Your professional reputation took years to build. Why let it fuel someone else’s AI empire without your permission? LinkedIn recently introduced a feature that automatically opts users into AI training—using your profile data, posts, and professional content to train generative AI models. The catch? This setting is enabled by default, and many users have no
A Plain-English Guide to Protecting Your Educational Content
Courses rarely live in one place. A video on your platform, slides in a folder, worksheets in a download, templates you keep improving. If you create a course, you own the rights to the words, images, and structure you made. Registering those rights creates a public record and unlocks stronger remedies if someone reuses your
Superstar CEOs and the Limits of Fiduciary Law
Elon Musk is once again testing the boundaries of the law on fiduciary duties. In September 2025, Tesla proposed to give him a new compensation package valued at more than $1 trillion, the largest in corporate history. Shareholders are scheduled to vote on the package this November. The proposal comes less than a year after
Ten Things: “Cool Tech” for In-House Counsel (2025 Edition)
Hello my friends and welcome to another edition of “Ten Things You Need to Know as In-House Counsel!” Every summer for the past ten years, I have written about “cool tech” for in-house lawyers. It is one of my favorite posts and over that time I have stumbled upon a number of great bits of
Technology Lawyer: Software, Data, AI, and Commercial Deals
Technology Lawyer: Software, Data, AI, and Commercial Deals by Elena Rogers
Technology Lawyer: Software, Data, AI, and Commercial Deals
September 17, 2025
If you are leading a technology company as a founder, CEO, department head, or in-house counsel, you know how much of your business moves through contracts. Every software license, cloud service agreement, and
EU Data Act has come into effect – but what does it mean for UK businesses?
Last week, the EU Data Act – or Regulation (EU) 2023/2854 on harmonised rules on fair access to and use of data, to give it its formal title – came into effect throughout the EU member states.
Users of connected products in the EU now have a legal right to access data generated through their
Guest Post: The End of Quarterly Reporting?
In a social media post earlier this week, President Trump proposed eliminating quarterly reporting for public companies. In the following guest post, Sarah Abrams, Head of Claims Baleen Specialty, a division of Bowhead Specialty, takes a look at the President’s proposal and considers its prospects and potential implications. I would like to thank
Podcast Episode 1: Cross-Border Disputes in the EU: The Cyprus Advantage
In a world where commerce increasingly transcends national boundaries, legal disputes frequently do the same. Whether arising from complex supply agreements, cross-border financing, or international partnerships, commercial conflicts often involve parties, assets, and courts in multiple EU jurisdictions.
In this AI generated podcast, we explore how businesses can leverage Cyprus as a strategic hub for
Guest Post: Courts Crack Down on AI Misuse in the Legal Profession
By this point, I think all of us have seen stories about lawyers who have gotten in hot water because they relied on AI to come up with legal authority, only for the AI-generated citations turning out to be phony. In the following guest post, Ommid C. Farashahi and
The Future of Securities Litigation Defense
I. Introduction
I’ve seen many changes during the more than 30 years I’ve defended securities class actions. The types of claims have evolved. From the indiscriminate claims that led Congress to pass the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (“Reform Act”), to the IPO laddering claims of the late 1990s, to the corporate-scandal claims