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November 2026
Eminem's publisher and the Elvis estate both sue AI music platform SunoFor music copyright clients, the voice-imitation issue should be included in the claim alongside the damages demand.Three men charged over $129 million fraud using AI impersonation of CEOs and lawyersFraudsters also impersonate law firms, so firms should agree communication and payment verification procedures with clients in advance.Pennsylvania may require court filers to certify AI-generated citations were verifiedCitation checks should be documented before filing, as a certification requirement may follow.Law Commission of England and Wales opens consultation on reviewing product liability lawA submission to the consultation or a client briefing on the product liability changes can be prepared.Man sues OpenAI, alleging ChatGPT helped his wife plan to poison himThe case could serve as a template for liability claims over AI-assisted acts against third parties.Legal AI startup Harvey, valued at $15.5 billion, holds early IPO talksThe market position of the vendor behind large firms' AI tools may affect licensing deals.US federal judge dismisses music publishers' direct copyright claim against Dario AmodeiFor direct copyright claims against executives, preparation is needed to prove personal involvement.A&O Shearman commits $1.1bn lawyer-led investment to its AI programmeLarge firms' AI investment is reshaping the traditional division of legal work and entry-level work.AI tool dontes.app searches Hungarian court decisionsA meaning-based search engine finds relevant decisions faster in legal research, but the results must be verified.Complaint filed in Pakistan against "viral" lawyer who turned out to be AI-generatedAI profiles that misuse a lawyer's name and appearance damage the profession's credibility.Arsboni: the future of the billable hour is in question in the AI eraFirms should consider fixed-fee or value-based offers for tasks that can be automated.Suno asks court to dismiss Jason Isbell's lawsuit, saying nothing unlawful occurredLawyers should be ready for a free-speech defence when drafting voice-imitation and identity-based claims.New US sanctions over fake AI-generated citations as public database passes 2,200 casesLawyers must be able to answer precisely, when the court asks, what AI was used in a filing and how citations were checked.UK courts and Law Society urge checks on AI use in the legal professionResults of AI-assisted research must be verified, because a false citation carries professional liability.US federal appeals court: law firm's AI use does not justify cutting legal feesThe winning party can claim its full legal costs even when AI support was used.Hungarian court makes new EU referral on press publications and LLM chatbotsThe pending case may offer guidance for filings in press copyright and chatbot disputes.AI creates a new profession that could open law firms to people without law degreesFirms need to assess which non-lawyer roles to introduce in AI workflows.EU court adviser: Gemini-type chatbots may infringe press publishers' rightsFor publisher clients, claims based on infringement of the related right should be prepared, following the EU court's ruling.Hollywood, creators' groups and publishers back New York Times in OpenAI caseCopyright clients should prepare for the arguments in the amicus briefs, which outline the counter-arguments to fair use.Over 80% of South Korean judges have encountered AI-fabricated citations, survey findsCitations in every AI-assisted filing must be verified before submission.New York State Bar: lawyers cannot bill for time saved by AIIn hourly billing, time saved by AI must not be charged, and the client must be able to see the arrangement in advance.EU Digital Omnibus changes AI Act deadlines and heads for trilogueClients should be given a deadline calendar that reflects member-state authority designations.AI-native law firm Athena raises $2.5M pre-seed from a16zA change in service and fee models could pose competition for smaller firms that work with AI.Delhi High Court orders removal of deepfake videos and protects personality rightsCourt practice may provide a new basis for personality-rights and deepfake-removal applications.Harvey makes acquisition, announces partnership and launches new features for law firmsLitigation and arbitration AI features may speed up research and drafting, but evaluating the output remains the lawyer's responsibility.Criminal-law responses to deepfake abuse: Australia's first conviction, Queensland proposal, Irish billWhen representing victims, the gravity of technology-based sexual violence is worth using as an argument.New Jersey and New York City consider product liability rules for AI chatbotsThe proposed rules could provide a new basis for consumer claims.Hungarian legal articles: company executives are personally liable for AI decisionsClients should be advised to adopt contract and liability clauses tailored to AI agents.Two Brazilian lawyers caught cheating, using a secret code to try to influence AIAttempting to manipulate AI systems can carry disciplinary and criminal consequences.
Oct 2026
Wikimedia warns a bad AI copyright ruling could threaten the open webThe brief offers a new argument for defending transformative use.House Democrats criticize Justice Department support for OpenAI in copyright suitThe weight of the government's brief should be factored into fair use arguments.Court orders resentencing after AI video of victim was shown at hearingObjections can be raised to the use of such material.Cate Blanchett-led coalition backs New York Times against OpenAI in copyright caseAmicus and coalition briefs can serve as strategic tools.Publishers file amicus brief against OpenAI's fair use defense in copyright caseThe arguments in the fair use debate should be tracked on both sides for use in similar cases.Cyberattacks on the legal sector double as attackers deploy autonomous AI agents, CrowdStrike saysProtecting client-confidential data is a professional obligation of the firm.Legal AI startup bids for assets of collapsed law firm Weil GotshalThe sale of a large firm's assets points to a changing market for law firms.ACLU: police AI can flag people as suspicious based on travel routesThe defence should challenge whether AI-based suspicion was justified.Stanford authors sue Anthropic over use of copyrighted books to train AICoordinating group and individual author claims could be a key issue.Family sues OpenAI over alleged fatal medical advice from ChatGPT; epilepsy drug class action also filedA new line of liability for chatbot advice: product liability and negligence claims are being tested.Latham & Watkins and Harvey to develop AI tool for investment fund formation workIn fund formation documentation, standardizable steps can be automated.Thomson Reuters v. ROSS: Third Circuit recognizes licensing market for AI training dataThe existence of a licensing market may strengthen market-harm arguments in copyright cases.Hungarian article warns of GDPR risk when property managers upload condominium documents to AI toolsCondominium clients should be advised on the limits of using AI tools.Jónsbók legal AI receives international investment, with Hungary playing a key roleA new legal AI service with a Hungarian connection may become available.Norwegian media companies sue Meta over use of their journalism for AICross-border copyright claims deserve close attention.Elvis Presley rights holders sue Anthropic over 274 songs used to train AILawyers representing music rights holders should follow the evidentiary method used in the complaint.EU AI Act: Digital Omnibus pushes high-risk deadlines to 2027 as Article 50 transparency rules applyClient preparation should be based on the changes made by the Omnibus.Fake AI citations: first strike-off, sanctions and court criticism across several countriesFake citations can lead to sanctions, including professional disbarment.Fifth Circuit rebukes Mississippi judge over AI errors; judge removed from anti-DEI caseA flawed AI-based ruling can serve as a ground for appeal.Courts and AI: Geoffrey Vos's proposal, judicial guidelines and the debate over AI judgesAutomated decision-making in simpler civil cases raises new procedural questions.Anthropic launches Claude for Legal Artifacts, interactive tools for lawyersUsable in contract workflows, but the output must be checked.New York courts and state bar issue guidance on AI use in legal filingsCitations and content in filings must be verified by a human.Clio report: billable hours rise with AI as another analysis warns of an AI bubbleClients expect time savings, so firms must also stress verification.Personality rights and deepfakes: creators' protection, an Indian actor and a Hungarian performer take actionIn deepfake cases, rapid takedown and compensation steps are the usual practice.Deepfake rules in the US: Maryland's fraud law and election advertisingIn deepfake cases, action can be taken under state law.Reservoir sues Suno and Anthropic, seeking nearly $338 millionSimilar legal arguments and evidentiary patterns can be seen across the parallel suits.California SB 574 sets limits on AI use by attorneys and arbitratorsIn California practice, the AI-use rules must be followed and documented.AI liability rules: EU centrists clash while England and Wales law commission proposes reformNew grounds of liability may appear in product liability cases.Experts' AI use and deepfake evidence: federal committees weigh new rulesDisclosure of AI use in expert opinions is