Chicago business attorney

July 28, 2026

Hackers Are Now Targeting AI Systems, Not Just Your Network. What That Means for Your Business Liability

For twenty years, “cybersecurity” meant one thing for most business owners: protect the network. Firewalls, endpoint protection, employee training on phishing emails. You knew what you were defending and you generally knew what your insurance covered if you failed.

That model is already out of date.

Attackers have shifted targets. Instead of only breaking into your servers, they are going after the AI tools your business now runs on: the chatbot on your website, the AI agent your vendor plugged into your CRM, the automated workflow that reads your inbox and drafts responses. And the legal and insurance world has not caught up to the speed of that shift, which means a lot of business owners are exposed in ways they do not know about yet.

July 24, 2026

Can a Business Owner Use AI to File a Law Suit Without a Lawyer?

by George Bellas

Generative artificial intelligence is changing pro se litigation. Law.com reports that lawyers and judges see more self-represented litigants using AI to prepare court filings, sometimes effectively and sometimes with serious errors. The increase is also causing courts to reconsider their case-management procedures and the guidance they provide to self-represented litigants.

A business owner may believe, “My company was cheated, so I can file the complaint myself.” But, if the claim belongs to the company, the owner’s AI-generated complaint may create an unauthorized representation problem before the merits are ever reached.

The Seventh Circuit of the Federal Court recently observed that approximately 60% of its caseload includes at least one self-represented party (pro se litigation). AI did not create pro se litigation, but it has dramatically made it easier to produce a complaint, brief, or motion that looks as though it was prepared by a lawyer.

July 23, 2026

Your AI Vendor Contract Is Missing the Most Important Clause

by George Bellas

Everyone is talking about what AI can do.

Write marketing copy. Analyze contracts. Screen resumes. Answer customer questions. Summarize meetings. Build code. What far fewer people are talking about is what happens when AI gets something wrong.

That is where I see businesses getting into trouble.

May 15, 2026

Illinois Just Made AI Discrimination Illegal. Does Your Hiring Process Comply?

by George Bellas

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If your company uses software to screen resumes, score job applicants, schedule interviews, evaluate performance, or decide who gets promoted, you may already be violating Illinois law.

That is not a hypothetical. It is the current legal reality for employers operating in Illinois as of January 1, 2026.

A lot of business owners in the Chicago area know AI tools are somewhere in their hiring process. What most do not know is that Illinois now treats the misuse of those tools as a civil rights violation, with penalties that can reach $70,000 per violation, plus actual damages and attorneys’ fees. And critically, intent does not matter. If your AI produces a discriminatory outcome, you are liable whether you meant for that to happen or not.