A new survey of 500 senior U.S. legal, compliance and risk executives finds widespread concern about rising corporate litigation, fragmented AI regulation, and cybersecurity threats, but significant gaps in organizational readiness to address them.
Released Wednesday by global consulting firm AlixPartners, the 2026 U.S. Risk Survey found that more than 60% of respondents expect corporate disputes to increase this year. The survey defines corporate disputes as commercial litigation and arbitration outside of government regulatory actions, and attributes the expected rise to economic volatility, AI-driven upheaval, and whipsawing trade policy.
Eight in 10 respondents said the federal government’s evolving—and increasingly permissive—approach to AI policy poses a strategic risk to their compliance programs as the regulatory landscape grows more fragmented.