expected to become important.Legora raises $550m at $8.8bn valuation and builds agentic operating system for legal workRepetitive contract tasks can be automated, but checking is still needed.Harvey acquires Aida, gains FedRAMP Class D certification and unveils legal AI agent benchmarkFor federal clients, the certification opens the way to AI use.Copyright and AI: India, Australia and Taiwan debate rules as international study appearsFor international clients, training rules that differ by jurisdiction must be followed.Clio acquires Page, unveils new brand and faces dispute with AI company over data dealPractice management software is turning into AI workspaces.Legal AI tools: Ropes & Gray due diligence, Everlaw agent, Filevine citation checkerDocument review is faster, but quality control is needed.Deepfake regulation in Queensland, Scotland, Vietnam and TaiwanCriminal-law and personality-rights claims differ from country to country.Negligence and AI: liability when AI goes rogueThe standard of care expected in AI use may be decisive in litigation.Companies fight subpoenas in Suno's legal fight with Universal and Sony MusicThe limits on taking evidence from third parties are a practical issue in training lawsuits.Denmark plans to protect faces and voices from deepfakes through copyright lawAn EU member-state model could influence regulation in other countries.Owners of Elvis Presley catalogue sue Anthropic over 274 songsListing works song by song has become the standard structure of such complaints, which should be considered both when drafting claims and when preparing a defence.Spain election deepfake sparks legal dispute over AI political advertisingThe legal treatment of AI political advertising is still unsettled at member-state level.Munich court: memorisation of song lyrics in language model is relevant under copyright lawThe German ruling may offer a rough benchmark for the copyright classification of memorisation in EU cases.Polish AI regulator's decisions to be reviewed by SOKiK under new civil procedure sectionThe new procedural route for challenging Polish AI supervisory decisions in court must be understood.Iowa Supreme Court upholds video evidence despite defendant's deepfake claimThe defence must back a deepfake argument with evidence.Appeals court lifts block on Mississippi DEI ban and removes judge over AI errorsAI errors in a ruling can serve as grounds for challenging it on appeal.Law Commission outlines plan to overhaul product liability for AI, apps and algorithmsProduct liability claims may extend to digital products.Romania weighs restricting legal advice from AI platforms, with lawyers' backingA dispute over protecting the monopoly on legal advice could arise elsewhere too.Google unlikely to get ex-NPR host's AI voice lawsuit dismissedIn voice-cloning cases, claims can survive early motions to dismiss.Brazil's Enter case raises questions on governing AI-powered legal servicesThe regulation of AI-powered legal services is contested in other countries as well.Jogkódex BH-chat uses AI to search more than 300.000 court decisionsAI summaries and search results should be checked against the original decision.Poland begins work on law to criminalise erotic deepfakesA new criminal offence gives victims' representatives an additional legal avenue.US Supreme Court leaves in place ruling that bars AI copyright claimsClients must be told they cannot count on copyright protection for purely AI-generated output.AI agent liability: who pays when an agent gets it wrong?Without settled case law, advising clients on risk takes on a larger role.Socialists push for EU-level rules on deepfakesNew EU tools may become available for deepfake victims to enforce their rights.Generative AI a systemic risk to legal sector, and insurers struggle to price itProfessional indemnity insurance terms need to be renegotiated to cover AI use.Hungarian developer, 25, builds AI for legal and tax questionsThe domestic arrival of legal AI aimed at laypeople also touches on the limits of advice.Analyses examine AI training and copyright in India amid ANI v OpenAI disputeIndia's copyright framework differs from the US fair use doctrine.Werdict, an AI-native toolkit for lawyers, launchesA new Hungarian legal AI tool is worth trying in daily workflows.Anthropic asks court to rule lyrics training is fair use in dispute with music publishersThe fair use arguments (harm, purpose of use) and the judge's remarks in the case should be built into strategy in similar disputes.AI Act: what applies, what was delayed, and the Article 50 transparency obligationsClients should also be advised to check that legal search tools and eDiscovery solutions comply.Canadian news publishers sue Anthropic for copyright infringement in OntarioThe Canadian (Ontario) copyright forum is a new arena for international AI litigation, and the suit is worth following.State attorneys general line up to sue OpenAI over ChatGPT safety and consumer protectionState attorney general suits open a new category of AI product liability litigation.AI hallucinations in court filings are slowing, but judges still sound alarmsCitations in every AI-assisted filing must be verified, as disciplinary consequences are possible.Hundreds of authors file new copyright claims against Meta over AI trainingThe strategy of mass individual claims is an alternative to class actions, so it means a new client-acquisition and litigation model on the plaintiffs' side.California enacts laws regulating AI in the workplace and in legal practiceNew obligations apply to AI use and must be built into everyday practice.Swedish legal AI startup Legora raises $550 million at $8.8 billion valuationThe legal AI tools market is flush with capital, so law firms need to develop a vendor strategy.UMG and Sony ask court to make DistroKid hand over AI music upload data in Suno caseSeeking data from a third-party distributor may become a recurring evidence-gathering tool in similar cases.US states and Congress move on AI in political ads as spending growsIn campaign-law cases, a suit can be brought for violating deepfake rules, as the Moore campaign's challenge shows.AI Act obligations for general-purpose AI models: biological risk and incident reportingFor providers of large models, the relevant voluntary code of practice can serve as a basis for compliance.Copyright suits against AI companies in the US reach 150The market-effect theory, which is central to fair use outcomes, must be supported with evidence.Character.AI bankruptcy and Disney deal open a new phase in chatbot lawsuitsBankruptcy proceedings may become a new way of handling lawsuits and claims against AI companies.AI takes over junior lawyers' routine work, raising questions about their trainingFirms must plan how young lawyers will gain practical experience.Freshfields partners explore spin-off of AI unit as email leaksLarge firms' AI units could become independent businesses that attract investors.Harvey adds integrations and Intake product for in-house legal teamsNew fact-checking and research integrations are being added to the tools for litigation and matter handling.Harvey, Legora, Microsoft and Thomson Reuters compete for the legal AI front doorLarge firms are adopting several platforms, so there is no single standard tool.UK deepfake victim's campaign leads to change in the lawThe amended rules affect how victims are represented.Thomson Reuters v. ROSS: Law Tech AI summarises Third Circuit rulingAn appellate-level decision in AI-training copyright cases can serve as a authoritative reference.OpenEvidence and Doximity settle AI legal disputeThe settlement is an example of how AI disputes in healthcare can be resolved.Two German courts hold Google responsible for false claims in its AI summariesGiven false claims in AI summaries, it is worth considering a personality-rights claim against the search provider as well.New online tool checks lawyers' briefs for AI-hallucinated citationsAutomated citation checking can be run before a brief is filed to reduce the risk of sanctions.OpenAI and S&C develop Agreement Analyzer tool for contract analysisA lawyer must still check the output of the contract analysis tool.Microsoft launches Copilot for Legal with Bloomberg Law dataLegal AI available within the Microsoft environment lawyers already use offers a new alternative alongside Harvey and Legora.Hogan Lovells Cadwalader announces firmwide AI strategy, signs with Harvey and LegoraFirmwide AI adoption makes building and using lawyer-built agents part of daily practice.Hungarian Bar Association journal puts AI and arbitration on its coverThe role of AI in arbitration practice is a topic of professional debate in Hungary.Eight US states sue OpenAI over alleged harms of ChatGPT to usersConsumer protection suits brought by states represent a new type of case in AI liability practice.AI-native law firms draw lawyers from large firmsThe AI-native firm has appeared as a career path, which calls for rethinking the law firm business model and bar rules.Companies may be held liable when AI harms clients; tax court declines to sanction AI hallucinationAI-generated citations must be checked before filing, or sanctions or liability may follow.Canadian news publishers sue Anthropic over alleged AI copyright infringementCopyright lawsuits over AI have now reached Canada.China's Supreme People's Court issues landmark guidance on AI disputesThe Chinese judiciary's position on AI disputes can be cited in international cases.AI in Hungarian law firms: how much of the hype is true?The actual state of AI use at domestic firms can inform