Artificial Intelligence Webinar Series
Lights, camera, action! Members of Quarles' Artificial Intelligence team will guide you through blockbuster issues in AI throughout the year. Join us as we go behind the scenes to discuss how businesses are effectively communicating about AI, protecting company assets, enforcing IP rights, minimizing risks while maximizing benefits, and practically implementing and using AI.
With so much to cover, the question isn't "What are we going to do?", the question is "What aren't we going to do?"
To register for one or more webinars in the 2026 series, please email events@quarles.com. The 2025 series is available on demand below.
2026 Upcoming Webinars:
Jurassic Park: Navigating the Terrain to Bring AI-Enabled Products and Services to Market
February 26, 2026 | 12–1 p.m. Central
Presenters: Stacy Alexejun, Meghan O’Connor, and Johanna Wilbert
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“We spared no expense… except on risk mitigation.”
In the age of artificial intelligence, companies are racing to bring AI-enabled products to market—but like the creators of Jurassic Park, they are stepping into a legal jungle filled with not-so-hidden risks. Join Quarles for a thrilling expedition into the world of AI innovation, where we’ll explore practical steps for launching intelligent technologies into the market and mitigating risk throughout the product lifecycle.
Our AI team will guide you through:
- Intellectual Property – Protecting your AI creations from extinction, covering patents, copyrights, and trade secrets for algorithms, training data, and outputs.
- Products Liability – Proactively examining ways your AI product could go rogue before it even hits the market, covering how to establish standards of care and educate Jurassic era judges on basics of AI technology. “Yeah, but John, if the Pirates of the Caribbean breaks down, the pirates don’t eat the tourists” - Dr. Ian Malcolm
- Professional Services & AI – Preemptively addressing the increased risk profile of providing services that rely on AI technologies.
The Matrix: AI Legislation and Enforcement Update
Date in Q2 2026 TBD
Presenters: Sarah Erdmann, Andi Foster, and Ami Zaveri
Take the red pill and step outside the simulation of hype. In this fast‑paced session, our AI team decodes the rapidly evolving legal landscape — where regulators are writing new “rules of the code” and enforcers are moving like Agents. We’ll map the latest statutory developments, administration’s actions and executive orders, enforcement priorities, and practical compliance controls so your organization can operate confidently in the real world.
What we’ll cover (no spoilers, just signal):
- New laws & rulemaking momentum – Key U.S. state bills and sector guidance, plus international frameworks you’ll actually need to implement (and how they intersect with privacy, consumer protection and anti‑discrimination regimes).
- Enforcement trends – Where agencies are aiming (marketing claims, risk governance, transparency, data provenance, safety evaluations) and what recent actions signal about documentation and testing expectations.
- Governance that survives scrutiny – Model cards, impact assessments, data lineage, vendor oversight and post‑deployment monitoring designed to withstand audits and investigations.
- Incident response for AI – A “bullet‑time” playbook for handling failures, bias reports, hallucinations and safety incidents — including when to disclose and how to verify.
- Practical artifacts – Policy language, DPIA/AI‑RIA templates and evidence packs your team can generate now to show compliance maturity.
May the Force be with You: AI Across the Industries
Date in Q3 2026 TBD
Presenters: Heather Buchta, Jonathan Stone, and Simone Colgan Dunlap
The Force of AI is strong — but so are the compliance risks. Join us for our next installment in our AI webinar series where we explore the unique legal and governance considerations for specific galaxies (or industries).
- Rogue One: Software and Information Technology
In the IT galaxy, deploying AI across enterprise platforms and managing vendor risk can feel like a desperate mission. Prepare to be armed with the compliance plans and security strategies you need to succeed — because even in a world of innovation, governance and diligence are the ultimate rebellion.
- Episode IV – A New Hope: Healthcare
Healthcare organizations are looking to AI for breakthroughs in patient care and operational efficiency — but with HIPAA, bias concerns, disclosure requirements, and privacy risks, hope alone isn’t enough. Learn how to build a governance framework that brings balance to the Force and protects patient trust.
- Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back: Manufacturing
Automation and predictive maintenance are revolutionizing manufacturing, but enforcement forces are striking back with heightened scrutiny. Discover how to defend your compliance stronghold against liability, safety risks, and evolving regulatory expectations.
