Michael Gentry’s AI Governance Article Featured in BankBeat Magazine

Shareholder Michael Gentry’s article “The AI Governance Gap and Why It Matters” is featured in the April 2026 issue of BankBeat magazine, a leading source of community bank news from around the country, with an emphasis on the Midwest and Central states. Gentry discusses the risks associated with banks not having controls to govern internal AI use, especially when criminals are increasingly using the technology to enhance fraud schemes and bypass cybersecurity protections. He provides five practical steps for financials looking to advance their AI governance in a time when impersonation fraud led to $2.95 billion in losses to U.S. businesses and consumers in 2024.

Gentry is a shareholder in Reinhart’s Labor and Employment Practice, where he helps clients tackle complicated problems related to their workforces, including protecting their systems and proprietary data—through counseling, contracts, strategy, negotiations and litigation.

He is also a member of the firm’s Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Group and Artificial Intelligence Group, where he leverages his litigation experience to help clients prevent data theft and wire fraud and to realize opportunities of advancing AI technologies while complying with international and U.S. data privacy laws and protecting their data.