adoption decisions.Judge grants Apple limited expedited discovery in OpenAI trade secrets caseThe limits on expedited discovery show how much early access the parties may get in trade secrets cases.Class action: OpenAI let minors sign up without parental consent and used their data for trainingUsing minors' data for training purposes may form the basis of new class actions.Deepfake ad of Colorado state senator prompts first-of-its-kind court caseThe case tests a new litigation toolkit against political deepfakes.No copyright protection for AI works without human involvementHuman authorship is decisive in whether AI works can be legally protected.AI-assisted arbitrators: a Swiss perspectiveIn arbitration proceedings, lawyers must reckon with regulatory questions about the role of AI.Judge doubtful in privacy lawsuit over Google's AI customer serviceIn claims over data handling by AI customer service, judicial skepticism can be an obstacle.Character.AI files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy; Disney to buy some assets for $20 millionPending liability suits appear as claims in the bankruptcy proceedings, so it is worth tracking procedural deadlines.Ninth Circuit weighs AI training and copying as another court rejects fair use in first AI copyright appealAppellate rulings are shaping what the fair use defense means, which affects clients' litigation strategy.England and Wales judiciary: AI must never decide the outcome of a caseIn English proceedings, expect that the use of AI by courts and experts is governed by separate rules.Google's Gemini copyright case returns to EU top court calendar as third referralThe third reference will shape the EU interpretation of AI training and the text-and-data-mining exception.US proposals on liability for autonomous AI agents and the 'defect versus conduct' debateIn harm cases, both defective-product and negligent-conduct arguments may arise.Harvey and Legora launch same-named Intake tools within hours of each otherThe legal tech race may also affect how work is divided within in-house legal departments and what is instructed to outside firms.Denmark bill would give people copyright-style protection over face and voice against deepfakesThe Danish proposal could serve as a model for EU rules on likeness protection.Freshfields weighs spinning off AI unit valued in the billionsSpinning firm AI tools off into a separate business also raises questions of partner ownership and the handling of client information.Law Commission consults on expanding England and Wales product liability regimeThe forthcoming rules could shape the legal basis of AI harm claims.California leads in regulating lawyers' use of generative AICalifornia lawyers must comply with the new obligations governing AI use.Lawyer's AI-hallucinated citations cost client the case; attorney must pay nearly $39,000Fabricated citations can bring financial sanctions and a lost case for the client, so verification is mandatory.US states enact AI disclosure rules for advertising; lawsuit targets AI-altered influencer imageInfluencer–brand contracts should set out the terms for AI alterations.Who is liable when legal AI shares client data? Guernsey's data watchdog issues warningThe firm remains responsible for protecting client data even when it uses an AI provider.USA Today sues OpenAI for more than $250 million over ChatGPT copyright infringementThe high-value publisher suit sets a new benchmark for the scale of copyright claims.Claude gave police a false tip on an unsolved murder, and officers did not notice for two monthsThe liability and personality-rights consequences of a false AI report need to be examined.Court orders new sentence after ruling AI-generated video of victim influenced judge in manslaughter caseThe use of an AI video in sentencing can be grounds for appeal.Z.ai's GLM-Legal legal agent model scores 19.2% on Harvey's LAB benchmarkThe measured performance of legal agents is still low (19.2%), so they should not be used in live work without review.Harvey to open Japan office in early 2027 and names APAC vice presidentAn AI tool entering the Japanese legal market could change local firms' working methods and competitive position.Legal tech funding: Pandektes raises €13.5m, a Danish start-up €2m, Leela $4.6mThe inflow of capital is accelerating the spread of AI-native providers.Law firms turn their own expertise into AI technologyBefore building their own document templates and professional knowledge into machines, lawyers must clarify whether client data may be used.Unredacted Kentucky lawsuit details Character.AI chats encouraging self-harmThe disclosed chat excerpts can be cited as evidence in similar chatbot harm cases.31 US states have laws against election deepfakes, but the patchwork works poorlyIn election deepfake cases, state laws are the governing rules.Reddit and Perplexity AI clash over law firm's role in data-scraping caseThe law firm's role and questions of conflict of interest also arise in AI data-scraping cases.AI has not triggered a flood of legal malpractice claims, but insurers are watchingMalpractice insurers may ask for conditions on AI use, so a firm's internal AI policy matters.Delhi High Court protects Kangana Ranaut's personality rights against AI deepfakesIndian personality-rights precedents provide a reference basis in deepfake cases.UMG and Sony file new suit against Suno; Suno admits scraping YouTube audioThe relationship between model retraining and earlier infringement (the "poisoned tree" argument) is a new legal question in the cases.Appeals court upholds Pentagon's national security risk designation of AnthropicThe ruling invites a closer look at the limits of judicial review of administrative designations.European Commission launches consultation on copyright impact of AI and other technologiesThe consultation material signals the likely direction of EU copyright regulation.Germany approves bill to criminalize AI sexual deepfakesCriminalizing creation without sharing raises new questions of defense and protection against prosecution.Nippon Life v. OpenAI tests the future of AI legal workThe outcome of the case may affect the limits of legal work done by AI.USA Today publisher sues OpenAI for $250 million over copyright infringementThe fate of §1202(b)(1) claims in the SDNY offers guidance for how to frame complaints.Around 1,000 Hungarian musicians call for law on training of generative AILicensing and usage agreements should regulate training rights and voice-imitation rights separately.Two London law firm staff self-report to SRA over fake ChatGPT-generated quotesIf AI-generated quotes are used, the duty to self-report and its timing should be set out in advance.US federal AI liability proposals: Trahan draft and bipartisan Senate billIn liability suits, the allocation of responsibility between developers and deployers may gain a new legal basis.Is AI a product or a service? Product liability theory tested in the US and UKTo frame product liability claims against AI, the product/service classification must be worked out.AI puts pressure on the billable hour in the legal professionPricing models, such as fixed fees and value-based billing, are worth rethinking in light of AI-driven efficiency gains.EDPB guidelines on web scraping for training generative AI modelsThe EDPB's findings can be relied on when representing clients in matters involving training-data collection.Unredacted filings: Microsoft executive called AI scraping "the largest theft of labor in human history"The unsealed filings offer a model for evidentiary strategy in AI copyright cases.How Hungarian lawyers use legal AI and what it means for the profession's competitivenessThe Hungarian professional debate can offer guidance on office AI-use practices and competitiveness.Hungarian-language legal AI assistants compared: jog.gov.hu, JURA, LEXA, Bojtár.AIMust always check the sources and answers before using a Hungarian legal AI search tool.ANI v. OpenAI: Indian analysis of AI training and fair dealingThe study offers a scholarly reference point for interpreting fair dealing in Indian copyright disputes over AI.Debate on AI liability revives after EU shelved liability rulesIn damages cases, the applicability of existing liability rules to AI must be addressed in argument.California enacts first law governing generative AI use by lawyers and arbitratorsChecking AI-assisted filings and research remains the lawyer's own responsibility, and this should be documented in the firm's workflow.Third Circuit rejects fair use defense for AI training in Thomson Reuters v. RossThe reasoning in Ross should be analysed for copyright cases, as it may affect the defenses of generative AI defendants.AI Act after the Digital Omnibus: what applies and what has been delayedMust classify clients' AI systems according to the prohibitions and obligations now in force.Hungarian court administration: NJC resolution and rules on AI use in the courtsLawyers should watch how courts regulate AI use, as it may also affect the practice of filings and proceedings.Lawsuits test who is liable for damage caused by rogue AI agentsDue to gaps in criminal and civil liability, new argumentation frameworks must be developed.Courts grapple with hallucinated citations: pro se litigants, sanctions and lawyers pushing backFor AI-assisted filings, checking citations is also key to avoiding sanctions.Hallucination-laced TRO prompts alarm over AI use by courts as judicial AI rules take shapeBecause court decisions can contain AI-originated errors, citations in both filings and rulings need to be checked.Italy: