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Silicon Valley‑based Crosby, a two‑year‑old AI‑first law firm, has submitted a proposal to acquire the trademark, brand identity, and internal data assets of the venerable Weil Gotshal, which is moving toward dissolution.
The Department of Homeland Security has paused green‑card approvals for a handful of leading technology companies, including Microsoft, amid heightened national‑security scrutiny of foreign‑born staff.
The legal‑AI platform Legora closed a $550 million Series E round, taking its valuation to $8.8 billion and funding the expansion of its workflow automation tools for lawyers.
Following legal pushback, Meta has updated its commercial terms to remove language that would have allowed the company to scrape third‑party business websites for artificial‑intelligence training purposes.
The state’s top legal officer has served OpenAI with an investigative subpoena as part of a wider examination into possible cybersecurity weaknesses and incidents linked to the company’s artificial‑intelligence systems.
Chamelio has raised a $26 million Series A led by Entrée Capital to build an AI‑native platform that automates the full contract lifecycle for in‑house legal teams.
DaVoice alleges that Perplexity AI stole its wake‑word code and training data, sparking a trade‑secret lawsuit.
Berlin-based Langdock, an enterprise AI agent startup, dissolved its US Delaware holding and restructured as a German SE to address legal risks from US laws.
India’s consumer watchdog is investigating Apple’s iOS 18 update, alleging that the lack of a software warranty led to costly repairs for users, potentially violating consumer rights.
Microsoft unveiled a draft code of conduct for its in‑house AI, requiring models to never resist correction or shutdown and to communicate in human‑understandable ways, as part of its safety strategy.
Senate aides are debating a bill that would impose a duty of care on AI developers, potentially giving the government power to block unsafe models.
Tesla has filed a lawsuit against Manitoba after the province removed the automaker from its electric‑vehicle rebate program.