Generative AI is quickly becoming part of the legal toolkit but the ethical obligations of lawyers haven’t changed. In this episode of From Lawyer to Employer, host Dan Schwartz sits down with Shipman attorney Claire Pariano to explore how generative AI is reshaping legal practice and what in-house counsel need to know to stay
ComputerWorld.com reported that “As agentic AI systems evolve from assistants into decision-support tools, several organizations are exploring the concept of “AI shadow boards” to guide executive strategy and corporate governance.” The March 17, 2026 report entitled ” Will AI Sit on the Board? Why CIOs Must Prepare for Agentic AI in Corporate Governance” (https://www.computerworld.com/video/4146382/will-ai-sit-on-the-board-why-cios-must-prepare-for-agentic-ai-in-corporate-governance.html
On March 16, 2026, New York Attorney General (AG) Letitia James rallied in support of the “One Fair Price Package” — a pair of bills aimed at curbing algorithmic and surveillance pricing in New York. Together, the bills would prohibit the use of personalized algorithmic pricing based on consumer data, ban electronic shelf labels in large food and drug retailers, and create robust enforcement mechanisms and private rights of action. The announcement from New York comes shortly after New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill backed legislation to ban what she has called “surveillance” pricing, and after California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced an investigative sweep focused on businesses that use consumer data to individualize prices for their goods or services earlier this year.
If we had to define the mood for 2026 in three words, we would choose alert, intentional and institutional. After several years of normalizing longer hold periods and navigating evolving regulatory frameworks, 2026 will see managers permanently vigilant – vigilant in pursuing value creation theses, identifying exit opportunities and embedding robust governance structures to mitigate litigation and regulatory risks.
Chicago Pacific Founders (CPF) has announced an investment in Nexben.
Nexben, founded in 2015 and based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, is a fintech company that provides plan administration and payment solutions for the benefits industry.
CPF, founded in 2014 and based in Chicago and San Francisco, is a private equity firm focused on
As I mentioned on Monday, I had the opportunity to recently attend the ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law’s ERR conference in Nashville. One program that stood out was a panel titled “AI in Action: Discovery and Motion Practice in Employment Law.”
If you’ve been reading this blog over the years, you know I’ve
Aderant, the Atlanta-based provider of business management software for law firms, today announced the addition of AI-powered capabilities to its vi by Aderant talent management suite, including AI-assisted employee performance evaluations, real-time sentiment analysis, and auto-summarization features within its viEval and viAllocate products. The company says these are the first client-facing AI capabilities within the
Jerry Merritt, an agency manager for the Texas Farm Bureau, claimed 816 hours of unpaid overtime. Even assuming he had been misclassified as an independent contractor, he still lost.
Here’s why.
Merritt ran his role with near-total autonomy: He set his own schedule. He chose how much to work or not work. He didn’t track
The firms gaining ground aren’t buying more AI tools. They’re rewiring how their firms operate. There’s a widening gap between the two approaches — and the firms on the wrong side won’t see it clearly until the economics have already diverged.
At Intapp Amplify 2026, we addressed the question firm leaders are increasingly asking: Is
I spoke with Matt Basile, the CEO of Naya Software, a software company that automates the legal aspects of originating commercial real estate loans for law firms and institutional lenders. We discussed building a software company while working full-time as a lawyer, new ways law firms are leveraging artificial intelligence, and whether now
