Acting Deputy Attorney General Trent McCotter told Justice Department employees in a memo reviewed by Bloomberg Law that they must refer to artificial intelligence as "Super Intelligence" or "SI" in t…
An Arizona court ruled that a judge wrongly allowed an AI-generated deepfake video of a deceased victim to be shown at sentencing, tossing the sentence, according to Reuters. The decision is one of se…
Machine-readable contracts alone are insufficient for B2B AI agents that must make procurement, renewal, and vendor-management decisions, according to an Above the Law analysis. The piece argues that …
A federal judge ruled that a defamation lawsuit against Google over an AI-generated summary falsely stating a man killed three people can move forward, rejecting Google's defense that no one trusts AI…
David Boies proposed a patent-inspired revision of copyright fair use doctrine that would permit AI training on copyrighted works while preserving compensation for authors, Bloomberg Law News reported…
A CLE-eligible webinar will examine where law departments currently stand on agentic AI and where they are headed, according to Above the Law. The event is sponsored and focuses on the shift beyond co…
Morgan & Morgan plans to spend $1 billion to build an internal AI system and sell the platform to other law firms, according to the ABA Journal. The item appeared in Above the Law's Morning Docket for…
AI vendors and enterprise customers are negotiating AI risk directly into commercial contracts rather than waiting for insurance products or legislation, according to an Above the Law analysis of the …
The New Jersey Office of the Public Defender partnered with a think tank and a university to build an AI program aimed at addressing the access-to-justice (A2J) problem for public defenders. The initi…
The New Mexico Supreme Court fined an attorney and referred the lawyer for disciplinary investigation after AI hallucinations were cited in a murder appeal, according to Above the Law. The court's reb…
Vanderbilt Law School has implemented an AI deposition simulator to train students by having them practice depositions against AI witnesses, according to Above the Law. The item appeared in the outlet…
Above the Law published a sponsored piece examining how AI tools in legal practice are evolving from simple 'associates' to sophisticated 'doppelgangers' that can mimic human work, highlighting what i…
Wall Street banks are pressuring law firms to cut rates and rely on AI for legal work, a move that raises concerns about potential backfire, according to a report from Above the Law.…
Legal AI systems must evolve beyond answering queries to include an escalation layer that determines when a response is insufficient, according to a post on Above the Law. The article argues that the …
Law firms are purchasing AI tools, but a new report suggests many are not actively using them, raising questions about the return on investment. The findings come from Above the Law, which highlights …
AI contracts are quietly becoming the best product documentation, according to a report from Above the Law, as they provide precise, machine-readable specifications that outperform traditional manuals…
Above the Law's 'See Also' roundup reports that the DOJ is using a vindictive prosecution case, Abrego Garcia, as a Trojan horse to push for abolishing the doctrine of vindictive prosecution, amid a r…