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Does a video store privacy law apply online? The Supreme Court will decide

While videocassettes and their purveyors have become relics of that bygone era, the the Video Privacy Protection Act lives on. The law is now the focus of a Supreme Court case involving one of the world’s largest media conglomerates—and a man named Michael Salazar, who says the company violated the VPPA when it gave his video-watching history to Facebook.

Oct 14, 2026 1:53 PM CDT

Could artificial intelligence destroy us all?

Does artificial intelligence need guardrails? And if so, how should those guardrails look, and what can lawyers do to try to push AI toward a more beneficial outcome for humanity?

Oct 14, 2026 9:14 AM CDT

Attorney questioned over AI errors in parental rights appeal

The West Virginia Supreme Court recently confronted an attorney who admitted to including fake artificial intelligence-generated citations in a brief in a parental rights case.

Oct 13, 2026 10:04 AM CDT

Claude provided false tip in unsolved murder case, Anthropic says

Anthropic said its artificial intelligence tool Claude gave a false tip about an unsolved murder case to the Philadelphia Police Department.

Oct 12, 2026 8:44 AM CDT

Florida judge suspended over AI deepfake phone call

A Florida trial judge has been suspended for 30 days and fined $10,000 for campaign messaging relying on a deepfake artificial intelligence-generated recorded phone call of a conversation between Florida Supreme Court justices and the Ninth Judicial Circuit chief judge.

Oct 12, 2026 7:51 AM CDT

Ex-employee sues Sheppard Mullin over cyberattack exposing sensitive personal data

A former paralegal at Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton has filed a purported class action lawsuit alleging that the law firm failed to protect personal information stolen in an August cyberattack that she said affected at least 1,000 people.

Oct 9, 2026 12:20 PM CDT

Ropes & Gray allows more attorneys to count AI testing toward billable hours

Ropes & Gray is expanding opportunities for its lawyers to test artificial intelligence and count that time toward their annual billing requirements.

Oct 9, 2026 10:14 AM CDT

Plaintiff who filed fraudulent case, trashed desktop computer hit with sanctions

A plaintiff responsible for filing about 70 class action lawsuits for illegal robocalling received sanctions from a Missouri federal judge after obstructing, delaying and hindering potential discovery in a case.

Oct 9, 2026 9:58 AM CDT

AI use changes in-house teams’ approach to work, outside counsel

As AI use becomes more common in legal departments, it also could be changing how much in-house lawyers rely on outside counsel.

Oct 8, 2026 1:48 PM CDT

NCBE runs remotely proctored test to audition NextGen UBE questions

The National Conference of Bar Examiners is using proctored remote testing to test-drive potential questions for upcoming administrations of the NextGen Uniform Bar Examination, including some questions generated with support from artificial intelligence.

Oct 8, 2026 12:53 PM CDT

Arizona’s court system hit by cyberattack

Personal information for 1.3 million people was stolen late last month through a cyberattack on Arizona’s court system, thought to have been launched when a court employee clinked a link in an email.

Oct 8, 2026 11:12 AM CDT

Texas Supreme Court could allow AI-generated transcripts of depositions

The Texas Supreme Court is considering allowing transcripts that are generated by artificial intelligence for witness depositions.

Oct 7, 2026 1:56 PM CDT

DOJ lawyers told to replace term ‘AI’ with ‘super intelligence’

A senior official at the U.S. Department of Justice in the Trump administration has told DOJ employees, including its lawyers, to replace the term “AI” with “super intelligence” in court filings and other official communications “when appropriate.”

Oct 7, 2026 9:36 AM CDT

Federal lawsuit targets McDonald’s for alleged use of AI to hike prices

In a complaint filed in Illinois federal court Friday, McDonald’s was accused of using artificial intelligence to raise its menu prices.

Oct 6, 2026 11:13 AM CDT

Lawyer allegedly shares e-filing password with disgruntled client; chaos ensues

After a Utah lawyer reportedly gave a disgruntled client their login and password to the state’s e-filing system with instructions that she only look at her own case, she allegedly accessed other files and sent out messages with the intent of damaging the lawyer’s law firm.

Oct 5, 2026 11:22 AM CDT

Does a video store privacy law apply online? The Supreme Court will decide

Could artificial intelligence destroy us all?

Attorney questioned over AI errors in parental rights appeal

Claude provided false tip in unsolved murder case, Anthropic says

Florida judge suspended over AI deepfake phone call

Ex-employee sues Sheppard Mullin over cyberattack exposing sensitive personal data

Ropes & Gray allows more attorneys to count AI testing toward billable hours

Plaintiff who filed fraudulent case, trashed desktop computer hit with sanctions

AI use changes in-house teams’ approach to work, outside counsel

NCBE runs remotely proctored test to audition NextGen UBE questions

Arizona’s court system hit by cyberattack

Texas Supreme Court could allow AI-generated transcripts of depositions

DOJ lawyers told to replace term ‘AI’ with ‘super intelligence’

Federal lawsuit targets McDonald’s for alleged use of AI to hike prices

Lawyer allegedly shares e-filing password with disgruntled client; chaos ensues

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