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

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

#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

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 trade associations for having standards. "Safe spaces" for conservative media.

#lawfedi #FTC #consumerprotection

https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2026/04/ftc-takes-action-restore-competition-digital-advertising-ecosystem

New blogpost:

"The European Data Protection Board is consulting on a template data protection impact assessment for the EU GDPR"

I have had a look through the draft template, and I rather like it.

https://decoded.legal/blog/2026/04/the-european-data-protection-board-is-consulting-on-a-template-data-protection-impact-assessment-for-the-eu-gdpr/

#DataProtection #GDPR #lawfedi

🚨 New Article - Protocol as Prescription: Governance Gaps in Automated Medical Policy Drafting

This article examines how health policy texts drafted with large language models can detach legal responsibility from the formal circuit of governance.

🔗https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5561339

#LLM #MedicalNLP #LegalTech #MedTech #AIethics #AIgovernance #cryptoreg
#healthcare #ArtificialIntelligence #NLP #aifutures #LawFedi #lawstodon
#tech #finance #business #agustinvstartari #medical #linguistics #ai #LRM

Interesting that the FTC went after a participant rather than the whole company.

#ftc #consumerprotection #lawfedi

https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2026/04/ftc-takes-action-against-high-level-mlm-participant-who-deceived-workers-about-amount-money-they-can