In the coroporate law context, a “poison pill” — formally known as a shareholder rights plan — is a corporate defense strategy used to deter hostile takeover attempts. But what if the poison pill is designed to entrench incumbent senior company management rather than to deter unwanted takeover suitors? In the
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) Division of Examinations (the “Division”) released its 2026 examination priorities on November 17, 2025 (the “2026 Priorities”). As expected from the new leadership, the 2026 Priorities signal less (but still present) focus on private fund advisers and more focus on retail advisers and emerging technologies such as AI
A recent series of U.S. Department of Justice actions highlights the agency’s focus on combatting so-called “pig-butchering” — a type of online financial scam where fraudsters build a long-term relationship with a victim to gain trust and then convince the victim to invest in fake cryptocurrency or trading schemes. In the following guest
The report covers the private law issues that may arise when firms use AI to assist, or directly execute, market activities.
By Nell Perks
In late October, the Financial Markets Law Committee (FMLC) released a report that considers the private law issues that may arise from the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in wholesale financial
Capping off a highly eventful week in Asia at the end of October, President Donald J. Trump has further reshaped the landscape of U.S. trade with the Asia-Pacific region through a series of new agreements. This latest round of negotiations includes new reciprocal trade deals and market access commitments across Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, China,
The UK’s first “Copyright vs. AI” decision (Getty Images (US) Inc & ors vs. Stability AI Limited [2025] EWHC 2863 (Ch)) marks a clear win for the artificial intelligence industry. The English High Court raised the rhetorical question on the industry’s lips, “whether this judgment will, in reality, have anything to say on the balance
Congress just slipped a near-total federal hemp rewrite into the shutdown bill. If you blinked, you missed it.
Section 781 of the Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 quietly amends the 2018 Farm Bill’s hemp definitions at 7 U.S.C. § 1639o. Effective 365 days after enactment,
The Court also found limited trademark infringement and seemingly departed from EU law.
By Sophie Goossens and Brett Shandler
On 4 November 2025, the High Court of England and Wales (the Court) handed down its long-awaited judgment in Getty Images v. Stability AI, a case brought by various entities in the Getty Images group as
FINRA’s President and Chief Executive Officer, Robert Cook, recently published a blog post describing FINRA’s ongoing efforts to integrate artificial intelligence (“AI”), including generative AI (“GenAI”), into its regulatory program and engage with member firms regarding their use of GenAI. Below we highlight how FINRA is using GenAI to perform its self-regulatory functions more effectively
The incidence of AI-related securities litigation is by this point well-established. But as the laws, regulations, and legal environment relating to AI have continued to evolve, so too has the AI-related litigation risk. In the following guest post, Sarah Abrams, Head of Claims Baleen Specialty, a division of Bowhead Specialty, examines the recent