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
Fake Law, Real Trouble: How One Illinois Court is Responding to Chat GPT’s Hallucinated Cases
AI Can Be Quite Helpful – Until It’s Not
Many of us have embraced ChatGPT as a useful tool in our everyday lives to promote efficiency or spark creativity. And the more you use ChatGPT, the more it learns your preferences. For instance, ChatGPT knows that our families prefer certain foods when we ask for
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.
Artificial Intelligence: An Unlikely Culprit in Insurance Fraud
Introduction
Revolutionary technology can carry significant consequences. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no exception.
Before AI, fraudsters needed sophisticated technical skills to execute their schemes. It was common to see photoshopped receipts, doctored videos, and other manipulated “evidence” used to support a deceptive claim. Now, swindlers no longer need sophisticated technical skills. With a few keystrokes
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
California Charts the Frontier With First Law Setting Reporting And Compliance Requirements For Powerful “Frontier AI Models”
On September 29, 2025, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 53, the Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act, into law. The bill will go into effect on January 1, 2026. The act builds upon the recommendations found in the “California Report on Frontier AI Policy,” which was released to the public
From Politics to PR: Navigating Crisis Management
In this episode of Regulatory Oversight, Stephen Piepgrass is joined by Zack Condry, co-founder of Watermark Strategies, to analyze the evolving landscape of crisis management and the critical role of strategic communication in navigating complex issues. They explore effective communication strategies, public relations, and the evolving role of AI in managing crises. Zack shares insights