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Coalition of Attorneys General Demands Sweeping AI Safety Reforms Citing Deaths and Child Exploitation

Mon, 2025-12-15 17:33

The multistate coalition warned tech giants, including Google, Microsoft, Meta and Apple, of potential legal liability over 'sycophantic' chatbot outputs.

       

'You Can See the Concern?': DC Circuit Hears Argument Over Trump's Bid to End Most Federal Workers' Bargaining Rights

Mon, 2025-12-15 17:12

Questions of venue swirled in the argument session as the panel probed the government's argument that a challenge to Trump's executive order belongs before the Federal Labor Relations Authority.

       

How Representing Apollo's Leon Black Brought Paul Weiss Chair Brad Karp into Epstein's Orbit

Mon, 2025-12-15 17:06

Messages between Karp and Epstein exchanged over a period of at least three years centered on Black, Trump, and other subjects, according to emails released by the U.S. House Oversight Committee.

       

Crypto Could Enable Government Financial Surveillance, SEC Chair Warns

Mon, 2025-12-15 16:34

“Pushed in the wrong direction, crypto could become the most powerful financial surveillance architecture ever invented, the SEC chairman said.

       

Chancery Court Announces 2026 Departure of Senior Magistrate Serena Molina

Mon, 2025-12-15 16:29

Molina, who has been with the Court of Chancery for almost seven years, is set to step down from the bench Feb. 28, with plans to become a professional neutral mediator, arbitrator, subject matter expert and court-appointed magistrate.

       

The Investigative Complexities of the TAKE IT DOWN Act

Mon, 2025-12-15 15:21

The increasing prevalence of cyberstalking, harmful deepfakes and online harassment is creating profound risks for individuals and organizations. So much so that Congress has implemented a federal statute designed to shift liability toward online platforms and provide victims with enforceable removal rights.

       

ABA Highlights AI Legal Ed Efforts at Penn, Stanford, Georgetown

Mon, 2025-12-15 15:07

More than half the law schools responding to the ABA Task Force on Law and Artificial Intelligence reported that they offer or plan to offer courses on AI and the law.

       

Supreme Court Will Hear Mississippi Death Penalty Case Over Alleged Jury Discrimination

Mon, 2025-12-15 14:58

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case of an African American death row prisoner prosecuted by the same Mississippi district attorney whom the justices said engaged in a practice of discriminatory jury strikes.

       

State Farm Granted Access to Survey Data Challenging Use of 'Algorithmic Decision-Making Tools'

Mon, 2025-12-15 14:23

An Illinois federal judge granted the insurer's request for over 38,000 data entries from a survey the plaintiffs created and used to support their Fair Housing Act class-action complaint.

       

Simon & Simon Pushes Back Against Uber's RICO Suit Alleging 'Baseless' Claims

Mon, 2025-12-15 14:04
Uber has filed similar lawsuits against other firms, including a federal suit in New York against law firms Wingate, Russotti, Shapiro, Moses & Halperin, Banilov & Associates and the Lavelle Law Firm.        

Federal Nursing Home Staffing Rule Is Gone, Now It's Up to the States

Mon, 2025-12-15 12:19

In announcing the move, health agency officials stated that the rule would have imposed too high a burden on nursing homes, particularly in rural areas, where they noted that nursing staff are in short supply.

       

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