New York – September 11, 2026 -- Zaiger Linden Roberti & Pepe LLC (ZLRP) has hired Hon. Robert E. Gerber, a retired United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Southern District of New York, as Of Counsel, the commercial litigation boutique announced.
Global – – September 11, 2026 -- Ninety-two percent of in-house legal departments received AI implementation mandates with no accompanying budget in 2027, up sharply from 78% a year earlier, according to the Axiom 2027 In-House Legal Budget Report. The study, conducted by InsightDynamo and commissioned by Axiom, surveyed 510 in-house legal and finance leaders across six countries, with 64% of respondents from companies generating $1 billion or more in annual revenue.
Arlington, Va. – September 11, 2026 -- Eighty-four percent of senior business leaders say at least one cultural factor is limiting their organization's success with artificial intelligence, even as AI adoption delivers measurable productivity and quality gains, according to a new survey from Eagle Hill Consulting.
New York – September 11, 2026 -- Genpact (NYSE: G) has appointed Sumita Pandit as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective September 9, 2026, placing a 25-year finance and capital markets veteran at the helm of its balance sheet as the company pushes its Agentic Operations strategy.
Provo, Utah – September 11, 2026 -- Aptive Environmental, the fifth-largest pest control company in the United States, has appointed Shane Hansen as Chief Financial Officer, Ivona Adkins as Chief People Officer and Viviana Harrington as Deputy General Counsel, Compliance, strengthening its finance, people and legal functions.
Denver – September 11, 2026 -- Demand AI has appointed John P O'Malley, a former IDG Communications Chief Operating Officer, as Non-Executive Chairman of its Board as the AI-native B2B marketing technology company enters its next growth phase.
Tamarac, Fla. – September 11, 2026 -- A PuroClean Franchise Owner has surpassed $20 million in gross sales from a single location for the first time in the restoration franchise's history, according to figures disclosed in the company's Franchise Disclosure Document. The milestone underscores accelerating reinvestment across the system, with 20% of PuroClean's 2026 unit growth coming from existing Franchise Owners adding territories.
Scottsdale, Ariz. – September 11, 2026 -- Performance marketing agency Brilliant climbed to No. 1,847 on the 2026 Inc. 5000 list, up more than 1,700 spots from No. 3,562 in 2022, on 188% three-year revenue growth.
Revenue growth outpaces the Inc. 5000 median by 58 points
Brilliant's 188% three-year revenue growth (2022-2025) exceeds the 130% median posted by companies on the 2026 Inc. 5000 list, which ranks U.S. private companies by three-year revenue expansion.
Beachwood, Ohio – September 11, 2026 -- Referna, a referral network for independent professionals, has been accepted into the Google for Startups Cloud Program, gaining Google Cloud credits and technical resources to scale its AI-driven matching and live-meeting infrastructure.
Washington, D.C. – September 11, 2026 -- NovoTech Patent Firm Founding Director Babak Akhlaghi has secured recognition from three separate intellectual property industry rankings within a single cycle, including a listing in the IAM Strategy 300 guide.
