Together, EO 14365 and the National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence raise questions about the future of state and local laws governing employers’ use of AI, many of which are intended to protect against discrimination in connection with the use of AI.
For anyone in legal operations, the gap between the value of a service and the sustainability of its commercial model should be immediately recognizable. No one disputes the importance of legal expertise. What is under challenge is a billing structure that prices those services by the hour of human effort required to deliver them.
After more than a hundred conversations with general counsel, chief legal officers, and legal operations leaders over the past seven months, I expected to hear complaints about AI accuracy or capability. The same five barriers appeared in conversation after conversation. Here’s what’s actually stopping deployment, and how to diagnose which barriers are blocking your team.
An annual tradition continues as we present the responses to our Legalweek question. For 2026, it was "where are we with prompting"?
The volume and sophistication of work hitting law firm marketing departments is accelerating. That moves the burden from responding to being ready: ready with differentiated positioning, ready with competitive intelligence, ready to get a compelling pitch to the right client before a formal process even begins. That requires more sophisticated output, produced faster, by teams that are already stretched past capacity.
Matthew McConaughey secured eight federal trademark registrations covering his voice and iconic catchphrases in a novel legal strategy aimed at combating AI’s unauthorized use of his voice and likeness. The move signals an important evolution in the power dynamics between talent/brands and the companies providing generative AI tools.
The use of AI does not alter fundamental obligations of accuracy, reasonableness and accountability. The legal risk lies not in the existence of hallucinations but in the failure to govern and verify them.
The Court held that intent is required and that mere awareness of infringement does not establish secondary liability.
In categories where products are difficult to differentiate on performance, and that describes most of the AI industry today, customers do not choose on features. They choose on trust. They are selecting a company they believe will honor its commitments. Brand integrity, in those markets, is a material business asset.
Artificial intelligence is everywhere in 2026. The promise is real, but who is tracking how your AI agreements are reshaping enterprise risk? And how has that risk changed with the increase in agreements and obligations related to these AI tools? Enter the AI playbook.
