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The EU AI Act: The Digital Omnibus, the Current Timeline, and What to Do Now (Part II of II)
Part 1 of this series covered where EU AI Act enforcement genuinely stands today: prohibited practices enforceable since February 2025, general-purpose AI obligations running since August 2025, the Commission’s first formal investigations opened in June 2026 into hiring, credit scoring, and student monitoring AI systems, and full enforcement and fining authority active since August 2026….By:…
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Artificial Intelligence, Real Liability: Could Not Using AI Be Legal Malpractice?
Ever since artificial intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT became publicly available, much ink has been spilled about their ethical use. Articles highlighting examples of lawyers misusing AI tools are passed around like legal ghost stories, warning lawyers of the risks of careless reliance on AI. However, it is myopic to focus solely on……By: McDonnell Boehnen…
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Key Takeaways from Navigating the Current U.S. IP Landscape: Key Legal Developments for Korean Companies (Session 3)
Recent changes in the U.S. intellectual property landscape are creating new challenges and opportunities for Korean companies looking to protect and enforce their IP rights….By: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.
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Lessons From Spain’s First Reported Agentic AI Data Breach
Earlier this month, the Spanish data protection regulator (AEPD) disclosed that it had received the first notification of a personal data breach in which the incident had reportedly been executed using an AI agent that used a known large language model (LLM)….By: Ropes & Gray LLP
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AI Pacing Agreements: Legal Issues and Potential Strategies to Manage Them
This Holland & Knight publication examines the legal issues that pacing agreements and coordinated commitments among frontier artificial intelligence (AI) companies raise, with particular attention to the antitrust implications of competitor coordination on the pace and manner of product development. The article offers practical guidance for companies considering participation in such arrangements….By: Holland & Knight…
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Plaintiffs Cite Avocado Oil Study In Chips Putative Class Actions
Astudy from the University of California, Davis purportedly finding that many avocado-oil products were adulterated with cheaper oils has prompted litigation against food manufacturers….By: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.
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Surf and Tort: First Department Rejects Scaffold-Surfing Defense Under Labor Law § 240
In Tobon v. Turner Constr. Co. (2026), decided in August, the Appellate Division, First Department, affirmed the lower court’s grant of partial summary judgment to plaintiff on his Labor Law § 240(1) claim….By: Ropers Majeski
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A Three-Foot Fall is Not Automatically a Labor Law § 240(1) Case
In Digangi v New York City Sch. Constr. Auth. (2026), the plaintiff slipped on an icy step while exiting the cockpit of a compact track loader, or “skidsteer” and fell approximately three feet to the ground….By: Ropers Majeski
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The Quarterly Dose – August 2026
INSIDE THIS ISSUE: – All Rise: Recent Victories and Success Stories – From Bedside to Bar – Medical Malpractice and AI: How the Federal Court’s Holding in United States v. Heppner Impacts Health Care Litigation – Practice Spotlight: Catastrophic Medical Injury Practice – Highlights in Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Law: Expansion of Liability, Nuclear Verdicts, and…
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U.N. Updates: Zelensky Warns of Growing Global Cost of Russia’s War in Ukraine
Ukraine’s president said rising fuel prices and deadlier drone technology showed that the fighting have spilled beyond his country’s borders. He called for steps to end to the war before winter.
