The Next Phase of AI and Arbitration

Описание: Date: March 20, 2025 (Thursday)
Time: 10am – 11am
Venue: Academic Conference Room, 11/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower, The University of Hong Kong

Speaker: Anthony Casey, Donald M. Ephraim Professor of Law and Economics, University of Chicago Law School

The latest developments in generative artificial intelligence and large language models are rapidly transforming the practice of law. This talk will explore the recent and coming impact of these technologies on arbitration. The talk will explore how AI is changing the practice of arbitration, how arbitration is particularly well suited for the resolution of disputes in an age of rapidly changing technology (especially in areas of intellectual property), how arbitration firms are likely to be at the forefront of the transformation of legal practice in the coming years, and how AI-facilitated arbitration interacts with the development of self-driving contracts.

Anthony Casey is an expert on business law, finance, and corporate bankruptcy. His research—which has been published in the Yale Law Journal, the Columbia Law Review, the Supreme Court Review, and the University of Chicago Law Review—examines the intersection of finance and law. He has also written about the role of intellectual property law in the organization and financing of creative projects and about how technological innovation is changing the foundations of our legal system more generally.

Before entering academia, Professor Casey was a partner at Kirkland and Ellis, LLP. Before joining Kirkland & Ellis, he was an associate at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. His legal practice focused on corporate bankruptcy, merger litigation, white-collar investigations, securities litigation, and complex class actions. Casey also served as a law clerk for Chief Judge Joel M. Flaum of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

Professor Casey teaches courses and seminars in corporate governance, business law, bankruptcy and reorganization, finance, litigation strategy, civil procedure, and law and technology.

Moderator: Dr. Pangyue Cheng, Global Academic Fellow, The University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law