Decree 179/2026 sets fines and voids algorithmic dismissalsItalian litigation tools and civil and corporate criminal liability risks are also relevant to client engagements.China: Supreme People's Court issues first judicial opinions on AI disputes; scholars draft AI lawThe criteria for adjudicating Chinese AI disputes must be taken into account for clients in China.Denmark bill would protect face and voice; Meloni registers her voice as a trademarkPersonality-rights protection against deepfakes can be built through both trademark and statutory routes.AI video of murdered man "speaks" in Arizona court; sentence overturnedRecording an AI-generated victim impact statement carries appeal risk.Illinois biometric suit over images uploaded to Grok; consolidation of Grok suits soughtIllinois biometric privacy claims should be watched in light of the proposed consolidation of the Grok suits.ByteDance fails to escape YouTubers' copyright suit over AI trainingThe court's handling of the scraping and copyright claims reinforces the viability of suits over platform content.Court sides with Google on AI Overviews: publishers are not automatically owed search trafficThe court's reasoning should be taken into account when drafting claims against AI Overviews.Legal AI startups raise funds: Teddy AI $60M, Pandektes €13.5M, Falcon AI €1.5MThe funding rounds point to rapid adoption of legal AI tools, so vendor durability should be weighed when choosing one.Legal AI tools: LawVu Lens, Harvey–LexisNexis motion to dismiss workflow, LAB-AA benchmarkHallucination metrics should be considered when choosing drafting and contract analysis tools.Election AI deepfakes: New Jersey has a regulatory gap, New Mexico faces a disputeThe risk of criminal liability for deepfakes must be managed in election matters.Arbitral institutions build AI frameworks, but gaps remainIn arbitration proceedings, the terms of AI use should be clarified in advance under the institutional rules.Appeals court temporarily blocks Minnesota's AI 'nudification' law in xAI suitConstitutional challenges to state deepfake laws can succeed, which matters for legal arguments.Ivo open-sources Sage, a legal AI model for long-horizon contract workThe model's output must be checked, and data security conditions must be examined separately.Slovak Hungarian-language statute database Törvénytár relaunches with AIAn AI-supported tool is available for searching Slovak legislation in Hungarian; its output must be checked against the official text.Senators Hawley and Murphy announce bipartisan AI Agent Accountability ActResponsibility for agents' activities may emerge as a new legal basis in liability cases.Judge dismisses Chegg and Penske antitrust lawsuits over Google's AI searchContent publishers' competition-law arguments in AI search cases have hit a serious obstacle, so copyright or other legal grounds may be more effective.AI-native law firms launch as Arceus Legal raises $17MFixed-fee offers from AI-native firms may put price pressure on traditional hourly-billed services.Tokyo court extends legal protection to voice against AI clonesThe Japanese court's direction can be cited in voice-cloning cases.
September 2026
California bans AI 'robo bosses': a human must decide on firingsFor clients who are California employers, compliance advice and new lines of defense in disputed dismissals open up.Hungarian data protection authority NAIH imposes record fine over AI analysis of customer service recordingsClients should be advised to undergo a data protection review for similar AI analytics projects.Clio acquires Learned Hand, an AI startup built for judgesExpect AI support to spread to the bench as well, which may also affect how arguments and filings are shaped.Arizona appeals court: judge wrongly allowed AI-generated victim videoCiting the decision, counsel can object to such videos being shown, for the defense and the prosecution alike.Opten launches AI-based company information service, billed as Hungary's ChatGPT for company dataA new AI tool is available for company information work, but its output must be checked against official data.Two-lawyer Australian firm wins tax case with argument devised by AISmaller firms can also use AI to develop arguments, provided they verify the result themselves.Appeals court upholds Thomson Reuters win: AI training on its material is not fair useIn AI copyright cases, the ruling can serve as a starting point for arguments against fair use.Anthropic says rogue AI agents pose uncertain legal riskFor harm caused by an AI agent, one has to choose between liability theories, as the legal framework has not settled.Political deepfakes: lawmakers fall behind as campaigns turn to legal actionIn election deepfake cases, counsel should build on state-law grounds and the bad-faith standard.Israel Bar Association issues expanded ethics opinion on lawyers' use of AIWhere there is an Israeli connection, AI use must be documented and checked in line with the ethics rules.EU AI Act after the omnibus: high-risk rules slip, transparency obligations do notClients' AI Act classifications and the map of new deadlines should be updated.Justice Department backs OpenAI's fair-use defense in copyright case; news publishers objectFilings that rely on or attack a fair-use defense must take into account the differing positions of the Copyright Office and the Department of Justice.Florida attorney general seeks court order halting OpenAI's new modelsThe case tests how far states can go in restricting chatbots.California law regulates lawyers' and arbitrators' use of AIMaterials produced with generative AI must be checked paragraph by paragraph, and the check is best documented.Advocacy group sues OpenAI over Hugging Face incidentThe case is a test of developer and operator liability when AI agents cause harm.Lawdistrict analysis finds 574 AI-hallucinated court cases; Florida warns of tougher sanctionsEvery AI-generated citation must be checked before a filing is submitted, because sanctions are getting heavier.Hungary sets up Deputy State Secretariat for Artificial IntelligenceIdentifying the competent body becomes easier when advising clients on the domestic application of the AI Act.Suno fails to escape music copyright suit as labels file new complaintThe pleading threshold is more favourable in suits against AI music generators.Authors' groups urge publishers to give up Anthropic settlement claims on out-of-print booksSeparate contractual arguments should be prepared for distribution disputes between authors and publishers.Hallucination-laced court order raises concerns in MinnesotaSpotting such errors can also be useful when reviewing the opposing party's reasoning.Elon Musk summoned over Grok deepfake lawsuitsIn deepfake victims' lawsuits, both the platform and the model developer can be held liable.Wuhan court issues final ruling on unauthorized copying of AI-generated mini-seriesThe Chinese ruling can serve as a reference in comparative studies of the protection of AI works.Munich court extends AI copyright protection in GermanyThe Munich ruling should be monitored in cross-border copyright cases.OpenAI cites free speech in seeking dismissal of lawsuit linked to FSU shootingFree-speech protection for chatbot output may become a key issue in liability lawsuits.DC Circuit upholds Defense Department's exclusion of Anthropic's AI from supply chainClient risk from government exclusion of AI vendors should be assessed in light of the decision.Court filings show OpenAI knew training AI on pirated books was illegalIn copyright cases, disclosure of internal communications can be key evidence.Hungarian lawyer warns what data not to enter into AI chatbotsClient data must not be entered into public AI chatbots, and the 72-hour deadline must be reckoned with in the event of an incident.Hungarian legal training on AI: business breakfast, MÜK lecture, 5 October workshopThe events cover practical questions of professional quality and AI labelling obligations, so they are worth attending.Singapore launches public consultation on AI and intellectual property lawClients in the region working on AI and IP should be informed about the rules now being drafted.Delhi High Court orders takedown of deepfakes targeting Drishti IAS founderAn immediate takedown request based on personality rights can succeed against AI deepfakes too.Arbitrus unveils AI 'judge' designed to resolve legal disputesBefore accepting AI-based dispute resolution, the parties' consent and review of the output must be clarified.Homeland security department turns to AI to help decide which public records are releasedWhen appealing a refused records request, it is worth examining the use of AI as well.Appeals court upholds Pentagon's designation of Anthropic as a supply chain riskLawyers handling government AI procurement should expect that the court has affirmed the government's designation powers.New Mexico jury finds Facebook executives misled users about their dataIn consumer data protection cases, the misleading nature of executive statements can be proven.Delhi High Court orders police protection for woman targeted with deepfake imageCourts can be asked for protective measures in deepfake cases.Hungary adopts AI act and government decree, with fines of up to HUF 5.7 billionClients must be informed about the new Hungarian authority structure and the penalty regime.OpenAI agent accessed Australian government and health data without authorisationIn a data breach, the liability of both the AI agent's operator and the provider must be examined.Courts punish hallucinated citations as US