India’s Top Court Proposes Rules for Use of AI in Courts
Artificial intelligence is already transforming the legal ecosystem, reshaping how lawyers conduct research, assisting courts in managing enormous backlogs, and, worryingly, generating fabricated or unreliable legal citations with disconcerting frequency. India’s Supreme Court has now decided it is time to get ahead of the curve. On June 3, 2026, it published the draft Regulations for […]
UAE Competition Law and Merger Control: A Closer Look
The UAE’s competition regime is centred on Federal Decree-Law No. (36) of 2023 Regarding Regulating Competition, which replaced the earlier 2012 law and modernized the country’s antitrust framework. The law is designed to protect competition, curb monopolistic behaviour, and ensure that market forces remain the main driver of pricing, supply, and consumer choice. It applies […]
The AI Race Meets Labour Law: China Draws a Line on Worker Replacement
In December 2025 and again in April 2026, Chinese courts ruled that employers cannot legally terminate workers simply because artificial intelligence can now perform their jobs more cheaply or efficiently. In the latest case, the Hangzhou Intermediate People’s Court held that a company’s decision to automate a senior quality-assurance role using large language models did […]
How Health Data Localisation Impacts Healthcare Businesses Globally
Data localisation is becoming an increasingly common policy as governments seek to protect sensitive health information, retain control over critical datasets, and ensure that data is governed under national legal frameworks. These aims are legitimate and, particularly in the healthcare context, often well-founded. Health data is among the most sensitive categories of personal information, and […]
AI and Legal Privilege: A Closer Look at United States v. Heppner
SUMMARY If you have been treating your AI tool as a legal advisor, you are courting trouble beyond the well-documented risks of hallucinations and invented citations. A federal court in the Southern District of New York has now ruled that neither the information you share with an AI platform nor the output it generates will […]
How The GCC Regulates AI In Healthcare
AI is moving rapidly from pilots to everyday clinical reality in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), and regulators are racing to make sure this transformation is safe, ethical, and legally sound. Across the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and Oman, a clear message is emerging: healthcare AI is welcome, but only if it meets […]
The EU Digital Omnibus on AI: All You Need to Know About The Proposed Amendments to the EU AI Act
Summary On 19 November 2025, the European Commission (the “Commission”) published its Digital Omnibus on AI, a legislative proposal to streamline implementation of the EU Artificial Intelligence Act (the “Act”). The proposal addresses delays in harmonized standards and guidance while adjusting compliance timelines and reducing administrative burdens. Key points: High-risk AI system compliance deadlines extended, […]
Getty Images v Stability AI: Another Legal Win for AI Against Copyright Holders
On 4 November 2025, the High Court in London delivered judgment in Getty Images (US) Inc & Ors v Stability AI Ltd. Summary The dispute centred on Getty Images’ claims that Stability AI’s generative model, Stable Diffusion, had unlawfully used its copyrighted material and trade marks. The judgment delivered mixed outcomes: Getty secured limited trade […]
Reddit vs. Perplexity: A Closer Look
On Oct. 22, 2025 Reddit filed a lawsuit in the Southern District of New York accusing the defendants Perplexity AI and three scraping intermediaries – Oxylabs UAB, AWMProxy and SerpApi (“intermediaries”) of participating in an “industrial-scale” operation to harvest Reddit comments and use them for commercial purposes. The complaint seeks damages and an injunction to […]
How Does India Regulate AI? 10 Things You Need to Know
1. What are the India AI Governance Guidelines? On November 5, 2025, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) released the India AI Governance Guidelines under the India AI Mission. Unlike prescriptive regulatory models adopted elsewhere, India has chosen to leverage existing legal frameworks rather than creating new standalone AI legislation. The Guidelines address […]
