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Alexis Keenan
Technology Reporter, News at Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB)
Alexis Keenan is a journalist and former litigation attorney who writes about technology-centered litigation and regulation, especially AI’s impact on legal systems and the practice of law.
Alexis holds a MA in journalism from Northwestern University’s Medill, a J.D. from Loyola University Chicago School of Law, and an undergraduate degree in political science from Michigan State University.
Achievements & Other Notable Experience • Illinois Supreme Court & U.S. District Court, Northern District of IL (admitted 2004) (non-active) • Technology Law Moderator Web Summit, Doha, Qatar (2024). Lisbon, Portugal (2025) Moderator AI regulation and governance • Technology Law Moderator Collision, Toronto, Ontario. Moderator AI risk management (2024) • NYSSCPA Excellence in Financial Journalism 2022 Award for Video/Documentary Film • Northwestern University Medill Alumni NYC Chapter. Board member (2017 to 2019 • Chicago Bar Association. Young Lawyers Division Committee co-chair (2005 to 2006)
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Lawyers, Arbitrators and Judges Prepare To Adjust Workflows for California's SB 574
November 5, 2026
Alexis Keenan
Business Transactions, Law Practice Management, Legal Ethics, Litigation Practice & Procedure, Privacy & Information Security
California's first-in-the-nation law governing how lawyers and arbitrators both use and disclose their use of generative AI is drawing near, effective Jan. 1.
It’s Time for Businesses Using AI To Visit (and Revisit) Liability Insurance Coverage
October 26, 2026
Alexis Keenan
Business Litigation, Insurance Coverage, Business Transactions, Insurance Law, Privacy & Information Security
AI is making its way into, and out of, all kinds of business insurance policies, creating new and persistent homework for risk managers.
Corporate Counsel Grapple With AI Risk, Governance, Board Use at Berkeley AI Conference
October 1, 2026
Alexis Keenan, Victoria Hudgins
Business Entities, Business Litigation, Business Transactions, Litigation Practice & Procedure, Privacy & Information Security, Types of Privacy Protections, Information Security Planning, Handling Internet and Electronic Data, Vendor Relationships, State & Local Government
The wheels of justice turn slowly, as the old proverb goes. Slow churn has also been a hallmark for the practice of law, which for centuries has resisted change to structural, economic and institutional methods.
Legal AI’s Price War Is Coming for Enterprise Giants – and Opening the Door for Small Firms
September 23, 2026
Alexis Keenan
Business Transactions, Law Practice Management, Privacy & Information Security
Shopping for premium legal AI typically goes something like this: “What’s your budget?” asks a sales agent for a top-tier developer like
SF Sues Trump's Media Company Over Truth Social Early-Access API
September 22, 2026
Alexis Keenan
Business Litigation, Business Transactions, Constitutional Law
Lawsuits to stop President Donald Trump from selling pricey previews of posts on his social media platform,
Truth Social’s Pay-to-Peek API: Constitutional Claims May Outpace Securities Law
September 2, 2026
Alexis Keenan
Business Litigation, Business Transactions, Constitutional Law
Legal experts say the $100,000 monthly subscription that ensures early access to President Donald Trump’s social media posts isn’t an open-and-shut case of insider trading, as some
A Priority for Biden's FTC, 'AI Washing' Enforcement Remains a 'Very Present Risk' Under Trump Administration
August 10, 2026
Alexis Keenan
Business Litigation, Business Transactions, Litigation Practice & Procedure, Privacy & Information Security
Be careful what you say about AI in your business. Exaggerating its capabilities – so-called
Big Law Stays Mum on Clients' AI Efficiency Demands, But Tensions Are Already Seeping Through
July 23, 2026
Alexis Keenan
Business Transactions, Law Practice Management, Privacy & Information Security
Big Law isn’t saying much about AI “efficiency” demands that clients are making on their work, yet client pressure for the technology to reimagine practice methods and billable hours is increasing.
Berkeley Law's Strict AI 'Ban' Sparks Debate Among California Law Schools Over Legal Skill Development
June 15, 2026
Alexis Keenan
Law Practice Management, Legal Ethics, Privacy & Information Security
The policy leaves narrow exceptions for professors to overrule it, though it has sparked debate about how law schools should regulate AI use as they prepare the next generation of legal minds to enter a profession being transformed by the new technology.
Here's Where the Key California Governor Candidates Stand on AI Regulation
June 1, 2026
Alexis Keenan
Business Transactions, Employment Law, Privacy & Information Security, State & Local Government
California’s June 2 gubernatorial primary election will narrow the possibilities of who takes the reins as the most populous U.S. state’s next chief executive, as well as the extent to which the state's AI policy will be reimagined.
Elon Musk Loses Case Against OpenAI After Jury Finds Statute of Limitations Expired
May 18, 2026
Alexis Keenan
Business Entities, Business Litigation, Privacy & Information Security
A federal advisory jury in California ruled against Elon Musk on Monday in a multibillion-dollar case that sought to unwind rival AI developer OpenAI’s corporate structure, relief that would have jostled the artificial intelligence sector.
