Sullivan & Cromwell Files Emergency ‘Please Don’t Sanction Us For All These AI Hallucinations’ Letter
When the firm that represents OpenAI can't even check its own cite-checking.
Morning Docket: 04.22.26
* DOJ announces that it has secured an indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center, alleging the organization supported hate groups by using funds to pay people to infiltrate those hate groups — which, ironically, is something the DOJ historically does. [AP News]
* Fifth Circuit rules that states can force public schools to hang the Ten Commandments. When asked about the ample historical record that Americans at the time the First Amendment was ratified would have rejected this result, the originalists on the court declared that “original” is not a matter of “fact” but a judge’s individual legal assessment. [Reuters]
* Do the leaked Supreme Court memos really show Roberts at his worst? Because Shelby County exists. [Slate]
* Have advances in AI threatened the legacy legal research companies? [Legaltech News]
* Another law school ranking is right around the corner. [Law.com]
* Roblox settles with the West Virginia AG’s office for $11.5 million. The state wants more child safety protections in the video game. Last year West Virginia loosened its child labor laws. Yearning for the real mines is good, building them on the computer is bad. [Law360]
* Judge who handcuffed child in Texas has charges dropped provided she never attempts to judge again. [ABA Journal]
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