Dealmaking makes a comeback as tech giants battle for dominance in artificial intelligence -
Dealmakers in the technology sector have battled headwinds over the past few years. Global deal value sank to US$456.6 billion in...more
The global dash to regulate AI -
Artificial intelligence (AI) has made enormous strides in recent years and has increasingly moved into the public consciousness.
Increases in computational power, coupled with advances in...more
5/14/2024
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Last week, on January 25, 2024, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) held an inaugural public summit on artificial intelligence (AI) policy, as the agency explores antitrust and consumer protection challenges posed by the...more
You are likely already familiar with two US recent decisions that have addressed the copyrightability of AI-generated works:
(a) On August 18, 2023, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia ruled in...more
10/6/2023
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Welcome to the third edition of our AI Legal News Summer Roundup! After five class actions were filed between June 28 and July 11 (as reported on in our first edition of this series), on July 21, another class action lawsuit...more
8/10/2023
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Welcome to the first edition of our AI Legal News Summer Roundup! With both the temperature and artificial intelligence developments heating up, the time is ripe to provide periodic updates this summer on recent legal...more
7/20/2023
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The technology sector continued its record-breaking path through 2021 as digitalization picked up pace. M&A value in 2020 was already strong—it reached US$339 billion, the highest-ever annual value for the sector at that...more
Technology M&A activity is thriving in 2021 as dealmakers continue to turn to the sector in search of assets with high-quality earnings and growth prospects -
Technology deal volume and value surged through the first half...more
7/30/2021
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Technology dealmaking has continued apace in 2020 as M&A investors take advantage of the sector’s resilience to transact -
The technology sector has been one of the least impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and deal...more
6/30/2020
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Digital drives deals in every sector, ensuring tech is a primary focus of M&A across the board—even as data challenges multiply.
Some say every deal is a tech deal now. Not quite, but the point is well taken. Respondents to...more