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Lawfare 8h ago

In a first-of-its-kind ruling, in Feb. a federal judge found that documents using Claude are not protected by attorney-client privilege or the work product doctrine. Justin Curl and Mihir Kshirsagar examine the decision, where it went wrong, and what future courts should do instead. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/ai-and-privilege-after-united-states-v.-heppner

AI and Privilege After United States v. Heppner

A recent flawed ruling on privilege threatens the access to legal services that AI tools can provide.

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Lawfare 10h ago

Since last May, the Department of Justice requested the voter rolls of every state and the D.C. and sued the 29 states that did not hand them over. Eric Columbus looks at why the Trump administration wants the voter rolls and how courts have responded to the requests so far.

https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-trump-administration-comes-for-state-voter-rolls

The Trump Administration Comes for State Voter Rolls

Why the Department of Justice is demanding state voter registration lists, why most states are resisting, and the court battles so far.

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Lawfare 12h ago

Today's Lawfare Daily is the March 27 livestream where Benjamin Wittes sat down with Molly Roberts, Anna Bower, and Roger Parloff to discuss a PI granted in Anthropic's challenge to its supply chain designation, the Friday morning hearing the government must defend its search warrant used to seize ballots from Fulton County, and more. https://youtube.com/live/ldr45lqmbPc?feature=share

Lawfare 3d ago

"The point is to emphasize to the next recalcitrant entity, person, company, or institution that it will have to defend itself if it asserts its rights—because the government will relentlessly come at those who don’t submit."

Benjamin Wittes considers why the government is targeting Anthropic in The Situation. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-situation--dominance-play

The Situation: Dominance Play

What the Anthropic case is really about.

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Lawfare 3d ago

This week's Lawfare Live: The Trials of the Trump Administration will begin in 1 hour.

Tune in to hear Benjamin Wittes, Roger Parloff, Molly Roberts, and Anna Bower discuss the week's litigation news, including a preliminary injunction granted in Anthropic's suit over its supply chain risk designation. https://youtube.com/live/ldr45lqmbPc?feature=share

Lawfare Live: The Trials of the Trump Administration, March 27

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Lawfare 3d ago

As the spread of AI-generated deepfakes increases, Michael Goodyear looks at how the right of publicity, established over a century ago, could be a defense against the dissemination of technology that circumvents control over our likenesses. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/kodak-to-deepfakes--publicity-rights-and-abuse-of-our-likenesses

Kodak to Deepfakes: Publicity Rights and Abuse of Our Likenesses

As increasingly realistic deepfakes depict us against our will, a century-old law originally made for cameras may offer a solution.

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Lawfare 3d ago

"In the end, the greatest moral of Morris’s tale may lie not so much in the ills of effective altruism as in the powerful appeal of believing our own lies."

Peter Beck reviews “Stealing the Future” by David Morris.

https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/sam-bankman-fried-and-the-lies-we-tell-ourselves

Sam Bankman-Fried and the Lies We Tell Ourselves

A review of David Morris, “Stealing the Future” (Repeater, 2025)

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Lawfare 3d ago

On Lawfare Daily, 2 intelligence community veterans, William Usher and Aaron Faust, joined Scott Anderson to discuss the national security threats that Iran presents and where the Trump administration—and Iran—may take the conflict from here. https://youtu.be/nJy9dZhxBpU

Lawfare 3d ago

This week's Seriously Risky Business looks at FBI director Kash Patel saying that the bureau is buying data that can be used to track Americans, the FCC effectively banning the import of new consumer router models produced outside the U.S., and more. Read the newsletter, by Tom Uren. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/fbi-says-why-get-a-warrant-when-you-have-kash

FBI Says Why Get a Warrant When You Have Kash

The latest edition of the Seriously Risky Business cybersecurity newsletter, now on Lawfare.

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