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• The Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) recently announced “targeted” second requests with the stated goal of expediting reviews and reducing merger litigation. Simultaneously, DOJ unveiled an updated model timing agreement.
• DOJ subsequently announced its first closure of an investigation under these procedures, acknowledging the emergence of AI competitors as sufficient to permit

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A BakerHostetler cross-practice team advised OpenAI on energy, environmental, tax, and local Ohio real estate and public policy matters in the negotiation of data center leases for the landmark 10-gigawatt PORTS-Pike Technology Campus in Pike County, Ohio, which has been reported by the U.S. Department of Energy as the largest artificial intelligence data center in…

Join us to explore the rapidly evolving ethical challenges attorneys face as artificial intelligence and emerging technologies become embedded in legal practice. Randy Shaheen and Lindsay Wilson will discuss how traditional professional responsibility rules—covering competence, confidentiality, supervision, candor, and fees—apply to modern tools like generative AI, vendor platforms, and automated systems.

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• A recently reported incident involving an advanced artificial intelligence (AI) developer and a third-party AI platform, Hugging Face, raises a question that many companies have treated as hypothetical until now: If an AI agent independently compromises a third party’s systems, who bears legal responsibility?
• While the facts remain under investigation, the event provides

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Partner Matt Van Hise commented on working with state regulators after cybersecurity incidents in part two of a three-part series in Cybersecurity and AI Law Report titled “State Cybersecurity Laws: Steps to Address Regulators’ Priorities.” Published July 29, 2026, the article discussed how state regulators are digging deeper into cybersecurity breaches and provides practical advice…

Chief Information Officer Katherine Lowry shared her thoughts on legal AI in a Bloomberg Law article titled “Legal AI’s Draw for Big Tech Players.” She discussed how AI can reshape legal operations and why law firms should integrate AI into everyday workflows to better serve clients.

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has repeatedly emphasized that there is no “AI exemption” from consumer protection laws. Recent enforcement actions have focused on AI washing, exaggerated performance claims and misleading representations about AI capabilities.

The FTC’s July 1, 2026 proposed policy statement goes a step further. Companies may violate Section 5 of the FTC…