Ashley Taylor, a partner in Troutman Pepper Locke’s Regulatory Investigations, Strategy + Enforcement Practice Group, was quoted in the August 24, 2026, The Wall Street Journal article, “OpenAI Subpoenaed Over Hugging Face Attack.”

  • It is also likely to share OpenAI’s responses with other states, while assessing if any of the materials could be used to frame a legal claim, said Ashley Taylor, a partner at Troutman Pepper Locke.
  • Without federal legislation, state attorneys general are stepping in as de facto AI regulators, piecing together industry governance, Taylor said. Alabama’s investigation, he said, “sends a message to the industry that they need to be very careful about containment as they develop their models.”