May 272026

Chambers 2026 Global Practice Guide for Artificial Intelligence

Colleen T. Brown, Michael C. Hochman, Brittany A. Bolen, Jack W. Pirozzolo, Sheri Porath Rockwell, Garrett Lance and Stephanie Y. Lim
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The Chambers 2026 Global Practice Guide for Artificial Intelligence provides the latest legal information on the rapidly evolving AI landscape, covering the commercial use of AI across key industries, AI-specific legislation and regulation, government and regulatory oversight, generative AI, agentic AI systems and autonomous decision-making, liability, procurement and supply chain accountability, employment, IP, data protection, antitrust, cybersecurity, ESG, and AI governance and compliance.

Sidley lawyers Colleen T. Brown, Michael C. Hochman, Brittany A. Bolen, Jack W. Pirozzolo, Sheri Porath Rockwell, Garrett M. Lance, and Stephanie Y. Lim authored the Trends and Developments chapters for the following U.S. jurisdictions:

This post is as of the posting date stated above. Sidley Austin LLP assumes no duty to update this post or post about any subsequent developments having a bearing on this post.

Colleen T. Brown

Washington, D.C.

ctbrown@sidley.com

Michael C. Hochman

Washington, D.C.

michael.hochman@sidley.com

Brittany A. Bolen

Washington, D.C.

bbolen@sidley.com

Jack W. Pirozzolo

Boston

jpirozzolo@sidley.com

Sheri Porath Rockwell

Century City

sheri.rockwell@sidley.com

Garrett Lance

Washington, D.C.

glance@sidley.com

Stephanie Y. Lim

New York

stephanie.lim@sidley.com

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