For Those About to Agentic, We Salute You! Of Mythos and Agentic AI. Agentic AI holds as much promise as it does risk. Frontier models are becoming more and more powerful. In fact, on April 7, Anthropic published a...

For Those About to Agentic, We Salute You! Of Mythos and Agentic AI.

When is a Crypto Interface a Broker? SEC Staff Draws a Functional Line Our Investment Funds and Financial Services teams review the Securities and Exchange Commission statement addressing when crypto trading...

When is a Crypto Interface a Broker? SEC Staff Draws a Functional Line

FMReps Consulting Enterprises, LLC v. Ford Motor Company This decision provides a clear win for companies facing claims of patent infringement directed to abstract and unpatenable ideas.

FMReps Consulting Enterprises, LLC v. Ford Motor Company

AI Quarterly | A Review of AI Law, Policy & Practice | April 2026 Our AI Quarterly publication brings together the firm’s latest AI focused practical insights, key developments, and upcoming programs all in one...

AI Quarterly | A Review of AI Law, Policy & Practice | April 2026

International AI Safety Report 2026 – UK litigation lessons from imperfect AI The International AI Safety Report 2026 is an assessment of general-purpose AI capabilities, emerging risks and risk-management approaches,...

International AI Safety Report 2026 – UK litigation lessons from imperfect AI

AI Regulation: The New Compliance Frontier Artificial intelligence (AI) utilization in healthcare has rapidly transformed from peripheral use cases to core clinical and operational...

AI Regulation: The New Compliance Frontier

Rogue AI Agents Won’t Be Testifying - You Will: Agentic AI, IP and Liability Risks, and a Path Forward Increasingly, AI agents—in the operational sense, autonomous software designed to execute a range of tasks—can navigate interfaces, execute...

Rogue AI Agents Won’t Be Testifying - You Will: Agentic AI, IP and Liability Risks, and a Path Forward

AI-Based Hiring: 2026 Developments Employers Can’t Ignore Artificial intelligence (“AI”) is no longer theoretical in employment decisions—it is actively shaping the hiring process in 2026. Recent...

AI-Based Hiring: 2026 Developments Employers Can’t Ignore

FinCEN and OFAC Propose AML/Sanctions Rules for Stablecoin Issuers Under GENIUS Act The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) on April 8, 2026,...

FinCEN and OFAC Propose AML/Sanctions Rules for Stablecoin Issuers Under GENIUS Act

State Legislatures Consider Oversight of Artificial Intelligence in Health Insurance Decisions As artificial intelligence (“AI”) continues to be deployed in new use cases, state legislatures are considering measures to oversee its use in...

State Legislatures Consider Oversight of Artificial Intelligence in Health Insurance Decisions

BARROOM BRIEF The place had the kind of lighting that made bad ideas look reasonable. Diaz was already there, hat tipped back, drink untouched, like he...

BARROOM BRIEF

CP26/13: The FCA Sharpens the Cryptoasset Regulatory Perimeter As crypto moves from the margins to the mainstream of the UK financial system, regulatory uncertainty is giving way to structured supervision,...

CP26/13: The FCA Sharpens the Cryptoasset Regulatory Perimeter

Don’t Let Your Lawyer’s AI Problem Become Yours On March 10, 2026, a federal prosecutor with thirty years of experience stood before a magistrate judge in the United States District Court for...

Don’t Let Your Lawyer’s AI Problem Become Yours

Constitutional Collision: Questions to Assess the 2026 National AI Framework Building on Section 8 of the December 2025 Executive Order, the Trump administration’s “National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence,”...

Constitutional Collision: Questions to Assess the 2026 National AI Framework

Department of Justice Delays Compliance Deadlines for ADA Web Accessibility The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed an Interim Final Rule (IFR) that delays compliance deadlines for web accessibility under Title II of...

Department of Justice Delays Compliance Deadlines for ADA Web Accessibility

High Court confirms only certain actions in tort are available when seeking to recover crypto assets Following the enactment, in December 2025, of the Property (Digital Assets etc) Act 2025 (the “Act”), the High Court handed down a judgment on 10...

