EmTechMIT, Cambridge, MA: The rapidly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence, the algorithms that define it, the national borders that increasingly limit it, and the controls industries and governments seek to assert, stood front and center during this session. “The ABC’s of AI: Algorithms, Borders, Controls,” led by R. David Edelman of MIT and Fiona Murray
IRS Audits and the Emerging Role of AI in Enforcement
Logan Evan Gans, Andrew M. Piper
Guest Post: Will the Snapchat Settlement Become a Benchmark For AI-Related Risk?
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
New Sanctions Advisory notes
The Australian Sanctions Office (ASO) has released 8 new advisory notes to assist financial service providers in understanding their sanctions risks.
The advisory notes include:
- Sanctions risks of specific banking services
- Sanctions circumvention using cryptocurrency – ASO/AUSTRAC co-badged
- Sanctions risks from misuse of AI and new technologies
- Sanctions risks of remittance account compromises
Key points
Protecting the Open Web Economy
EmTechMIT, Cambridge, MA: When Matthew Prince, Co-Founder and CEO of Cloudflare, took the EmTechMIT stage in Cambridge, he delivered what felt less like a keynote and more like a wake-up call for the digital economy. His talk, titled Protecting the Open Web Economy, was a sharp analysis of how artificial intelligence is quietly rewriting the
FinReg Monthly Update
Welcome to the FinReg Monthly Update, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation.
Key developments in October 2025:
Financial Advice / Wealth Management
31 October – FCA Consolidation Review: The UK Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) published its findings following a multi-firm review of consolidation in the financial advice
Guest Post: A Side: A Coverage Scenario
Side A coverage under the typical D&O insurance policy provides what could be a last line of protection of individual executives in certain circumstance. In the following guest post, Sarah Abrams, Head of Claims Baleen Specialty, a division of Bowhead Specialty, analyses a recent Delaware shareholder derivative lawsuit to consider the circumstances in
AI-Related Securities Suit Filed Against IC Design Software Firm
AI-related news dominates the business pages these days. Many companies increasingly are adapting their business processes to incorporate AI-related operations, and an growing number of companies are adjusting their business strategies to accommodate AI. While these changes present a host of opportunities, they also involve risks. A securities lawsuit recently filed against the integrated circuit
Guest Post: Shot of Crypto
Among the many concerns arising from the increasing prevalence of cryptocurrency are the problems and risks associated with the fact that the liquidity and value of cryptocurrencies fluctuate over time. To illustrate the kinds of liability risks this fluctuation can lead to, Sarah Abrams, Head of Claims Baleen Specialty, a division of Bowhead
Guest Post: Is AI Reshaping D&O Litigation?
As this blog’s readers know, AI is not only an emerging technological phenomenon it is also a potentially disruptive source of D&O risk and liability. In the following guest post, Emma Bailey and James Parsons, take a look at the contours of the developing AI-related D&O risk and discuss the