- Episode VI – Return of the Jedi: Higher Education & Research
Academic freedom meets AI ethics. Explore governance for research integrity, grant compliance and IP protection — because the return of responsible innovation is the only way to restore order in the galaxy of ideas.
Everything You Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Ask: The AI Compliance Files!
Date in Q4 2026 TBD
Presenters: Heather Buchta and Meghan O’Connor
“Here come the lawyers in black, AI defenders! Here come the lawyers in black, they’ll help you remember!”
The truth is out there — and so are your AI questions. In this interactive session, our panel of legal agents will suit up and tackle some of the most pressing AI questions we hear from clients and submitted by webinar attendees. No neuralyzers here — just clear, practical answers to help you keep your organization safe from intergalactic…er, algorithmic surprises.
As Agent K said, “don’t ask questions you don’t want to know the answer to.” But these are the questions you want answered. Our AI team will provide practical, rapid-fire answers to real-world questions from peers in your industries (e.g., AI notetakers, deploying AI in everyday tools, vendor management). Bring your curiosity — and maybe your shades.
Do you have what it takes to stump our LiB agents? Submit your questions on the registration form.
Past Webinars Available On Demand
2025 Q1: The Breakfast Club: AI 101
Available on Demand
Presenters: Heather Buchta, Meghan O’Connor, Jonathan Stone
Part One of our AI Webinar series will level set and give you the vocabulary and talking points necessary to have effective conversations within your business on how AI can and should be used strategically. Whether you see them as a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess or a criminal (hopefully not), you’ll need to know how to speak AI across business units.
2025 Q2: RoboCop: Protecting your Company — Confidentiality, Protection and Enforcement
Available on Demand
Presenters: Johanna Wilbert & Jonathan Stone
In a world where technology evolves faster than the law, Part Two of our AI webinar series will take you deep into the high-stakes battle to protect company assets and enforce intellectual property rights in the age of AI.
2025 Q3: Field of Dreams: Practically Implementing AI
Available on Demand
Presenters: Heather Buchta, Hannah Ji-Otto, Meghan O’Connor
If you build it, they will come — but only if you understand how to harness the power of AI to transform your business. Part Three of our AI webinar series focuses on practically implementing AI within your business to minimize risk and maximize benefits, including how to address challenges of vendor diligence and management, data and software ownership rights, privacy and consumer protection.
2025 Q4: Back to the Future: 2025 Highlights and What’s Next?
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Presenters: Stacy Alexjun, Ami Zaveri, Jonathan Stone
Hop into the DeLorean with us for Part Four of our AI Webinar series as we travel back to AI highlights from 2025 and jump forward to see if we can get a glimpse of what to expect in 2026. "I guess you guys aren't ready for that yet. But your kids are gonna love it."
Important Information Regarding Changes to Quarles' Continuing Legal Education Process:
Quarles is happy to be able to provide CLE credit in most U.S. jurisdictions for Quarles webinars. As of April 2024, The American Bar Association (ABA) manages the CLE applications, attendance submission, and Certificates of Attendance for our external webinars.
Continuing Legal Education:
This program is eligible for 1.0 hours of CLE credit in 60-minute states and 1.0 hours of CLE credit in 50-minute states. Credit hours are subject to each state’s approval and credit rounding rules. Quarles certifies that this activity is approved for California Participatory MCLE credits by the State Bar of California in the amount of up to 1.0 general credit. Quarles is a State Bar of California MCLE approved provider.
Updated CLE Attendance Verification Procedures:
We have updated procedures for tracking attendance for CLE credit. They include:
- You must be logged in, participating from your own device, and need to actively watch the entire webinar.
- Please watch for pop-up polls (with audio notification) that will appear at several random times during the webinar. You must click on the pop-up polls to verify your attendance.
- Regulators require attendance to be verified, and this procedure meets that requirement.
How to Request CLE Credit:
If you meet the participation requirements above, you will receive a personalized CLE affidavit from mcle‑quarles@americanbar.org within a few days of the webinar with instructions for receiving your Certificate of Attendance.
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When Will I Get My Certificate of Attendance?
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CLE Questions?
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General Questions?
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