The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) Division of Examinations (the “Division”) released its 2026 examination priorities on November 17, 2025 (the “2026 Priorities”). As expected from the new leadership, the 2026 Priorities signal less (but still present) focus on private fund advisers and more focus on retail advisers and emerging technologies such as AI
Chatbot, The Snitch
It’s unclear whether it’s the fact that people may use the internet and technology without having any real grasp of what their use entails, or that they just don’t care. But with the advent of chatbots, people are seeking legal, medical, sexual, and other interactions that involve their most intimate and personal thoughts, queries and
Bribes Under Color Of Law
A basic premise of First Amendment law is that the government can’t censor protected speech, but a private entity can for the simple reason that it’s not the government. Sure, the government can coerce a private entity to act, thus making it an agent of the government, but that’s a separate issue. If I choose
Rounding up a mix of press pieces on a mix of criminal justice matters as summer winds down
I do not know why this platform was down yesterday, but I do know I have seen a wide array of intriguing pieces about matters of crime and punishment in recent days. So, making up for lost blogging time, here is a baker’s dozen list of late-summer reading:
From the ABA Journal, “Throwing food
"AI thinks you should go to jail, even if you didn't do the crime"
The title of this post is the title of this notable new report from the Justice Innovation Lab authored by Rory Pulvino, Dan Sutton, and JJ Naddeo. Here are parts of the report’s “Introduction”:
[W]e tested ChatGPT (model 3.5-Turbo) on a common legal task: writing a memo about how to handle a criminal case. We
Another week with a notable number of executions scheduled in the US
This new CNN article, headlined “4 executions are scheduled in 4 states over four days this week. Here’s what we know,” highlights both upcoming executions and broader capital punishment trendis in the United States this year. Here are excerpts:
Over the next four days, four inmates in four states are scheduled to be put
Pretrial Release: The Illusion of Algorithmic Neutrality
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Fresno Criminal Lawyer – Criminal Defense Lawyer Rick Horowitz
“Pretrial Release: The Illusion of Algorithmic Neutrality” is the first installment in a series I’m calling Detained by Design: Algorithmic Justice and the Erosion of Constitutional Bail in California.
Over the coming posts, I’ll examine how California’s pretrial release system — shaped by
Law firm defending Baltimore jail conditions faces sanctions over AI-generated filings
Media Report Maryland has spent nearly $800,000 on legal help from a private firm that just admitted to an ‘extremely poor lapse in judgment’ A brewing Alabama courtroom scandal over the improper use of generative artificial intelligence by a pair of high-powered attorneys could have serious implications for a decades-old lawsuit over Baltimore jail conditions.
The Good Old Days of Entry Level Doc Review, Lost
The salaries range from $190,000 to $235,000 per year, excluding bonuses, numbers that bring tears to the eyes of many hard-working, experienced and highly-skilled trial lawyers, the babies of Biglaw earn incomes that bear no relation to the value they bring to the table. The only drawback is that their work went from engagement in
Confabulations Cause Hallucinations
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Fresno Criminal Lawyer – Criminal Defense Lawyer Rick Horowitz
If you’ve read any of my other posts on AI, you know my key concern with it: confabulations cause hallucinations.
Case in point — and I’ll come back to this later — the other day I ran across an article about a dead