Cybersecurity

Mobile discovery has reached an inflection point. Courts spent 2024 handing out sanctions for two opposite failures: failing to preserve mobile data and collecting far too much of it. Litigants now face a genuine discovery double bind, including being punished for being careless and being punished again for being overly aggressive. That push-pull (collect more vs. collect less) is shaping the 2025 e-discovery landscape more than any technical development or new tool.

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.

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.

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).

The written information security plan (WISP) is not just another compliance document, it's a practical roadmap that turns abstract data protection duties into concrete business practices.

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.

The increasing prevalence of cyberstalking, harmful deepfakes and online harassment is creating profound risks for individuals and organizations. So much so that Congress has implemented a federal statute designed to shift liability toward online platforms and provide victims with enforceable removal rights.

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.