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The Lawyers’ Guide to Writing Articles for Google’s AI Overview
Google’s AI Overview creates a strategic opportunity for attorneys who can leverage their knowledge and experience into a decent article. This opportunity to attract more visibility, link a law firm’s blog, and drive readers to a firm’s website in Google AI Overview is our focus in this article.
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Disney-OpenAI’s Sora Deal: What it Signals for Licensing and Responsible AI
The Walt Disney Co.’s newly announced, three-year licensing agreement with OpenAI to bring more than 200 characters from Disney, Marvel, Pixar and Star Wars to Sora marks a pivotal moment at the intersection of intellectual property and generative AI. For rights holders, platforms, and brands, the deal illustrates an emerging blueprint for commercializing iconic IP in AI-native formats while attempting to manage legal, regulatory, and reputational risk.
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New Texas AI Act Takes Effect
The Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act (TRAIGA) takes effect Jan. 1, 2026 andlimits the use of AI for social scoring and activities that legislators say violate constitutional rights. It also sets up a regulatory sandbox for testing and create an Artificial Intelligence Council to provide guidance.
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Chief District Judges Now Require Sealed Documents Outside of E-Filing System As Safeguard
U.S. chief district judges in multiple jurisdictions, including the Southern District of New York and Eastern District of Virginia, now require parties to serve opposing counsel with sealed documents outside of the federal judiciary’s electronic filing system following recent cyberattacks on the judiciary’s virtual assets.
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Report: Corporate Law Departments Aren’t Tracking AI Performance
While many corporate legal departments have been able to track their spending, few are tracking their outcome-based performance metrics, according to a report from Everlaw and the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC).
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From Reactive to Proactive: Navigating AI, Privacy and Security Compliance Across APAC’s Expanding Regulatory Landscape - Part Two
APAC is awash with recent changes in AI, privacy and cybersecurity regulations. Part one of this article examined the specifics of those changes and the paradigm shift they are precipitating. Part two explores the real-world implications of those changes and key takeaways for compliance teams.
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Five Operational Foundations To Determine Whether Your Tech Investments Will Succeed In 2026
Law firms are spending record amounts on technology right now. The difference between technology investments that succeed and those that fail may have less to do with the tools themselves than the operational foundation beneath them.
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"Shadow AI": The Hidden AI Already In Your Law Firm
“Shadow AI” highlights a growing risk for firms that have yet to develop comprehensive governance strategies for artificial intelligence. In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, the question is not whether AI is present in your organization, but whether it is being managed responsibly.
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The Complexities of the TAKE IT DOWN Act
The TAKE IT DOWN Act is the first federal legislation to address both unadulterated non-consensual intimate imagery and digital forgeries, marking a significant milestone in U.S. content regulation.
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Generative AI Is Not an Extinction-Level Event for Patent Prosecutors, It’s a Force Multiplier
Generative AI is not an extinction-level event for patent prosecutors. It’s a force multiplier — an amplifier of legal analysis, not a replacement for it. If anything, it will allow practitioners to spend more time doing what clients value the most.
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