You Chose Arbitration. You Didn’t Choose This.

Angie Nolet | TransPerfect Legal Arbitration promised efficiency. Construction data stole it. GenAI can recover it. I once worked a $25 million construction dispute that cost about $15 million to litigate. 1.2 million documents. A partner, a paralegal, and I all relocated out of state for a month to arbitrate, billing 12 hours a day.… Continue reading You Chose Arbitration. You Didn’t Choose This.

AI & Digital Tools on Construction Projects: Contract Risks to Address Before Peak Season

Meghan Douris | Seyfarth Shaw Artificial intelligence and advanced digital tools are no longer experimental on construction projects. In Q1 of 2026, we can already see how they are already influencing schedules, estimates, submittals, safety reporting, and day‑to‑day project documentation. As peak construction season approaches, many teams are accelerating adoption of AI to gain efficiency.… Continue reading AI & Digital Tools on Construction Projects: Contract Risks to Address Before Peak Season

What Role Will AI Play in Settlement Rates?

Esquire Deposition Solutions Last week’s blog examined whether pretrial discovery methods — and depositions in particular — have been responsible for the dramatic decline in civil trials. While the available evidence suggests that liberal discovery rules clearly contribute to pretrial resolutions, nobody has measured exactly how much. Meanwhile, two powerful forces are quietly reshaping how… Continue reading What Role Will AI Play in Settlement Rates?

AI Product Liability: The Next Wave of Litigation

Amy Wong and Jin J. To | K&L Gates Artificial intelligence (AI) litigation is beginning to consolidate around a familiar body of doctrine: product liability. Early cases are testing whether consumer-facing AI applications are treated as products (not services) and whether alleged harms are framed as design defects, inadequate warnings, or foreseeable misuse. That shift… Continue reading AI Product Liability: The Next Wave of Litigation

AI Isn’t the Future of Claims. It’s the Present

Jim Sorrells | Risk & Insurance Delaying adoption creates real competitive risk, widening gaps in severity management, settlement outcomes, expense control, workforce productivity, and market credibility. AI maturity is increasingly separating leaders from followers. There is a persistent misconception in claims that artificial intelligence (AI) represents the future of the industry. That belief exists largely… Continue reading AI Isn’t the Future of Claims. It’s the Present