For Chicago-area business owners, January 1, 2026 is shaping up to be a deceptively important date. There is no single headline-grabbing law taking effect. Instead, several Illinois and federal changes arrive at once, quietly affecting hiring practices, payroll, employee benefits, business expenses, and tax planning. These are exactly the kinds of changes that tend to
Are you ready for AI Data Centers in outer Space?
The NewYorkTimes.com reported that “If the architects of the artificial intelligence boom are right, it is only a matter of time before data centers — the giant computing facilities that power A.I. — will float in orbit and be visible in the night sky like planets.” The January 1, 2026 article entitled “Even the Sky
The Estonian Paradox: High Investment, Higher Uncertainty, and the Challenge for Legal Tech
Editor’s Note: Estonia’s 2025 investment trends expose more than economic caution—they reveal the cascading governance pressures facing modern digital organizations. Based on the European Investment Bank’s Investment Survey of 400 Estonian firms, this analysis explores how tightening budgets, regulatory overload, and widespread skills shortages are reshaping cybersecurity, information governance, and eDiscovery strategies across Europe.
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Wes Lungwitz: The New Rules of Law Firm Marketing
In this episode, Steve Fretzin and Wes Lungwitz discuss:
- Adapting to change in legal marketing
- Strengthening the website as the foundation
- Optimizing for AI-driven discovery
- Evaluating partners and acting proactively
Key Takeaways:
- Law firm growth now depends on adapting to AI, new search behavior, and shifting marketing dynamics. Firms that remain static risk losing
Upstreaming: How Artificial Intelligence Empowers Human Genius
My father was a barber. For nearly four decades, he stood behind his chair in a small shop, trimming hair, and trading stories with the steady stream of neighbors and strangers who passed through his door. But here’s what most people didn’t know about my dad: he was one of the most well-read people I’ve
NIST Publishes Preliminary Draft of Cybersecurity Framework Profile for Artificial Intelligence for Public Comment
On December 16, 2025, the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (“NIST”) published a preliminary draft of the Cybersecurity Framework Profile for Artificial Intelligence (“Cyber AI Profile” or “Profile”). According to the draft, the Cyber AI Profile is intended to “provide guidelines for managing cybersecurity risk related to AI systems [and] identify[] opportunities for
Lights, Camera, [AI] Action: India’s Recent Celebrity Deepfake Lawsuits
December 2025 saw India’s courts in New Delhi and Mumbai tackle a new breed of lawsuits: leading Indian cinema celebrities fighting back against unauthorized deepfakes and AI-generated impersonations. Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (NTR Jr.), R. Madhavan, and Shilpa Shetty—all famous Indian actors—filed and won powerful court orders aimed at blocking the spread of synthetic images,
The Human Edge: Why Upskilling Legal Teams is the Heart of GenAI Adoption
While the disruptive potential of generative AI in legal services dominates headlines, the real story lies with the individuals making that transformation possible. For in-house legal teams and law firms facing rapid shifts in regulation and technology, upskilling has evolved from a competitive advantage into the foundation of any successful AI strategy.
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Challenging Truisms And Embracing A Cockroach Mentality
I was impressed by a recent interview of Antti Innanen on the Artificial Lawyer Law Punx podcast that I not only commented on it on LinkedIn, I decided to devote a whole article to his comments. After 30+ years in legal practice and covering legal tech, I’ve learned to spot industry BS when I hear
Sunset 2025: The Year the Ground Moved Under Our Feet
As 2025 comes to a close, I’ve been thinking about the year the way many of my founder clients do: not as a clean sequence of quarters, but as a series of shocks, reversals, and reinventions that forced all of us to adapt in real time. It was a year that felt like five compressed