Artificial Intelligence: Regulatory Status and Impact on the Practice of Law

Overview of Artificial Intelligence: Regulatory Status and Impact on the Practice of Law

Artificial intelligence's current regulatory status and its transformative impact on legal practice are analyzed here. Panelists explain how AI works and what generative AI is, highlight the risks of using the technology in practice (with a recent case raising ethical concerns), review the current regulatory landscape from state to federal to international, and conclude with insights on AI's impact on the legal profession.

What you’ll learn in Artificial Intelligence: Regulatory Status and Impact on the Practice of Law

• Explain how AI and generative AI work
• Identify the risks of using AI in the practice of law
• Describe the state, federal, and international AI regulatory landscape
• Assess AI's impact on the legal profession

Curriculum

1. 1. Artificial Intelligence: Regulatory Status and Impact on the Practice of Law

   As AI continues to impact and revolutionize industries, comprehending its legal implications is paramount. This seminar offers lawyers the unique opportunity to delve into AI's regulatory complexities, enabling them to navigate the digital revolution confidently. By understanding AI's potential and its legal ramifications, you can provide more informed, innovative solutions for your clients. What You Will Learn from the Seminar In this seminar, our legal and technical expert panelists begin by explaining how AI works and what generative AI is. They highlight some of the risks of using this technology in the practice of law and discuss a recent case that highlighted ethical concerns. Our speakers then review the current regulatory landscape, from state to federal to international, and concl

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Your instructors

Daniel B. Garrie

Founder, Law & Forensics; Neutral at JAMS; Faculty at Harvard

Law & Forensics LLC · JAMS · Harvard · Rutgers Law School · Journal of Law & Cyber Warfare

Daniel B. Garrie is the founder and executive managing partner of Law & Forensics LLC, a boutique cybersecurity and forensic engineering firm he co-founded in 2008. He serves as a neutral, arbitrator, and forensic special master at JAMS, focusing on cybersecurity, cryptocurrency, and complex technology disputes, and holds faculty appointments at Harvard and Rutgers Law School. A patented software inventor and prolific author, he is editor-in-chief of the Journal of Law & Cyber Warfare and a widely cited authority on computer forensics, eDiscovery, and cyber litigation.

Bradford Newman

Partner and Head of Complex Technology Disputes (US), Eversheds Sutherland

Baker McKenzie

Bradford Newman is a partner at Eversheds Sutherland and the firm's Head of Complex Technology Disputes (US), based in Silicon Valley, where he joined when the firm opened that office in 2025. He serves as lead trial counsel in national and cross-border high-stakes technology and trade secret litigation, and advises boards and C-suites on governance and regulatory risk in artificial intelligence, blockchain, decentralized finance and cryptocurrency. He is the founder and longtime co-chair of the American Bar Association's AI and Blockchain Subcommittee and edits the trade secrets chapter of the ABA Business Law Section's Annual Review. He previously chaired Baker McKenzie's North America Trade Secrets Practice, and is ranked by Chambers USA in trade secrets. At Legal Cyber Academy he teaches on ransomware and forensics, and on artificial intelligence and its regulation in legal practice.

Kristen Mathews

Partner, Cooley LLP

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Kristen Mathews is a partner in Cooley's global cyber/data/privacy group and litigation department in New York. Her work covers the treatment of personal and experiential information about individuals, cybersecurity preparedness and data breach incident response, and compliance with data privacy laws at the state, federal and international levels, as well as artificial intelligence, brain tech and the ethical ramifications of the use of AI. She joined Cooley in September 2024 from Morrison & Foerster. Chambers USA has ranked her since 2010 and The Legal 500 US inducted her into its Hall of Fame in the Cyber Law category. At Legal Cyber Academy she teaches on the regulatory status of artificial intelligence and its impact on the practice of law.

Antonio Tavares Paes

Partner, Costa e Tavares Paes Advogados

Costa e Tavares Paes Advogados

Antonio Tavares Paes Jr. is a partner at Costa e Tavares Paes Advogados in Brazil. His practice covers civil and corporate litigation, arbitration, commercial contracts, corporate law and M&A, capital markets, banking, data protection and digital law, and compliance, for clients in the engineering, energy and finance sectors. He previously held roles at White & Case LLP, Chase Manhattan Bank and Scudder Kemper Investments, and was a partner at Flecha de Lima & Tavares Paes Advogados and at Wald Associados Advogados. Chambers ranks him Band 2 in Dispute Resolution: Litigation (Mid-Market) in Brazil. At Legal Cyber Academy he teaches on artificial intelligence regulation and its impact on the practice of law.