United States: Technology

Agentic AI systems promise transformative capabilities but carry substantial risks when deployed with inadequate evaluation. How can organizations design pilot programs that generate real evidence of value and risk, moving beyond vendor demonstrations to assess whether AI agents can safely and profitably perform their intended roles?

Big Law is celebrating record revenues from hourly billing just as AI technology makes reliable flat-fee litigation pricing possible for the first time. With 71% of clients preferring flat fees and AI tools now capable...

Ankura's latest insights explore critical developments across finance, technology, and regulatory compliance. From football's financial transformation and AI-driven performance advantages to emerging cybersecurity threats and joint venture alignment strategies, these analyses examine how organizations navigate complex operational and strategic challenges in today's evolving business landscape.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed three healthcare-related artificial intelligence (AI) bills – Assembly Bill (AB) 1979, Senate Bill (SB) 503 and SB 947 – and vetoed two others, AB 2575 and SB 903.

Indeed, tariff engineering can do more than lower a company’s duty bill. On Simply Trade, hosts Lalo Solorzano and Andy Shiles talk with Hal Berman and John Petitte of Trade Insight. Together, they explain how tariff engineering works best as a cross-functional strategy.

The Eleventh Circuit recently vacated a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of Georgia’s social media law, which had an effective date of July 1, 2025. Enforcement was temporarily blocked in June 2025, shortly before the law’s effective date.

The Ninth Circuit held that GitHub Copilot's AI-generated code did not violate DMCA's copyright management information (CMI) removal provisions, even when output resembled source code, because the system generated new works through probabilistic patterns rather than retrieving and stripping information from existing copies. This decision establishes a critical distinction between AI systems that learn and generate versus those that retrieve and reproduce, with significant implications for how courts evaluat

California has enacted three new laws governing employer use of artificial intelligence and automated tools in layoffs, workplace monitoring, discipline, and termination. These laws are separate from the California Consumer Privacy Act’s automated decisionmaking technology (ADMT) rules and apply more broadly to employers and public entities that are not covered by the CCPA. CCPA covered employers may need to integrate compliance with ADMT and Risk Assessment requirements (for sensitive personal information processing activities and automated decisionmaking technology).

The Federal Trade Commission has introduced stringent new requirements for parties using technology-assisted review or artificial intelligence in document production during investigations, mandating extensive upfront disclosures, prescriptive performance metrics, and validation processes. These requirements represent a significant departure from previous FTC practice and may discourage parties from using AI or TAR due to increased complexity and agency oversight. Parties now face critical decisions about wh