What does Taylor Swift have to do with product safety? According to the panelists who took the stage for the first plenary session at the ICPHSO Annual Meeting & Training Symposium, quite a lot. As the opening lyric reminded the room, looking backward may be the only way to look forward.
Moderated by Molly Lynyak
How 2026 Will Reshape Technology and AI Law by David Pierce
How 2026 Will Reshape Technology and AI Law
Technology and AI Risk in 2026 Is Governed Through States, Enforcement, and Contracts
In 2026, the legal risk that technology and artificial intelligence pose in the United States is shaped less by a single comprehensive federal
As innovations continue to accelerate, the technology landscape in 2026 may reach a turning point, marking a shift from research and development (R&D) to adaptation. This year’s outlook highlights a shift towards smarter, autonomous systems that operate within the physical world. Organizations that embrace this shift may thrive, while those that lag behind may risk
How to Negotiate with Your Chinese Manufacturers
Most American companies hear the line “That’s not how we do it in China” and immediately start retreating.
They soften their tone, over-explain, and offer compromises before they have identified what matters. They treat the phrase like a cultural law that cannot be questioned, instead of what it
A Feb. 17 federal court ruling has found that neither the attorney-client privilege nor work product protection apply to a criminal defendant’s self-directed prompts and large language model outputs. In the ruling in USA v. Heppner, US District Judge Jed S. Rakoff ordered the production of 31 documents generated by the defendant using Anthropic’s Claude,
Last week a legal case tacked a novel issue involving Artificial Intelligence. The defendant used Claude, Anthropic’s AI platform, to prepare reports that outlined his possible defense strategy. The defendant argued that the reports were subject to privilege. The government argued they were not and wanted them produced for discovery in the legal case.
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly being integrated into mergers and acquisitions (M&A), supporting negotiations, determining the value of the target, drafting relevant contracts – and, most important, helping perform due diligence. Yet, its role in this context raises questions about liability, fiduciary duties, and the validity of corporate transactions. In a new paper, we offer
Key Points
A recent decision in United States v. Heppner appears to be the first federal ruling to directly address attorney‑client privilege and work‑product issues arising from a non‑lawyer’s use of a consumer-grade insecure AI tool for legal research. The court held that materials generated through Anthropic’s consumer version of Claude were not protected, emphasizing that entering
Author: Pat Pascarella
AI will weaponize antitrust. AI markets have high fixed costs, winner-take-all dynamics, platform leverage, bundling power, and data lock-in. These dynamics predict concentration. And market concentration is an accelerant for antitrust litigation—both private and government. We saw it with IBM, Microsoft, and the telecom wars.
Private actions will move faster than government