Being a criminal defense lawyer has, unsurprisingly, provided me with the opportunity to speak with a great many people who are inclined to commit crimes. It has allowed me to recognize the pathologies, the different worldview of people who put their self-interest above all else. Hard as it is for some to imagine, there are
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Seaton: Poking The Bear, Flock Cameras Edition
These days, you can’t step foot outside without someone either telling you about Flock Cameras or seeing the goddamn things in public. Depending on who you ask, the controversy over Flock’s Automatic License Plate Readers and their databases are either the most heinous violations of privacy in the last 150 years or the whole mess…
Is AI The Fix For Policy Sludge and Zombie Laws?
How many federal criminal laws and regulations are there? Nobody knows. It’s not for lack of trying. It’s because nobody in government has the time needed to go through more than three billion words in the federal register. And then there are the multitude of state and municipal laws and regulations, which are often far…
Tuesday Talk*: Bronx Defenders Overstruck?
When three old friends, Robin Steinberg, David Feige and Dan Arshack, started Bronx Defenders, there was a deliberate intention of providing their indigent clients “holistic” services. By this, they meant that their purpose wasn’t just to beat the case, as would be the scope of ordinary criminal defense, but to help their clients become happy,…
Can AI Be Trusted To Do Anything Right?
When lawyers started using ChatGPT to write their papers, resulting in hallucinated cites and non-existent quotations, not to mention arguments premised on the inability to grasp basic legal principles like jurisdiction, they got caught, bench-slapped and often sanctioned. I thought they would learn. I was wrong.
I called these lawyers lazy and greedy, unwilling to…
Can I Use A.I. as My Lawyer?
Frequent Hallucinations Still Common in A.I. Models
With the rapid development, hype, and proliferation of artificial intelligence, many non-lawyers may be asking themselves the question of whether or not they even need to hire a lawyer at this point to resolve their legal disputes or represent them in court. While artificial intelligence has rapidly transformed…
Bernie’s 50% Solution
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is all aboard the AI train.
Artificial intelligence will almost certainly be the most transformational technology in the history of the world. It will profoundly affect the life of every man, woman and child in our country. It will bring — and is already bringing — unimaginable changes to our economy,…
Are There Limits to Facial Recognition Software in Illinois?
Bill Stalls that Would Prohibit Law Enforcement Agencies in Illinois from Using Controversial Technology
A proposed bill, the Illinois Biometric Surveillance Act, which would have prohibited law enforcement agencies from using or accessing facial recognition tools, stalled in the state House earlier this year and backers of the bill have said they will not further…
More TAKE IT DOWN Act Arrests Signal Escalating Crackdown on A.I. Deepfake Pornography
Last month, we covered the legality of A.I. generated porn and the instances in which one might find themselves in legal trouble should they engage with said materials. This week, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York unsealed two criminal complaints charging Cornelius Shannon, of New Jersey, and Arturo Hernandez, of…
AI porn leading to criminal consequences in Pennsylvania
Bickerton Law Blog | An in-depth look at law news with legal analysis by Bickerton Law. New articles every Monday and Thursday.On April 8, 2026, Pennsylvania State Trooper Stephen Kamnik pleaded to criminal charges related to using state computers to make AI porn. The month before that, a group of Lancaster County juveniles were…