Matthew J. Bacal

On February 12, 2024, the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued inventorship guidance for AI-assisted inventions.  The guidance follows caselaw establishing that an AI system c...

Generative artificial intelligence (generative AI) tools pose new risks to a company’s trade secrets. This client update describes three steps that companies should consider to protect ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) proposed its long-awaited rule to implement Dodd-Frank Section 1033’s requirements regarding consumer rights to access financial informat...

Davis Polk partner and IP, Tech & Commercial Transactions head Frank Azzopardi and partner Matthew Bacal authored the United States article in Financier Worldwide’s Intellectual Propert...

The final rules require current reporting of cybersecurity incidents and annual risk management disclosure for public companies that are likely to compound compliance costs and enforcemen...

Davis Polk partner and IP, Tech & Commercial Transactions head Frank Azzopardi, partners Matt Bacal and Pri Shah, and associate Josh Shirley co-authored “Important Generative AI Conside...

This deck provides an overview of Dodd-Frank Act Section 1033, sometimes referred to as the Dodd-Frank Act’s “open banking” provision, and reviews developments over the past several...

The recent rise of consumer and market interest in generative artificial intelligence (GAI) tools has spurred growing interest in GAI assets from strategic acquirers and private equity in...

The SEC proposed a broad suite of new cybersecurity rules for many market participants, including policies and procedures to address cybersecurity risk, written incident response programs...

Davis Polk partners Matt Bacal and Pri Shah co-authored “Blockchain: Data privacy issues and mitigation strategies” in Practical Law. In the article, Matt and Pri, along with their co...