Jury in Musk v. OpenAI Trial Heads Into Deliberations – and California Has a Huge Stake in the Results
May 15, 2026
Alexis Keenan
Business Entities, Business Litigation, Privacy & Information Security
A closely watched trial unfolding in Oakland between the world’s richest man Elon Musk and his OpenAI co-founder-turned-rival Sam Altman is poised to influence the future of corporate governance and OpenAI’s deployment of hundreds of billions of dollars.
Newsom's AI Rules for State Contractors Are Light on Enforcement, Catastrophic Risk Safeguards
May 4, 2026
Alexis Keenan
Business Transactions, Privacy & Information Security
California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s executive order conditioning state contract eligibility on AI safety standards could incentivize companies to temper AI risk. However, the order is silent on some of AI’s most dangerous use cases, like biological and chemical threats, and on less catastrophic but still urgent impacts like labor and copyright protections.
Expert Witnesses Were Key in $6M Verdict Against Meta and Google in Bellwether Social Media Addiction Trial
April 15, 2026
Alexis Keenan
Constitutional Law, Evidence, Litigation Practice & Procedure, Personal Injury, Product Liability
An influential bellwether case in California against Meta and Google has pierced Big Tech’s nearly ironclad social media liability shield by attacking the companies’ platform designs to claim the tech giants caused addiction in young users and harmed their mental health.
New White House Guidance Sidesteps Federal Preemption of State AI Laws
March 25, 2026
Alexis Keenan
Business Transactions, Privacy & Information Security
California’s AI laws were indirectly targeted for federal preemption on Friday in a new “
With $2.75M Disney Settlement, California Regulators Show They'll Enforce Privacy Laws Across Devices for Streamers
March 4, 2026
Alexis Keenan
Business Litigation, Privacy & Information Security
A $2.75 million settlement between California and The Walt Disney Company is the state’s highest consumer data privacy settlement to date. While the accord offers little guidance for lawyers to gauge the actual cost of non-compliance, it makes clear that when consumers opt out of data sharing, their requests must be honored across a company’s multiple platforms.
Big Law Firms and California Law Schools Are Teaming Up on AI Initiatives. What Does It Mean for the Future of AI Regulation?
February 24, 2026
Alexis Keenan
Law Practice Management, Legal Ethics, Privacy & Information Security
Big Law and legal academics are joining forces to study AI’s impact on the legal system and beyond. So far, two major law firms and two California academic institutions have formalized alliances, and one venture-capital-backed AI software company has jumped into the research mix. But whether these partnerships will hold sway over the technology’s future is still unclear.
With Proposed Bill SB 574, California Lawmakers Seek to Rein In AI Use By Attorneys and Arbitrators
January 27, 2026
Alexis Keenan
Law Practice Management, Legal Ethics, Privacy & Information Security
Limits on the use of generative artificial intelligence could become more explicit for California lawyers and arbitrators, if a pending bill makes its way to the governor’s desk.
Consumer Privacy Enforcement Ramps Up With California's Data Broker 'Strike Force,' Self-Serve Deletion Form
January 21, 2026
Alexis Keenan
Business Transactions, Privacy & Information Security
Californians will soon find it much easier to block data brokers from profiting off their personal information, courtesy of privacy law changes that swept in with the new year.
AI Legal Tech Is Booming Beyond Case Research – and Beyond the United States
January 5, 2026
Alexis Keenan
Intellectual Property, Law Practice Management, Privacy & Information Security
Generative AI-powered software may be already essential for practicing law. Without it, legal professionals risk hours, or days, on research, drafting and billing that software, and therefore their opponents, can perform in seconds or minutes.
Report From Web Summit Lisbon: AI Escalating – and Solving – the 'Whack-a-Mole' Challenge of Protecting IP
December 11, 2025
Alexis Keenan
Intellectual Property, Privacy & Information Security
Intellectual property infringement and the battle to protect it has reached unprecedented scale and complexity due to digital automation and artificial intelligence.
'Wild West' of Risks for Chatbots Starts to Take Shape Under New California Law, Slew of Litigation, and FTC Inquiry
December 4, 2025
Alexis Keenan
Business Transactions, Privacy & Information Security, Product Liability
Intensifying legal scrutiny over the role of chatbots in user injuries and deaths is raising the technology’s risk profile and forcing developers back to the programming table. A spate of recent lawsuits, a new California law and a Federal Trade Commission inquiry are turning up the heat on chatbot operators to ensure their products are safe.
California’s New Account Deletion Law Is a Compliance Iceberg for Social Media Platforms
November 19, 2025
Alexis Keenan
Business Transactions, Privacy & Information Security
Major social media platforms will soon be subject to a new law in California that entitles users to a conspicuous “delete account” button that can erase their personal data from the clutches of Big Tech.
