Current Events at the Intersection of AI, Ethics, and the Rules of Professional Conduct

Michael Best is pleased to announce that Steve Flores has joined the firm’s Chicago office as an executive compensation partner in the Labor & Employment practice in the Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation group.

On May 19, 2026, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced two separate proposals that would expand the availability of short-form registered offerings (including shelf and “at-the-market” registrations) and simplify the filer status framework for reporting companies, among other changes.

Here’s a conversation I have fairly often, usually with a business owner who’s in their second or third year of real growth. The business is…