Miss Eli13h ago
The latest Lawyer Ex Machina is out: how GenAI is driving an increase pro se cases & filings; how Claude for Word works on litigation tasks; deepfake porn in schools has become a worldwide problem; insurance carriers excluding AI outputs; CA may go with the NextGen UBE; websites are ignoring "do not track" requests and more #lawfedi #lawlibrarians #legaltech https://buttondown.com/LawyerExMachina/archive/risk-adverse/
Risk-adverse

AI A new working paper on AI and access to justice has found that the number of pro se cases has risen since the advent of GenAI, the parties in those cases...

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Jonathan Joshua1d ago
US State legislative tracker re "chatbots." https://fpf.org/2026-chatbot-legislation-tracker/
#lawfedi #ai #privacylaw
2026 Chatbot Legislation Tracker

With nearly 100 chatbot-specific bills introduced across states in 2026, a complex and increasingly fragmented compliance landscape is quickly emerging. This tracker helps stakeholders understand that landscape by highlighting chatbot legislation advancing through initial chambers in state legislatures and Congress, and organizing key provisions across proposals to show what is coming and how requirements may vary across jurisdictions. The tracker is updated on Thursdays to reflect legislative movement and amendments.

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Ted Folkman3d ago

Case of the Day: Whoop v. Serinity Group. A look at service by email on a French defendant.

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https://lettersblogatory.com/2026/04/20/case-of-the-day-whoop-v-serinity-group/

Heidi Li Feldman5d ago
District Court judge permanently enjoins the “Kennedy Declaration,” voiding the regime’s effort to heavily curtail gender-affirming care. As always nowadays, we can’t count on higher federal courts to uphold this judgment. But no matter what, we have another example of a trial court judge showing what it is to do justice in the face of fascism. 1/ https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ord.191371/gov.uscourts.ord.191371.93.0_1.pdf #LawFedi
Muge Onal Baser6d ago

Violence has a linguistic dimension that's often overlooked.

A study in the Turkish Journal of Hygiene and Experimental Biology found a clear link between physical violence and "discursive violence" — the harmful language of influential figures, which followers apply more aggressively. Three factors are at play: the perpetrator, the victim, and the cause of violence. Media and law focus on the first two; the hidden driver is the third.

Family, social and psychological support mechanisms, peers, education, and media all matter. But respectful language isn't just politeness — it can be an evidence-based violence prevention strategy.

https://turkhijyen.org/jvi.aspx?pdir=turkhijyen&plng=tur&un=THDBD-92331&look4=

#Law #LawFedi #ViolencePrevention

Dave Nathanson6d ago

A colleague alerted me to this order in a criminal appeal in which experienced counsel filed a brief generated by Westlaw's CoCounsel AI (not Chat GPT). It cited real cases but generated fake quotes and misrepresented holdings.

The results:
1. He will not be paid for his work.
2. He was removed from the case.
3. He was referred for discipline in two different courts.

No thanks. My law partner and I have set clear rules for our firm. AI use is not allowed.

#LawFedi

https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/26a0105p-06.pdf

Show thread🔥Cassandra🔥6d ago

Hilariously, Bell's "Executive Office" has adopted my language by referring in writing to "Bell's Fraud/Legal Dept."

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Miss EliApr 16
The latest Lawyer Ex Machina is out: A researcher makes a fake disease go viral via faux science papers & AI chatbots; a CA attorney gets 30 days of suspension & a year's probation from the state bar over fabrications in court filings; & a NY State Senator has introduced a bill requiring criminal background checks on people buying 3D printers capable of fabricating firearms; and more #lawfedi #lawlibrarians #legaltech https://buttondown.com/LawyerExMachina/archive/a-perilous-shortcut/
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James OhApr 16

#ai Hallucination Cases Database – Damien Charlotin

https://www.damiencharlotin.com/hallucinations/?q=&sort_by=-date&states=Australia&period_idx=0&page=1

A handy tracker for #legal decisions involving #hallucinations #LawFedi

Jonathan JoshuaApr 15

FTC Takes Action Against Noncompete Agreements, Securing Protections for Workers
FTC orders one of the nation’s largest pest-control companies to stop enforcing noncompete agreements and sends warning letters to other industry employers

#lawfedi #FTC #consumerprotection

https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2026/04/ftc-takes-action-against-noncompete-agreements-securing-protections-workers

FTC Takes Action Against Noncompete Agreements, Securing Protections for Workers

The Federal Trade Commission today ordered Rollins, Inc.—one of the largest pest-control companies in the United States—to stop enforcing noncompete agreements against more than 18,000 employees na

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