Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) announced on March 5, 2026, that through counsel at the Free Information Group (FIG), it filed a series of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) “seeking records related to how the agency is deploying artificial intelligence [(AI)] tools within its workforce and
AI Privilege and Waiver: What Courts Are Actually Saying (And What They’re Not)
When Judge Jed Rakoff ruled in United States v. Heppner (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 17, 2026) that documents a criminal defendant created through exchanges with Anthropic’s Claude platform weren’t protected by attorney-client privilege or the work product doctrine, the decision generated significant attention across the legal community. Many practitioners read that ruling as a sweeping statement:
The Death of Seat Time: How AI is Reclaiming the Human Element in Education
At the recent SCSP AI+Education conference in Washington, DC, the air was thick with the usual policy jargon until Dr. Tasha Arnold, Head of Alpha Schools, took the stage. For a technologist, her message was a refreshing departure from the “AI will replace us” trope. Instead, she presented a vision where AI acts as
AI in the Exam Room: What WVU Medicine’s Abridge Rollout Means for Physicians
Artificial Intelligence continues to move quickly into the clinical workflow.WVU Medicine recently announced that it is expanding its use of Abridge, an AI-powered transcription platform designed to generate clinical documentation during patient encounters. What began as a small pilot program in 2025 has now grown to more than 1,200 physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants
New Ontario Workplace Laws for 2026: What Every Employee Needs to Know
The Ontario job market is currently going through its biggest shake-up in a decade. For years, the power balance leaned heavily toward employers. They could hide salary ranges, use “ghost” job postings to collect resumes for roles that didn’t exist, and deploy automated screening bots without ever telling you.
As of January 1, 2026, those days are over.
Zalma’s Insurance Fraud Letter – March 15, 2026
ZIFL – Volume 30, Issue 6
THE SOURCE FOR THE INSURANCE FRAUD PROFESSIONAL
Post number 5304
Zalma’s Insurance Fraud Letter (ZIFL) continues its 30th year of publication dedicated to those involved in reducing the effect of insurance fraud. ZIFL is published 24 times a year by ClaimSchool and is written by Barry Zalma. It is
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 261: Ian Goldberg on the Privacy Risks of Age Assurance Technologies
Age verification, estimation or inference is seemingly all the rage right now. Vendors are promoting it as the solution to thorny challenges to limit access to certain sites and services and politicians are eager to legislate in that direction, including in Canada with Bill S-209.
Hundreds of scientists and technology experts from around the
Key Takeaways from the S-RM Cyber Incident Insights Report 2026
S‑RM’s 2026 Cyber Incident Insights Report offers one of the clearest indicators yet of how rapidly the global threat landscape is shifting. Drawing on more than 800 incidents handled throughout 2025, the report reveals a ransomware ecosystem that is expanding, fragmenting and becoming less predictable, while AI adoption(on both sides of the divide) introduces new
Bribery scandals don’t start with bad employees; they start with bad culture
When a bribery scandal hits a company, the corporate response is almost always the same: These were bad employees acting on their own.
Maybe. But usually not.
Consider the current mess involving Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits, the largest alcohol distributor in the United States.
Federal prosecutors have charged several of its former executives in
The Eleventh Circuit Just Gave Us a Roadmap for Using AI to Interpret Insurance Policies — and Coverage Lawyers Should Pay Attention
In this blog series, we explore the promises and the pitfalls of AI tools in the insurance coverage context, offering practical guidance for lawyers and business professionals to harness these technologies without getting burned.
If you practice insurance coverage law, you’ve been there: staring at an undefined term in a policy, toggling between three dictionaries