AI Governance
OpenAI Wrongful Death Lawsuits Test AI Product Liability
Two OpenAI wrongful-death complaints put chatbot safety controls, warnings, refusals, escalation, access restrictions, and model behavior into the pleadings.
Laurie Shrout
Healthcare compliance
HHS AERO and Single Audit Risk: What Old Findings Now Signal
HHS AERO applies AI analytical tools to years of Single Audit history, putting unresolved findings, delinquent submissions, and corrective-action records back in view.
Healthcare compliance
Federal IDR Final Rule: What Changed Before Payment Review
Federal agencies finalized new IDR operations requirements under the No Surprises Act, shifting more attention to claim communication, portal timing, batching, payer identity, and eligibility review.
Healthcare compliance
Medicare Part D Payment Data Gap: What HHS OIG Could Not Trace
HHS OIG found similar net drug costs for selected Medicare Part D drugs, but different payment paths and incomplete pharmacy-level DIR traceability.
Cybersecurity Risk
AI Vulnerability Discovery Is Outpacing Patch Workflows
Anthropic’s Project Glasswing shows AI vulnerability discovery is moving faster than validation, disclosure, patching, and evidence workflows can absorb.
AI Compliance
FTC Cox Media Settlement: Why AI Marketing Claims Need Evidence
The FTC’s proposed Cox Media settlement shows why AI marketing claims, voice-data claims, consent claims, and targeting claims need evidence before they reach customers.
Healthcare compliance
DME Fraud Bill Puts Medicare Claims Screening Under Scrutiny
H.R. 8871 would create a 90-day claims-submission period for certain Medicare DME items and require GAO to examine MAC screening technology.
AI Governance
AI Election Answer Governance: House Letter Presses Big AI
A House letter asks major AI companies how election-related chatbot answers are sourced, audited, labeled, and corrected before the 2026 midterms.
Supply chain risk
GAO Chinese Telecom Equipment Review Flags Supply-Chain Visibility Gaps
GAO found little covered Chinese telecom equipment on selected agency IT networks, but documented supply-chain visibility gaps tied to scans, records, white-labeling, subsidiaries, and affiliates.
financial services compliance
Charity Parity Act: What Direct Employer-Plan QCDs Would Change
The Charity Parity Act would allow qualifying direct charitable distributions from employer-sponsored retirement plans, but it remains proposed legislation. The operational issue is plan-to-charity routing, recipient eligibility, and clear current-law communication.
Operational technology
AI-Assisted OT Targeting: What Dragos’ Water Utility Report Really Shows
Dragos’ water utility report shows how commercial AI helped an adversary identify OT-adjacent infrastructure after IT compromise, without evidence of successful OT breach.
Inflation
Inflation Outpaces Real Wages as Gas Tax Holiday Debate Grows
April inflation cut into real wage gains. The policy response under discussion — a federal gas-tax holiday — targets gasoline, not the full household cost stack.