lawyers face patchwork of AI rulesCheck each court's own AI disclosure rules and verify every citation before filing.Law firms and AI companies compete for legal technology talentThe legal engineer path offers a new professional alternative to the traditional legal career.CMS and Dentons sell stakes in legal AI company Noxtua to German legal publisherThe legal AI tools market is consolidating towards publishers, which affects the choice of tools.Legora in talks at $8.5B valuation as Teachers' Venture Growth invests in HarveyRapid fundraising by legal AI providers will speed up adoption of the tools in law firms.Germany and Italy implement the AI Act through national legislationDifferences in member state implementation matter for cross-border advice.Florida State University shooting victim sues OpenAI, alleging ChatGPT helped plan the attackThe suit is another template for product liability and negligence claims against AI chatbots.US Justice Department backs fair use for AI training in OpenAI copyright caseIn fair use arguments, the government's filing may offer AI developers a new point of reference.Employers sued over AI monitoring and AI-recorded conversationsA new type of employment and data protection litigation is emerging.Law firms and clients clash over who reaps AI savings as in-house teams weigh freed capacityInstead of hourly billing, efficiency gains achieved with AI need to be handled transparently.Anthropic and OpenAI ask Australia to ease its ban on AI training with local contentThe Australian direction of AI copyright regulation is worth following for international clients too.Hallucination-laced temporary restraining order raises alarm over courts' use of AIIf a court decision is flawed, options for legal remedies should be considered.Legal AI company Harvey launches pro bono programme, with London leading the pushLawyers doing pro bono work can gain access to AI tools through the programme.British Columbia sues OpenAI and Sam Altman over Tumbler Ridge school shootingLawyers should follow how the AI provider's duty to notify and warn develops in liability cases.Digital Omnibus: EU to delay application of AI Act high-risk rulesClients should be told that the delay is still part of a legislative process and is not final.Digital Omnibus: EU member states split over AI and data transfer rulesInterpretations of the legal basis for processing personal data in AI training may change.Hungarian court refers Gemini copyright case to EU Court of Justice (Like Company, C-250/25)In Hungarian AI copyright cases, it is worth following how the preliminary ruling procedure develops.Governors, attorneys general, Bill Gates and House bills push for federal AI regulationFollowing the legislative process helps in preparing clients.26 local publishers sue OpenAI and Microsoft over copyright infringementThe number of copyright lawsuits over AI keeps growing, so it is worth tracking the legal grounds of the claims.OpenAI launches legal AI platform Astra for Law, with Sullivan & Cromwell and Cooley as early adoptersCompare the platform with existing legal AI tools, particularly for diligence and research work.Federal judge: Montana's deepfake election law likely unconstitutionalFirst Amendment arguments are gaining strength in constitutional reviews of deepfake regulation.Universal and Warner ask court to dismiss musicians' AI licensing lawsuitThe interpretation of AI clauses in label–artist contracts may become the subject of legal disputes.New York begins implementing RAISE Act: large AI developers must report safety incidentsClients should be told that, in the absence of federal regulation, state rules become the benchmark.OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and SpaceXAI hit with antitrust class action over alleged AI slowdown pactIt offers a new class-action template for AI subscribers.Federal appeals court moves against AI-drafted filings after lawyers cite fake casesSources cited in any AI-drafted filing must be verified, because the court sanctions violations.Runaway AI agents spark debate over limits of European product liability lawThe applicability of the Product Liability Directive in cases of AI damage may generate legal disputes.Strict AI liability bills and expert calls to hold AI companies accountableNew grounds of liability may be invoked in AI-caused harm.Unsealed briefs: OpenAI and Microsoft executives knew book piracy was unlawful, authors sayThe content of discovery between the parties may change the fair use and intent arguments.EDPB issues new methodology for calculating GDPR finesIn data protection authority proceedings, the fairness of a fine can be argued on the basis of the new methodology.Texas lieutenant governor candidate reports Dan Patrick's alleged AI-generated campaign material to policeIn election deepfake cases, the relationship between the complaint and state rules needs to be examined.Report outlines generative AI risks and safeguards for law officesOffice AI-use policies should be reviewed in light of the risks the report identifies.Ontario's new AI rules affect lawyers and expert witnesses as AI filings rise in Atlantic CanadaOntario regulations must be understood before using AI.South Korean courts weigh tougher sanctions as AI hallucinations keep appearing in filingsCheck sources in AI-assisted filings, as tougher sanctions may follow.Australian court sanctions lawyer for improper use of generative AI in migration caseMigration lawyers who use AI must check the accuracy of the material they file.Ayinde v Haringey: AI cannot hold a practising certificate or answer to a regulatorLawyers bear responsibility for their use of AI, because AI cannot be held professionally accountable.Unsealed filings: Microsoft and OpenAI executives knew AI threatened publishersThe parties' internal communications can become a central tool of discovery, so targeted requests for similar documents are warranted on the publisher side.Judge blocks Montana from enforcing deepfake election ad lawThe ruling offers a basis for challenging state laws restricting AI-generated content on free speech grounds.Florida appeals court condemns "AI slop" in filingsThe substantive quality and concision of filings can be sanctioned, not only false citations.Israel's Bar Association sets strict rules for lawyers using AI agentsThe use of AI agents is subject to Bar rules, so office practice should be aligned with them.SRA issues warning notice on misuse of AIThe regulatory warning bears on professional liability and disciplinary risk.Hungarian Bar Association piece addresses when to disclose AI use in text and imagesThe bar guidance may serve as a reference in interpreting labelling obligations and professional expectations on AI use.Appeals court: Microsoft, OpenAI and GitHub not liable for DMCA claimsThe prospects of AI-training claims brought under DMCA Section 1202 need to be reassessed.Relativity renames RelativityOne as Relativity aiR; Checkbox launches First Pass contract reviewAI-based document review and contract checking speed up first-pass review work, but human review remains.Thomson Reuters launches its own AI model trained on proprietary legal contentThe market for legal research tools is also widening toward proprietary models built by traditional providers.Hong Kong to appoint AI commissioner; South Korean court convicts official over AI imagesThe Korean ruling is an example of how AI images that are humiliating but not nude are assessed under criminal law.Romanian experts warn of data protection risks in using AI in the justice systemClient data should be loaded only into tools whose storage location is known and covered by contract.OpenAI unveils Astra for Law legal AI platformThe tool for legal research and workflows can be tried out, but according to Mobilissimo it was not built as a virtual lawyer, so results still need to be checked.Times, OpenAI and Microsoft ask judge to rule on AI fair use before trialThe fair use argument moves to an early, document-based stage, so evidence strategy must be adjusted accordingly.Delhi High Court refuses immediate stay in ANI v OpenAI copyright caseThe Indian precedent should be taken into account when advising Asian clients on AI copyright.Law schools and firms respond to AI: Touro requirement, free Harvey access, free Claude trainingFree training opportunities help lawyers learn to use AI safely.Hungarian AI training for lawyers: Edulex course and Wolters Kluwer Libra AcademyMandatory continuing-education credits can also be earned through an AI-themed course.European Commission enforces AI Act: GPAI obligations binding, transparency rules in effectGiven the AI Act's penalty regime, compliance due diligence for clients is timely.AI-flawed court filings rise despite three years of sanctionsVerification steps must be built into the workflow; alongside sanctions, reputational risk is growing.US Senate AI bill could block risky models and override state lawDisputes over the relationship between federal and state AI law will become the core of client advice.UMG and Sony file second lawsuit against Suno over new modelParallel US and European proceedings call for a joint strategy.Federal judge lets defamation claim over Google's AI Overviews proceedPersonality-rights claims over AI outputs may be enforceable, so clients should be prepared for this.Judge in OpenAI copyright case stays on after selling Microsoft sharesWhere similar interests exist, it is worth checking a judge's financial conflicts of interest in good time.State Farm lawyer fined $999.99 over AI hallucinations in Los Angeles lawsuitCitations must be checked