Arnold Peter
Founding Partner at Peter Law Group
Date: October 13, 2026
Originally published on LinkedIn

Summary: Arnold Peter examines California’s AI employment legislation through the shared questions of innovation, accountability and human dignity. In the first installment of his series, he discusses the No Robo Bosses Act, technology-driven worker displacement, algorithmic discrimination and the importance of meaningful human review. His central argument is that AI may assist employment decisions, but it cannot relieve people of responsibility for their consequences.

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Arnold Peter
Founding Partner at Peter Law Group
Date: October 12, 2026
Originally published on LinkedIn

Summary: Arnold Peter draws on the life of St. Thomas More to examine why conscience, moral responsibility and human dignity must remain central as artificial intelligence enters legal decision-making. The article distinguishes AI’s analytical capabilities from the human responsibility to exercise judgment, show mercy and answer for consequential decisions. It concludes with an invitation to the October 28, 2026 Red Mass in Los Angeles.

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Arnold Peter
Founding Partner at Peter Law Group
Date: October 7, 2026
Originally published on LinkedIn

Summary: Arnold Peter uses Steven Spielberg’s Minority Report to examine a difficult question: if artificial intelligence becomes more accurate than human judges and juries, should it be allowed to decide guilt? The article acknowledges human error and bias while arguing that statistical accuracy cannot replace reasonable doubt, dissent, accountability and mercy. Through a fictional AI investigation, Peter explores why powerful analytical tools should assist criminal justice while leaving the responsibility for a verdict with human beings.

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Arnold Peter
Founding Partner at Peter Law Group
Date: October 6, 2026
Originally published on LinkedIn

Summary: Arnold Peter traces nearly sixty years of Hollywood’s exploration of artificial intelligence, from Star Trek and HAL 9000 to synthetic relationships in Her, Ex Machina and Companion. The article argues that these stories anticipated the questions now facing society about trust, human judgment, military authority, simulated reality and artificial intimacy. Their shared warning is less about machines becoming evil than about people surrendering responsibility and control to systems whose efficiency can obscure their human consequences.

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Arnold Peter
Founding Partner at Peter Law Group
Date: October 5, 2026
Originally published on LinkedIn

Summary: Arnold Peter examines three perspectives on the human future of artificial intelligence: California’s emphasis on safeguards and human oversight, Washington’s focus on innovation and technological leadership, and Pope Leo XIV’s moral focus on human dignity. The article explores how these approaches intersect across employment, professional responsibility, privacy and creative identity, arguing that AI should expand human capability while preserving human judgment, accountability and control.

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Arnold Peter on The SERMAPod
Date: September 29, 2026
Watch the full interview on YouTube.

Artificial intelligence is changing how entertainment companies create digital characters—and raising important questions about consent, compensation, and control over a person’s identity.

In a recent podcast interview, Peter Law Group founder Arnold Peter discussed these issues through the lens of his client’s lawsuit involving the Avatar franchise. The complaint alleges that the client’s facial features were used to develop a digital character without her consent or compensation. The interview explores those allegations and their broader implications for performers, producers, and entertainment companies.

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Arnold Peter
Date: September 25, 2026
Originally published on LinkedIn

Summary: A reduction in force can be deeply personal, even when the decision has little to do with an executive’s performance. Drawing on experience on both sides of the table, Arnold Peter offers seven practical steps: stay professional, understand severance terms and earned compensation, consider reputation alongside money, avoid impulsive social media posts, reconnect with trusted contacts, and explore what comes next. For employers, the message is equally clear: deliver difficult news with compassion and dignity.

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Arnold Peter
Founding Partner at Peter Law Group
Date: September 1, 2026
Originally published on LinkedIn

Summary: Arnold Peter examines how AI voice cloning and digital likenesses are reshaping the relationship between technology and personal identity. The article explores the opportunities for performers to license digital replicas, the risks facing workers with less bargaining power, and the importance of meaningful consent, compensation and contractual limits. Drawing on Hollywood’s voice-cloning debate and allegations in the firm’s Avatar litigation, Peter argues that established legal principles can help preserve human control as new technologies replicate voices and faces.

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Arnold Peter
Date: August 7, 2026
Originally published on LinkedIn

Summary: Menopause may become an increasingly important issue in employment law as more women remain professionally active through their 40s, 50s, and 60s. Symptoms can affect work, advancement, and employee retention, raising questions about discrimination and reasonable accommodations. This article examines emerging workplace protections, the potential application of existing federal and California employment laws, and the business case for supporting experienced employees.

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Peter Law Group
Date: June 24, 2026

As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly integrated into legal practice, courts are beginning to answer important questions about how AI affects attorney-client privilege, confidentiality, and attorney work product protections.

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Arnold Peter
Date: June 24, 2026
Originally published on LinkedIn

I am honored that the Daily Journal published my latest article, “Privilege Survives AI Only If Lawyers Do Their Job,” examining three recent federal decisions that may become foundational cases in the rapidly developing law of artificial intelligence, attorney-client privilege, confidentiality, work product, and discovery.

