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  • March 06, 2026

    Plaintiffs Seek Discovery Of Microsoft AI Revenue, 88M More AI Conversations

    NEW YORK — Revenue and profits Microsoft Corp. acquired as a result of artificial intelligence offerings are relevant and discoverable in a suit over the alleged use of copyrighted works to train the technology, a proposed class told a federal judge in New York.  Meanwhile, the plaintiffs and OpenAI entities filed letter briefs over the availability and relevance of 88 million ChatGPT conversations.

  • March 06, 2026

    New York Bill Targets AIs Acting As Lawyers, Licensed Professionals

    ALBANY, N.Y. — A measure creating a private right of action and imposing liability for damages arising when an artificial intelligence chatbot impersonates a licensed professional, including lawyers, advanced to a third reading after unanimously passing the New York Senate Internet and Technology Committee.

  • March 06, 2026

    Insurer: OpenAI’s Unlicensed Practice Of Law Aided Woman’s Abuse Of Process

    CHICAGO — ChatGPT enabled a woman to file more than 60 motions and other court documents serving no legal purpose in a pair of cases attempting to undo a valid and enforceable settlement agreement, a life insurance company says in a complaint filed in federal court in Illinois alleging OpenAI entities practice law without a license.

  • March 05, 2026

    Father Claims Gemini Encouraged Son’s Delusion, Suicide

    SAN JOSE, Calif. — Google LLC’s Gemini artificial intelligence chatbot sent a man on a mission designed to inflict mass casualties and only after it failed switched tactics and told a man that his suicide wouldn’t be a death but a rebirth into a world where he could be with his AI companion, the man’s father alleges in a March 4 survival and wrongful death complaint filed in California federal court, also alleging violation of the state’s unfair competition law.

  • March 05, 2026

    Workday Takes Issue With Discovery Letter, Exhibits In AI Discrimination Case

    SAN FRANCISCO — A federal magistrate judge in California on March 4 granted an administrative motion to remove an exhibit from a contested joint discovery letter that defendant Workday Inc. claims plaintiffs filed without consent and that varies drastically from the last draft version it saw.  The case involves allegations that Workday’s artificial intelligence applicant screening program discriminates against minorities and those with disabilities.

  • March 05, 2026

    Attorney Says Faulty Quotes Not AI’s Fault In Valve Patent Troll Trial

    SEATTLE — An attorney for a man accused by Valve Corp. of being a “patent troll” responded to a Washington federal judge’s order to show cause, arguing that fake quotations were caused by the error of a contract attorney; on the same day, the judge entered $11,500 in attorney fees against the defense for fees incurred during a discovery dispute before a recently completed trial.

  • March 03, 2026

    Dissenting Justice: N.Y. AI Child Porn Change Shouldn’t Upset Registration Ruling

    NEW YORK — A penal code amendment meant to address “rampant” artificial intelligence-generated child pornography does not mean that the law allowed “morphed” child porn images before the amendment’s enactment, a New York justice said in a Feb. 24 dissent from a ruling vacating a ruling requiring a man to register as a level-one sex offender in the state.

  • March 03, 2026

    Supreme Court Denies Petition In AI Art Copyright Case

    WASHINGTON, D.C. — An artist’s attempt to copyright an artificial intelligence-generated piece of art appears doomed after the U.S. Supreme Court on March 2 denied his petition for a writ of certiorari in which he argued that the Copyright Act does not impose a human authorship requirement.

  • March 02, 2026

    Nvidia Says YouTube Copying For AI Training Didn’t Evade Technical Measures

    SAN JOSE, Calif. — Nvidia Corp. told a federal judge in California in a motion to dismiss that its copying of YouTube content for use in training its artificial intelligence didn’t evade technical measures designed to prevent access as required for a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) claim.

  • February 27, 2026

    Judge Says AI Conduct Led To ‘Most Egregious’ Rule Violations Ever Seen

    DAYTON, Ohio — Two lawyers’ use of artificial intelligence produced the “most egregious, inexplicable, and repeated violations of Rule 11(b)” he had ever seen, a federal judge in Ohio said in finding the lawyers in contempt of court, imposing $7,500 in sanctions and referring them for discipline.

  • February 27, 2026

    Judge Dismisses xAI’s Employee Poaching, Trade Secrets Claims Against OpenAI

    SAN FRANCISCO — A California federal judge granted OpenAI Inc.’s motion to dismiss an amended complaint in which xAI accused competitor OpenAI of violating the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) and California’s unfair competition law (UCL), writing that xAI’s allegations relate to the conduct of eight former employees who left for OpenAI but not “any misconduct by OpenAI.”

