Although my friends never tell me their thoughts about Liechtenstein, I assume they must have some. They may wonder if they speak German (they do) or if they have debt (they do not). But if my friends are anything like me (they are in some ways), they probably wonder what litigation is like in this
A Pro-Se Claim Goes Down In Possible AI Flame
In Hilpert v 16 Judge SPV LLC 2025 NY Slip Op 34683(U) December 4, 2025Supreme Court, Kings County Docket Number: Index No. 522220/2025Judge: Reginald A. Boddie the pro-se case ends in dismissal, sanctions and a vexatious litigant finding against the pro-se plaintiff. AI research may have had a part.
“Defendant David Koshers, Esq. ‘s motion
State Enforcement in the Wake of Trump Executive Order Targeting State Regulation of AI
On December 11, President Donald Trump signed an executive order (EO) that establishes a national artificial intelligence (AI) regulatory framework and attempts to preempt enforcement of state AI laws. Titled “Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence,” the EO states that “[i]t is the policy of the United States to sustain and enhance the
International Arbitration
My work on this blog led me to Muhammad Zia-Ul-Haq, the publisher of two legal journals in Pakistan, Trends in Intellectual Property Research and Legal Research & Analysis. He connected me to Claudio Finkelstein, a Brazilian lawyer and arbitrator, who was kind enough to speak with me about international arbitration.International arbitration is a
We Don’t Use AI at Persaud Law Office
In all the time I have practiced law, I have never used artificial intelligence to write a legal brief. This is because there have been so many instances of AI writing legal briefs that contain citations to cases and laws that do not exist. Recently, a business that provides technology support for my firm asked
North Carolina and Utah AGs Launch AI Task Force
On November 13, North Carolina Attorney General (AG) Jeff Jackson and Utah AG Derek Brown, along with the Attorney General Alliance, announced a task force in conjunction with generative artificial intelligence (AI) developers, including OpenAI and Microsoft, to identify and develop consumer safeguards within AI systems as these technologies continue to rapidly proliferate.
Keep Your Jurors (and Mock Jurors) Human
By Dr. Ken Broda-Bahm: The courtroom had all the usual elements: oak paneling, parties, a judge, a jury box, a flag. Only in the jury box, instead of live human jurors, there were three large digital monitors on which appeared the “jurors” for this case: ChatGPT (OpenAI), Grok (xAI), and Claude (Anthropic). This event, held
Troutman Pepper Locke Attorneys Attend Annual Meeting on Government Investigations and Civil Litigation
Troutman Pepper Locke is proud to sponsor the Government Investigations & Civil Litigation Institute’s 11th Annual Meeting in Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico. Ashley Taylor will be moderating the “Navigating State Jurisdictional Waters: State Attorneys General and Their Reach” session, Ghillaine Reid will be a panelist on the “AI Ethics: Guardrails and Grey Areas in
Reddit Sues Perplexity AI and Data Scrapers for “Industrial-Scale” Theft of “Valuable Copyrighted Content”
On Wednesday, Reddit Inc. sued Perplexity AI and three “data scrapers,” alleging the companies are circumventing its technological safeguards to unlawfully acquire Reddit’s copyrighted data to “feed” Perplexity’s artificial intelligence model.
Reddit is one of the largest online discussion platforms in the world and “comprises nearly two decades of human conversational data organized across interest-based,
Comments on Recent Cases: October 2025
Image credit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween#/media/File:Greenwich_Village_Halloween_Parade_(6451249051).jpgPart of my work involves reading court decisions to keep abreast of how judges decide the types of cases I handle. Below, I share some thoughts on recent decisions.Litigation News Published My Column About Judges’ Use of AILitigation News published a column I wrote about the possibilities and challenges of judges using