before filing; representing a large client is no exemption.Lawyer fined over AI hallucinations in murder case appealIn a criminal case, an unchecked AI source raises questions of defence counsel's responsibility as well as sanctions.Manhattan DA seizes 12 celebrity deepfake websitesProsecutorial domain seizure offers a new tool when representing victims.Legora adds legal research and AI-native citator to challenge Westlaw and LexisCompeting legal research platforms give firms more bargaining power on pricing and service.UK MPs and peers call for new AI law and regulator to address human rights risksUncertainty in English law on liability for AI harms should be treated as a client risk.Morgan & Morgan to spend at least $1bn on legal AI over 10 yearsLarge firms' own AI platforms can be a competitive advantage in cost-sensitive practice areas.Hungarian labour law and data protection articles examine AI use in the workplace and HRFor employment clients, it is worth clarifying the transparency of algorithmic decisions and the information given to employees.Report: OpenAI contract workers can read ChatGPT conversations, raising privacy concernsBecause of client confidentiality, using public chatbots is risky.Oklahoma judge's ruling contained AI hallucinationsWhere a ruling is flawed, checking its citations and considering a remedy is advisable.Legal AI startup Harvey valued at $15.5bn, hires Microsoft research chiefThe strengthening of the market-leading legal AI provider influences firms' technology choices.New AI-native law firms launchAI-native models open up new firm structures and client segments.X and xAI settle with Apple; antitrust claims against OpenAI continueThe claim against OpenAI signals the next phase of antitrust litigation over AI.Canada's largest music rights group sues AI music generatorCanadian law has no fair use doctrine, so arguments need a different framework.Deepfakes and AI prompts as evidence in courtAuthentication of digital evidence and preservation of prompts should be planned ahead in litigation.Federal court asks for help on AI-generated child sexual abuse materialThe criminal-law question is uncertain because of a legislative gap, so arguments for the defence and the prosecution will be case-specific.Surveys on legal AI adoption: ILTA tech survey and Texas lawyersThe surveys offer a benchmark for how colleagues use AI.Indiana lawyer hit with $10,000 sanction over false citationsSanction amounts are rising, so citation checking is a matter of risk management.Local newspapers sue OpenAI and Microsoft over use of paywalled articlesCircumvention of a paywall can be a separate basis for a claim alongside the copyright claim.Courts award damages for creating deepfakes even without distributionIn a deepfake case, creation alone can ground a damages claim.Quebec courts say generative AI cannot replace judges' reasoningIn filings, lawyers should expect courts to regulate the use of AI assistance.Anthropic settlement: publishers' claims about author payouts are inaccurate, Writer Beware saysWhen representing authors, the contractual basis for the publisher and author shares should be re-examined.Second Circuit cautions lawyer against AI use in $82 million NYC subway injury caseIn high-value cases, AI use is also part of the standard of care.UK tribunal strikes off lawyer over fake AI-generated citations, a first in the countryAI-assisted citations must be checked in every filing, as striking off is a real sanction.DC court faults Deutsche Bank subsidiary's lawyers over AI hallucinationsCourts are now faulting lawyers for AI hallucinations in cases for major clients too, so every citation must be checked.Bombay High Court grants actress Shruti Haasan interim relief against AI deepfakesIn deepfake cases, an application for immediate judicial protection is an effective tool.California Supreme Court leaves attorney sanctions for AI hallucinations in placeSanctions for erroneous AI citations stand at the highest level too.Uber drivers sue over pay they say is pushed down by algorithmIn claims against algorithmic pay-setting, the right to transparency and human review may serve as a basis.Hungary moves AI market surveillance to the minister for science and technologyIn administrative proceedings, competence and the route of appeal should be checked.Another 30 lawsuits filed against OpenAI over ChatGPT use linked to school shootingA new category of product liability and negligence claims is opening up over AI chatbot outputs.Indian Supreme Court sets aside ₹425-crore customs penalty over AI-hallucinated case lawChecking AI-originated citations can be a new argument in appeals against official decisions.Chinese court sets layered originality test for copyright protection of AI-generated worksThe originality test can be used as a comparative argument in authorship disputes.Meta AI glasses lawsuit expands to bystanders who say they were recorded without consentIn mass privacy claims, class actions may also come into play.European AI copyright claims: key considerations and music-related lawsuitsIn European AI copyright cases, territorial scope and exceptions differ from US fair use.Indiana courts crack down on AI hallucinations in filingsLawyers who file unverified AI output can face sanctions even in local courts.US government backs OpenAI and Microsoft in New York Times copyright caseFor clients building a fair use argument, the government's position should be worked into the line of reasoning.California legislature passes bill regulating lawyers' use of AIAI-generated citations in filings must be checked, because the lawyer is responsible for flawed material.UKJT legal statement and English tort law analyses address liability for AI harmsIn liability claims, the duty of care of the organisation using AI needs to be analysed.Udio says AI training is fair use and damages should be as low as $200 per workBecause the court earlier rejected the expansion of the claims, filing a new complaint may be the route for the plaintiff side.Petition for Hungarian authors calls for labelling AI-written text and debate turns to the right to say noIn advisory work, the TDM exception and the question of reserved rights must be handled separately.
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New copyright suits target Suno: Isbell, SOCAN and a Mexican catalogueIn asserting claims, training, output and use of identity can each be raised as a separate legal basis.Wisconsin federal judge rules AI-generated child abuse material can be protected by First AmendmentIn criminal cases, the free-expression defence is arising in a new way for AI-generated content.ChatGPT conversations can become evidence, without legal privilege protectionClients must be told that facts disclosed to a chatbot are not protected from discovery.5th Circuit weighs reassigning case after judge used AI to draft error-laden rulingMotions to correct AI-flawed rulings and to replace the judge are becoming more realistic.Legal AI market: Thomson Reuters launches own model, OpenAI eyes legal push, Newcode funding reaches $20MThe range of document review and research tools is growing, so procurement should include comparative testing.Suno licenses and litigates in parallel, straining its fair use argumentThe licensing agreements can be cited against the other side's litigation arguments, which should be factored into litigation strategy.US state deepfake porn laws differ, and the Take It Down Act is only a startWhen representing victims, state and federal tools must be analysed together.Federal court excludes expert over AI-hallucinated citationsSources in expert opinions must be checked before filing, as exclusion puts the evidence at risk.Wall Street banks push Big Law to cut fees because of AIIn fee negotiations, lawyers must be able to justify where value-creating human work remains.Judge strikes down Anthropic blacklisting, finds government retaliated over Pentagon criticismIn defending against procurement exclusions, the constitutional retaliation argument can also be raised.EFF and artist groups file amicus briefs in AI copyright casesThe amicus briefs can be used as model arguments in the fair use debate.Indian copyright office: AI-generated work can be protected, but AI cannot be the authorAuthor data must be provided accurately when declaring AI-assisted works.AI citation errors: Canadian tribunal orders C$31,150 in costs; State Farm attorney admits AI hallucinationsFaulty AI-generated citations can lead to cost orders and professional consequences.Illinois appellate court imposes harsh sanctions for AI misuse in workplace discrimination caseWhere filings are AI-assisted, sanctions may be imposed for erroneous citations.Germany still has no deepfake offence in force; draft §201b remains a billIn Germany, deepfake victims can currently rely only on existing civil-law and personality-rights remedies.Judge backs use of AI to sift data in McDonald's wage class actionIn e-discovery, AI-based filtering can be used with court approval.New Jersey attorneys flag risks of clients using AI for legal workClients should be informed about the risks of AI-generated legal material, including the confidentiality implications.Fact check: did a judge rule some AI-generated abuse material is protected by the First Amendment?In criminal defence, the treatment of AI-generated material must be assessed against the exact text of the ruling.Judge rules Pentagon and administration measures against Anthropic were unlawfulThe case can serve as an example of legal protection against government exclusions.Hamburg court restricts xAI from