COPRAC Advisory Regarding Artificial Intelligence (AI) Hallucinations Due to the increased usage of artificial intelligence (AI) in the legal profession, the Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct (COPRAC) continues to provide guidance on relevant ethical and practical considerations that arise from the use of these technologies. Generative AI tools (such as ChatGPT and Perplexity) are
US Congress considering law to block state AI laws!
The WashingtonPost.com reported that “The White House handed a major boon to its tech industry allies on Friday, unveiling recommendations to Congress to curb state laws that limit artificial intelligence.” The March 20, 2026 article entitled “Trump administration asks Congress to block state limits on AI” (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/03/20/trump-ai-state-law-ban/) included these comments:
The political tensions
Trump Administration Unveils New AI Policy Framework Calling on Congress to Act
On March 20, 2026, the White House released its long-awaited policy framework for governing the use and development of artificial intelligence (AI) and automated decision-making technology. While not breaking new ground, the framework outlines the Trump administration’s legislative recommendations to remove burdens on AI development and establish federal preemption of AI governance, though implementation remains
Five Things California Employers Should Know About How AI Is Changing the Legal Industry — And What It Means for Your Defense
For decades, the law firm business model operated on a familiar premise: a broad base of junior lawyers, a small group of partners at the top, and clients footing the bill for hours billed at every level of the pyramid. That model — the associate leverage model — is now under significant structural pressure, and
Fastest 5 Minutes: Proposed GSA AI Clause
This week’s episode covers a significant proposed contract clause, GSAR 552.239-7001, Basic Safeguarding of Artificial Intelligence Systems, for inclusion in GSA Schedule solicitations and contracts involving AI, and is hosted by Peter Eyre and Yuan Zhou. Crowell & Moring’s “Fastest 5 Minutes” is a biweekly podcast that provides a brief summary of significant government contracts
Do you want chatbots to have a dark or zero personality?
Computerworld.com reported that “Amazon has announced four new “conversation styles” or “personalities” for its voice-interaction Alexa+ AI chatbot. Users can now choose between “Brief,” “Chill,” “Sweet,” and “Sassy” styles and pick from a range of voices. (The “Sassy” style, by the way, uses profanity — kids are blocked from using it.)”. The March 20, 2026 article
The Briefing: The Sound of a Lawsuit – David Greene vs Google NotebookLM
When does an AI voice become your voice? In this episode of The Briefing, Weintraub Tobin partners Scott Hervey and Richard Buckley break down the lawsuit filed by longtime broadcaster David Greene against Google over its NotebookLM tool and its eerily familiar AI-generated voice.
In this episode, they cover:
- What Greene must prove to
Is ‘Purpose-Driven’ Legal AI Needed or Will Generalized Tools be Enough?
In two recent episodes of the podcast I host, Technically Legal, the issue of whether the legal industry needs its own specialized or “purpose-driven” artificial intelligence has come up. Both guests on those episodes believe that legal does, in fact, need its own AI.
Cecilia Ziniti, Co-founder and CEO of GC.ai, says
The Future of UK Copyright: Prioritizing Evidence Over Immediate AI Reform
On March 18, 2026, the UK government published its report (the Report) and impact assessment on the use of copyright works in the development of AI systems, following the UK Government’s consultation on Copyright and AI which launched in December 2024.
The Consultation
The Consultation aimed to explore how copyright could best support the potential of AI while protecting the UK’s position as a “creative powerhouse.” It set out four policy options, and indicated that the UK government’s preferred proposal at the time of the Consultation was option 3:
TRUMP America AI Act Bill Sets Direction for Future US AI Regulation
On March 18, 2026, Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) introduced the TRUMP AMERICA AI Act: formally, The Republic Unifying Meritocratic Performance Advancing Machine Intelligence by Eliminating Regulatory Interstate Chaos Across American Industry Act. This massive, 291 page bill sets out to establish the first comprehensive federal framework for artificial intelligence regulation in the United