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Legal & Compliance · 3 min read

A US Law Firm Couldn't Escape Its AI Software Vendor. Now It's Suing.

A US law firm sued a UK AI legal software vendor over an auto-renewed contract it couldn't escape — spotlighting a rising enterprise AI procurement risk: deep software lock-in with no viable exit.

Sep 16

Legal & Compliance · 3 min read

UK Jurisdiction Taskforce: Existing Common Law Sufficient to Resolve Most AI Liability Disputes

The UK Jurisdiction Taskforce concluded that contract law and negligence under English common law can resolve most AI liability disputes—without new legislation—contrasting sharply with EU and US state approaches.

Sep 15

Legal & Compliance · 6 min read

AI Agents Are Signing Contracts and Booking Transactions. Nobody Knows Who's Liable When They're Wrong.

Autonomous AI agents capable of signing contracts and executing transactions are in production now, but courts have yet to issue a definitive ruling on who bears liability — developer, deployer, or user — when they make costly errors.

Jun 6

Legal & Compliance · 5 min read

Who Is Liable When an AI Agent Signs a Bad Contract? Courts Begin Confronting Agentic AI Law

Businesses are deploying AI agents to negotiate and execute contracts autonomously, but no court has definitively settled who is liable when those agents make damaging deals.

May 4

Legal & Compliance · 4 min read

AI Is Breaking Contract Law. Courts Are Just Beginning to Figure Out the Rules.

Alston & Bird's April 2026 AI Quarterly finds courts issuing consequential AI rulings without a coherent framework, including a privilege-destroying ruling for law firms using commercial AI tools.

Apr 30