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Chatbot Challenges: Just like a bad suitor, AI personalities can be dangerous, some states say. https://ow.ly/kQop50YBLMw

Seashells and slang weak basis for case against Comey, legal experts say. https://ow.ly/kLAx50YS21P

"Jeopardy!" superchampion, who's also law student, exits show with over $880K.

'Jeopardy!' superchampion exits show with over $880K Which Jeopardy! 31-streak winner recently ended his reign and is also a law school student? The correct response is Jamie Ding, the orange shirt-attired New Jersey bureaucrat who holds the fifth-longest win streak in the game show's history.

"You're allergic? Good!" Woman who released bees to protest eviction is sentenced to 6 months in jail.

'You're allergic? Good!' Woman who released bees to protest eviction is sentenced to 6 months in jail A beekeeper has been sentenced to six months in jail after using honeybees as a weapon against deputies in an eviction fall 2022.

Chemerinsky: Supreme Court examines how police use of technology may clash with Fourth Amendment. https://ow.ly/cWus50YRNMH

Chemerinsky: Supreme Court examines how police use of technology may clash with Fourth Amendment Although the government has developed many ways of using new technologies to gather information about people, the U.S. Supreme Court has only begun to consider how the Fourth Amendment applies to them.

Inmate says his belief in satanism was improperly used by prosecutors to obtain death sentence. https://ow.ly/fXX550YRN4K

Federal judge limits sanction for DOJ attorney fired over AI errors.

Federal judge limits sanction for DOJ attorney fired over AI errors A federal judge has formally reprimanded a former assistant U.S. attorney who was fired in March for using generative artificial intelligence to draft a brief and failing to verify its accuracy.

Your Voice - Burnout 2.0: AI’s silent impact on lawyer mental health. https://ow.ly/1lmi50YRKwv

Burnout 2.0: AI’s silent impact on lawyer mental health Your client emails before you finish your first coffee. Attached is a chatbot’s analysis of the law and a proposed strategy for the case. By midmorning, you have used AI yourself—comparing documents, cutting through pages of judicial prose, producing a sharper draft in minutes. You are faster th...

Silent Pain: Lawyers in abusive relationships often keep quiet out of reputational fears
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Change of Venue: Few lawyers move to upstate New York, but a state program is trying to change that.

Can trademarking Taylor Swift’s voice, likeness combat deepfakes? https://ow.ly/L2G750YRfqN

Can trademarking Taylor Swift’s voice, likeness combat deepfakes? Pop supernova Taylor Swift has filed two trademark applications to protect her voice and likeness from artificial intelligence-generated deepfake videos and audio.