Morgan & Morgan is putting serious money behind artificial intelligence, announcing plans to invest at least $1 billion in AI and technology over the next decade while preparing to offer its homegrown legal platform to other law firms. The Orlando-based personal injury firm says it has already spent roughly $300 million developing MX2, an AI …

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Former Trump attorney John Eastman has joined University of Pennsylvania law professor Amy Wax’s legal team as she continues her challenge against the university, bringing a prominent and controversial figure into an already closely watched dispute over academic speech and discipline. Eastman formally entered the case through a court filing last week, roughly five months …

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A New Mexico lawyer has been sanctioned after a court found that his appeal brief contained invented witnesses and fabricated police testimony that appeared to have been generated by ChatGPT. The New Mexico Supreme Court fined attorney Stephen Aarons $5,000 and held him in contempt for submitting the material without properly checking whether the information …

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A U.S. magistrate judge overseeing major copyright litigation against OpenAI and Microsoft has decided to remain on the case after disclosing that she previously owned shares in Microsoft. U.S. Magistrate Judge Ona Wang revealed in a filing that she had held Microsoft stock while handling pretrial matters in the sprawling litigation in Manhattan. Under judicial …

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Former Trump attorney John Eastman is asking the US Supreme Court to restore his California law license, arguing that the disciplinary action against him punished constitutionally protected legal advocacy. In a petition filed with the Supreme Court, Eastman contends that his efforts surrounding the 2020 presidential election were protected by the First Amendment. He also …

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Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI has taken its legal battle over Minnesota’s restrictions on AI-generated intimate images to a federal appeals court, asking judges to temporarily prevent the law from being enforced while its broader constitutional challenge continues. In a filing before the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis, xAI urged …

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The US Supreme Court has refused to revive a Postal Service rule that would have imposed new restrictions on the handling of mail-in ballots, dealing a setback to the Trump administration’s efforts to tighten voting-by-mail procedures ahead of the November midterm elections. In a brief order, the justices rejected the Justice Department’s request to suspend …

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A Texas judge has ruled that TikTok violated state consumer-protection laws by giving users a misleading picture of how effectively it protected minors from inappropriate content. The decision centers on TikTok’s content-filtering practices and its Restricted Mode, a feature promoted as a way to limit material considered unsuitable for younger users. Texas filed its lawsuit …

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A New Mexico defense lawyer has been fined and held in contempt after a court found that his appeal brief contained fictional witnesses and police testimony that did not exist. Stephen Aarons, who was challenging a murder conviction, acknowledged that he had used ChatGPT while preparing the filing. The New Mexico Supreme Court said the …

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