The unfortunate reality is that AI fraud is happening right now.

Our team works with businesses to help them understand the real threats posed by AI-generated emails, voice cloning, and deepfakes that are being used to commit sophisticated fraud.

This video explains how these scams work, including real-world examples like a $25 million deepfake scam, and includes practical steps your company can take to verify payment changes, train staff, and tighten contracts to reduce your liability.
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Martin Edwards, vice president of Taft’s Public Affairs Strategies Group in Taft’s Washington, D.C. office, contributed to this post.

Early on July 1, the U.S. Senate voted to halt an effort to impose a 10-year moratorium on state regulation of artificial intelligence. The vote, 99-1, removed the AI provision from President Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” that had evolved from a full moratorium on state AI regulation for the next decade, to its most recent iteration that required states to adopt the ban in order to receive federal broadband funding over the next five years.

Yesterday, Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee…
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Taft partner Marcus Harris was quoted in the TechTarget article, “SAP agrees to allow Celonis data access until case resolved,” published on June 26. In the piece, Harris provided insight into the ongoing legal dispute between SAP and Celonis, addressing the implications of SAP’s agreement to permit continued data access while litigation is pending.

Read the article here.

Harris, who is based in Taft’s Chicago office, discussed how the interim arrangement could impact both parties and set precedents for future data access negotiations in the enterprise software industry. The article highlights Harris’s experience representing clients in complex software-related disputes…
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In this video, I discuss two recent ERP lawsuits involving SAP and Oracle.

• In March 2025, Celonis sued SAP in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, alleging in a 61-page complaint that SAP excludes process mining competitors and other third-party providers from its ecosystem.

• According to Celonis, SAP makes it virtually impossible for its customers to work with non-SAP process mining solutions because sharing data from the SAP system with third-party solutions is subject to excessive fees.

SAP’s strategy seems to be clear: charge its customers excessive fees to access their own data.

• This has

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If you’re using AI in your business strategy, are you protected when things go wrong? Most companies assume their insurance covers AI-related damages, but that’s not always the case. From biased algorithms to copyright violations, your business could be exposed to liability.

In this video, I’ll break down strategies to avoid many legal risks of using AI in marketing, operations, and decision-making. Whether you’ve already launched an AI tool or you’re still evaluating the offerings, this video will help you understand how to make your insurance policy work for you.

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Vendors often minimize an ERP implementation’s complexity, cost, and length.

• Their goal is to sell software, not set a customer’s expectations.
• But are they contributing to ERP failure? Is the customer to blame for believing them?

Understanding your business requirements and how you want your ERP software to address those requirements is critical to success.

• Without understanding your present state, your future state and the requirements that are critical to getting there, you won’t have the ability to properly address functionality gaps in the software.
• One common theme in the lawsuits we litigate is a failure to devote adequate resources

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Could your cyber insurance claim be denied because of an AI mistake on your application?

• In this video, I’ll uncover a recent trend: insurers rescinding cyber insurance policies after businesses file claims, often pointing to AI-generated or human errors in the original applications.
• Watch now to learn how to protect your business, avoid policy rescission, and ensure your insurance coverage stands when you need it most.

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Taft Partner Marcus Harris will moderate the panel “Safeguarding and Upholding Intellectual Property in Emerging Digital Landscapes” at ITechLaw’s 2025 World Technology Law Conference in San Diego. The panel is scheduled for May 15 at 1:10 p.m. PDT and will bring together legal professionals to discuss the evolving challenges of protecting intellectual property (IP) as digital technologies, including artificial intelligence, rapidly transform business and regulatory environments.

The ITechLaw World Technology Law Conference, taking place May 14–16, convenes leading practitioners, in-house counsel, and academics from around the world to explore global legal frameworks and trends in technology law. This year’s agenda…
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Make no mistake. If you are about to start a digital transformation, the cards are stacked against you.

• As an ERP customer, you are at an incredible disadvantage when trying to successfully implement ERP software.

To some extent, that is by design.

• ERP vendors and integrators act in their self-interest to maximize revenue.
• They minimize the complexity of the implementation process, which can result in unreasonable expectations.

ERP software consultants and salespeople act in their own self-interest.

• An entire ecosystem is built up around each of the major ERP providers.
• Often, partner networks, self-dealing, and commissions drive recommendations more than

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Adopting technology for the sake of adopting technology rarely makes sense. This is true for Artificial Intelligence.

• AI is the shiny new object right now.
• ERP software vendors are rushing to incorporate AI functionality into their products.

To utilize AI, you must have a well-thought-out strategy for selecting, implementing, and using AI.

• You need to ensure you have a business case for AI.
• You must ensure you understand the risks and how to mitigate those risks.

If you don’t understand your business processes and how to utilize artificial intelligence functionality, you can’t have a strategy for using AI.

• This makes

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Shelfware is software that you are no longer using or no longer need.

• It can range from too many users.
• It can be modules you no longer need or functionality that no longer meets your needs.

The first step is avoiding getting into this situation.

• You can’t just rely on what your salesperson recommends or what your competitors are doing.
• You need to understand your present state, your business processes, and what your future state will look like.

From a legal perspective, the goal is to ensure that the contract includes as much flexibility as possible regarding usage metrics and…
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