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NYC Launches Nation’s First Municipal Click-to-Cancel Rule

October 01, 2026
Federal Appeals Court Deals Blow to Use of Copyrighted Works to Train AI
Artificial Intelligence // October 01, 2026

The 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals handed down a ruling Tuesday (Sept. 29) that Ross Intelligence’s use of copyrighted material to train its legal artificial intelligence search engine was not fair use and affirmed a lower court’s grant of summary judgment to Thomson Reuters. The...

Rogue Agent Incidents Add New Wrinkle to Delaware Plan for AI-Run Companies
Artificial Intelligence // September 30, 2026

Delaware’s first-in-the-nation proposal to create companies managed by artificial intelligence agents is confronting a new complication. Mounting evidence that AI agents do not always remain within the boundaries humans set for them is adding to skeptics’ doubts about the plan. The draft legislation, expected to...

Thomson Reuters Wins AI Copyright Battle
Legal & Regulation // September 29, 2026

A U.S. appeals court upheld a ruling for Thomson Reuters in its copyright lawsuit against Ross Intelligence that centers on artificial intelligence training, Reuters reported Tuesday (Sept. 29). Thomson Reuters is the parent company of Reuters. Thomson Reuters filed the suit in 2020, alleging that...

Apple Ordered to Pay $5.7 Billion in Haptic Patent Lawsuit
Mobile Commerce // September 27, 2026

A federal jury has awarded headphone maker Taction a record $5.7 billion in its patent lawsuit against Apple. As Reuters reported Friday (Sept. 25), jurors found that Apple’s Taptic Engine, used in iPhones and Apple Watches to create haptic feedback, infringed on two Taction patents....

Interviews & Exclusives
Legal Departments Move From Testing AI to Governing It

August 17, 2026
For decades, the legal department was one of the last enterprise functions to adopt new technology at scale. The work was too nuanced, the stakes too high, and the profession too cautious. Generative AI changed the pace of experimentation. Agentic AI is changing the pace of deployment, and this week the Prompt Economy turns its […]

States Put Big Tech’s AI Advantage Under New Scrutiny

August 13, 2026
Watch more: TechReg With Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti For much of modern antitrust history, the largest competition cases have been defined by Washington. State attorneys general joined investigations, supported...

Hospitals Can’t Outsource AI Accountability

July 29, 2026
Watch more: TechReg With Alaap Shah of Epstein Becker Green Healthcare organizations spent the first phase of the artificial intelligence (AI) boom asking whether the technology worked. The next phase...

Healthcare AI Has Left the Lab. Now Comes the Hard Part.

June 19, 2026
Artificial intelligence in healthcare has evolved past a simple test-and-learn exercise. AI tools are now embedded into clinical scheduling, drug dispensing, patient communications and diagnostic decision-making across the industry, according...

Quick Reads
NYC Launches Nation’s First Municipal Click-to-Cancel Rule

October 01, 2026
New York City’s Click-to-Cancel rule took effect Thursday (Oct. 1), making the city the first municipality in the country to implement such a rule, the Office of the Mayor said in a press release. The rule gives New York City new authority to crack down on businesses that make it difficult for consumers to cancel […]

Thomson Reuters Wins AI Copyright Battle

September 29, 2026
A U.S. appeals court upheld a ruling for Thomson Reuters in its copyright lawsuit against Ross Intelligence that centers on artificial intelligence training, Reuters reported Tuesday (Sept. 29). Thomson Reuters...

Apple Ordered to Pay $5.7 Billion in Haptic Patent Lawsuit

September 27, 2026
A federal jury has awarded headphone maker Taction a record $5.7 billion in its patent lawsuit against Apple. As Reuters reported Friday (Sept. 25), jurors found that Apple’s Taptic Engine,...

Court Shields Federal Credit Unions From Illinois Swipe Fee Law

September 23, 2026
A U.S. District Court ruled Tuesday (Sept. 22) that federal credit unions cannot be forced to comply with the Illinois Interchange Fee Prohibition Act (IFPA), according to a Tuesday press release issued...