Federal judge Jed S. Rakoff of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York recently ruled that thirty-one documents a criminal defendant generated using the consumer-tier version of Anthropic’s AI platform Claude were not protected by attorney-client privilege or the attorney work product doctrine, although the defendant had prepared them for…
DEREK STUEBEN
PARTNER
Derek Stueben advises clients in areas of mergers and acquisitions, venture capital investments, debt and equity financings, business combinations and general corporate and commercial matters. He represents businesses at all stages of the corporate growth cycle, as well as institutional and individual investors considering investments in high growth companies. Derek has extensive experience advising clients from initial incorporation and early-stage seed financings through later-stage mergers and acquisitions, public offerings and other exit transactions.
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Derek has also operated as “outside general counsel” to enterprises across a wide breadth of industries, including sports, technology, retail, fashion, and media and entertainment, where he provides strategic business advice on topics ranging from corporate governance and investor relations to intellectual property protection and licensing arrangements.
Education
Cornell University (J.D., 2014)
Harvard University (A.B., 2011)
Bar Admissions
New York
New Jersey
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