This CLE provides an overview of the primary and emerging legal issues relating to artificial intelligence (AI)’s impact on certain areas of legal practice. Issues addressed include those involving general commercial contracts, products liability, labor and employment, intellectual property (IP), privacy and data security. We will focus on key issues that attorneys and businesses should consider in areas where AI technology is germane.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the energy industry in profound ways. Energy companies are utilizing AI and machine learning to optimize energy production, forecast demand, detect equipment failures, and streamline operations. This rapid adoption of AI is creating new legal issues and challenges for attorneys advising energy sector clients. This CLE will provide an overview of how leading energy companies are currently deploying AI across their operations. It will examine use cases such as predictive maintenance, automated trading, smart grid management, and dynamic pricing algorithms. In addition, the CLE will explore emerging legal issues surrounding the use of AI in the energy domain. This includes regulations governing AI explainability and transparency, liability issues, data privacy concerns, and intellectual property rights. Attendees will gain insights into contractual, compliance, and litigation risks associated with AI systems. Finally, the program will discuss how attorneys can leverage AI to better serve their energy industry clients. This includes streamlining due diligence and discovery, reviewing contracts and filings, predicting case outcomes, automating routine legal work, and providing data-driven legal strategy and advice. Attendees will leave better prepared to counsel energy clients on the legal implications of AI adoption and harness AI tools to enhance their own legal services.

While bipartisan legislative successes have been few and far between in our highly-charged political environment, a general consensus on the need to provide a stronger framework for reviewing foreign investment in US companies led to the passage of the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act (‘FIRRMA’) in the summer of 2018. The issuance of a final rule in January 2020 implementing FIRRMA subsequently crystallized the process for CFIUS review of inbound transactions. This seminar will review the landscape leading to FIRRMA, the highpoints of the new regulatory process, and provide an update on recent developments as changing national security concerns continue to provide calls for additional regulatory changes. It will also offer significant instruction on techniques for researching various aspects of this topic—from legislation to regulation and even how to analyze market examples of CFIUS approval clauses in M&A agreements.

Staying current with the latest developments in antitrust law in an evolving regulatory and political climate can be a challenging task. This course will provide an update on several key judicial and regulatory actions to monitor this year and also survey a range of effective methods to stay up to date

This course will provide an overview of the law governing shareholder liability for corporate debt in key jurisdictions (customizable on request). It will compare the several common articulations for veil piercing analysis employed by jurisdictions across the country, and discuss a number of variations on the general theme—including reverse veil-piercing, horizontal veil-piercing, the difference in application between contract and tort matters, and more. Finally, it will also provide an introduction to resources that you can employ to identify best practices to protect a corporate client, or to assess a client’s or opposing party’s exposure.

With data breaches and security incidents happening daily, it is not a matter of IF you will experience a cybersecurity incident, but WHEN. Cybersecurity threats are growing in scale and complexity and virtually every company in all industries face growing cyber risks. As cybersecurity laws and regulations unfold and consumer lawsuits become the norm, cybersecurity remains a top concern for businesses, including the C-suite.

In the United States alone there are over 11 million case opinions with 350,000 added each year. Despite the vast amount of data, attorneys want more than just a list of results. They want content that is actionable and insightful. This seminar will provide an overview of innovative tools that can help attorneys sift through the masses of information to find trends and patterns. It includes an overview of current trends and technology such as Artificial Intelligence and Analytics and how attorneys are using them to accomplish their everyday tasks more efficiently and effectively including answers to common legal questions, determine motion strategy and develop more persuasive motions.

This course provides an overview and understanding of the due diligence process in relation to transactions involving intellectual property assets. Tools for researching a company’s intellectual property registrations, ownership status, strength and value, and resources such as checklists, forms and model agreements will be reviewed.

With over 70% of U.S. adults on social media, workplace implications of social media activity present countless opportunities and pitfalls to employers. Aside from potential reputational damage, there are practical concerns when it comes to hiring practices, implementing social media policies, monitoring social media use, avoiding discrimination and harassment liability, and triggering NLRA issues. This CLE uses real-world examples of employment-related social media activity that “went viral” and provides best practices to avoid legal exposure that can come quickly and unexpectedly.

In an increasingly digital world, legal professionals face unique challenges in ensuring the integrity, reliability, and ethical use of online resources for research and documentation. In this CLE course, legal professionals will explore the ethical implications and best practices for utilizing open web resources and generative AI tools in legal research. Attendees will gain insights into the potential risks and benefits of these technologies, understand the ethical guidelines governing their use, and learn how to integrate them responsibly into their legal practice.