Vincent Joralemon is the Director of the Life Sciences Law and Policy Center at the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology (BLCT). His scholarship focuses on: psychedelics, psychopharmacology, and other emerging therapeutics; evidence generation and FDA reform; and innovation policy that enables responsible use of AI and data across life sciences research and development. Before joining Berkeley Law, he practiced at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, where he advised on intellectual property and data privacy issues in complex transactions spanning biotech and digital health. Trained as a biologist, educator, and attorney, he led advanced neuroscience and genetics programs in New York public schools and collaborated with Columbia’s University’s Zuckerman Institute, Tufts University School of Medicine, and NYU’s Neuroscience department.
Education
B.A., Integrated Biology, University of California, Berkeley (2012)
J.D., University of California, Berkeley School of Law (2024)
Elon Musk’s bid to sue bitter rival Sam Altman fails because he filed too late
Vincent Joralemon, a senior fellow at UC Berkeley law school, said statutes of limitation vary by state and in California there is a three-year limit for breech of charitable trust and a two-year limit for unjust enrichment – two of the key claims Musk brought. “I’m guessing the jurors got into their room and said, ‘does it seem like Musk knew about this in 2019?’ and everyone said ‘yes’ and then they go, ‘we’re done,’” Joralemon said.
Musk-Altman trial a personal battle with potentially huge consequences
Last year, Attorney General Rob Bonta — as well as Kathy Jennings, the attorney general of Delaware — signed off on OpenAI’s corporate restructuring, albeit with a list of conditions. As a result, it’s dubious whether Musk has the legal right — known as “standing” — to bring a case, some legal experts said. If he ends up winning the lawsuit, the case will likely be appealed on that basis, said Vince Joralemon, a senior fellow at UC Berkeley’s Center for Law and Technology.
Musk takes stand in lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI
Vincent Joralemon, Director of the Life Sciences Law & Policy Center Berkeley Center for Law & Technology comments on the Musk v. Altman trial.
State Bar charges 3 attorneys over AI-generated fake citations
Vincent Joralemon, an AI law expert at UC Berkeley Law, said attorneys who fail to adopt such tools may eventually face scrutiny as well. “At some point, the general acceptance in the field will be that it is better to use these tools than not to use them,” Joralemon said.
MAHA is intensifying the Big Tech patent wars
Vincent Joralemon, director of the Life Sciences Law and Policy Center at Berkeley Law weighs in on patent disputes in the sector of fitness tracker devices.
Families found grim AI chat logs. Now Google has settled their lawsuits.
In holding the startup to account for these tragedies, the families were testing a legal argument that hasn’t yet won in court. But the mere prospect of the families winning likely pushed Google to settle, according to Vincent Joralemon, the director of the Berkeley Law Life Sciences Law & Policy Center. Joralemon said a single wrongful death lawsuit can result in a $20 million to $100 million judgment because the damages are meant to punish the companies, not just pay the wronged plaintiffs. Joralemon said that level of legal risk extends to the entire AI industry.
Grok’s stripping stopped, but legal questions are just beginning
Should disputes over the images wind up in court, Vincent Joralemon, director of the Life Sciences Law & Policy Center and UC Berkeley’s law school, said he wouldn’t want to be charged with defending them. That’s because the victims of such images were likely to find sympathetic judges and jurors, he said.