Insights

San Francisco – October 24, 2024: Crowell & Moring advised ReFocus AI, an insurtech leader in retention management software, with the successful closing of a strategic funding round led by Avondale Insurtech Ventures, a Chicago-based firm that focuses on insurance startups. ReFocus AI seeks to revolutionize the insurance industry by providing predicative analytics technology to help insurance carriers, brokers, MGAs, and independent agencies improve policyholder retention with efficient, automated solutions. 

Crowell & Moring has been shortlisted in three categories for the Financial Times Innovative Lawyers North America 2024 awards. The awards honor the innovative ways lawyers are delivering value for clients and driving positive change in the profession.

The Daily Journal has named Crowell & Moring’s Warrington Parker as a Top Artificial Intelligence Lawyer in California in 2024. The annual list recognizes California lawyers who have made significant contributions to artificial intelligence law over the past year.

The American Bar Association CLE program is designed to equip participants with a comprehensive understanding of how AI impacts data privacy, the legal challenges posed by AI technologies, and the strategies to mitigate these challenges. The curriculum covers key topics such as the Colorado AI Act, the EU AI Act, GDPR, CCPA, biometric regulations, AI ethics, data anonymization obligations, and the role of AI in data breaches.

Crowell & Moring Partner and CHS Founder and Managing Director Jodi Daniel will be speaking at the 2024 Health Data Leadership Institute, taking place May 7-8 in Washington, DC. Her panel, "Accelerating the Data Transparency Movement to Understand the Costs and Impact of Care," will take place at 12:00 p.m. EST. 

Health Data Leadership Institute will convene individuals looking to gain a working knowledge of the current policy and regulatory landscape, where AI policies and practices are going (and how to reduce bias and harm), the impact of the Dobbs Decision on business operations and interoperability, and more.  

The Institute ensures opportunities for dialogue and small group discussion with practitioners in the field and peers who are experiencing similar challenges and opportunities. Attendees will hear from health policy experts, government program leaders, data users, entrepreneurs who have deep knowledge in data use, and data experts from technology and health care applications fields.

Please join us in San Juan, Puerto Rico, for the ABA Employment Rights and Responsibilities (ERR) Committee Midwinter Meeting and National Symposium on Technology in Labor and Employment Law.

ERR continues its tradition of partnering with other Section Standing Committees to offer the best of legal education. This year, ERR is proud to collaborate with the ABA Technology in the Practice and Workplace Committee to present cutting-edge programs about AI, developing technologies that will impact the legal profession, and the ethical and privacy concerns that are raised by their use.

Special events include a welcome reception, first-time attendee luncheon and networking reception.

In this webinar, we will start with a general overview of the AI Act, the first horizontal legislation worldwide to regulate the safety of AI-systems, before moving to a few focal points.

The November 2022 release of ChatGPT, a chatbot powered by OpenAI’s GPT large language model, propelled generative AI into the public consciousness, with many other tech companies quickly jumping on board to develop their own generative AI-driven tools and services.

Generative AI is here to stay, so now what? The dynamic evolution of this technology has sparked countless debates and ideas regarding its potential to drive efficiency and improve legal service, on the one hand, and its significant risks and potential drawbacks, on the other hand. Whether you are an advocate, skeptic, or fall somewhere in the middle, there’s no question that many are wondering what’s real, what’s hype, and what’s next for generative AI in legal.