We are proud to share that a Debevoise team recently advanced to the final round of the inaugural GAR-LCIA Hackathon as one of four finalists. The recognition was awarded for the team’s creation of the Arbitral Comprehensive Merits & Procedural Analysis Sequencing System, or “ARB-COMPASS,” a tool that translates complex pleadings into a structured decision-logic tree. The hackathon challenged participants…
On April 17, 2026, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York unsealed a 10-count indictment against Harish Chidambaran and Farhan Naqvi, the respective former CEO and CFO of iLearningEngines, Inc. (“iLearning”), which marketed itself as an artificial intelligence (“AI”)-driven digital education company using “an out-of-the-box AI platform” designed to help customers “productize” institutional knowledge and generate…
As artificial intelligence (“AI”) use and capabilities surged in 2024, we wrote about a new emerging risk for companies: AI whistleblowers. Two years later, in 2026, the current administration has generally reduced enforcement and de-emphasized whistleblower awards. Nonetheless, the Trump Securities Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and Department of Justice (“DOJ”) have signaled a focus on policing AI-related conduct. Moreover, during the…
“AI washing” occurs when a company either overstates its use of artificial intelligence, or overstates what its AI systems can do. That risk is now taking a more specific and potentially more consequential form: agent washing. Agent washing refers to situations in which companies call an AI tool “agentic” when it is really just conventional automation, or only has limited…
On Wednesday, April 22, 3:15 PM – 4:00 PM (ET), Erez Liebermann will speak at Incident Response Forum D.C. 2026 on a panel titled “Cyber Threat Landscape: Preparation and Remediation.” To register for free, please click here and use the code DEBEVOISE909V. Incident Response Forum D.C. 2026 is positioned as the only conference dedicated exclusively to incident response. The event brings together a…