U.S. District Judge Amit P. Mehta sanctioned an attorney who filed a brief containing erroneous citations in every case cited after the attorney admitted to relying on generative AI to write the brief. The attorney had used the tools Grammarly, ProWriting Aid, and Lexis’ cite-checking tool. The attorney was ordered to pay sanctions, including opposing

On September 29, 2025, Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 53, the Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act (“the Act”) into law, establishing a regulatory framework for developers of advanced artificial intelligence (AI) systems. The law imposes new transparency, reporting, and risk management requirements on entities developing high-capacity AI models. It is the first of its

In the ongoing saga of lawyers who are sanctioned for AI generated hallucination citations in pleadings , FIFA (and other defendants) in an antitrust lawsuit filed by the Puerto Rico Soccer League in Puerto Rico, recently obtained an order from Chief U.S. District Judge Raul M. Arias-Marxuach requiring counsel for the plaintiff defunct league to

On August 15, 2025, notetaker app Otter.ai, Inc. was named a defendant in litigation alleging that its artificial intelligence-powered meeting assistant called Otter Notetaker, which “engages in real-time transcription of Google Meet, Zoom, and Microsoft Teams meetings for Otter accountholders and other users…records, accesses and records the contents of private conversations between Otter accountholders who

This post was co-authored by Artificial Intelligence Team member Josh Yoo.

As the federal agency tasked with regulating medical devices, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regularly releases guidance to inform medical device manufacturers how to best achieve FDA approval. The topics in these documents often reflect the agency’s proactive approach toward emerging issues

On August 4, 2025, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed the Wellness and Oversight for Psychological Resources Act into law, which went into immediate effect, and “prohibits anyone from using AI to provide mental health and therapeutic decision-making, while allowing the use of AI for administrative and supplementary support services for licensed behavioral health professionals.” The

On July 24, 2025, the White House released the “White House AI Action Plan,” which includes over 90 policy actions focused on accelerating innovation, building AI infrastructure, and increasing international diplomacy around artificial intelligence (AI). The Plan focuses on removing regulatory barriers and requires that systems are free from ideological bias and “woke” policies.

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