Akin Named CIO 100 2026 Award Winner

The firm is named a 2026 CIO 100 Award winner for its platform OverRuled “Sanctions Sidekick.”
The award recognizes “the organizations and teams that demonstrate excellence in using technology to deliver outcomes such as operational efficiency, innovation, business value, and long-term competitiveness.”
An executive at CIO notes that “The CIOs we're recognizing this year aren't just keeping the lights on, they're driving the business."
OverRuled Sanctions Sidekick, the first-ever U.S. sanctions specific AI chatbot, is trained to fully leverage OverRuled’s only-of-its-kind research system’s 10,000+ pages of original commentary and 2000+ pages of unpublished OFAC interpretive guidance and specific licenses. Sidekick can draft a memo for you on complex sanctions topics or answer sanctions compliance questions.
OverRuled is Akin’s groundbreaking legal data productivity platform that uses the firm's proprietary AI tool, Sanctions Sidekick, to empower lawyers and compliance practitioners to search for and analyze sanctions & export control enforcement, interrogate guidance offered by regulators and calculate estimated penalties for suspected violations.
Winners will be recognized August 17-19, 2026, at the CIO 100 Awards & Conference in Frisco, Texas.
For the full list of winners: https://www.accessnewswire.com/newsroom/en/publishing-and-media/cio-100-awards-and-conference-announces-2026-cio-100-honorees-recognizing-ente-1152754