Harold Godsoe

Chair, Mackrell International AI Practice Group
Member, American Chamber of Commerce in Japan
Founder, ACX Tokyo
NY Bar Association, International Law Section, Japan Chapter

“Artificial Legal”, Substack, 2023–). Essays on AI governance and legal systems, on topics including:

　　• US federal AI oversight and institutions (the US Executive Order on AI, proposals for a federal AI agency, AISIC, and If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies)

　　• The EU AI Act and its extraterritorial effects for Asian businesses (prohibited AI, AI literacy obligations, timelines, and oceans-away enforcement problems)

　　• AI and copyright and training data (NYT v. OpenAI, Japanese data-analysis exceptions, and US fair use)

　　• Frontier risk and technical safety (“AI Sleeper Agents,” “AI Risk,” “AI Beyond Human Guidance,” “Our Task Is to Prepare for an AI Explosion”)

　　• How AI restructures the legal profession, litigation, and firm governance (“A Future for Wise Counsel,” “No Future for Productive Lawyers,” “Lawsuits Will Govern AI, Not Legislatures,” “AI Integration Guidelines,” “Antifragile Law Firm Design in a Volatile Decade,” “AI in the Legal Industry Overview”)

“Labour and Employment Disputes: Japan,” Lexology In-Depth, 26 November 2025 (co-author).

“AI Adoption-to-Integration: Guidelines for Law Firms” 5 November 2024.

“Tax Issues Arising from M&A in Japan,” Lexology Getting the Deal Through – Japan M&A, co-author (with Norio Mitsuuchi and Kohei Honda), updated 2021–2025.

“The Depth of the Trade in Services Agreement,” Brigham Young University International Law and Management Review, vol. 10 (2014).

Additional Kojima Law Offices Insights articles on labour disputes, harassment law, international jurisdiction in labour cases, COVID-related employment measures, civil litigation in Japan, and related topics (2020–present), co-authored with Japan-qualified partners and associates. Provide accessible guidance for international clients and counsel on Japanese employment, litigation, and risk management issues.

“AI Legal Regimes: What They Are and How To Do Them”, Tokyo, Shibaura Institute of Technology (Speaker) (12 November 2025)

“US Firm Focus: State AI Regulation Spotlight”, online, Mackrell International AI Practice Group (Presentation Lead) (4 November 2025)

“Advanced AI Working Group, Session II”, online, Mackrell International (Presenter) (2 September 2025)

“Measure (AI) Law by Friction: Survey of Global AI Regimes”, Tokyo, Tokyo AI Event: AI × Law: Global Perspectives on Copyright, Regulation, and Liability (Speaker) (28 August 2025)

“Japan AI Promotion Act and Law by Friction”, Tokyo, AI Safety Tokyo (Speaker) (20 August 2025)

“Chiba Tech Henkaku Center Symposium - Various Discussions”, Tokyo, Japan AI Safety Institute (J-AISI) (Invited participant) (5 July 2025)

“Advanced AI Working Group, Session I”, online, Mackrell International (Presenter) (1 July 2025)

“Human vs. Machine: The Great Business Reshape”, Tokyo, British Chamber of Commerce in Japan (Panelist) (11 June 2025)

“Insights from the Mackrell AGM AI Panel: Respect for AI’s Power and What AI Still Can’t Do”, online, Mackrell International AI Insights (Presenter) (3 June 2025)

“AI 2027”, Tokyo, AI Safety Tokyo (Speaker) (21 May 2025)

“The Latest Analysis of AI in Law from SLA and SMU”, Singapore, Mackrell International AGM 2025 (Moderator) (8 May 2025)

“Diagnosis AI: A New Industrial Revolution”, online, Mackrell International AI Practice Group (Presenter) (4 March 2025)

“AI Interactions in Policy Guidelines: Applying ‘15 Times to Use AI, and 5 Not To’“, online, Mackrell International AI Practice Group (Presenter) (4 February 2025)

“Advanced AI Models and Specialized Legal AI Systems”, online, Mackrell International AI Practice Group Series (Presenter) (7 January 2025)

“Establishing Core AI Guidelines and Internal Policies”, online, Mackrell International AI Task Force (Presenter) (3 December 2024)

“AI Adoption to Integration: Guidelines for Law Firms”, online, Mackrell International AI Insights (Presenter) (5 November 2024)

“AI and the Death of the Billable Hour?”, Sofia, Mackrell International EMEA Regional Business Meeting (Speaker) (28 September 2024)

“Law Firm AI Adoption and Integration” (Seminar), Mackrell, Sofia, Bulgaria (September 26-29, 2024)

“Get to Know Your ‘Co-Intelligence,’ Part 2”, online, Mackrell International AI Practice Group (Seminar Lead) (3 September 2024)

“Digital Regulation and AI Law”, Asia Regional Meeting, Meritas Asia Regional Meeting (Speaker) (22 August 2024)

“Get to Know Your ‘Co-Intelligence,’ Part 1”, online, Mackrell International AI Practice Group (Seminar Lead) (6 August 2024)

“AI and Copyright in Japan”, Tokyo, AI Industry Foundation (AIIF) (Speaker) (28 May 2024)

“Dynamic Round Tables: AI and the Legal Sector”, San Francisco, Mackrell International AGM 2024 (Co-lead) (11 May 2024)

“A Drafted AI Bill and AI Trajectories”, Tokyo, AI Safety Tokyo (Speaker) (17 April 2024)

“Gladstone AI’s Rules”, Tokyo, AI Industry Foundation (AIIF) (Speaker) (2 April 2024)

“AI Lawyering in 2026 and AI and the Last-Mile Lawyer”, Tokyo, Mackrell International Global Emerging Leader Meeting (Speaker) (29 March 2024)

“ELON v. OPENAI”, Tokyo, AI Safety Tokyo (Speaker) (6 March 2024)

“Meet the New Boss of AI Safety: The U.S. AI Safety Institute Consortium (AISIC)”, Tokyo, AI Safety Tokyo (Speaker) (28 February 2024)

“[2023] Executive Order 14110”, Tokyo, AI Safety Tokyo (Speaker) (8 November 2023)

“AI and the Legal Sector: How Are You Preparing?”, Las Vegas, Mackrell International Americas Regional Business Meeting (Panelist) (21 October 2023)

“AI Safety for Lawyers”, Tokyo, AI Safety Tokyo (Speaker) (12 April 2023)

“The EU AI Act Revisited”, Tokyo, AI Safety Tokyo (Speaker) (8 March 2023)

“The EU AI Act”, Tokyo, AI Safety Tokyo (Speaker) (8 February 2023)

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