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Legal & AI · July 2026

The Billable Hour Is Changing as a Model

AI does not replace lawyers. It exposes who is billing time and who is creating value: what real readiness requires, and why I built Get AI Compliant.

Legal & AI · June 2026

Your AI Infrastructure Should Not Depend on Someone Else's Server

On June 12, the federal government caused a leading AI company to retract its systems from public use. Day 11 of the Fable shutdown. A practical case for local compute, tiered governance, and infrastructure your firm actually controls.

Legal & AI · June 2026

AI Compliance Is an Infrastructure Problem, Not a Policy Problem

New Jersey just introduced five AI bills, and A4730 plugs disclosure violations straight into the Consumer Fraud Act. Compliance is not a policy gap. It's an infrastructure gap.

AI & Agents · June 2026

Building AI Agents Is the Easy Part

Anyone can spin up an agent in a weekend. Running it in production, keeping it trustworthy, integrating it with the enterprise: that's where the real value lives.

Legal & AI · May 2026

Your Firm Is Sitting on Its Only Real AI Advantage

Every firm is shopping for the same AI tools: the same Westlaw integration, the same contract review engines, the same Anthropic legal suite. The real advantage is your institutional knowledge.

AI & Agents · May 2026

25 Predictions About the AI Agent Economy

Agents are becoming buyers. Memory is the new moat. Twenty-five predictions about how AI agents are reshaping work, knowledge, relationships, and leadership.

Legal & AI · May 2026

Every Law Firm Now Needs an AI Lead. Most Don't Have One.

Anthropic just released the most comprehensive AI legal toolkit ever built: twelve practice-area plugins, twenty+ integrations, all free and open source.

Operations & AI · April 2026

The Future of Work Is Already Here: What a Fully Agentic Company Actually Looks Like

What happens when you build a company around domain experts, each supported by specialized AI agents running on a mix of local and cloud-based models.

Regulation & Liability · March 2026

Regulatory Convergence: The Structural Reckoning for Children's Technology

Courts awarding $375M verdicts. Congress advancing KOSA. States suing social media. COPPA 2.0 enforcement begins April 22. This is structural change, not incremental shift.

Policy & Opportunity · March 2026

Why the AAP Mandate Changes Everything for Children's Media

Pediatricians must now screen for digital media health at every well-child visit. 90-100 million visits annually. Zero standardized tools exist.

Systems & Prevention · March 2026

Mental Health Is a Population Health Crisis

We've spent $2B+ on children's behavioral health while pediatric mental health ER visits are up 150%. The paradox: 95% goes to treatment, not prevention.

Science & Design · March 2026

The Science of Bedtime: How Co-Regulation Became Our Design Constraint

When a parent reads to a child at bedtime, their heart rates synchronize. This isn't poetry. It's physiology. What co-regulation science reveals about media design.

Law & Regulation · March 2026

Algorithm Design Is Now Product Liability: What Every Tech Leader Needs to Know

Courts are treating algorithm design as defective product design. With COPPA 2.0 enforcement arriving April 22, 2026, the legal window for "we didn't know" is closed.

Policy & Systems · March 2026

The Real Cost of Waiting: Why Preventive Mental Health Infrastructure Can't Wait

We're spending billions treating children's mental health crises that were preventable. The economic case for building preventive mental health infrastructure.

Neuroscience of Parenting · February 2026

The Science of Holding: How Physical Connection Wires the Brain

Physical touch isn't just comforting. It's architecturally essential for the developing brain. From Polyvagal Theory to oxytocin, here's the neuroscience of why holding matters.

Parenting & Tech · February 2026

5 Screen Time Truths Every Modern Parent Needs to Know

Forget the guilt. It's not about how much time kids spend on screens. It's about what they're doing, who they're with, and how it fits into their broader life.

Design · February 2026

The Design Problem Nobody's Talking About

Focusing on screen time ignores the fundamental issue: design. It's not just about how long a child stares at a screen; it's about what that screen is doing back to them.

Builder's Log · February 2026

Why We Built an Assessment That Talks to You

The best way to understand a human problem is to have a conversation about it. Why we built a conversational AI assessment for Mindful Media.

Legal Strategy · February 2026

Why Law Firms Need Children's Media Experts (Not Just More Lawyers)

The children's digital safety cases are won on expertise, not just legal theory. Why multidisciplinary knowledge is the real advantage.

Design · January 2026

What Ethical Design Actually Means for Children's Products

Everyone claims to design ethically. Few can define it. A practical framework for what ethical design looks like when your users are kids.

Litigation · January 2026

The Children's Social Media Litigation Wave, Explained

Thousands of lawsuits. Billions in potential liability. A breakdown of the legal landscape reshaping how tech companies design for young users.

Regulation · January 2026

What Every EdTech Company Needs to Know About COPPA 2.0 in 2026

The updated Children's Online Privacy Protection Act changes everything for EdTech. Here's what the new rules mean, who's affected, and how to get ahead of enforcement.

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