High Court confirms only certain actions in tort are available when seeking to recover crypto assets

Agentic AI models may give cyber criminals new tools for cyber attacks. With great power comes great responsibility. Before artificial intelligence became readily accessible, cybersecurity risks were dependent on...

Agentic AI models may give cyber criminals new tools for cyber attacks.

NERC Launches Project 2026‑02 to Address Reliability Risks from Computational Loads The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) has determined that large computational loads connecting to the Bulk‑Power System...

NERC Launches Project 2026‑02 to Address Reliability Risks from Computational Loads

The Power of Good Privacy Practices Too often, companies only think seriously about data privacy when they need to follow legally required regulations or when a privacy breach has...

The Power of Good Privacy Practices

SEC Staff Carves Out a Path: Crypto Interface Providers May Not Be Broker-Dealers On April 13, 2026, the Staff of the SEC's Division of Trading and Markets issued guidance (the "Guidance") setting out the conditions under which...

SEC Staff Carves Out a Path: Crypto Interface Providers May Not Be Broker-Dealers

Future-proofing your licenses: Key changes in the new EU technology transfer regime On 16 April 2026, the European Commission (“Commission”) adopted the revised Technology Transfer Block Exemption Regulation ("TTBER") and the...

Future-proofing your licenses: Key changes in the new EU technology transfer regime

Evolving AI Tools and Reliance in the Workplace: Key Developments Employers Need to Know It started as merely trying out artificial intelligence (AI) tools. Now, more and more employers (and their employees) are relying on AI for...

Evolving AI Tools and Reliance in the Workplace: Key Developments Employers Need to Know

Client Alert: The White House Makes a Cyber and AI Policy Push The Trump administration (the Administration) is making a renewed push to shape the direction of national cybersecurity and artificial...

Client Alert: The White House Makes a Cyber and AI Policy Push

Leave the Article, Take the Design: USPTO Updates Guidance for Digital Designs to Drop the Depiction Requirement for Computer Screens On March 13, 2026, and effective immediately, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published a notice of “Supplemental Guidance...

Leave the Article, Take the Design: USPTO Updates Guidance for Digital Designs to Drop the Depiction Requirement for Computer Screens

Cybersecurity Risks Related to the Iran War Armed conflicts today are rarely confined to physical battlefields. Increasingly, geopolitical tensions spill into cyberspace, where...

Cybersecurity Risks Related to the Iran War

Strategic IP Considerations for the Medtech Market Rebound After Record Investment and M&A in 2025 In the medical device sector’s pursuit of market recovery following the post-pandemic correction, recent data indicates a significant resurgence...

Strategic IP Considerations for the Medtech Market Rebound After Record Investment and M&A in 2025

Building a Best-in-Class AI Use Policy: Core Elements for an Effective Compliance Framework As companies accelerate adoption of artificial intelligence tools across business functions, one reality is becoming increasingly clear: AI risk...

Building a Best-in-Class AI Use Policy: Core Elements for an Effective Compliance Framework

All Activity Rings [Patents] Closed—Judge Rochon Grants Motion for Summary Judgment of Non-infringement on Seven Design Patents Judge Jennifer L. Rochon (S.D.N.Y.) recently granted Defendant Apple, Inc.’s (“Apple”) motions for summary judgment of non-infringement of seven...

All Activity Rings [Patents] Closed—Judge Rochon Grants Motion for Summary Judgment of Non-infringement on Seven Design Patents

Federal Circuit Clarifies When Non-Infringing Products Can Form Part of a Royalty Base On March 6, 2026, the Federal Circuit issued a precedential opinion in the case of Exafer Ltd. v. Microsoft Corporation (No. 24-2296) reversing a...

Federal Circuit Clarifies When Non-Infringing Products Can Form Part of a Royalty Base

Extension of CARF registration deadline The Cayman Islands’ Crypto‑Asset Reporting Framework has been in force since 1 January 2026, with the registration deadline for Cayman Reporting...

Extension of CARF registration deadline