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Professional services firms are integrating AI into client work through drafts, reviews, and internal processes, but the technology's invisible presence raises critical questions about transparency and trust. When should clients be informed that AI assisted their matter, and how can firms classify AI use to protect both efficiency and confidence? A framework emerges that categorizes AI applications into four distinct zones: invisible internal uses, disclosed assistance, approved deployments, and strictly of

A Chilean appellate court annulled a major international arbitration award in a salmon-farming acquisition dispute, ruling that the tribunal exceeded its mandate by recharacterizing the buyers' contractual damages claim into an unpleaded restitutionary price adjustment claim. The decision explores the boundaries of the iura novit curia principle and its limits when tribunals reshape claims beyond what parties actually submitted for arbitration.

Several countries across the Americas are implementing statutory reductions to working hours, with Brazil proposing a move to 40 hours, Mexico formally enacting phased reforms...