Notes on law, regulation and AI
Short, practitioner pieces on the questions I keep returning to: how AI governance works in practice, how regulated digital markets are changing, and where legal operations can genuinely improve.
July 2026AI governance
When an AI workflow fails: an incident protocol for legal teams
A short response path for ownership, evidence, containment and restart when an AI-assisted legal workflow goes wrong.
July 2026AI regulation
The EU AI Act on 2 August 2026: what actually applies
The adopted Digital Omnibus sets new high-risk application dates in 2027 and 2028; as of 18 July 2026 it awaited publication and entry into force. Article 50 duties become applicable on 2 August.
July 2026Legal AI
AI citation errors: a verification protocol for legal teams
An independent database listed more than 1,770 cases as of 18 July 2026 in which courts or tribunals addressed generative-AI hallucinations or, in some entries, alleged AI use. A five-step verification protocol.
July 2026E-commerce law
Marketplace intermediary liability in Turkey: three regimes to read together
A marketplace's liability in Turkey sits where three regimes meet: e-commerce Law 6563, consumer Law 6502, and the 5651 content regime.
July 2026Platform regulation
Marketplace ranking and algorithmic accountability: questions for the legal lead
Ranking is now a legal surface under the DSA, DMA, P2B rules and Turkey's e-commerce law. What an in-house legal lead should ask about it.
July 2026Legal AI
Legal AI: build, buy, or configure?
Most legal teams should configure platforms, buy for commodity tasks, and build only the most sensitive work. A practitioner's decision frame.
July 2026Legal operations
How to measure a legal automation pilot
A pilot without metrics is a demo. Baseline the workflow, set error tolerances per task, and fix a kill-or-scale threshold before you start.
July 2026AI governance
AI governance for in-house legal teams: five minimum controls
Five minimum controls an in-house legal team needs before scaling generative AI: data handling, accountability, human review, records, error handling.
July 2026Data protection
KVKK-compliant generative AI workflows for legal teams
What KVKK expects when legal teams route personal data through generative AI: lawful basis, cross-border transfer mechanisms, minimization, records.
July 2026Legal operations
An AI vendor due diligence checklist for legal teams
Six questions a GC should ask an AI vendor before signing: training data, prompt retention, subprocessors, IP indemnity, logging, and exit terms.
July 2026Legal market
The billable hour is running out of logic
AI deflates the hour itself. Next generation firms price the work, not the time.
July 2026Legal AI
AI is quietly redrawing the legal industry
Adoption doubled in a year. The advantage is shifting from headcount to judgment and workflow design.
July 2026Legal operations
Where a lawyer's hours actually go
The average lawyer bills a fraction of the day. What workflow automation recovers, and how to start.
July 2026AI governance
What generative AI actually changes for in-house legal teams
Where generative AI earns its place in legal work, and where careful human judgment still has to sit.