Joshua A. Goland – Debevoise Data Blog

Announcement

Debevoise Launches STAAR 2.0 to Help Clients Scale Their AI Adoption

By: Avi Gesser, Charu A. Chandrasekhar, Matt Kelly, Diane Bernabei, Melyssa Eigen, Joshua A. Goland, Kelvin Hawkins, Martha Hirst, Carl Lasker, Jeremy Liss, Amer Mneimneh, Joshua Plastrik, Achutha Raman, Jannely Rodriguez, Lily Schoen, Adam Shankman, Sharon Shaji, Ned Terrace, Stephanie Thomas, Michiko Wongso, Caroline Wallace, Ella Han, Devin Ford, Margot Mooney, Stan Gershengoren, Karen Levy, Carolyn Cecil, Thomas H. Fuell, Peter M. Neddo, Julius Mueller-Auffermann, Oleksiy Pikhmanets, Jinhee Ahn, Cierra Bakhsh, John Mark Ozaeta, William Sadd, Nithya Satiyaselan, Jonathan Schuman and Nicholas T. Ziebell March 9, 2026

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP announced the launch of STAAR 2.0, an enhanced version of its award-winning[1] client-facing AI platform designed to help in-house legal and compliance teams evaluate, govern, and…

Artificial Intelligence

Debevoise Data Blog: Top 14 AI Posts of 2025

By: Charu A. Chandrasekhar, Andrew J. Ceresney, Courtney M. Dankworth, Avi Gesser, Robert B. Kaplan, Gordon Moodie, Jim Pastore, Julie M. Riewe, Jeff Robins, Kristin Snyder, Matt Kelly, Johanna Skrzypczyk, Karen Levy, Diane Bernabei, Michael Bloom, HJ Brehmer, Suchita Mandavilli Brundage, Melyssa Eigen, Joshua A. Goland, Martha Hirst, Gabriel Kohan, Carl Lasker, Jeremy Liss, Andreas Constantine Pavlou, Joshua Plastrik, Achutha Raman, Adam Shankman, Stephanie Thomas, Nathaniel Waldman, Annabella M. Waszkiewicz, Stan Gershengoren, William Sadd, Nicholas T. Ziebell, Patty (Virtual AI Specialist) and Sergio (Virtual AI Specialist) December 8, 2025

Why Agentic AI Often Fails and the Enduring Value of Human Judgment (11/4/2025) We’ve been doing a lot of work recently on agentic AI workflows. In this post, we share…

Artificial Intelligence

Top 10 Reasons NOT to Use AI

By: Charu A. Chandrasekhar, Avi Gesser, Matt Kelly, Joshua A. Goland and Andreas Constantine Pavlou February 19, 2025

Because media is constantly urging us to use more AI, Professor Ethan Mollick’s recent post that identified 5 Times Not to Use AI caught our attention. After dispensing with the…

Artificial Intelligence

Top 10 (Well, 11) Cybersecurity Blog Posts for 2024

By: Charu A. Chandrasekhar, Luke Dembosky, Avi Gesser, Gareth Hughes, Erez Liebermann, Jim Pastore, Caroline Novogrod Swett, Marshal Bozzo, Matt Kelly, Robert Maddox, Johanna Skrzypczyk, HJ Brehmer, Stephanie Cipolla, Jackie Dorward, Melyssa Eigen, Joshua A. Goland, Martha Hirst, Karen Joo, Gabriel Kohan, Jarrett Lewis, Noah L. Schwartz, Ned Terrace, Stephanie Thomas, Annabella M. Waszkiewicz, Michiko Wongso and Mengyi Xu December 10, 2024

As we approach the end of the year, here are the Top 10 Cybersecurity posts on the Debevoise Data Blog in 2024 by page views. If you are not already…

Artificial Intelligence

Part 500, One Year Later (Part Two) – Defining “Material Compliance”

By: Luke Dembosky, Avi Gesser, Erez Liebermann, Stephanie Thomas and Joshua A. Goland November 13, 2024

November 1, 2024 marked the one-year anniversary of the second amendment to the New York Department of Financial Services’ (“NYDFS” or the “Department”) Cybersecurity Regulation (the “Regulation” or “Part 500”).…

Cybersecurity

NYDFS Part 500, One Year Later (Part One) – New Requirements Effective November 1, 2024

By: Avi Gesser, Erez Liebermann, Stephanie Thomas and Joshua A. Goland October 30, 2024

November 1, 2024, marks the one-year anniversary of the second amendment to the New York Department of Financial Services’ (“NYDFS” or the “Department”) Cybersecurity Regulation (the “Regulation” or “Part 500”).…

Artificial Intelligence

Good AI Vendor Risk Management Is Hard, But Doable

By: Avi Gesser, Matt Kelly, Johanna Skrzypczyk, Tigist Kassahun, Jarrett Lewis and Joshua A. Goland September 26, 2024

As companies slowly ramp up the depth and breadth of their AI adoption, one of the most difficult challenges they face is managing third-party risk. Most companies contemplating AI adoption…

Artificial Intelligence

Guidelines on the Use of Generative AI Tools by Professionals from the American Bar Association

By: Avi Gesser, Erez Liebermann, Michelle Huang and Joshua A. Goland August 5, 2024

On July 29, 2024, the Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility of the American Bar Association (“ABA”) published Formal Opinion 512, providing guidance on the ethical use of generative…

Announcement

Financial Services Industry Comments on CISA’s Proposed Reporting Obligations for Critical Infrastructure

By: Erez Liebermann, Gabriel Kohan, HJ Brehmer, Stephanie Thomas, Jarrett Lewis, Melyssa Eigen, Joshua A. Goland and Annabella M. Waszkiewicz July 10, 2024

Debevoise’s Data Strategy and Security group recently assisted four leading trade associations that represent the financial services industry in preparing a joint comment letter in response to the Cybersecurity and…