In Burnley v. Valentin, Virginia Magistrate Judge Mark R. Colombell, rejecting claims by Burnley that an audio file that sounded like him was “made by artificial intelligence to ‘clone’ his voice”, ruled: “Based on the evidence presented, which included two sworn declarations, the Court is satisfied that the audio recording is authentic and has not
Ofcom and ICO Issue Joint Statement on Age Assurance
On March 25, 2026, the UK’s Office of Communications (“Ofcom”) and the Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) published a joint statement setting out their common expectations for age assurance on online services (“Joint Statement”). The Joint Statement is aimed at services likely to be accessed by children that fall within the scope of the Online Safety Act 2023 (“OSA”) and UK data protection legislation, and is designed to help providers comply with both their online safety and data protection obligations when deploying age assurance.
The Joint Statement arrives alongside a broader push from both regulators—including Ofcom’s recent call to action directed at major tech firms, an open letter from the ICO urging platforms to strengthen their age checks, and several enforcement actions by both regulators.
California Jury Finds Meta and Google Liable in First Social Media Addiction Trial, Awards $6 Million
Editor’s Note: A Los Angeles jury has held Meta and Google financially liable for addictive platform design — a first in American courts. The March 25 verdict, awarding $6 million to a plaintiff who began using Instagram and YouTube as a child, validated a legal theory that reframes social media platforms as defective products rather…
*Special Episode* Featuring Caroline Hill, Editor-in-Chief of Legal IT Insider, on Charting Change in Legal Ep 55
By Ari Kaplan
In this 55th episode of Charting Change in Legal, Caroline Hill, Editor and Publisher of Legal IT Insider, and I discussed our impressions of Legalweek 2026, the ROI of legal AI, and the maturation of AI deployment in law firms and corporate legal departments.
AI Hallucinations and Legal Decisions: Trend Watch
Track the trends in legal decisions in cases involving AI hallucinations, including court sanctions for fabricated citations and how to build a verification workflow.
The Event Horizon of Change: Why the Future Is Arriving Faster Than You Think
By Tom Martin
I’m a fan of Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar. In it, there’s a scene where Cooper and his crew land on Miller’s planet, where the gravitational pull of a nearby black hole distorts time so severely that one hour on the surface equals seven years back on Earth. They spend what feels like minutes collecting data.…
What GSA’s New Draft AI Procurement Clause Could Mean for Your GSA Schedule Contract
By Evan Williams & Jaeho Lee
On March 6, 2026, the General Services Administration (“GSA”) published a draft contract clause, GSAR 552.239-7001, “Basic Safeguarding of Artificial Intelligence Systems,” that would establish binding requirements for contractors using artificial intelligence (“AI”) under GSA Multiple Award Schedule (“MAS”) contracts.
The clause is part of a broader federal push to govern AI procurement.[1]…
FundFire – ‘Shiny object syndrome’ muddying private managers’ AI build-out
By Ali Robinson
Rudy Saad, Intapp’s Global Head of Private Equity and Private Capital participated in a FundFire webinar on AI in private markets. Justin Mitchell, who moderated the webinar, also wrote an article on the difficulty private managers are experiencing when choosing AI tools. The article quotes Rudy on the importance of accessing and using proprietary data…
Will Requiring Mandatory Hyperlinks to Curb Fake AI Legal Cases Become a Thing?: Legal Tech Trends
By Doug Austin
Will requiring mandatory hyperlinks to curb fake AI legal cases become a thing? Perhaps we’re a step closer, but not everyone is on board.
The post Will Requiring Mandatory Hyperlinks to Curb Fake AI Legal Cases Become a Thing?: Legal Tech Trends appeared first on eDiscovery Today by Doug Austin.
AI in consulting firms: Institutional intelligence will determine who wins
Your competitors are not winning because they draft proposals faster. They are winning because they see patterns your firm cannot surface in time.
Consider a familiar loss. The opportunity fit your expertise. The client knew your partners. Yet the engagement went elsewhere because another firm connected a regulatory development from a different geography and reframed…