AI Employment Decisions: 6 Essential Illinois Rules

An AI manager just fired its first human employee. Illinois already regulates AI employment decisions — here are the 6 rules and the notice duty every employer owes now.
Employee Data in Bankruptcy: 5 Critical Gaps in 2026

Google’s $10M bid for Spirit Airlines’ records shows employee data in bankruptcy may fall outside the privacy protections consumers get. Five gaps to close now.
Smart Glasses Workplace Policy: 6 Critical Rules

ICE banned Meta smart glasses at work. Here is how to build a smart glasses workplace policy that survives wiretap, biometric, and NLRB scrutiny.
Does Your Employer Own Your Side Hustle IP?

Side hustle IP is not automatically yours. Invention assignment clauses, state carve-out statutes, and the seven traps that decide who owns your project.
Biometric Privacy Law: 5 Critical Business Risks

Meta’s new face-scan badge pushes biometric privacy law into everyday business. Here are 5 critical risks and what to review before you scan anyone.
Equity Compensation vs Profit Sharing: What Founders Should Know

Equity compensation vs profit sharing is a defining startup choice. Compare ownership, taxes, and dilution, and learn which rewards your team best.
Worker Classification: 5 Critical Legal Risks

On-demand staffing apps now book four-hour factory shifts. Here are 5 worker classification risks every employer faces — and how to cut them.
Workplace Robot Liability: 5 Critical Risks for Business

This week, the company that powers most of the world’s AI turned its attention to a quieter problem: keeping robots from hurting the people standing next to them. As Dr. Alex Wissner-Gross reported in the June 22 edition of The Innermost Loop, NVIDIA unveiled Halos for Robotics, billed as the first full-stack safety system for […]
AI Export Controls: 5 Urgent Risks for Employers

Last weekend, the federal government did something it had never done to a piece of software you can open in a browser: it slapped AI export controls on it. As Dr. Alex Wissner-Gross reported in the June 13 edition of The Innermost Loop — “the Singularity has just become export controlled” — Commerce Secretary Howard […]
New York Employee Handbook: 7 Critical 2026 Updates

Your New York employee handbook needs 7 critical 2026 updates: paid prenatal leave, retail worker safety, and harassment policy rules employers must add.