Artificial Intelligence

June 18, 2026

The Colorado AI Act Everyone Was Preparing For No Longer Exists. Here Is What Actually Takes Effect and Why Illinois Businesses Should Still Pay Attention

You may have seen the headlines earlier this year about the Colorado AI Act taking effect June 30, 2026. If you were preparing for that law, you were preparing for the wrong thing.

The original Colorado AI Act, formally known as SB 24-205, is dead in any practical sense. A federal court stayed enforcement in April 2026. The U.S. Department of Justice and Elon Musk’s xAI joined a lawsuit challenging its constitutionality. The Colorado legislature responded by passing a replacement bill. Governor Polis signed the replacement, SB 26-189, into law on May 14, 2026.

What that means is that the comprehensive compliance framework most businesses were tracking, the one with risk management programs, annual impact assessments, and sweeping algorithmic discrimination duties, has been replaced with something narrower. The June 30 deadline for the original law is effectively moot.

April 20, 2026

AI Policies Are Becoming a Legal Requirement, Not a Nice-to-Have

by George Bellas

If your company is using AI without a policy, you are already behind

A year ago, AI policies were optional.

Today, they are quickly becoming expected.

April 14, 2026

5 Legal Mistakes Companies Are Making With AI Right Now (And How to Fix Them Before It Costs You)

by George Bellas

If your business is using AI, you are already taking on legal risk

Most companies do not realize this yet.

They think AI is:

April 10, 2026

Companies Are Quietly Rolling Out AI Without Legal Review. Here’s the Risk No One Is Talking About

by George Bellas

AI adoption is not happening at the top. It is happening in the shadows.

Most executives think AI adoption is a strategic decision.

It is not.

April 6, 2026

AI and Contracts: What to Fix Before It Costs You

by George Bellas

Most contracts were not built for AI. That is the problem.

Right now, companies are layering AI into their business:

•drafting contracts with ChatGPT

April 1, 2026

Your Employees Are Using AI More Than You Think. Here’s the Legal Risk That Comes With It

by George Bellas

You do not have an AI adoption problem. You have a visibility problem.

Most business owners assume AI adoption is controlled.

It is not.

March 23, 2026

Your AI Chats Are Not Privileged: What Businesses Need to Know Before It’s Too Late

by George Bellas

The uncomfortable truth: your AI conversations may be evidence

If you are using AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, or Google Gemini to ask legal questions, draft contracts, or think through business decisions, you need to understand one thing:

Those conversations are likely not protected by attorney-client privilege.

March 2, 2026

The First Sanctions for AI Misuse in Court Are a Warning of What Comes Next

by George Bellas

Artificial intelligence is entering litigation faster than courts can formally regulate it. Judges are not responding with panic. They are responding with discipline.

The first sanctions issued for AI misuse in legal filings reveal how courts are approaching this new reality. The issue is not the technology itself. The issue is responsibility.

Courts are drawing a clear line between AI used as a legal tool and AI used as a substitute for legal judgment.

March 1, 2026

When AI-Generated Evidence Enters the Courtroom: A New Legal Risk for Businesses and Litigators

by George Bellas

Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing how information is created. Now it is beginning to change how evidence appears in court.

Emails that were never written. Audio recordings that were never spoken. Reports that resemble expert analysis but were produced by a machine.

Courts across the United States are confronting a challenge they were never designed to solve. Evidence that looks authentic, sounds credible, and may never have existed in the real world.

June 20, 2024

Using AI to Create Content? Watch Out for Copyright Violations

by George Bellas

AI & Content Creation

Businesses using generative AI programs like ChatGPT to create any content—whether for blogs, websites or other marketing materials, and whether text, visuals, sound or video—need to ensure that they’re not inadvertently using copyrighted materials in the process.

Clearly, the times they are a changing….and businesses need to adapt to the changes. Employers should promulgate messages to their employees and contractors updating their policy manuals to ensure that communications professionals and others crafting content are aware of the risks of using AI-generated materials, which go beyond the possibility that they are “hallucinated” rather than factual—although that’s worth considering, too.