  • February 26, 2026

    California Lawyer, Firm Face Sanctions For AI Errors In Scientology Assault Case

    LOS ANGELES — A California appellate court issued an order to show cause asking a lawyer and his firm to explain why they shouldn’t be sanctioned for including at least 10 erroneous citations in a brief defending an anti-SLAPP ruling involving the Church of Scientology’s response to assault allegations against church member and actor Daniel Masterson.

  • February 26, 2026

    Oklahoma Criminal Court Adopts New Rules Governing AI Use

    OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals enacted new procedures governing the use of artificial intelligence in the court and allowing for sanctions for its misuse.

  • February 25, 2026

    Federal Circuit Finds Another AI Patent Directed At Abstract Concepts

    WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel affirmed a New York federal judge’s decision to grant summary judgment in favor of Amazon.com Inc. on claims brought by a technology company that accused Amazon of infringing its patent on a type of machine learning; the panel agreed in its Feb. 24 opinion that the plaintiff-appellant’s patent claims were ineligible as abstract.

  • February 25, 2026

    Image Hosting Service: No Photos Shared For AI, No Injury For Proposed Class

    DENVER — An online image hosting site pushed back on claims that it intended to license users’ photographs for use in training artificial intelligence, saying negotiations with unnamed third parties and speculative future conduct cannot form the basis of a class action.

  • February 25, 2026

    Judge Says Nvidia May Not Avoid Discovery While Court Considers Stay

    OAKLAND, Calif. — Nvidia Corp. must engage in written discovery stemming from an amended complaint expanding the universe of copyright material it allegedly used in the training of its artificial intelligence while the court considers both a motion to dismiss and a motion to stay discovery pending the resolution of the first motion.

  • February 25, 2026

    Illinois Court Wants Appellant’s Explanation On Possible AI Errors

    OTTAWA, Ill. — An Illinois court in an unpublished opinion dismissed an appeal over procedural errors and ordered the pro se plaintiff to show cause why she shouldn’t be sanctioned for filing court documents containing inaccurate citations and quotes.

  • February 23, 2026

    5th Circuit Sanctions Lawyer $2,500 After Finding AI Errors

    NEW ORLEANS — A Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel sanctioned an attorney $2,500 after finding her responses to an order to show cause “evasive, misleading, and sanctionable” and concluding that her use of artificial intelligence led her to submit a reply brief containing 21 errors.

  • February 20, 2026

    Investor: Oracle’s Misstatements About Data Center Development Caused Stock Drop

    WILMINGTON, Del. — An investor filed a putative class action against Oracle Corp. and several of its executives, alleging that they violated federal securities laws by misleading investors about the company’s contracts to develop data center capabilities and alleged resulting revenue growth.

  • February 20, 2026

    7th Circuit Awards Reduced Fees To Appellant’s Former Counsel In Malpractice Appeal

    CHICAGO — The Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals awarded $12,000 in appellate fees to an attorney whose former client filed two appeals after unsuccessfully accusing the attorney of malpractice and has already been ordered to pay a $750 sanction; the awarded fee amount was less than half of the amount requested by the attorney.

  • February 19, 2026

    Judge: Work Product Protections Apply To Pro Se Plaintiff’s AI Use

    DETROIT — A pro se plaintiff’s use of artificial intelligence in a case is subject to protections, and because AI is a tool and not a person, providing it information about the case did not waive work product protections, a federal magistrate judge in Michigan said in denying a motion to compel.

  • February 19, 2026

    Former NPR Host Accuses Google Of Stealing His Voice For Use In AI

    SAN JOSE, Calif. — Google LLC and Alphabet Inc. stole National Public Radio host David Greene’s voice without authorization and used it as the default voice in NotebookLM, its artificial intelligence broadcasting product, the award-winning journalist claims in a California state court lawsuit alleging violation of the California unfair competition law, a pair of privacy laws and unjust enrichment.

  • February 18, 2026

    Securities Defendant’s AI Conversations Not Protected, Judge Says

    NEW YORK — A securities fraud defendant’s communications with Anthropic PBC’s Claude about his case are not protected by attorney-client privilege or the attorney work product doctrine, a federal judge in New York said Feb. 17.

  • February 17, 2026

    Judge Denies Pro Hac Vice Status After AI, Repeated Procedural Errors

    NEW YORK — An attorney’s filing of a court document containing an entire conversation between herself and ChatGPT and other procedural errors warrant taking the unusual step of denying her pro hac vice status, a federal judge in New York said.

  • February 12, 2026

    New York Court Censures Attorney For AI Misuse In Texas Federal Court

    NEW YORK — A New York appellate court censured an attorney as reciprocal discipline after a federal judge in Texas reprimanded the attorney for errors in briefing attributed to artificial intelligence.