Here's How the Key Tech, Privacy, and AI Bills Fared in California's 2025 Legislative Season
October 17, 2025
Alexis Keenan
Business Litigation, Business Transactions, Employment Law, Intellectual Property, Litigation Practice & Procedure, Privacy & Information Security
California’s 2025 lawmaking window concluded this past week, and it’s packed with
Gavin Newsom's AI Policy Dilemma
October 10, 2025
Alexis Keenan
Business Transactions, Privacy & Information Security, State & Local Government
California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s AI-era technology policy is starting to take shape, but with fuzzy contours that reveal the unrelenting difficulty of balancing safety with innovation.
Newsom Signs Landmark Legislation Setting AI Guardrails in California
September 30, 2025
Alexis Keenan
Business Transactions, Privacy & Information Security
The world's foundational and most transformative artificial intelligence developers have new rules to abide by in the state of California, now that Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a
$1.5B Anthropic Copyright Settlement Sets First – But Not Final – Price Tag on AI Infringement
September 25, 2025
Alexis Keenan
Business Litigation, Intellectual Property, Privacy & Information Security
A first-of-its-kind $1.5 billion copyright infringement
SB 771 Wants to Hold Social Media Companies Liable for Algorithms That Promote Online Threats. If It Passes, Will It Survive in Court?
August 27, 2025
Alexis Keenan
Constitutional Law, Litigation Practice & Procedure, Privacy & Information Security, Product Liability
California lawmakers are coming after algorithms, again. But this time, their legislation to curb the computations may be on shaky ground, since it targets social media platforms long shielded by special liability protections and the First Amendment.
‘You Have To Read Between the Lines’: Lawyers Wrestle with California’s New Neural Data Protections
August 18, 2025
Alexis Keenan
Business Transactions, Privacy & Information Security
Brain data is in demand. And now that it’s legally protected by California state privacy law, lawyers are testing -- and sometimes guessing -- how to ensure their clients are compliant.
New California Rules for Using AI in Hiring Take Effect Oct. 1. Employers Need To Prepare
August 4, 2025
Alexis Keenan
Employment Law, Privacy & Information Security
Automated decision-making technology has been helping employers scope out new talent long before artificial intelligence chatbot and agents reached the masses. But starting this fall, California’s anti-discrimination rules limit what automated employment software can legally do.
The Future of Fair Use: Will LLMs Have to Pay to Train on Copyrighted Works?
July 21, 2025
Alexis Keenan
Business Litigation, Intellectual Property
It’s like the early 2000s all over again, as copyright holders worry their works are freely fueling Big Tech’s latest online search technology, large language models (LLMs).
The Battle Over California’s Bill to Regulate How Insurers Handle Personal Data
July 8, 2025
Alexis Keenan
Business Transactions, Insurance Law, Privacy & Information Security
Hunting for health, auto, and home insurance has exposed consumers’ sensitive personal data to third party advertisers, risk profilers, and even competing insurance companies hoping to leverage the information for their benefit. The data has traveled through pixels – snippets of code embedded in websites by companies like Google and Meta – that can track clicks and page views from prospective and current customers – and, sometimes, specific entries to online registration and contact forms.
From Bogus Citations to Proposed Legislation: The State of AI-Assisted Legal Drafting
June 9, 2025
Alexis Keenan
Law Practice Management, Legal Ethics, Litigation Practice & Procedure, Privacy & Information Security
Bogus AI-generated “law” is showing up in court filings across the country and around the globe, to the embarrassment and liability of lawyers, risk of litigants, and frustration of judges. No matter how the so-called “hallucinations” end up in a lawyer’s work, it doesn’t alter their responsibilities to clients and to the court. So how effective are the latest crop of AI-powered legal tools? And how can they be used responsibly?
Algorithms’ Tacit Collusion: Antitrust Law's Next Challenge
May 15, 2025
Alexis Keenan
Business Litigation, Privacy & Information Security, Real Property
How do you know if a computer algorithm is driving up the price of your online grocery order, or simultaneously showing you and dozens of other Amazon shoppers a different price for the same pair of shoes? These questions are at the heart of recent litigation and legislation to prevent computer programs from mimicking old-fashioned collusion and other competition-killing business tactics.
The 23andMe Bankruptcy Case Exposes Americans’ Unequal Rights to Their Own DNA
April 18, 2025
Alexis Keenan
Bankruptcy, Business Litigation, Privacy & Information Security
A bankruptcy judge’s unprecedented order allowing 23andMe to sell off genetic data on as many as 15 million people is a wake-up call for Americans that exposes their unequal and limited rights to their own DNA.
Courts Likely ‘Quite Concerned’ About Dire Consequences of Failed California Bar Exam Technology
March 27, 2025
Alexis Keenan
Litigation Practice & Procedure
Steve Jobs, the co-founder of Apple, said, "It’s not the tools you have faith in – tools are just tools. They work, or they don’t work. It’s the people you have faith in or not."
China’s AI Chatbot DeepSeek Presents a ‘Red Flag’ for Lawyers, Clients, and Businesses
March 6, 2025
Alexis Keenan
Business Transactions, Law Practice Management, Privacy & Information Security
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