Debevoise & Plimpton LLP was featured in Bloomberg Law for its approach to developing client-facing AI tools, highlighting the firm’s Suite of Tools for Assessing AI Risk (STAAR) and its strategy for leveraging curated legal knowledge to help clients navigate the rapidly evolving AI landscape. Read the article here. The article examines how Debevoise is building AI platforms that provide…

On 2 August 2026, the third major wave of requirements under the EU AI Act (the “Act”) entered into force. For many businesses, the most relevant changes fall into two key areas: (1) the AI transparency requirements under Article 50; and (2) the Act’s now-operational market surveillance and regulatory enforcement regime. This wave of requirements is, however, narrower than originally…

Artificial intelligence is changing how legal services are delivered. At Debevoise, we are using AI to help our lawyers work more efficiently while maintaining the legal judgment, rigorous governance and quality standards our clients expect. To provide greater transparency into our approach, we have launched a new AI@Debevoise page. It explains how we use AI across the firm, the governance…

In 2026, many companies are using AI to identify opportunities, model risks, summarize diligence, compare precedents, stress-test assumptions, and prepare decision memos in days rather than weeks. But if the final step before action is “send it to outside counsel and wait,” then some of the benefits of speed that they have achieved through their use of AI may be…

Last November, we published a blog post setting out our definitions of common AI terms. AI has continued to evolve rapidly since then. This update replaces that post and incorporates newer terminology, including “AI Agent,” “Agentic AI,” and “Harness.” AI governance is hard enough without the added difficulty of assessing risks absent a common understanding of terms like “AI system.”…