Topic: Technology

Artificial intelligence continues to expand its capabilities and challenge existing legal principles, with copyright law at the forefront.

On December 22, 2025, the City Bar of New York’s Ethics Committee issued Formal Opinion 2025-6: “Ethical Issues Affecting Use of Al to Record, Transcribe, and Summarize Conversations with Clients.”

Generative AI is quickly becoming part of everyday legal work, but recent court decisions show it can also create real risks for attorney client privilege.

Courts are beginning to define how companies should consider retaining outputs generated by GenAI tools.

Governor Kathy Hochul signed the Responsible AI Safety and Education Act.

Courts are increasingly sanctioning lawyers who submit briefs containing AI generated “hallucinations,” such as fabricated cases or misquoted legal authorities, emphasizing that attorneys remain fully responsible for verifying accuracy.

Texas enacted new legislation that staked out an early position in AI regulation.

The video gaming industry is an alluring target for cyber criminals. In response, regulators in various jurisdictions have sought to bring video gaming into scope of critical infrastructure legislation or have adopted sector-specific rules.

Following our European and US tech sector M&A updates, outlook and overview of key regulatory trends, we turn our attention to China, and look at what we’re seeing in the market during 2025, and where we expect the opportunities to be as we head into 2026.

Following our European tech sector M&A update, outlook and overview of key regulatory trends, in the next video we discuss the United States (US) tech M&A market, and share what we’re seeing, highlighting trends since the new US Administration at the beginning of the year.