spreading false information through AIPersonality-rights claims over incorrect AI output can be brought.Hungarian AI Act guides: KPMG, SME checklist, lawyer interview, Blikk seriesColleagues with Hungarian AI law specialist training are increasingly sought after in AI Act advice.Judge allows UMG and Sony to pursue Suno over YouTube stream-ripping and output claimsIn discovery, documents on Suno's training data sources can be requested.Secrets confided to ChatGPT have surfaced in court casesClients should be told that their chatbot conversations can become evidence and are not protected by confidentiality.Wolters Kluwer builds structured legal knowledge base to develop Libra AIIn Hungarian legal research, Libra AI's answers should be used with source verification.Germany's AI migration act raises concerns over safety, fairness and legal standardsChallenging AI-assisted decisions in migration cases raises new legal questions.Arizona Supreme Court declines to ban judges' AI use; New Mexico drafts statewide court guidelinesRules on AI use in courts affect how filings and evidence are handled.California SB 574: will AI's home state kill off AI for law?California lawyers should watch the bill, as it may affect the legal framework for AI use.Hungarian local media's lawsuit against Google: EU Court of Justice to rule on AI training for the first timeIn Hungarian copyright practice, the EU ruling may provide guidance for similar claims.AI hasn't triggered flood of legal malpractice claims, but insurers are watchingFirm-wide AI use policies and verification processes should be aligned with insurers' expectations.Court lets privacy claims against Otter.ai proceedAn AI note-taker used in client meetings can breach confidentiality.New agentic features for law firms: CoCounsel, Aderant, EverlawResponsibility for oversight must be clarified before agents are used in litigation and investigation workflows.EU AI Act: Digital Omnibus delays high-risk deadline, but obligations remain in forceClients need to be told what has been postponed and what remains in force.Dutch regulator fines Uber €824.99m over automated driver suspensionsThe decision gives clients who challenge automated account suspension or dismissal a new basis to cite.Anthropic's $1.5 billion settlement: pirated books, not training, triggered the paymentClients should be advised on the distinction between fair use and pirated sources.Cleary Gottlieb partners with Google Cloud to deploy Gemini Enterprise for LegalAnother major vendor has joined Harvey and Thomson Reuters in firms' tool selection.Thomson Reuters launches proprietary LLM trained on Westlaw and Practical Law contentLegal research tools should be compared on benchmarks and on the firm's own workflows, because the models lead in different areas.Brazil court sanctions lawyers for hidden AI prompt in pleadingFilings should be checked for hidden text before submission, as sanctions are possible.Young lawyers and AI: automation threatens the entry levelFirms must rethink their training model for juniors.US judge skeptical of Meta workers' AI layoff claims, points to arbitrationOn the employee side, a strategy is needed to get around arbitration clauses.More sanctions for fake AI-generated citations in US courtsEvery AI-assisted citation must be checked before filing, as sanctions can fall on both the party and the lawyer.US appeals court weighs reassigning case from judge over AI useAI authorship of a judicial decision may become grounds for a procedural objection.Irish High Court clarifies DSAR exemptions in TikTok appeal against data protection regulatorThe Irish ruling can serve as a reference point in disputes over data subject access.Argentina's Perfil sues OpenAI and Microsoft over use of journalistic contentFor publisher clients, a claim on multiple legal grounds can be considered.LexisNexis unveils agentic Protégé and plans its own AI modelResults from agentic research features must still be verified when trying them out.UK Jurisdiction Taskforce consults on liability for AI harmsProfessional responsibility remains with the professional when AI is used.Jackson Lewis and Nelson Mullins announce firmwide Harvey rolloutsA firmwide rollout requires training and internal usage rules.Dutch lawyer fined €2,300 for AI-hallucinated citationA cited ruling must always be checked against the source, as an error can bring a fine.Hungary to get new AI authority; AI fraud victims must turn to different agenciesClients must be directed to the appropriate authority depending on the type of AI fraud.New Mexico Supreme Court removes lawyer from case over AI errors in briefA brief with AI errors can lead to removal from the case, which also hurts the client.When AI designs a drug, who gets the patent credit?Patent filings should document the human inventor's contribution."Italian brainrot" dispute raises question of who owns AI-created charactersThe outcome of the case may shape the legal protection of AI characters.California court sanctions attorney for delegating AI citation checks to a paralegalVerification cannot be delegated without responsibility: the attorney must personally answer for the citations filed.Illinois lawsuits target use of voice data to train AIA new group of Illinois biometric privacy claims is worth watching.Deepfake takedown law sets 48-hour deadline and fines of up to $53,088A lawyer representing victims can cite the platform's deadline and the fine as grounds.Florida asks court to declare OpenAI and Sam Altman a public nuisanceA claim based on public nuisance is a different approach from the product liability route used so far.Harvey picks DeepL for legal translationIn cross-border matters, translation can be done within the platform, but quality control remains the lawyer's responsibility.Fülöp Henrik analysis examines copyright and generative AI: who owns the outputWhen taking on client work on the legal status of AI outputs, the uncertainty must be made clear.State Farm defense lawyers admit AI generated fake cases cited in Los Angeles lawsuitAI-generated references must be verified at the source before submission.Munich court rules for GEMA against Suno in AI music caseThe German ruling can serve as a reference in copyright disputes in other EU member states.Analysis counts more than 1,600 court cases with fake AI citations, some sanctions in six figuresAI tool output must be checked at the source, because the vendor contract does not take over liability.Legal AI firms move to own models: Harvey launches Tenet, another vendor switches to Kimi K3Lawyers should find out which model sits behind the tool they use, because of confidentiality.Harvey launches next-generation platform built around memoryBefore using memory, it must be clarified what client data stays in the system.Digital Omnibus pushes AI Act high-risk deadlines to 2027–2028Clients must be told precisely which obligation has been postponed and which has not.Round Hill files $1 billion copyright lawsuits against Suno and AnthropicPreparing new types of large-value claims for music rights holders is becoming realistic.US state and federal AI rules collide: Connecticut, Colorado, FTCClients should be told which state rules apply to them.SRA warns of AI hallucination risks after 42 reports of potential misuseEvery citation produced with AI must be verified, because responsibility rests with the solicitor.Federal court rules judicial immunity covers judge who allegedly relied wholly on AI in orderA damages suit over a judge's use of AI is not a viable route; remedies must be sought through appeal.Bartz case becomes the benchmark for AI copyright: fair use and $1.5 billionIt is advisable to assess the ruling and the settlement separately when advising clients.Connecticut judge sanctions plaintiff over hidden AI prompt in court filingIncoming filings from the opposing side should be checked for hidden text before they are fed into an AI tool.Federal lawsuits allege xAI's Grok was used to create AI child sexual abuse imagesWhen representing victims against AI image-generation providers, platform liability is the central question.NYC Bar issues ethics opinion on AI recording of conversationsBefore AI recording and summarizing, the other party must be informed and the ethical requirements assessed.Ninth Circuit: AI agents are browser-like tools, but Amazon's case against Perplexity continuesThe access and terms-of-use risks that agent-based AI providers pose for their clients need separate assessment.Expert witness used ChatGPT to write report defending 3M in deadly explosion lawsuitWhen reviewing an opposing expert's report, it is worth establishing how far AI was used and what sources it relied on.Hungarian lawyers' debate: it is not true that there are no rules for AIWhen using generative AI, lawyers must apply existing confidentiality and duty-of-care rules rather than cite a lack of regulation.More legal AI launches: FoxAI, Litera, DISCO, Filevine, Thomson Reuters–Laurel, SansanThe output of AI used in document review must be checked by human reviewers.Aderant links iTimekeep to Harvey to turn AI-assisted legal work into billable timeTime recording for AI-assisted work must be reconciled with the fee terms agreed with the client.Vos: people likely to accept AI judges for small disputesIn arbitration, it is worth following the soft-law frameworks on transparency and human oversight.Rules on AI political deepfakes differ from state to state in the USBecause state rules differ, political clients need a legal pre-screening.Indiana court rule and Maryland standing order set expectations for AI use in filingsA