Gary Kibel, a partner in Davis+Gilbert’s Privacy, Technology + Data Security Practice Group, was quoted in a Wall Street Journal article about President Trump’s recent executive order asserting federal authority over AI regulation. The executive order, backed by major tech companies, aims to Continue Reading
TechCrunch | Trump’s AI Executive Order Promises ‘One Rulebook’ — Startups May Get Legal Limbo Instead
A major development in U.S. AI policy may leave startups and other companies navigating a prolonged period of legal ambiguity instead of delivering clear, nationwide standards. President Trump’s new executive order directs federal agencies, including the Department of Justice, to challenge state Continue Reading
Corporate Counsel Magazine | JBS Settlement With AG Over Climate Pledge Offers Lessons for Companies and Regulators
A recent $1.1 million settlement between JBS USA Food Co. and New York Attorney General Letitia James underscores both the scrutiny around environmental marketing statements and the limits regulators may encounter when pursuing investigations. Ronald Urbach, partner and co-chair of Continue Reading
Law 360 | Auto Lenders Shaken by Bankruptcy, Stirring Broader Worries
The bankruptcies of Tricolor and PrimaLend marked the first major insolvencies that the U.S. auto lending industry had seen in years. According to industry observers, they serve as a wake-up call for lenders that may have grown too comfortable with minimal oversight and few consequences. In a Continue Reading
Structured Credit Investor | Mass Deportations and Due Diligence Gaps Are Exposing Cracks in the US Consumer ABS Market
Deportation policies and due diligence blind spots are exposing hidden risks in the U.S. consumer ABS market. The market is facing a new kind of crisis — not of defaulting borrowers, but of disappearing ones. As mass deportations and tightening immigration enforcement under the Trump Continue Reading
The Wall Street Journal | OpenAI Wants Brands to Allow Their Mascots to Appear in Gen AI Videos
OpenAI’s new text-to-video platform, Sora 2, is capturing widespread attention — and raising complex legal questions about copyright, brand protection and AI. The viral app allows users to create realistic videos simply by typing a prompt. One of Sora 2’s most talked-about features, “cameos,” Continue Reading
SubPrime Auto Finance News | Experts From Davis+Gilbert and McDonald Hopkins Offer More Analysis of Tricolor Bankruptcy Impact
With the recent bankruptcy filing by Tricolor Holdings, many industry leaders are attempting to predict how this will impact subprime auto finance for the remainder of the year and beyond. Joseph Cioffi and Nicole Zatserkovniy, attorneys in the Bankruptcy, Creditors’ Rights + Finance Practice Continue Reading
The Hill | Three Key Questions Swirling Around the TikTok Deal
After months of uncertainty surrounding TikTok’s future, President Trump announced on Friday that President Xi Jinping has agreed on a deal to keep TikTok running in the U.S. However, few specifics about the deal have been released. Jim Johnston, a partner in the Advertising + Marketing Practice Continue Reading
The Hill | Trump’s TikTok Claims Spur Questions
After months of uncertainty surrounding TikTok’s future, President Trump announced on Friday that President Xi Jinping has agreed on a deal to keep TikTok running in the U.S. However, few specifics about the deal have been released. Jim Johnston, a partner in the Advertising + Marketing Practice Continue Reading
Digiday | WTF Is AI ‘Grounding’ Licensing, and Why Do Publishers Say It Matters Over Training Deals?
Publishers and AI platforms are starting to move past one-time training deals and are focusing more on usage-based agreements, often called “grounding” or “RAG.” Gary Kibel, a partner in the Privacy, Technology + Data Security Practice Group at Davis+Gilbert, was quoted in Digiday discussing the Continue Reading