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As detailed in a recent guest post on this site, authorities in a variety of jurisdictions around the country and around the world are grappling with the right approach to regulate AI. Several U.S. state legislatures, including those in California, Colorado, Utah and Texas, among others, have already enacted AI-specific laws. Now, on December 11, 2025, the White House issued a new Executive Order entitled “Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence” (here). The new EO seeks to override or preempt state laws on AI in favor of unified federal regulation. As discussed below, the order raises a number of concerns and may face both resistance and court challenge.Continue Reading White House Issues Executive Order Targeting State AI Regulation

Burkhard Fassbach

As this blog’s readers know, DEI as a topic has proven to be a high priority under the new Trump administration. The administration’s approach to DEI is important not only for domestic U.S. companies, but also for multinational companies with U.S. subsidiaries. In the following guest post, Burkhard Fassbach examines the DEI-related issues for multinational companies. Burkhard is a D&O lawyer in private practice in Germany. I would like to thank Burkhard for allowing me to publish his article as a guest post on this site. I welcome guest post submissions from responsible authors on topics of interest to this site’s readers. Please contact me directly if you would like to submit a guest post. Here is Burkhard’s article.Continue Reading Guest Post: What Multinational Corporations Should Know About DEI Risks in the US

Readers of this blog know well that the current administration has been issuing a significant number and wide variety of memos and orders, including a March 22, 2025 memo pertaining to alleged law firm misconduct and Executive Orders focused on specific law firms. The law firm memo and the Executive Orders potentially represent a significant concern for affected firms. The following guest post – written by E. Theresa Panensky, West Region Leader, Claims Advocate of the Claims & Legal Group – WTW FINEX; Scott M. Lupiani, Partner, Litigation, Pierson Ferdinand, LLP; and Larry Fine, Management Liability Coverage Leader, WTW FINEX – examines the law firm-related memorandum and orders and considers the insurance implications for affected firms. A version of this article previously was published as a WTW client alert. I would like to thank the authors for allowing me to publish their article as a guest post on this site. I welcome guest post submissions from responsible authors on topics of interest to this site’s readers. Please contact me directly if you would like to submit a guest post. Here is the authors’ article.Continue Reading Guest Post: Insurance Issues Related to Executive Orders