AI could improve the efficacy of both legal and administrative work for solos and small firms, says Joshua Lenon
April 2025 AI Developments Under the Trump Administration
This is part of an ongoing series of Covington blogs on the AI policies, executive orders, and other actions of the Trump Administration. This blog describes AI actions taken by the Trump Administration in April 2025, and prior articles in this series are available here.
White House OMB Issues AI Use & Procurement Requirements
Canadian law firms are painfully unprepared for cyberattacks, AI is only making it worse
Cybersecurity experts discuss how bad actors are evolving and what law firms can do to stay safe
Business & Legal Developments | May 2025
Friends,In last month’s newsletter, we discussed the potential impact of newly announced U.S. tariffs on the venture capital (VC) landscape and explored how rising costs and new tariffs could pressure startups, particularly those in the technology sector, and slow demand later in 2025.This month, we continue to focus on the growing impact of market uncertainty
Antitrust Law and Dynamic Competition
Author: Nicolas Petit
This is a guest post from noted antitrust and competition law scholar Nicolas Petit. Petit is a Professor of Competition Law in the Department of Law at the European University Institute. He is also the co-founder of the Dynamic Competition Initiative with the University of California – Berkeley. Longtime blog readers
US judge questions Meta’s fair use argument in artificial intelligence training model case
Vince Chhabria noted that AI was “dramatically changing” the market for authors
All American AI: New OMB Memos Set Priorities for Federal AI Use and Acquisition
On April 3, 2025, OMB released two new memorandums on artificial intelligence (“AI”) as directed by Executive Order 14179, Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence. (As a reminder, President Trump issued Executive Order (EO) 14179 on January 23, 2025 after rescinding President Biden’s AI Executive Order (EO 14110)).
Federal Trade Commission Orders accessiBe to Pay $1M For Misleading Claims Relating to Automated Website Accessibility Remediation Tool
By: Kristina Launey and Minh Vu
Seyfarth Synopsis: The FTC issued a Decision and Order prohibiting accessibility plug-in/Widget vendor AccessiBe from making misleading claims and to pay $1 million.
As the number of website accessibility lawsuit filings have exceeded 2,200 per year since 2018, so too has the list of companies offering solutions for
Use of GenAI in law doubles in 2024, 2025 brings another double-digit growth: report
Thomson Reuters’ expert says law firms want AI ROI – but few know how to measure it
A Look At M&A Trends In An Uncertain Deal Environment
This article by Louis Lehot originally appeared on Law360 on April 14, 2025: A Look At M&A Trends In An Uncertain Deal EnvironmentIn the best of times, mergers and acquisitions are inherently complex. When uncertain global conditions such as financing hurdles, high inflation, unfavorable interest rates and geopolitical conflicts are added to the mix,