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AI Agent Access ControlPublished Oct 29, 2026AI Agent Access Control: A Guide for In-House CounselReview AI agent access control with IT. Define permitted data and actions, check approval boundaries, and use a worked example to document the decision.Read article
AI for Legal ResearchUpdated Oct 28, 2026AI for Legal Research: An In-House Counsel’s GuideUse AI to research a legal question, check the sources, and update a policy or contract. A practical workflow for in-house counsel, with a sample prompt.Read article- Train Junior Lawyers With AIPublished Oct 27, 2026Train Junior Lawyers With AI Instead of Losing Them to ItOne in-house GC trains junior lawyers with AI by making them give it context and argue with it. Two courts made supervising that work your duty.Read article
- California SB 574: AI Requirements for LawyersPublished Oct 13, 2026California SB 574: AI Requirements for LawyersCalifornia SB 574 takes effect January 1, 2027. Review attorney duties, AI tool controls, citation checks, and court disclosure requirements.Read article
Data Security in Legal AIUpdated Oct 11, 2026Data Security in Legal AI: What to Know Before You SignReview a legal AI vendor before you sign. Use five security questions and a source-linked review table to define what your team can upload.Read article
Thinking Beyond MCPPublished Oct 9, 2026Thinking Beyond MCP, What We Learned Building Integrations for Legal AIWhat GC AI learned building more than 20 Agent Connectors: how tool design, scoped outputs, and approval controls shape integrations for legal work.Read article
AI Acceptable Use Policy Template: Copy All 8 SectionsUpdated Oct 8, 2026AI Acceptable Use Policy Template: Copy All 8 SectionsAn AI acceptable use policy template with the legal reasoning behind every clause, ready to adapt. Only 38% of companies have a formal AI policy.Read article
Is ChatGPT Confidential?Updated Oct 8, 2026Is ChatGPT Confidential? What Counts as a Breach in 2026Is ChatGPT confidential under your NDA? Check permitted recipients and business terms before an upload, and see what to do after a disclosure.Read article- Legal AI CLE Classes: Earn California MCLE CreditUpdated Oct 8, 2026Legal AI CLE Classes: Earn California MCLE CreditLearn legal AI skills on your own contracts and earn California CLE credit for the hour, in live classes taught by former general counsels.Read article
ChatGPT in Slack and Teams: Who Can See the Answer?Published Oct 7, 2026ChatGPT in Slack and Teams: Who Can See the Answer?Review shared ChatGPT access in Slack and Teams: connected accounts, reply audiences, file permissions, and tests for in-house legal.Read article
Is Microsoft Copilot Private? Copilot vs. ChatGPTPublished Oct 5, 2026Is Microsoft Copilot Private? Copilot vs. ChatGPTCompare Copilot and ChatGPT by account, then test the controls and legal workflow your team needs before sharing a contract.Read article- Is Gemini Private? What In-House Counsel Need to KnowPublished Oct 5, 2026Is Gemini Private? What In-House Counsel Need to KnowGemini's consumer terms let human reviewers read sampled chats and keep them up to 3 years. Here is the plan-by-plan privacy answer for in-house counsel.Read article
- ChatGPT for Lawyers in 2026Updated Oct 2, 2026ChatGPT for Lawyers: Why Legal Accuracy MattersDecide where ChatGPT fits your legal work. Compare account controls, inspect cited sources, and use GC AI to turn company positions into reviewed edits.Read article
- Is ChatGPT Private?Published Oct 2, 2026Is ChatGPT Private? A Lawyer's Guide to Data ControlsIs ChatGPT private enough for legal work? Check training, retention, connected apps, and sharing before approving a workflow for your team.Read article
OpenAI Dots: An Approval Checklist for In-House CounselPublished Oct 2, 2026OpenAI Dots: An Approval Checklist for In-House CounselDecide what OpenAI Dots can read, retain, and do for your company. Use a pilot approval record with named owners and action limits.Read article- Claude Legal AI in 2026Published Sep 30, 2026Claude for Legal: Pros, Cons, and Privilege (2026)Compare Claude for Legal's strengths, gaps, and benchmark results, plus what Heppner means for in-house counsel's privileged work.Read article
