshaping the insurance industry, prompting regulators to issue guidance for responsible use of AI. As AI transforms the insurance industry, insurers must balance innovation with regulatory compliance and consumer protection. Delaware and New Jersey have recently joined 21 other states and issued guidance on AI in insurance based on the AI
On Feb. 11, 2025, a federal judge granted summary judgment to a copyright holder, determining that a software company’s use of copyrighted content to train an AI legal research tool constituted direct copyright infringement and rejecting the AI tool company’s fair-use defense. Judge Bibas’s opinion departed from the seminal “intermediate copying” cases in Google and
In December 2024, the Illinois Supreme Court issued guidance on the use of AI (guidance) by judges and other lawyers.
The guidance comes after several high-profile instances of misuse of generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) in litigation, including cases where lawyers used AI to draft briefs that later cited non-existent case law. For instance, in several