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BACKGROUND – Companies negotiating with agentic AI providers will often hear that a provider cannot accept a requested commitment because it does not own the underlying models. That may fairly describe the agentic AI provider’s contract with its model providers, but it does not settle how to address the risk under the contract with the…

Our AI Quarterly publication brings together the firm’s latest AI focused practical insights, key developments, and upcoming programs all in one place, including relevant writings, events, and firm news….By: Alston & Bird

INTRODUCTION – The quote that a chain is only as strong as its weakest link may have been coined centuries ago, but it aptly describes contemporary cybersecurity strategy. While the vast majority of large organizations have put robust policies, procedures, and technologies in place to shore up enterprise-wide defenses against malware, phishing attacks, ransomware, SQL…

Most legal professionals have heard about AI hallucinations. Fewer have heard about prompt injection. Prompt injection occurs when someone embeds hidden instructions inside a document that are intended for an AI system rather than a human reader. The goal is to influence how AI summarizes, analyzes, translates, ranks, or evaluates content. Think of it as…

As September winds down, a familiar theme continues to emerge across the environmental and energy landscape: the challenge of balancing growing energy demand with reliability, affordability, and environmental protection. This week’s developments focused heavily on data centers, duck curves (grid impacts), PFAS, renewable energy policy, and the increasingly important role courts are being asked to…

Low-level exposures to hazardous substances and exposures to emerging chemicals of concern can give rise to health claims that, in turn, raise recurring questions about whether, when, how, and by whom risk information should be provided. Join Raina Shah, a leading warnings expert in chemical hazard communication, for this session of Secretariat’s Human Factors webinar…

What hotel owners and operators should understand about the recent July 2026 Pennsylvania Supreme Court holding in Samsung Fire and Marine Insurance Co. Ltd. et al. v. RI Settlement Trust et al….By: Flaster Greenberg PC

Even in cases of alleged systemic abuse, courts must evaluate whether the underlying facts demonstrate sufficient commonality to make a class action the preferable procedure. In Gutierrez v. Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of Canada, 2026 ONCA 665 (Gutierrez), the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld the Superior Court’s denial of certification for a proposed class action…