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Artificial Intelligence and Attorney-Client Privilege

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SUMMARY Attorney-client privilege faces significant challenges with AI use. When lawyers input client information into AI systems, they risk waiving privilege by sharing confidential data with third-party providers. The Rules of Professional Conduct require attorneys to maintain confidentiality, demonstrate technological competence and ensure adequate safeguards. Lawyers should anonymize information, use specialized legal AI tools with … Read more

Should Kids Use AI?

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SUMMARY The debate over children using AI mirrors earlier concerns about tablets and smartphones. While AI offers personalized learning benefits, risks include impaired critical thinking, shortened attention spans, privacy violations and device dependency. A decade of tablet use showed that educational promises largely failed while mental health concerns mounted. Though supervised AI use is recommended, … Read more

Intelligence Across Boundaries: Jane Goodall’s Legacy in the Age of Artificial Minds

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SUMMARY Jane Goodall’s passing marks the end of a transformative life that redefined our understanding of intelligence across species boundaries. Her decades of chimpanzee research revealed tool use, emotional depth and cultural transmission in non-human primates, challenging human exceptionalism. Her legacy now resonates with contemporary AI development, as both biological and artificial intelligence compel us … Read more

The Uneven Impact of Generative AI on Young Workers

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The study Canaries in the Coal Mine? Six Facts about the Recent Employment Effects of Artificial Intelligence by Brynjolfsson, Chandar and Chen (August 2025) provides an extensive look into how the rapid adoption of generative AI is reshaping the American labor market, especially for young and entry-level employees. Drawing on high-frequency payroll records from millions of workers … Read more

Elon Musk Sues Apple: The AI Antitrust Battle

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On August 25, 2025, Elon Musk’s X Corp. and xAI filed a federal lawsuit against Apple and OpenAI in Texas, marking what could be the technology industry’s most significant antitrust battle in recent years. The 61-page complaint challenges the exclusive partnership between Apple and OpenAI, arguing it constitutes an illegal conspiracy to dominate both smartphone … Read more

America’s AI Action Plan: A Legal Perspective

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In July 2025, the Trump Administration unveiled America’s AI Action Plan, a sweeping national strategy aimed at securing U.S. global dominance in artificial intelligence. The plan is ambitious and broad, outlining how the U.S. intends to accelerate AI innovation, build robust AI infrastructure and assert leadership in international AI diplomacy and security. While the plan … Read more

AI-Powered Contract Analysis in M&A

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A variant of this post was published in Deal Points, the Newsletter of the Mergers and Acquisitions Committtee of the American Bar Association. In mergers and acquisitions, contracts form the backbone of transactions, governing crucial aspects such as liabilities, obligations, warranties and intellectual property rights. The thorough analysis of these contracts is a critical component … Read more

The GENIUS Act: Stablecoin Framework

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Following widespread bipartisan congressional support, President Trump signed the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act into law on July 18, 2025, marking the culmination of extensive legislative efforts to establish the first comprehensive federal regulatory framework for digital assets. The Act’s passage represents a significant milestone in cryptocurrency regulation and reflects strong … Read more

AI Training Wins Copyright Battle

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A recent ruling represents a significant development in the evolving landscape of AI copyright law. The Northern District of California’s decision in a case against Meta Platforms provides some important insights into how courts may approach the intersection of artificial intelligence and copyright protection. Background and Legal Framework Meta prevailed in a copyright case involving … Read more

Science Fiction Cinema’s Lessons for AI Integration in Legal Practice

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This article was originally published in the April 2025 issue of New Jersey Lawyer, a publication of the New Jersey State Bar Association, and is reprinted with permission. Recent developments, such as the California Bar’s 2024 guidelines on AI use in legal practice, underscore the urgency of challenges faced by law firms in balancing technological … Read more

AI Fair Use Landmark: Authors v. Anthropic

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Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming how we interact with information, but its hunger for high-quality data has created a collision course with copyright law. This conflict takes center stage in the recent case of Bartz et al. v. Anthropic PBC, where acclaimed authors challenged Anthropic’s use of their books to train the company’s popular Claude AI … Read more

Disney and Others Sue Midjourney

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Disney and NBCUniversal have initiated a landmark federal lawsuit against Midjourney, a generative AI company, accusing it of massive copyright infringement involving unauthorized use of their copyrighted characters to train its AI and generate images and soon videos. The 110-page complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, alleges that … Read more