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Foley Automotive Update
The automotive industry faces significant shifts as U.S.-Canada trade tensions escalate with proposed 50% tariffs, while Chinese automakers expand their European presence and domestic manufacturers navigate evolving market dynamics. How will these geopolitical pressures, combined with technological advances in autonomous vehicles and changing consumer preferences toward hybrids, reshape the competitive landscape for global automakers?
United States International
FL
Foley & Lardner
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AI-Driven Vulnerability Sharing: Four Takeaways On “Gold Eagle” And Other New Initiatives
Federal, state, and private-sector initiatives are rapidly emerging to address AI-accelerated discovery of software vulnerabilities, with the Trump Administration's new Gold Eagle clearinghouse leading coordination efforts. As advanced AI models identify vulnerabilities at unprecedented speed and scale, organizations face critical decisions about voluntary participation in these programs while navigating liability protections, confidentiality concerns, and risk-based remediation strategies.
United States Technology
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Wiley Rein
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The Enterprise Software Debt Crisis: What Cracks In Private Credit Mean For The Industry
Private credit markets are showing signs of stress, with enterprise software borrowers particularly vulnerable as AI disruption threatens their business models. Four critical warning signals—deteriorating credit health, rising PIK interest, mid-market concentration of defaults, and strategic misalignment with AI—suggest lenders need to shift from passive monitoring to active portfolio management before the 2028 debt maturity wall arrives.
United States Finance
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AlixPartners
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PE’s Next Phase: Six Trends Shaping Value Creation And Exit Readiness For Sponsors
Private equity firms are navigating a transforming landscape where longer hold periods and renewed deal activity are reshaping how sponsors approach value creation. Six emerging trends reveal how middle-market PE firms are prioritizing exit readiness, data infrastructure, and operational capabilities to position portfolio companies for success when transaction opportunities arise.
United States Commercial
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Riveron
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Pleading Your Case Without Giving Away The Store: Surviving A Motion To Dismiss In Trade Secret Cases
A recent Northern District of Texas ruling demonstrates how trade secret plaintiffs can successfully navigate the pleading stage paradox of describing confidential information with sufficient particularity to survive dismissal without revealing the secrets themselves. The decision provides a practical three-part framework for identifying trade secrets by category, offering document-level examples, and describing confidentiality measures that courts will accept at the motion to dismiss stage.
United States IP
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Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
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The Risks Of Using Artificial Intelligence To Draft Wills And Testamentary Devices In New Jersey And New York
As artificial intelligence tools become increasingly accessible for drafting legal documents, individuals are turning to AI to create wills without attorney supervision. While these AI-generated documents may appear professionally crafted, they harbor serious legal defects that often surface only after death, when correction is impossible. This analysis examines the critical risks of AI-drafted wills, including execution formalities that AI cannot supervise, failures to capture testamentary intent, and the
United States Commercial
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Cole Schotz P.C.
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The Research Integrity Challenge Behind ORI's New AI Guidance
Ankura's insights hub showcases the firm's latest research and analysis across cybersecurity, artificial intelligence governance, joint venture risk management, and regulatory compliance. From ORI's new AI guidance for research integrity to the DOJ's bulk data security requirements, these articles examine emerging challenges facing organizations in technology, finance, healthcare, and critical infrastructure sectors.
United States Technology
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Ankura Consulting Group LLC
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Frontier AI Meets Frontier Cyberlaw
When Frontier AI – the industry term for test systems progressing toward Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) – crosses sentient human guardrails, the rule of law must engage. In July 2026, two Frontier AI systems (OpenAI's AI agent and Anthropic's Claude models) broke out of laboratory containment and hacked company networks over the open Internet. It is a tipping point for the rule of law to enter the frontier and bring order when an autonomous system jailbreaks and attacks an unsuspecting victim.
United States Technology
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IR Global
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FDA Seeks Public Feedback On Regulatory Approach For Generative AI-Enabled Medical Devices
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has released a discussion paper outlining its initial framework for regulating generative AI-enabled medical devices, proposing a two-axis risk assessment approach and a novel competency-based premarket evaluation system. With public comments due by October 19, 2026, this represents a critical opportunity for device manufacturers and stakeholders to shape the regulatory landscape for this transformative technology.
United States Healthcare
KM
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
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