Managing Outside Counsel in 2026Published Sep 24, 2026Outside Counsel Management After AI: Draft In, Polish OutSend outside counsel a checked draft and agree on the review fee. Five sample AI clauses cover disclosure, invoice entries, and fixed-fee renewals.Read article- AI Agents for Lawyers: 5 Agents In-House Teams Run in 2026Published Sep 4, 2026AI Agents for Lawyers: 5 Agents In-House Teams Run in 2026See the 5 AI agents 2,100+ in-house legal teams run today, from contract review to regulatory scans, and the exact rules for supervising them safely.Read article
- Enterprise Legal AIUpdated Sep 4, 2026Enterprise Legal AI: What 2,100+ Legal Teams Vetted FirstEnterprise legal AI is judged on five criteria, and this guide shows how in-house teams weigh security, scale, accuracy, and procurement before they buy.Read article
- MCP for Legal TeamsUpdated Sep 4, 2026MCP for Legal Teams: Best MCP Servers for In-House CounselSee the best MCP servers for legal teams in 2026, ranked for in-house fit, plus the security and privilege questions to ask before you connect one.Read article
- AI for Privacy Counsel: Judgment at Product SpeedPublished Aug 20, 2026AI for Privacy Counsel: Judgment at Product SpeedHow does privacy counsel work with legal AI? AI for privacy counsel covers DPA review, multi-jurisdiction consent, and privacy by design at roadmap speed.Read article
- AI Legal AdviceUpdated Jul 29, 2026AI Legal Advice: What It Does and Where Liability SitsTrust, precision, craft. For the GC who runs legal as a business unit. AI legal advice, the liability map, and the policy that holds up to a Bar review.Read article
AI Legal Ethics in 2026Updated Jul 29, 2026AI Legal Ethics in 2026: 6 Cases, 4 Rules, 1 Policy TemplateThree years ago AI legal ethics was a hypothetical. Now it's a $110K sanction. Here are the cases, the rules, and the policy your in-house team needs.Read article- Attorney-Client Privilege and AIUpdated Jul 29, 2026Attorney-Client Privilege and AI: Keeping Work PrivilegedAttorney-client privilege and AI collided in US v. Heppner. Here is what the ruling means for in-house counsel, and how to keep AI work privileged.Read article
- Perplexity for LawyersUpdated Jul 29, 2026Perplexity for Lawyers: When It Works, When It Doesn't Perplexity for lawyers can cost you privilege. Heppner explains why. Three safe prompts, and where GC AI picks up when the brief becomes a contract.Read article
- Copilot for Lawyers in 2026Published Jul 8, 2026Copilot for Lawyers in 2026: When It Works In-HouseThe Word Legal Agent moved the line on Copilot for lawyers. Here is where it holds up for in-house work, the privilege catch, and how GC AI fills the rest.Read article
- Gemini for LawyersPublished Jul 7, 2026Gemini for Lawyers: What to Trust It With, and What Could Expose YouGemini came bundled with your Workspace plan. Here's the breakdown: what it handles well, where the confidentiality line is, and what the 2026 Heppner ruling changed.Read article
- 7 AI Legal CasesPublished Jul 3, 20267 AI Legal Cases That Should Shape Your AI PolicySeven verified AI legal cases, from the Mata v. Avianca sanction to the Heppner privilege ruling, and what each one means for in-house counsel.Read article
- AI Hallucination Legal CasesPublished Jul 1, 2026AI Hallucination Legal Cases: A Sanctions Tracker (2026)AI hallucination legal cases keep ending in sanctions. A running tracker of 1,000+ US rulings, the penalties, and how to verify before you file.Read article
- ABA Formal Opinion 512Published Jun 29, 2026ABA Formal Opinion 512: What It Requires of LawyersTwo lawyers were sanctioned for citing AI-invented cases. ABA Formal Opinion 512 sets six duties for lawyers using AI. Here is what each requires.Read article
- The AI & Legal Update #12Published Sep 12, 2024The AI & Legal Update #12 - 👨⚖️ Judge Newsom loves AIIssue #12: Judge Newsom's 35-page concurrence on using AI to read text, California's stack of AI bills, the DOJ's Nvidia subpoena, and Yelp v Google.Read article
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