Insights on AI & Emerging Technologies

International Trade & Investment Special Legal Consultant, Ucheora Onwuamaegbu, and Partner and AI & Emerging Technologies Industry Group Co-Leader, Michael Scarpati, Ph.D., will participate in Quantum Computing: The Next Frontier in International Arbitration during Washington Arbitration Week on October 30 in Washington, DC. Uche will moderate the discussion, which will bring together legal, academic, and industry leaders to examine how advances in quantum computing may transform international arbitration and the broader legal landscape.

In Thomson Reuters Enter. Ctr. GmbH v. ROSS Intel. Inc., the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued one of the first federal appellate decisions to address fair use in the artificial intelligence (AI) training context. No. 25-2153, 2026 WL 2932557 (3d Cir. Sept. 29, 2026).

Welcome to the October 2026 issue of “As the (Customs and Trade) World Turns,” our monthly newsletter where we compile essential updates from the customs and trade world over the past month. We bring you the most recent and significant insights in an accessible format, concluding with our main takeaways — aka “And the Fox Says…” — on what you need to know.

Chairman and Fashion & Retail Group Leader Anthony V. Lupo was featured on the Suited: Where Fashion Law Meets Culture and Politics podcast in its recent episode, “Fashion Law 360 with Anthony Lupo.”

Mitesh Patel, senior attorney in ArentFox Schiff’s Intellectual Property practice, will speak serve as a panelist for “Tools of the Trade: AI Automation of IP Applications & Enforcement” at the 8th Annual AI & Robotics National Institute at Santa Clara University School of Law on October 12.

ArentFox Schiff Partner Thorne Maginnis will moderate “Building Winning Products Under Very Different Rules” at TiECon East 2026 on October 2, 2026, at the Boston Marriott Burlington. The session will explore how companies are building and scaling products in rapidly evolving AI markets, creating durable competitive advantages, translating AI capabilities into meaningful customer value, and driving product-led growth, adoption, and retention.

The rise of generative artificial intelligence (AI) has introduced a simple but important question for fashion brands: if you have permission to use a model’s photograph, does that also mean you can use AI to generate entirely new images of that model?

ArentFox Schiff is pleased to announce that Chairman Anthony V. Lupo has been named to the Forbes 2026 America’s Top Lawyers list.

International Trade & Investment Counsel, Sylvia Costelloe, will speak at the Society for International Affairs (SIA) 2026 AI Regulations Workshop on September 16.

Privacy and Data Security Practice Group Leader, Reed Freeman, will join Daniel J. Solove, Bernard Professor of Intellectual Property and Technology Law at The George Washington University Law School, for a live discussion, The FTC on Privacy and AI, on September 8, 2026.

If you use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to draft, edit, or proofread content, those tools may now leave invisible fingerprints in the text they produce. These fingerprints are not metadata or hidden characters but are embedded within the actual words of the textual output.

Family offices depend on a web of trusted advisors — lawyers, accountants, trustees, investment managers, and others — sharing sensitive information under carefully maintained protections. Artificial intelligence (AI) tools are quickly becoming part of that web.

The national race to build artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure is colliding with a stubborn local reality: strategically important projects have to be built somewhere.

At the midpoint of 2026, the agriculture industry is navigating a complex and ever-changing legal landscape shaped by the evolution of artificial intelligence (AI), trade and capital-market uncertainty, regulatory reform, and other policy issues.

ArentFox Schiff announced today the addition of an elite trademark and brands team anchored by highly ranked brand and copyright attorney Jason Garcia and globally recognized trademark attorney Katherine (Katy) M. Basile.

Earlier this year we flagged New York’s “synthetic performer” disclosure law, N.Y. General Business Law § 396-b, the Synthetic Performer Law, as one to watch. The watch is over.

A newly filed California suit, Winters v. OpenAI, Inc. et al., may become the first case to test whether product liability and negligence per se theories can reach a generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot’s design and deployment decisions, after ChatGPT-4o’s health-related guidance allegedly contributed to a plaintiff’s near-fatal medical emergency.

Group Purchasing Organizations are no longer just negotiating prices — they’re increasingly helping hospitals navigate risk, volatility, and complexity with data and artificial intelligence (AI). AI-enabled models increasingly help hospitals, especially smaller, resource-constrained facilities stretch dollars and manage risk in a volatile supply chain environment.

ArentFox Schiff is pleased to announce that Copyright and Trademark Partner and AI & Emerging Technology Co-Leader Danielle Bulger has been elected as Secretary & VP of Governance of the Copyright Society.

On June 23, 2026, ArentFox Schiff hosted the HGPII Annual Best Practices Forum, an annual ethics and best business practices training session. The annual forum brings together executives from Group Purchasing Organizations (GPOs) across the country, providing a dynamic platform for evaluating best practices and exploring the latest innovations in health care supply chain management.

On June 4, US Representatives Jay Obernolte (R-Calif.) and Lori Trahan (D-Mass.) released a discussion draft of the bipartisan Great American AI Act of 2026 (GAAIA), which would establish a framework regulating artificial intelligence (AI) at the federal level.

On June 2, President Trump signed an executive order (EO) entitled “Promoting Advanced Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Security” that establishes new federal cybersecurity directives, creates a voluntary framework for collaboration with artificial intelligence (AI) developers on frontier models, and signals increased focus on criminal enforcement against AI-enabled cyberattacks. 

Chairman Anthony V. Lupo was a featured guest for Artist and the Machine’s AI & Creativity Summit: NY 2026. Speaking with Francis Pierrel, CEO of LR Paris, Tony discussed how artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping fashion, luxury, beauty, creativity, and intellectual property.

On May 1, the Connecticut legislature approved Senate Bill 5 (SB 5), an Act Concerning Online Safety, which Governor Ned Lamont has indicated he intends to sign.

On April 29, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a Request for Information (RFI) seeking public comment on a proposed pilot program to test the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in early-stage clinical trials for drugs and biologics. Comments are due June 29.