Ask any organization running AI in production a simple question: “Who approved this, and what did it actually do?” For a single prompt to a chatbot, most can eventually answer that, even if the answer is embarrassing. For an AI agent making autonomous decisions across a workflow, most can’t answer it at all, and the […]
On August 2, 2026, the EU AI Act’s high-risk obligations became fully enforceable. Organizations running AI systems in employment decisions, credit scoring, insurance underwriting, and other regulated domains are now legally required to prove, not just claim, that those systems are documented, monitored, and subject to human oversight. If you operate using AI in the […]
The AI governance conversation usually runs on hypotheticals. A menagerie of projected risk, theoretical exposure, and “what could go wrong.” The legal industry doesn’t have that luxury anymore. It has a body count. Court sanctions for AI-generated fake citations have now topped 1,031 cases globally, and the pace is accelerating: 30 to 50 new cases […]
Two years ago, California struck a deal to save employers from themselves, or so the press releases said. AB 2288 and SB 92 were sold as a truce: tiered penalties, cure processes, an end to the free-for-all. The reform didn’t fail; it succeeded at something other than what the press releases promised. The sales pitch […]
LITIGATION SUPPORT & DATA ANALYSIS Commercial — Oil & Gas Litigation Support [Client confidential] Plaintiffs alleged the gas company had defaulted on royalty payments across specific county sections. The outcome of this dispute demanded data extraction and analysis of land records, mineral rights claims dating to the 1800s, and the physical path the gas actually […]
CLOUD MIGRATION & MODERNIZATION Commercial — Property Management [Client name confidential] The company’s hosted Exchange system wasn’t working, and executive leadership wanted to move fully to the Cloud — but the standard path to get there put up to $310,000 in downtime and troubleshooting costs on the table before a single mailbox moved. 15x […]
Introduction In my opinion, we’re asking the wrong questions about AI governance. Most organizations are investing significant time and resources in governing AI models, approving tools, and strengthening security controls. Those are important foundations, but they don’t address where every AI-assisted decision truly begins, with human intent. Before AI generates an answer, someone has already […]
OFFICIAL RECORDS DIGITIZATION & INDEXING Snohomish County, Washington From 1862 to 2002, Snohomish County’s Deeds, Marriage Certificates, Mining Claims, and dozens of other statutory records were retrievable only by physically pulling bound volumes off a shelf. 649,533 IMAGES CAPTURED 1,387 BOOKS DIGITIZED 46 PRODUCTION DAYS THE SITUATION The Snohomish County Auditor’s Office needed 1,387 […]
MULTI-PHASE RECORDS MODERNIZATION Pierce County, Washington More than a century of Pierce County deeds, mortgages, liens, and vital records sat across bound volumes, microfilm, and loose paper — too large a backlog for the Auditor’s Office to convert without a partner built for scale. 6.1M IMAGES CAPTURED 6,978 BOOKS, ROLLS & BOXES 9 PHASES, […]