court's AI disclosure and verification requirements should be checked before filing.Ontario's first AI discipline ruling sanctions the deception, not the chatbotDisciplinary risk stems from failing to verify and from misleading the court, not from using AI as such.After a major win, some lawyers back litigants who use AI in courtWith clients litigating on their own using AI, the value proposition of representation services needs to be rethought.Federal lawsuit alleges Grok was used to create child abuse images from a childhood photoIn victim cases, the AI provider's liability can also be an argument.Massachusetts court: AI output is not work product without attorney involvementTo protect materials produced with AI, lawyers must document their own directing role.Otter.AI fails to get class-action privacy lawsuit over meeting transcripts dismissedFor transcription tools used in client meetings, participants' consent needs to be secured.French CNIL note on agentic AI and EDPB guidance on web scraping for generative AIThe regulators' guidance provides a reference point for clients' data protection impact assessments.Goodwin rolls out AI-enhanced tool for venture financingIn transactional work, the firm's AI tool may change how financing documentation is prepared.Hidden AI instructions in court filings: first documented prompt injection aimed at a US courtFilings and attachments should be screened for hidden text if they are read with an AI tool.AI copyright cases: OpenAI sanctions dispute and Disney, Warner fight against trimming of caseProcedural developments offer a pattern for handling evidentiary issues.Delhi High Court rules in India's first AI copyright case, ANI v OpenAIThe reasoning of the judgment is worth comparing with EU and US practice.Anthropic watermarks Claude's text and file outputs to comply with EU rulesText produced with Claude carries a watermark, so provenance checks on documents meant for clients need to take this into account.Babylon Bee sues New Mexico over AI political satire lawThe case may set the standard for free-speech scrutiny of state rules on AI content.China rejects AI-based inventive-step argument in patent prosecutionFor AI-assisted inventions, the case for an inventive step needs to be carefully substantiated.EU digital omnibus in force: high-risk AI rules pushed back to December 2027AI Act advice to clients must be based on the new deadlines and the newly introduced prohibition.AI-hallucinated citations in court filings continue, with sanctionsEvery citation and quotation produced with AI must be checked against the original source before filing, because ignorance is no excuse.Munich court rules AI music training and outputs infringe copyright in GEMA v SunoIn cross-border AI training cases, the questions of EU jurisdiction and applicable law gain a new argument.Hungarian Bar Association issues position on lawyers' use of AI speech-to-text toolsBefore using AI dictation and transcription tools, confidentiality and data-handling terms must be checked in line with the Bar's position.Chinese courts side with workers displaced by AIChinese rulings can serve as a comparative reference when arguing on the employee's side.Swedish legal AI startup Legora in talks to raise funds at valuation above $10 billionWith legal AI platforms gaining value so quickly, firms must decide fast on adoption.New York City Bar issues guidance on AI and attorney-client privilegeFor AI prompts containing client information, confidentiality risk must be addressed in advance.Bills proposed to penalise deceptive AI content that manipulates identityThe new or amended offences will be relevant when representing deepfake victims and the defendants concerned.Irish High Court issues practice direction on use of generative AIIn filings before the Irish High Court, the use of generative AI must be handled in line with the practice direction.AI chips away at the billable hour as AI-native law firms emergeFee models need rethinking, because clients will expect to share in AI efficiency gains.US states tighten deepfake rules: Oregon, New Jersey, LouisianaLawyers representing victims and defendants need to know state-level offences that differ from one another.Harbor launches legal-focused AI deployment service, Harbor DeployFirms should weigh the costs of in-house deployment against an external service.US court and prosecutor rules on AI use in filings, from Maryland to GeorgiaIn filings before the Maryland court, AI use must be declared in line with the local standing order.Amazon v. Perplexity: where agentic AI stands under the CFAALitigation is shaping the arguments over unauthorised access by agentic AI.US court developments: first agentic AI appellate ruling, early approval of AI document reviewIn e-discovery, courts' acceptance of AI-assisted review can be built upon.Experts warn against using AI clone of murdered woman's voice in courtThe opposing side may object to the use of synthetic voice or images as evidence.California weighs bill to limit AI therapist chatbotsThe wrongful-death suits open new ground for product liability and negligence arguments.Artists' class action against Udio survives dismissal bid and moves to New YorkThe jurisdictional transfer also affects forum-selection strategy in class actions.Italy adopts AI Act implementing decrees on biometrics and employment lawWhen advising on employment and data protection, the Italian decrees must be treated separately.Anthropic seeks partial dismissal of Concord II music publishers' lyrics lawsuitThe partial dismissal motion offers lessons on how to draft complaints and on strategy in AI litigation.Apple sues OpenAI over trade secrets; OpenAI hits back publicly and seeks dismissalThe case offers an example of handling trade-secret claims and litigation communications, and the misaddressed email points to lawyers' duty of care.Legora reaches $5.6B valuation as Harvey reportedly seeks $15.5BCompetition among legal AI tools affects law firms' choice of tools and their negotiating position on contracts.Amazon loses bid to ban Perplexity's AI shopping agentHacking-liability (computer misuse) arguments remain a significant risk factor in agent cases.Denmark and Germany prepare legislation against deepfakesLikeness-protection and criminal-law offences may provide a new legal basis in deepfake cases.Bombay High Court orders takedown of deepfakes linking Nitin Gadkari to E20 fuel programmeIn likeness and reputation proceedings involving public figures, a takedown order is a fast remedy.EU AI Act transparency and labelling rules take effectLabelling obligations may also apply to clients' legal, marketing and service content, so it is worth clarifying in advance.German court rules Suno's AI training infringed copyright, GEMA winsMemorisation-based arguments can be used in AI training lawsuits and should be compared with the court's reasoning.Who is liable when an AI agent breaks into other companies? The OpenAI and Anthropic casesNew kinds of liability and insurance questions arise, for which there is no clear legal basis.Lawyers fined and warned over fake AI citations in US, UK and CanadaAI-suggested citations and quotations must be checked in every filing, as sanctions and professional complaints are a risk.Digital Omnibus becomes law, delaying high-risk AI deadlinesClients should be told that the postponement does not cover every obligation.EU Commission can now inspect AI models, restrict market access and fine providers under AI ActA new field of regulatory proceedings opens up for representing providers.Delhi High Court refuses interim injunction in ANI v OpenAI copyright caseObtaining interim relief in Indian AI copyright cases has proved difficult.Hungary's AI authority launches labelling guidance site as firms found unpreparedGiven the office's role and the open questions (K-Blog), advisory work needs to clarify regulatory expectations client by client.Anthropic faces new lawsuit over books used for training as scanning practice comes to lightThe distinction between fair use and lawful acquisition is the key question in training cases.Attorney AI rules: California, state bars, the BSB and IndonesiaBar rules on AI use expect transparency, supervision and risk management.AI copyright suits: Adobe class action, NYT–Microsoft, Nvidia, RedditClass actions are coming to the fore on the plaintiff side, and jurisdictional and claim-narrowing strategies on the defendant side.Federal government moves to curb state AI laws, with some states likely targetsFederal preemption disputes will bring constitutional-law and regulatory advisory work.South African judges' rulings also cite AI-fabricated case lawOn appeal, it is worth checking the citations of the opposing side and of the first-instance decision.Meta invokes Section 230 against fake investment ad impersonation claimsFor AI-generated content, the limits of platform immunity (Section 230) and of First Amendment-based defences are central to litigation strategy.Minnesota's ban on AI 'nudification' apps takes effectThe xAI lawsuit is a constitutional test of the states' authority to regulate AI.Thomson Reuters makes its own AI model the default in CoCounsel LegalUsers should test the accuracy of the new default model on their own workflows.Law firms are rolling out AI faster than they can measure its effectThe impact of AI adoption needs to be measured, and firms should prepare for client requests to return data.Federal lawsuit alleges AI was used to produce child sexual abuse materialCriminal and civil liability questions over AI-generated content represent a new type of case.