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Analyzing the CCPA’s New Risk Assessment Requirement

February 01, 2026

Businesses subject to the CCPA now must conduct risk assessments for certain types of processing activities and, starting in 2028, must certify to California regulators that they completed the assessments.

Accountability and Precision Will Define the Next Phase of AI Adoption

February 01, 2026

The firms that will thrive when it comes to the adoption of AI will not be those with the most tools or the most prompts. They will be the ones with clear standards, defined human ownership and a dedicated AI partner able to turn raw generation into reliable, high‑value content.

AI Misses the Mark When It Comes to Trademark Searches

February 01, 2026

Despite incredible progress in natural-language reasoning, AI tools still face fundamental limitations when it comes to performing even basic trademark searches. Here are five important reasons why.

AI Requires Law Firms to Rethink Business Models

February 01, 2026

Artificial intelligence is changing how legal work is performed. What’s needed is problem-solving optimism, a clinical appraisal of the firm’s capabilities and economic position, and earnest resolve to change before market pressure forces change under duress.

Using Private AI Tools Can Improve Ethical Compliance

February 01, 2026

The ethical use of AI should be a prerequisite for the integration of AI into a legal practice. Failure to learn and implement transparency, accountability, and best practices for responsible AI usage prior to employing AI will likely result in ethical and malpractice difficulties.

New York’s UCC Amendment Creates Framework for Digital Assets

February 01, 2026

On Dec. 5, 2025, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law a set of amendments to the New York Uniform Commercial Code which create a new article, Article 12, covering a broad range of digital assets, with various associated changes to other UCC provisions.

No Copyright for AI Artwork Without Human Involvement, Copyright Office Says In Supreme Court Filing

February 01, 2026

Artwork created entirely by artificial intelligence without any human involvement does not qualify for copyright protection, lawyers for the U.S. Copyright Office told the U.S. Supreme Court in a filing in in late January.

Amended CA Legislation Sets Guardrails for Lawyers’ Use of Generative AI

February 01, 2026

Newly amended California legislation would set statutory guardrails for attorneys who use generative artificial intelligence to draft legal filings. Senate Bill 574 would codify many of the guidelines for AI use finalized by the state bar’s Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct in 2023.

February 01, 2026

Artificial intelligence-related disputes have surged to become the top litigation concern for in-house legal teams, displacing intellectual property and breach-of-contract issues.

Making Law Firm Transformation Stick: 5 Change Management Mistakes to Avoid

February 01, 2026

Organizations are buying technology but failing at transformation. The difference between the 48% that succeed and the 52% that don’t isn’t the software. It’s how they manage the human side of change.

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The DOJ's Corporate Enforcement Policy: One Year Later
The DOJ's Criminal Division issued three declinations since the issuance of the revised CEP a year ago. Review of these cases gives insight into DOJ's implementation of the new policy in practice.
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The Business of Legal Spend: How Finance Professionals Can Drive Smarter Outside Counsel Management
Legal spend has become a core business issue that now shapes financial planning, operational decision making and risk management. What once lived primarily in the legal department has become a shared responsibility across client legal, finance, and operations teams and their outside counsel.
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Use of Deferred Prosecution Agreements In White Collar Investigations
This article discusses the practical and policy reasons for the use of DPAs and NPAs in white-collar criminal investigations, and considers the NDAA's new reporting provision and its relationship with other efforts to enhance transparency in DOJ decision-making.
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The DOJ's New Parameters for Evaluating Corporate Compliance Programs
The parameters set forth in the DOJ's memorandum have implications not only for the government's evaluation of compliance programs in the context of criminal charging decisions, but also for how defense counsel structure their conference-room advocacy seeking declinations or lesser sanctions in both criminal and civil investigations.
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Artificial Intelligence
When Efficiency Meets the Duty to Verify: Reflections on The Verification-Value Paradox
The Verification-Value Paradox states that increases in efficiency from AI use “will be met by a correspondingly greater imperative to manually verify” the outputs. The result is that the net value of AI in many legal contexts may be negligible once verification is honestly accounted for. For low-stakes tasks, verification costs are light. For core legal work, verification costs are heavy. That’s the tension.
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