United States: New Technology

Artificial intelligence has rapidly moved from experimental technology to operational reality. It is now embedded into legal workflows, recruitment systems, customer service operations, financial monitoring platforms, and internal decision-making processes across industries.

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has highlighted the latest risks of terrorist financing through social media, instant messaging applications and streaming platforms (SMSPs).

Putting aside its earlier permissive, innovation-fostering position on AI, the US government has pivoted hard toward building up a national security framework for regulating advanced AI.

When does hiring a rival’s employees turn into a federal case for violation of the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA)? A pair of recent rulings dismissing xAI’s trade secret claims against OpenAI answer that question by focusing on the new employer’s conduct...

The Third Circuit is poised to deliver a landmark ruling on whether using copyrighted works to train artificial intelligence models constitutes fair use, with oral arguments revealing sharp disagreements over transformativeness and market harm. At the heart of the dispute is whether Ross Intelligence's AI-powered legal search engine merely created a "cheat sheet" from Thomson Reuters' Westlaw headnotes or developed something materially different through natural-language processing. The court's decision, exp

This comprehensive policy update examines critical developments in federal workplace legislation, including postponed NLRB nominee confirmations that could shift the Board to a Republican majority, new AI workforce data collection initiatives, and Democratic efforts to combat wage theft and raise the minimum wage to $25 per hour. The update also covers congressional hearings on apprenticeships in the AI era and a landmark Supreme Court decision upholding DHS authority to terminate Temporary Protected Status

AI vendor contracts require specialized provisions beyond standard SaaS agreements to address unique risks around data use, model training, and intellectual property. This article examines the essential contractual clauses that protect businesses when engaging AI vendors, from precise definitions of AI services and data categories to ownership rights, confidentiality protections, and AI-specific security safeguards.

Connecticut employers that rely on AI-driven tools for recruiting, screening, or workforce management now face a detailed statutory framework governing those practices. Public Act No. 26-15 (the “Act”) was signed into law on June 2, 2026. The Act addresses subjects ranging from automated hiring technology to whistleblower channels for employees at AI developers. The compliance timeline is staggered: some provisions took effect immediately, while the most operationally intensive obligations take effect in October 2027.

Venture capital is transforming the defense ecosystem and accelerating the shift toward software-led, dual-use technologies with rapid deployment cycles.