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AAA-ICDR® Introduces AI Arbitrator to Streamline Construction Dispute Resolution – Great Promise or Reason for Concern?
The American Arbitration Association (AAA-ICDR®) is launching a first-of-its-kind AI arbitrator this November 2025, designed to handle smaller “documents-only” construction disputes. This change will take small disputes, typically handled on a fixed fee by a single arbitrator, and offer instead AI serving as a finder of fact and law. For an industry where time is
8 Steps to e-Discovery Magic: Insights from AI Visionary Susan Stone
To be a true leader, you have to both get in the weeds and look up to see what is coming. Vision like this is its own kind of magic, and AI Visionary Susan Stone wields it. Hear her advice on how to alchemize experience into a roadmap for success.
Business & Legal Developments | November 2025
Friends,In last month’s newsletter, we explored two forces reshaping venture capital’s risk-reward calculus: the overwhelming dominance of artificial intelligence (AI) in venture capital (VC) deal flow — now commanding over 63% of invested dollars — and the long-awaited resurgence of the initial public offering (IPO) market, which delivered a dramatic spike in liquidity and exit value for venture
Update: Desjardins Decision Made Precedential
When we first covered Ex parte Desjardins, we noted that the decision, which was issued just days after Director John Squires took office, could mark the beginning of a new era for AI and software patent eligibility at the USPTO. That prediction now appears well-founded. On November 4, 2025, Director Squires designated the Desjardins decision as precedential, ensuring that its reasoning now binds all patent examiners and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB).
On LawNext: As SimpleDocs Acquires Law Insider, Founder Preston Clark Shares the Strategic Vision
If content is the raw material of generative AI, it only makes sense that an AI-driven contract automation platform would want to acquire the world’s largest database of contracts and clauses. That is exactly what happened recently when SimpleDocs, a company with an AI contract drafting, redlining and review platform, acquired Law Insider, which claims
Beyond Public Cloud: The Enduring Case for Deployment Flexibility in eDiscovery
Editor’s Note: Deployment decisions in eDiscovery are no longer just technical preferences—they are strategic imperatives. In a market captivated by cloud-first mandates and AI-driven capabilities, this article cuts through the noise to address a critical, often overlooked need: deployment flexibility. For cybersecurity, information governance, and eDiscovery professionals operating in highly regulated environments, this is not
You’re Not the Only One Using Generative AI
A new trend is appearing in HR offices and legal departments across the country: Employee complaints and legal documents that seem professionally written but show clear signs of being created with generative AI.
I’m not referring to employees getting legal advice from ChatGPT (which, as of this week, ChatGPT itself says it shouldn’t be used
Soft Skills in the Age of AI
When I wrote my recent post, Human Leadership in an AI World: Reflections from Relativity Fest 2025, I explored what it means to lead in an era defined by artificial intelligence and how technology is reshaping decisions, teams, and expectations for leaders everywhere. That reflection got me thinking about something more personal and perhaps even
Guest Post: A Side: A Coverage Scenario
Sarah Abrams
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 which Side A coverage may operate to protect corporate executives. I would like to thank Sarah for allowing me to publish her article as a guest post on this site. I welcome guest post submissions from responsible authors in topics of interest to this site’s readers. Please contact me directly if you would like to submit a guest post. Here is Sarah’s article.