On the Professional Practices Alliance (PPA) webinar that I chaired recently, on the topic of succession planning in an age of AI, I mentioned a stat taken from Peter H. Diamandis‘s Moonshot podcast …. that AI intelligence costs are hyper-deflating at 40X p.a. (!!!) This would mean that the cost of AI tools
WIRTW #781: the ‘EEOC’ edition
“The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is expected to rescind guidance that addresses harassment based on gender identity. Should we remove mentions of gender identity from our anti-harassment policy?”
An HR professional recently asked that question to HR Dive.
Let me answer it as succinctly as possible: NO!!!
Or, if you prefer, let me rephrase
Group Chats Have a New Partner: ChatGPT: Artificial Intelligence Trends
OpenAI is widely rolling out group chats inside ChatGPT, allowing you to invite up to 20 other people to your conversation with the AI chatbot.
The post Group Chats Have a New Partner: ChatGPT: Artificial Intelligence Trends appeared first on eDiscovery Today by Doug Austin.
How Finland Is Reshaping Defense: BORDERLAND at Slush 2025
Editor’s Note: As digital and physical security converge, Finland’s defense technology ecosystem is rapidly evolving to meet new threats. At BORDERLAND Goes Slush, held alongside Slush 2025 in Helsinki, leaders from government, military, and research outlined how dual-use technologies are reshaping national security. With keynote insights from Finland’s Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen, Finnish Defence Forces
2025 Update: Website Tracking Litigation and Enforcement
Litigation targeting website tracking technologies—such as cookies, pixels, session replay, and analytics tools—remains a major risk for businesses in 2025 and beyond. Courts continue to shape the boundaries of liability, consent, and compliance, with California and federal courts issuing several pivotal decisions this year. The legal landscape is evolving, with new theories, defenses, and legislative proposals emerging.
AI in Hiring: Emerging Legal Developments and Compliance Guidance for 2026
AI isn’t just on the horizon—it’s already screening millions of resumes, scoring video interviews, and ranking candidates in HR systems across America. In 2024 alone, AI-powered hiring tools processed over 30 million applications while triggering hundreds of discrimination complaints. As these tools become more prevalent, lawmakers, regulators, and attorneys are responding rapidly. The result is a legal landscape evolving faster than most compliance teams can track. For employers, staying informed isn’t optional—it’s essential. Here’s what to expect in the year ahead.
State AG News: AI Task Force, Consumer Fraud, Funding (November 13-19, 2025)
Each week, Crowell & Moring’s State Attorneys General team highlights significant actions that State AGs have taken. See our State Attorneys General page for more insights. Below are the updates from November 13-19, 2025:
Multistate
- A bipartisan coalition of state attorneys general launched a new AI Task Force in conjunction with OpenAI and Microsoft. The task force will focus on identifying emerging AI issues that could pose a risk to the public, creating safety guidelines for AI developers to follow, and tracking new developments in AI.
- A multistate coalition of 17 attorneys general filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in support of Defendants-Appellants in VoteAmerica, et al. v. Scott Schwab, et al. The brief argues in favor of a Kansas law prohibiting entities from sending partially or fully completed advance ballot applications for registered voters to submit.
Are you ready for a federal Executive Order to supersede state AI laws?
Reuters.com reported that the proposed Executive Order “… would task Attorney General Pam Bondi with establishing an “AI Litigation Task Force whose sole responsibility shall be to challenge state AI laws, including on grounds that such laws unconstitutionally regulate interstate commerce, are preempted by existing federal regulations, or are otherwise unlawful…” The November 20, 2025
The Holmesian Leap: Solving the “Wicked Problem” of Access to Justice with AI
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). Part of my #blogfirst Project.Adapted from a keynote address given to the National Association of Women Judges in October 2025At a Glance
- The Problem: The self-represented litigant (SRL) crisis is not a simple “information gap” but a “wicked
Today’s podcast episode: Fair Lending Developments Under Trump 2.0 – Part 2
Today’s episode marks the second of a two-part series, with Part One having been released on November 13th. In this installment, we continue our conversation on the many changes in fair lending policy and enforcement under the second Trump administration.
The discussion is moderated by Alan Kaplinsky, Senior Counsel, founder and former chair for