On April 7, 2026, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell convened an urgent, closed-door meeting with the CEOs of some of the nation’s largest banks to discuss the cybersecurity risks posed by Anthropic’s newly announced AI model, Claude Mythos Preview (“Mythos”).[1] According to news reports, the meeting was held to
Worth Reading – Employment data shows the early signs of AI job disruption are already here
While there may be growth opportunities in blue-collar industries, you don’t suddenly become a plumber or electrician. It’s a long learning process that doesn’t scale well for that many unemployed people. This is reskilling at a massive, rapid scale, but we have to admit that whatever reskilling we’ve done in the past hasn’t been that
Risk of Agentic AI in Legal: A Governance Guide for In-House Legal Teams
Risk of Agentic AI in legal is reshaping governance—learn how in-house legal teams can move beyond checklists to build real AI oversight capability.
Does the Copyright Act apply to AI anymore?
The NewYorkTimes.com asked this question “Artificial intelligence tools are making it faster than ever to reproduce creative work. Does copyright even matter anymore?” The April 22, 2026 article entitled ” Anthropic’s Leaked Code Tests Copyright Challenges in A.I. Era” (https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/technology/anthropic-code-leak-copyright.html) included these comments from Reporter Meaghan Tobin:
Sigrid Jin, a student at the
Last Chance: LawDroid AI Conference 2026
Next week, on April 28 and 29, I’m hosting the LawDroid AI Conference 2026, and I want you there!This is the third year we’ve done this, and every year I’m amazed by the community that shows up. Lawyers, legal aid advocates, court innovators, technologists, professors, and people who simply refuse to be left behind
When AI Meets the FCRA: What the Eightfold Class Action Means for Employers and HR Technology Providers
An estimated 87% of companies now using AI-driven tools in their recruitment processes, and that figure has nearly doubled in just two years. AI-powered platforms can ingest millions of candidate profiles, enrich them with publicly available data, and deliver algorithmically ranked shortlists to employers far faster than a human recruiter. But, with that capability comes
Guest Post: The Intake Form Is Dead. Long Live the Template.
Legal AI has made lawyers faster. Faster contract review. Smarter redlines. Drafting assistance that saves real time. For the most part, legal AI products have been built around lawyers: how they work and how to make that work better. This isn’t surprising when you consider whose budget pays for legal AI. But the first friction
AI And Billing: Flipping The Switch On The Bane Of Lawyers’ Existence
Billing. The bane of a lawyer’s existence. The process is clunky, error-prone, and ripe for effective AI disruption. Elite’s new Validate tool could mean more effective billing guideline compliance, better client communications, and, most interestingly, flip the switch on the leverage third party bill reviewers have, reducing write-offs.
My new post for Above the Law.
Spain’s Supervisory Authority Issues New Guidance on AI‑Based Voice Transcription
On April 20, 2026, the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) has published new guidance on how to comply with the GDPR when using AI‑powered voice transcription tools. The guidance builds on earlier AEPD guidance on this topic from January 2026. This blog post sets out the key takeaways of both guidance documents, which are only available in Spanish.
The AEPD’s guidance confirms a risk‑based approach to AI‑powered voice transcription. Organizations using these tools should not treat transcription as a purely technical feature, but as a processing activity that requires continuous governance, clear transparency, and proactive safeguards. Given the widespread and growing use of transcription tools across business functions, this guidance is likely to be relevant well beyond Spain.
Twyla Carter on 150 Years of the Legal Aid Society of New York
This week on the Legal Lens show we welcomed Twyla Carter, Attorney-in-Chief and CEO of the Legal Aid Society of New York where she discusses the 150 year history of the organization and their efforts to create access to justice for all New Yorkers.
As described by Carter, the Legal Aid Society has spent over