Intellectual property rights on insolvency: risks and remedies for a licensee
July 08, 2025
What are the principal areas of risk for a licensee of IP rights when the licensor enters into an insolvency process? What are the steps that a licensee may take to protect itself in potential future insolvency proceedings of its licensor?
Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act
July 02, 2025
The Texas Governor signed the Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act (HB 149), which will go into effect on January 1, 2026.
Do your technology and outsourcing contracts properly address liability for cyber incidents?
July 01, 2025
Most incidents handled by our Norton Rose Fulbright cyber team originate from the customer’s service provider. In many cases it is the service provider’s systems, infrastructure and environment which proves to be the most vulnerable to cyber breaches and security issues.
Workday AI lawsuit receives the greenlight to proceed as a collective action
June 04, 2025
Workday Inc. (Workday) must face a nationwide collective action that could implicate “hundreds of millions of people” who were rejected for employment through Workday.
Generative AI: Updated global guide to key IP considerations
June 02, 2025
Generative AI systems are trained using vast amounts of data, often taken from sources in the public domain that may be protected by copyright or other intellectual property rights. So could training a generative AI system using publicly accessible copyright work constitute an infringement? And could the output infringe?
AI literacy: The Commission’s pointers on building your programme
May 28, 2025
The EU AI Act’s AI literacy obligation applied from 2 February 2025. This applies to anyone doing anything with AI where there is some connection to the EU – to providers and deployers of any AI systems.
Substantiate AI detection claims
May 13, 2025
On April 28, 2025, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) made it clear that any claims about the ability of a tool to detect whether artificial intelligence (AI) generated content need to be substantiated, just like other advertising claims.
Navigating regulatory challenges in data centres
May 01, 2025
Businesses investing in, financing or operating data centres face a complex matrix of laws and regulatory requirements. Ensuring compliance is important for lender and investor due diligence and is crucial to avoiding fines, penalties and contractual or regulatory breaches that can significantly impact the business and any investment in, or financing of, data centres.
New “Sensitive Technology List” to inform Canada’s national security efforts
April 02, 2025
The Minister of Public Safety recently announced Canada’s first Sensitive Technology List (STL). The STL identifies the government’s priority categories of new technologies for regulation to safeguard Canadian national security.
Recent developments on AI in federal government institutions
March 26, 2025
Canada’s proposed artificial intelligence (AI) legislation, the Artificial Intelligence and Data Act, died on the Order Paper earlier this year when Parliament was prorogued. While the future of AI legislation in Canada remains unclear, the federal government remains committed to strengthening Canada’s global position and approach to AI as a leader in the field.