The article analyzes:

• United States v. Heppner — a first-impression decision addressing whether communications with a public AI platform may lose privilege protections.
• Morgan v. V2X, Inc. — a decision that may ultimately prove even more influential because it focuses on safeguards, governance, and responsible AI use rather than treating AI itself as the problem.
• Conservation Law Foundation v. Shell Oil Co. — a case highlighting that AI prompts and instructions used by experts may themselves become discoverable.

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Arnold Peter
Founding Partner at Peter Law Group
Date: February 17, 2026
Originally published on LinkedIn

Summary: In this February 17, 2026 article, Arnold Peter examines the debate over transgender athletes and Title IX through the broader principle of constitutional protection for minority rights. He argues that public opinion does not resolve questions of statutory and constitutional protection, drawing on James Madison’s warning about majority factions and examples spanning religion, speech, criminal justice and political ideology. The article’s central theme is that rights must remain protected even when their holders lack the numbers to prevail politically.

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Peter Law Group
Date: February 10, 2026

Peter Law Group is proud to be representing Isaiah Carranza, a former Chicago White Sox pitching prospect, in a case that raises serious and long-overdue questions about accountability, disability rights, and unequal treatment of workers in professional sports.

At its core, this case is about what happens when powerful institutions impose rigid policies on individuals with little leverage, then refuse to take responsibility when those policies cause real and permanent harm. These are issues that California wrongful termination lawyers, wage and hour class action attorneys in Los Angeles, and advocates for worker protections confront every day in different industries.

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Peter Law Group
Date: January 30, 2026
Audience: California employment lawyers, IP and AI counsel, creative industry leaders, and compliance teams

There’s a new kind of dispute sweeping through courts, studios, and startups alike—one that’s not just about creativity, but about accountability.

In a recent Deadline Hollywood article titled “When AI Plunders IP, Who Is to Blame?”, journalist Dominic Patten unpacks the mounting tensions between generative AI companies and the creators whose work these tools are trained on. The problem is simple, and yet incredibly complex: AI models are learning to write, illustrate, and compose by consuming copyrighted content—without permission or compensation.

For artists, writers, musicians, and filmmakers, this feels all too familiar. Their intellectual property is being repackaged by machines, and the companies behind those machines are profiting from the results. But the tension doesn’t stop with artists or Hollywood studios. In fact, this kind of dispute should raise red flags for anyone working in labor law or employee rights—especially in California.

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(And Drag the Entertainment Lawyers with Them)

Peter Law Group
Date: January 24, 2026
Audience: Entertainment and media lawyers, in-house legal teams, production executives, business affairs professionals, and compliance leads

Lights dim, drum roll… enter the California Legislature, throwing new laws around like confetti. An entertainment lawyer (yours truly) looks on, coffee in one hand, stack of legal briefs in the other, with a weary smile.

Welcome to the 2025 edition of “What Fresh Legal Hell Is This?” As a jaded self-proclaimed industry insider, I’m here to walk you through 10 new California laws that are about to make our lives in showbiz law even more exciting (read: complicated). From AI clones of actors to kidfluencer piggy banks, Sacramento has been busy. Grab some popcorn (and maybe a stress ball), and let’s dive into this legal circus—with a dash of humor to stay sane.

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(Or: Why the State Might Pay for Half Your Movie)

Peter Law Group
Date: January 23, 2026
Audience: Entertainment and media lawyers, in-house legal teams, production executives, business affairs professionals, and compliance leads

Let’s be honest: “tax credit” isn’t the sexiest phrase in the film business. It’s not the stuff of dream sequences or final acts. It sounds like something your line producer whispers between bites of breakfast burrito while spreadsheet tabs multiply like rabbits. But behind all the eye-glazing legalese is one of the most powerful tools a producer can wield—and thanks to California’s newly expanded program under AB 1138, that tool just got a major upgrade.

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Peter Law Group | California Employment Law
Date: January 6, 2026
Audience: In-house counsel, HR leaders, production executives, and business affairs teams

California enters 2026 with new employment-law requirements that intersect directly with how entertainment and media businesses hire, onboard, staff productions, manage union dynamics, and structure incentives for talent and key executives. Because the industry relies on a mix of long-term employees and project-based crews, compliance issues can arise quickly if templates and practices are not refreshed at the start of the year.

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By Arnold P. Peter, Managing Partner, Peter Law Group

If recent years were about expansion, 2026 will be about enforcement.

California has laid much of the statutory groundwork for a forward-thinking approach to employment law. The next phase is testing how those laws operate in real workplaces, with regulators and private litigants pressing employers to demonstrate that compliance is more than theoretical.

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California’s legislature and regulators have introduced numerous changes affecting employers in 2026. Business owners and HR professionals must update their policies to comply with new requirements on wages, workplace notices, leave entitlements, and more.

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