Clients are increasingly turning to AI before they speak with outside counsel, and sometimes after, by pasting legal advice, contract language, or other work product into a public AI model to ask follow-up questions. Used thoughtfully, these tools can help
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California’s New AI Laws Put Workplace Safeguards on the Agenda
California is taking a leading role in regulating artificial intelligence at work. A newly signed package of laws limits employers’ use of AI in several high-stakes settings: employers may not rely entirely on AI to decide whether to fire a…
Privacy Tip #511 – The Dangers of Sharing Medical Information with AI Tools
I recently had the pleasure to participate in a podcast on Privacy Lawls about the dangers of sharing medical information with AI tools. In the September 21, 2026, episode, “The Dangers of Sharing Medical Information with AI,” Donata Stroink-Skillrud, President…
AI Agents In the Workplace
This article was co-authored by Labor + Employment group lawyer, Christopher Costain.
As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to play a significant role in how employers streamline operations, simplify workflows, and increase productivity, some employers are turning to highly advanced…
What We Are Reading: Environmental & Energy Series
By Jon Schaefer
Week of September 28
The environmental and energy world finished September much the same way it spent most of 2026: debating how to balance environmental protection and economic growth. This week’s stories spanned climate litigation, PFAS regulation, electric grid modernization,…
Fortune 500 Companies’ Credentials Leaking at an Alarming Rate
According to a new report from Nordlayer, a credential from an employee of a Fortune 500 company is posted on the dark web every 100 seconds. The report states that almost 10 million credentials, which include both usernames and…
What Counts as a VPPA Video?
By Roma Patel
A two-minute apartment tour may not sound like the kind of video Congress had in mind when it passed the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) in 1988, but that question was at the heart of the recent oral argument in…
Do Automatic License Plate Readers Turn Public Roads into a Surveillance Network?
A panel of judges sitting on the federal Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit appeared skeptical of a challenge to the use of automatic license plate readers by the Illinois state police, questioning whether the cameras’ collection of vehicle…
OpenAI Sued for AI Agent Hacks
Following the hacking incidents of OpenAI agents of Hugging Face, Ruby Gems, and an Australian government website, two suits have been filed against OpenAI.
One suit was filed by not-for-profit Legal Advocates for Safe Science & Technology (LASST), which claimed…
AI Agents Need More Than Curiosity: They Need Our Trust
Consumer AI agents are software tools designed to do more than answer questions. They can break a request into steps, use external tools and apps, and carry out tasks such as comparing products, managing digital workflows, or booking travel. Some…