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Agentic AI systems are planning, deciding and acting autonomously across enterprise workflows, legal processes and critical infrastructure — but legal and governance frameworks have not kept pace with the technology.
Stanford Law School will host the Digital Economy Best Practices 2026 ...Conference on June 8, examining accountability, compliance and governance challenges posed by AI agents designed to operate without human intervention. The conference, titled "Agentic AI Trends and Best Practices," will address live issues facing general counsel, technologists and policymakers as AI capabilities evolve faster than case law.
Registration and program details: https://brnw.ch/21x2Wm1
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Stanford Law School's Spring 2026 policy lab on prison labor compensation concluded with an international research presentation. Students enrolled in the practicum shared their framework development work via Zoom with University of Göttingen students studying the same issue. The transatlantic... academic partnership enabled comparative analysis of prisoner labor policies and fostered dialogue on fair compensation standards across different legal jurisdictions.
Stanford Law School has launched the Private Capital Initiative, a new program housed at the Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock Center for Corporate Governance focused on the private capital ecosystem and its legal, governance and policy implications.
Robert Bartlett, W.A. Franke Professor of Law ...and Business and faculty co-director of the Rock Center, will serve as faculty director. Scott James, an experienced industry executive and venture capital lawyer, joins Stanford Law School as the initiative’s founding executive director.
“The goal of the PCI is to create a trusted, independent platform for advancing research, shaping policy discussions, and improving governance practices. We want to be an advocate when the system works, a challenger when it does not, and a force for making private capital work better,” says Bartlett.
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