Recent Baker Donelson Analysis: the 2026 AI Legal Forecast
Click here to view the Baker Donelson AI Team’s Artificial Intelligence Legal Forecast for 2026.
According to authors Edward D. Lanquist and Alexandra P. Moylan, CIPP/US, AIGP, 2026 is the year organizations must prioritize actively governing their AI tools. They have identified 10 legal issues that will define the landscape in the new year:
- The Copyright Fair Use Reckoning
- The Rise of Agentic AI Liability
- Deepfakes and Right of Publicity
- EU AI Act Compliance
- The U.S. State Law Patchwork
- Outbound Investment Restrictions
- Antitrust Scrutiny of AI Acquisitions
- Employment Law and Bias Audits
- Data Privacy and the Right to Unlearn
- Professional Responsibility
Read their explanations in the full article.