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Under corporate law, boards of directors have long had the right to rely on reports and other information supplied by management. This “right of reliance” derives from the board’s power to delegate day-to-day operational responsibility to management. However, it is …
On September 12, 2026, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called for coordinated limits on the pace of frontier-AI development, with government support to address antitrust constraints. Sam Altman (OpenAI), Demis Hassabis (Google DeepMind), and Elon Musk (SpaceXAI) publicly supported the proposal’s …
Anthropic, a public benefit corporation (PBC), continues to offer food for thought on corporate governance and its mission to develop AI responsibly and for the long-term benefit of humanity. The frontier AI laboratory is preparing to enter public markets with …
On August 31, 2026, the California Legislature unanimously passed Senate Bill 574, a “first-in-the-nation” law that would establish statutory requirements governing the use of generative artificial intelligence by attorneys, arbitrators, judicial officers, and alternative dispute resolution providers.[1] The bill …
AI is having a clear impact on investor relations as corporate issuers tap AI for stress-testing messaging and benchmarking shareholder proposals, while taking a gradual approach before handing over IR to HAL.
This is according to a new survey by …
Last year, we identified ten trends that we expected to shape shareholder activism in 2026. Those trends included: increasing M&A-focused activism, emboldened occasional activists, less visibility into shareholder views, the normalization of serving as a dissident nominee, and more “withhold” …
In September 2026, Dario Amodei proposed an unusual response to the race to develop frontier artificial intelligence. If competition pushes leading laboratories to move faster than safety allows, Washington should let them coordinate. The Anthropic chief executive wants outside evaluators …
The mutual fund industry has become increasingly concentrated. The five largest fund families managed about 35% of industry assets in 2005, compared with 57% in 2024. One explanation is economic efficiency: Successful managers attract more capital, and larger organizations benefit …
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. I regret that contemporaneous business out of town keeps me from joining you in person today, but I would be remiss not to briefly address this group—albeit pre-recorded—and to thank you for your spirited service …
Artificial intelligence at work is not merely a productivity story; it is a governance stress test. Unlike earlier waves of automation, which displaced routine, codifiable tasks, contemporary AI reaches into nonroutine, judgment-heavy work—drafting, summarizing, scheduling, retrieving information, maintaining code—the cognitive …
Much of the law governing corporate artificial intelligence rests on a single premise: that the a company’s protection against legal liability depends on the quality of the record it can produce. Directors defend oversight claims with minutes and charters. Issuers …
A.I.-powered note takers have become increasingly common in corporate meetings, with executives, boards, and a broad range of employees utilizing tools that automatically transcribe and summarize conversations in real time.[1]While these tools offer clear productivity benefits, their use …
AI no longer just answers questions. The new systems, called AI agents, take autonomous actions: They book travel, write and run code, move money, and even run a cafe. Soon there will be billions of them, swarming, merging, splitting, …
On June 2, 2026, President Donald Trump issued an executive order (EO), “Promoting Advanced Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Security.” The EO directs U.S. government departments and agencies to accelerate AI-enabled cybersecurity initiatives to:
The rapidly changing business environment and evolving best practices for corporate governance are reshaping the agenda of the board committee responsible for companies’ people – or “human capital.” The human capital committee (or similarly named body) is typically charged with …
What should fiduciary duty require when new technology allows corporate directors to see risk more clearly? Though corporate law has long assumed that directors must make decisions under conditions of uncertainty, artificial intelligence and emerging quantum-computing tools may change what …
On April 7, the Federal Reserve chair and U.S. Treasury secretary called an emergency meeting with America’s top bank CEOs. The reason: an AI model capable of autonomously hacking major corporations, finding thousands of software vulnerabilities no human ever caught, …
On April 7, 2026, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell convened an urgent, closed-door meeting with the CEOs of some of the nation’s largest banks to discuss the cybersecurity risks posed by Anthropic’s newly announced AI …
As courts have begun addressing generative AI in the privilege and work product context, they are also confronting related disputes in the context of protective orders. Recent decisions Morgan v. V2X, Inc. and Jeffries v. Harcros Chemicals, Inc. show …
The equitable remedy known as piercing the corporate veil lacks coherence and consistency. No one knows when or why a request to hold shareholders personally liable for a judgment against their corporation might occur. This uncertainty persists despite numerous, comprehensive …