This week’s kitchen sink for December 19, 2025 (with meme from Gates Dogfish) discusses how lawyers can cure AI hallucinations, waiver of work product disclosed to the FBI, GPT 5.2 vs. GPT 5.1, Merriam-Webster’s word of the year & more!
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Do you know the 5 categories of responsible use of AI?
SCworld.com reported that “Frameworks like NIST AI RMF and laws like the EU AI Act provide useful reference points for AI governance. But they focus on obligations for AI developers and deployers, not on how enterprise buyers should evaluate vendors.” The December 18, 2025 article entitled ” Why traditional procurement breaks down for AI risk…
Cut Through the Noise: A Framework for Evaluating Legal AI in the Public Sector
For legal teams in the public sector, the challenge isn’t adopting AI — it’s adopting the right AI. Choosing the wrong AI can undermine compliance, erode trust, and create new vulnerabilities.
The Professor of Theft: Singapore Jails Malware Tutor in Historic Ruling
Editor’s Note: Singapore’s landmark sentencing of a malware instructor underscores a growing shift in cybercrime law: prosecuting not just the perpetrators, but the educators. This article is crucial for cybersecurity, information governance, and eDiscovery professionals, as it explores how knowledge transfer—once a gray zone—is now clearly within the scope of criminal liability. The technical breakdown…
Do you really want AI to cancel customers?
Computerworld.com reported that “When Anthropic cancelled the AI account of a Swiss company that depended on the service, the move was entirely automated. A lawyer got involved and the account was restored within a day — minus 80% of the data. Oops.” The December 18, 2025 article entitled “Using AI to automatically cancel customers? Not…
Law Firm Rates at a Crossroads: Why 2026 Will Demand a New Strategy for Legal Spend
Editor’s Note: Legal departments are facing a new reality: the once-predictable rhythm of law firm rate increases is fracturing along firm size, client profile, and geography. As revealed in Wolters Kluwer ELM Solutions’ LegalVIEW Insights Volume 2025-2, the legal services market is entering an era of differentiated pricing and heightened volatility. For cybersecurity, information governance,…
Year 2 Report on the Impact of AI on the Practice of Law from the ABA: Artificial Intelligence Trends
The ABA Task Force on Law and Artificial Intelligence has released its Year 2 Report on the Impact of AI on the Practice of Law. Here are some highlights.
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Discovery Wake-Up Call: AI Prompts Are Discoverable (And Privacy Won’t Save You)
By Kelly Twigger
Welcome to the final Case of the Week for 2025! As we close out the year and look toward a fantastic 2026, we are doing something a little different. Rather than focusing on a single order, we are diving deep into the OpenAI Copyright MDL in the Southern District…
Anatomy of a Gen AI Review: Process, Validation, Disclosure
Generative AI is redefining workflows for first-pass review. Ben Sexton from JND provides a detailed case study demonstrating how iterative prompts, smart workflow decisions, and rigorous validation helped streamline a massive doc review project.
AI Hallucinations Cases Are Not Slowing Down, They’re Speeding Up…A Lot: Artificial Intelligence Trends
AI hallucinations cases are not slowing down. Far from it. They’re actually speeding up; in fact, they’re speeding up a lot.
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