Illinois Appellate Court Is A Stickler For Use Of Notice Provision
3 R Health Care Products, Inc. v. Cardinal Health 110, LLC, 2026 IL App (1st) 241911 (Ill. App. Ct. May 26, 2026) This matter emerged from a commercial supply contract dispute involving the distribution and warehousing of healthcare equipment. The plaintiff initiated an action for breach of contract, alleging that the defendant failed to fulfill […]
Illinois AI Legal Update: Movement in the Illinois Senate
With just two weeks remaining in the spring legislative session, Illinois Senate Democrats introduced a comprehensive eight-bill package aimed at establishing regulatory guardrails for artificial intelligence (AI). Led by Senator Bill Cunningham (D-Chicago), the legislative push was prompted by a lack of federal action on the issue. Rather than waiting on Congress, Illinois lawmakers modeled […]
Delaware Superior Court Verdict Affirms Heavy Penalties for Software License Trade Secret Breaches
A high-stakes corporate trade secrets dispute in Delaware concluded with a landmark jury verdict, setting a critical precedent for companies navigating commercial software licensing agreements. The state-level jury in the Superior Court of Delaware found manufacturing leader Cummins Inc. liable for the willful misappropriation of proprietary corporate data and backend platform data owned by software […]
Strategic Litigation Risk Assessment: Navigating Financial Exposure and Technological Volatility
I have been litigating more in the past year and a couple of months. Why? What does this mean for me, my clients, my friends, and the business world at large? Stepping back for a minute led to the following conclusions all businesspeople need to consider when thinking about their business and legal strategies going […]
How to Tell Your Attorney Used Artificial Intelligence to Cut Corners
Many lawyers use AI responsibly to speed up research, organize documents, or draft early versions of routine filings. But there is a growing concern among clients that some attorneys are relying on AI as a shortcut and not as a tool while charging the same amount for legal fees. Clients are regularly noting a product […]
Privacy, Security, and Artificial Intelligence Checklist
Enforcement activity saw a significant surge throughout 2025, marked by landmark judgments and multi-million dollar settlements. These actions primarily targeted issues such as analytics, ad tracking, wiretapping, data subject rights, and the collection of sensitive data. As we move into 2026, this aggressive trend shows no signs of slowing. To help your organization navigate these […]
OPINION: A National Framework Helps Providers And Users
A uniform federal approach would reduce compliance complexity for AI vendors that otherwise must navigate divergent state laws and standards. This lowers transaction costs for multi‑state deployments and speeds product rollouts, which benefits end users through faster access to improved tools. Eliminating the patchwork of state rules that already forces vendors to bake differing legal […]
AI and the 4th and 5th Amendments
Our most intimate thoughts, schedules, and professional secrets are no longer just in our heads—they are in our “assistants”. From enterprise-grade legal AI to the voice assistants on our nightstands, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly becoming an extension of the human mind. But this technological evolution creates legal friction like all other disruptive technology has. […]
Preferred AI Clauses for Contracts
After drafting, reading, negotiating, and analyzing so many contracts–all done by me versus AI–I want to share some of the better clauses I have read. Of course, each clause likely needs additional tailoring to meet your particular situation including the proper defining of the capitalized terms used in the examples below. This blog post provides […]
Increasing Personal Liability For Directors Who Make Little Or No Effort To Meet Their Fiduciary Duties
It has been largely assumed boards of directors are largely insulated from the personal consequences of major corporate disasters. Protected by the “business judgment rule” and corporate charters, directors have historically been shielded from liability for operational failures that occur on their watch. That shield is cracking without any additional burdens being placed on directors. […]
