It’s hard enough as the leader of a company to keep yourself and your team on vision. It’s harder still to pivot from the original vision to something new. But at some point, you have to. Because of an opportunity, an obligation to serve, or a marketplace that’s moving—which isn’t.
Over the last six months
Stop letting manual legal review slow down deals. Read the 2026 Buyer’s Guide to Automated Contract Management to learn how AI and CLM boost your legal ROI.
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A recent decision in United States v. Heppner appears to be the first federal ruling to directly address attorney‑client privilege and work‑product issues arising from a non‑lawyer’s use of a consumer-grade insecure AI tool for legal research. The court held that materials generated through Anthropic’s consumer version of Claude were not protected, emphasizing that entering
Computerworld.com reported that “Over the past couple of weeks, a stream of senior researchers and safety leads from OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI, and others have resigned in public, and there’s nothing quiet or vanilla about it.” The February 17, 2026 article entitled ” Why are AI leaders fleeing?” (https://www.computerworld.com/article/4133137/why-are-ai-leaders-fleeing.html) included these comments:
Normally, when
On Feb. 10, 2026, U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff of the Southern District of New York issued a bench ruling holding that a defendant’s use of generative AI to analyze legal exposure is not protected under attorney-client privilege or the work product doctrine. See When AI Isn’t Privileged: SDNY Rules Generative AI Documents Not Protected
Michelle Sanders, Macon County Public Defender’s Office (Source: Michelle Sanders).
Our Professionalism Spotlight series highlights Illinois legal professionals who demonstrate the ideals of professionalism in their careers.
In this Professionalism Spotlight, we spoke to Michelle Sanders, Chief Public Defender for the Macon County Public Defender’s Office.
When Michelle began practicing law in 2007, she served as
Could 2026 mark the end of “vibe coding” as we know it? Welcome back to Tech Snippets Today. In this episode, we sit down with Nicolas Genest, Founder and CEO of CodeBoxx, to explore the rapidly shifting landscape of AI software development.
Over the past year, generating applications with natural language prompts has exploded in
Correction: An earlier version of this article attributed an email to Tom Pritzker. The email was sent by Nick Pritzker. The article has been updated.Newly released documents from the Epstein files show disgraced sex offender Jeffrey Epstein maintained close relationships with prominent figures connected to Royal Caribbean. These figures include former Royal Caribbean board
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