Tech Law Talks

AI explained: AI in film and television

Continuing our new series on artificial intelligence, Christian Simonds and Henry Birkbeck discuss the use of AI in film and television. AI features in every stage of production – from pre-production, through production, to post-production – and reliance on AI will continue to increase as it evolves. The discussion centers around the legalities that management in the industry should be aware of, as well as the recurring questions and issues raised by clients in both the UK and U.S.

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AI explained: AI in the workplace

As part of our new series on artificial intelligence, in the coming months, we explore the key challenges and opportunities in this rapidly evolving landscape. In this episode, our labor and employment lawyers, Mark Goldstein and Carl de Cicco, discuss what employers need to know about the use of AI in the workplace and the key differences and implications between the UK and the U.S.

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AI for legal departments: Managing eDiscovery and data retention risks with Microsoft Copilot

Anthony Diana and Therese Craparo are joined by John Collins from Lighthouse to provide an overview of some of the challenges and strategies around data retention and eDiscovery with Microsoft’s AI tool, Copilot. This episode explores Copilot’s functionality within M365 applications and the complexities of preserving, collecting and producing Copilot data for legal purposes. The panelists cover practical tips on managing Copilot data, including considerations for a defensible legal hold process and the potential relevance of Copilot interactions in litigation.

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AI for legal departments: Managing legal and regulatory risks within Copilot

Anthony Diana and Samantha Walsh are joined by Lighthouse’s Chris Baird as part of our series on what legal teams need to know about Microsoft 365 AI-driven productivity tool, Copilot.

This episode presents an overview of the risks relating to Copilot’s access to and use of privileged and sensitive data and how businesses can mitigate these risks, including using Microsoft 365's access control tools and user training. 

In particular, the episode provides in-depth information about Microsoft 365's sensitivity labels and how they can be used to refine a business’s approach to managing risk associated with privileged and sensitive data stored in Microsoft 365.

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AI for legal departments: Introduction to M365 Copilot

Anthony Diana and Karim Alhassan are joined by Lighthouse’s John Collins to discuss Microsoft's AI-driven productivity tool, Copilot.

This episode presents an overview of Copilot and its various use cases, the technical nuances and details differentiating it from other generative AI tools, the identified compliance gaps and challenges currently seen in production, and the various risks legal departments should be aware of and accounting for.

This episode also provides a high-level overview of best practices that legal and business teams should consider as they continue to explore, pilot and roll out Copilot, including enhanced access controls, testing and user-training, which our speakers will further expand upon in future episodes.

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EU update: Data processing agreements for cloud services

Partners Andy Splittgerber, and Christian Leuthner shed light on recent developments in the use of cloud services and EU data protection issues. This includes a summary of and comments on recent publications by the DSK (the German data protection authorities) as well as recent perspectives on data processors’ reuse of data. Andy and Christian conclude by giving some practical tips for both providers and customers.

Tokenization Nation: Putting real-world assets on the blockchain

2023 has been the year for the tokenization of real-world assets. The theme has been all-pervasive, with businesses across the world seeking to tokenize a whole spectrum of assets ranging from real estate to music, film, art, loans, invoices and credit. In this episode, Reed Smith’s Hagen Rooke (Singapore) and Soham Panchamiya (Dubai) are joined by Wayne Tan, general counsel at OpenEden, a platform that has become known for pioneering the tokenization of Treasury Bills. The conversation seeks to unpack the concept of tokenization and growing interest in this area, surveys some of the key activities in the real-world assets space, and contemplates the attendant legal and regulatory challenges.

This episode was recorded on 23 October 2023.

Artificial intelligence for legal departments

Anthony Diana joins Daniel Broderick, co-founder and CEO of BlackBoiler, to discuss how AI is already being used by legal departments to manage contracts, the requirements for making the use of AI for contract management, and how future developments in AI will impact contract management.