As we look back on 2025, one theme that emerges from our work helping over 100 clients with their AI adoption is that extracting real value from AI takes a sustained effort across the organization, and those investments are now
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Debevoise & Plimpton is a law firm that publishes blogs focusing on legal developments and regulatory issues affecting various industries. Their content covers topics such as artificial intelligence regulation, privacy and data protection laws, cybersecurity, financial services compliance, and corporate governance. The firm provides analysis of new legislation, regulatory guidance, and enforcement trends, often highlighting practical implications for businesses and legal practitioners. Their posts also explore emerging risks and best practices related to technology adoption, including AI and cybersecurity frameworks. Debevoise & Plimpton's publications serve as resources for understanding complex legal landscapes and compliance requirements in areas like advertising law, data privacy, financial regulation, and technology law.
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New York Enacts Landmark AI & Right of Publicity Laws
The widespread and increasing use of artificial intelligence (“AI”) in advertising and media—particularly to generate realistic human likenesses—has prompted New York to enact two new laws that carry meaningful compliance obligations and potential monetary penalties for advertisers and content producers.…
Board and C-Suite Lessons for Getting AI Right: What 25 Years of Internet Adoption Can Teach Us
As boards and executives look for guidance on how best to adopt AI, comparisons to previous innovations are often used. But catchphrases like “AI is the new fire” or “it’s the new electricity” are not very helpful for people who…
FINRA’s 2026 Regulatory Oversight Report: Continued Focus on Generative AI and Emerging Agent-Based Risks
On December 9, 2025, FINRA released its 2026 FINRA Annual Regulatory Oversight Report (the “2026 Report”). The 2026 Report contains a standalone section on Generative AI (“GenAI”) that substantially expands upon the topic from last year’s publication. In particular,…
Debevoise Data Blog: Top 5 Privacy Posts of 2025
As we approach the end of the year, here are the top 5 privacy posts on the Debevoise Data Blog in 2025.
On September 25, 2025, the…
Debevoise Data Blog: Top 5 Cybersecurity Blog Posts of 2025
As we approach the end of the year, here are the Top 5 Cybersecurity posts on the Debevoise Data Blog in 2025.
1. Protecting Privilege in Incident Response: Litigation Lessons (September 15, 2025)
Companies responding to data breaches are faced…
Debevoise’s STAAR AI Platform Wins Financial Times Innovation Award
We are very proud to announce that on December 8, 2025, Debevoise won the Financial Times Innovative Lawyers North America Award for Innovation in New Legal Products. The Award was given to Debevoise for our Suite of Tools for Assessing…
Debevoise Data Blog: Top 14 AI Posts of 2025
We’ve been doing a lot of work recently on agentic AI workflows. In this post, we share some of our thinking on how to assess their risks…
Preparing for the UN Cybercrime Convention and Its Impact on Technology Service Providers
After several years of contentious negotiations, late last year the United Nations General Assembly adopted the UN Convention against Cybercrime (the “UNCC”)the most significant international agreement on cybercrime and electronic evidence in more than two decades. Following a signing ceremony…
What Exactly is an “AI System” or an “AI Solution?” Debevoise’s Practical Definitions for Common AI Terms
When we help clients draft their AI policies, we aim to ensure that employees understand the terms that we use. For example, we often define “AI” simply as generative AI, including the outputs of tools like ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude.…