Practical playbooks and field-tested frameworks for accounting, law, consulting, staffing, and agency firm owners navigating AI in 2026.
NY's Algorithmic Pricing Disclosure Act is in effect. Here's how to know if your professional services firm is in scope and what to do.
July 14, 2026
6 min readRead →87% of accounting firms are expanding into advisory services as AI handles data work. Here's the specific shift — what AI takes over and what CPAs do instead.
June 23, 2026
12 min readRead →88% of workers use AI regularly. Only 39% report improved profitability. The gap isn't the tool — it's how firms deploy it. Here's the mechanism and the fix.
June 19, 2026
7 min readRead →CLA grew from 3 to 100 citizen developers using existing staff — no engineers hired. Here's how to apply their model at a 10-30 person accounting firm in 2026.
June 19, 2026
7 min readRead →Crosby AI grew from $30M to $1B in contracts in 12 months with 45 attorneys. How the AI native law firm model works and what it means for your practice.
June 19, 2026
5 min readRead →ETAAC 2026 recommends Congress give IRS authority to regulate all paid tax preparers. For credentialed CPA firms, that's a competitive moat in the making.
June 19, 2026
6 min readRead →EY embedded Microsoft engineers in client delivery. Here's what that model means — and the boutique version of it — for smaller PS firms competing in 2026.
June 19, 2026
5 min readRead →Harvey is training AI on firm workflows, not just legal text. What the shift to firm-owned models means for practices under 50 attorneys in 2026.
June 19, 2026
5 min readRead →KPMG embedded Claude into its 276,000-employee platform in May 2026. Tax & Legal is live. What the Big Four AI alliance means for independent accounting firms.
June 19, 2026
7 min readRead →M365 Copilot's June 30 deadline is now a legal AI platform decision — Harvey is a native M365 agent. What law and accounting firms should do before July 1.
June 19, 2026
7 min readRead →Microsoft Work IQ APIs went GA June 16 — 10 MCP tools that let any AI agent query your M365 data. No new subscription. Here's what it means.
June 19, 2026
6 min readRead →Holland & Knight closed 17 law firm PE deals in 2026 with 100 more in the pipeline. Here's what the MSO deal wave means for independent law firms in 2026.
June 19, 2026
6 min readRead →Ron Baker — the godfather of value pricing — told 3,000 accountants at SNH 2026 that value pricing is no longer the answer. Here's what he recommends instead.
June 19, 2026
7 min readRead →July 6 is the last day to amend 2022-2024 returns under the OBBBA Section 174 reversal. CPAs have 17 days to screen clients and file. Here's the framework.
June 19, 2026
7 min readRead →SPI's 2026 benchmark of 509 PS firms confirms a 2x revenue growth gap. High-AI-maturity firms outperform on every metric. The #1 barrier isn't the software.
June 19, 2026
4 min readRead →Accenture folded AI revenue into Q3 2026 results with no separate line item. Here's the four-step tracking framework your firm should build now.
June 18, 2026
5 min readRead →Ironclad and Legora connected their AI platforms June 17. Clients can now review contracts in Legora without outside counsel. What law firms should do now.
June 18, 2026
5 min readRead →AI-drafted contracts carry hidden metadata that can expose client strategy. Here's the CA Bar Rule 1.6 risk and how to fix it before June 30.
June 18, 2026
7 min readRead →OpenAI's $150M Partner Network has Accenture and McKinsey at Elite tier. Here's how a small consulting firm earns Select-tier certification before competitors.
June 18, 2026
6 min readRead →Goldman Sachs took a majority stake in Schellman, a top AI governance firm. What the deal signals for PS firms building AI compliance advisory this year.
June 18, 2026
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