Organisations face rising legal and governance risks from AI. Leaders must set clear accountability, strong oversight and proactive controls to prevent unintended outcomes before they escalate.
       

Boies Schiller Flexner and Edwards Henderson stated that the deal provided a substantial recovery for survivors of Jeffrey Epstein, while sparing them the risk of further litigation.

       

"Be responsive, take ownership of projects, and treat your clients' legal issues the same way you would treat your own."

       

Jen Fryhling, associate general counsel at Meta Platforms, which won the Legalweek Leaders in Tech Law Award for Best Custom Legal Technology Development (In-House), discusses how AI will push client-firm relationships to become less transactional and more about partnerships.

       

Today, some firms “don't have the inventory of deals that they had a year ago, “and that's started to make them nervous," noted consultant Blane Prescott.

       

Toni Cannady has been deeply involved in legal work for the team's new, $2.2 billion stadium, which opens this year.

       

"After sleepless nights for staff and their families, many arrive at work exhausted and worried," one partner said. "It weighs on morale, but we keep working."

       

Social media comments from a Pentagon official suggest the U.S. Department of Justice will ask the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to review whether a San Francisco federal judge erred in her preliminary injunction order blocking the Trump administration from designating artificial intelligence developer Anthropic a "supply-chain risk to national security" while the litigation plays out.

       

Today's war for associate talent is being fought during the 1L year. The pitfalls are clear, but correcting "mismatches" offers upside.

       

The legal industry's most celebrated indicators—rate growth, PEP, headcount—look solid in isolation but form an impossible shape when viewed together.

       

Broward County Circuit Judge Carol-Lisa Phillips concluded that Abbott, which provided its formula to doctors in hospitals, could not be sued for failing to warn Tiana Ennix, the mother of a premature baby named Iyiana, who contracted necrotizing enterocolitis, or NEC, after ingesting Similac Special Care.

       

Litigation is surging over the use of AI%E2%80%91powered product recommendation tools in the beauty sector.

       

The court looked to its revised framework under its 2024 ruling Bristol Asphalt v. Rochester Bituminous Products, to analyze special motions to dismiss under the state's anti-SLAPP laws, Massachusetts General Laws chapter 231 Section 59H.        

Some observers are viewing it as a victory for the rule of law, now that the U.S. Attorney's Office plans to re-indict some defendants because Alina Habba signed off on their cases.

       

Legal experts say the sudden collapse of the high-profile partnership highlights the risks of “light agreements and the shifting priorities of OpenAI, which is eyeing a 2026 IPO.

       

"Read together, Berk v. Choy and Shady Grove squarely resolve the question of whether Rule 23 applies in federal court notwithstanding a state law class action bar. It does, and therefore the Alabama class action bar is unenforceable in this action," a federal judge in Massachusetts wrote.        

Connecticut has formed a committee to explore other pathways for law school graduates to become lawyers instead of taking the bar exam.

       

Wilmer and Jenner are asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to affirm the lower court's permanent injunction of four executive orders targeting law firms.

       

"For legal teams, the environment demands a real-time posture. It's not enough to prepare once a year," said Kilian Moote, a strategist at the governance consulting firm Georgeson.

       

In this Legal Speak episode, co-hosts Cedra Mayfield and Patrick Smith interview Mitratech Vice President of Value Experience Liz Lugones, live from the Legalweek 2026 Conference in New York.