Personalized Algorithmic Pricing
A small newsletter on legaltech
AI
California has passed a bill that requires AI chatbot platforms to include regular pop-ups reminding users that they are interacting with a chatbot, as well as implementing protocols to prevent self-harm content and direct users to crisis centers if necessary
What is the argument for AI ‘judges’ handling actual cases?
The New York State court system has launched an interim policy on the use of AI [Law360 ($) | Press release | Policy document]
Thomsom Reuters’ AI for Justice program to give legal aid organizations access to CoCounsel is reporting success, with those organizations able to “serve as many as 50% more clients daily”
OpenAI has announced that it plans to relax restrictions on ChatGPT and will allow verified adults to have erotic conversations with the product [Ars Technica | Axios | 404 Media ($) | TechCrunch]
Fabrication Follies
Ader v. Ader (Supreme Court of NY) [404 Media ($) | Decision & Order on Motion]
Mezu v. Mezu (Appellate Court of MD) [Baltimore Banner | Oral argument archive]
United States. v. McGee [Bloomberg Law ($) | Fox10 News (AL)| Docket | Opinion]
Oneto v. Watson [Bloomberg Law ($) | Docket | Order]
Support Community, Inc. v. MPH International LLC [(San Jose) Mercury News | Docket | Order]
The People v. Alvarez [Metropolitan News Enterprise | Docket | Order]
Blockchain and Digital Currency
From Law.com [$]: “Judges Step Up Emergency Freezes in Civil Crypto Fraud Cases With Feds Largely on the Sideline”
The DOJ is dismissing criminal charges for tax evasion against a cryptocurrency investor nicknamed “Bitcoin Jesus”
The UK has seized 5 billion pounds (US $7 billion) in crypto assets from an alleged con artist called “the BitQueen”; the UK government wants to keep the proceeds of the purported “largest crypto seizure” in the world [The Guardian ($) | The Times (London) | DeCrypt]
Data Privacy
A New York federal court has upheld a recently passed law that requires any provider of a good or service that uses “personalized algorithmic pricing” to provide a conspicuous disclosure to NY consumers that says, “THIS PRICE WAS SET BY AN ALGORITHM USING YOUR PERSONAL DATA” [The Volokh Conspiracy | Clark Hill | Docket | Opinion and Order]
From 404 Media [$]: “Police Said They Surveilled Woman Who Had an Abortion for Her 'Safety.' Court Records Show They Considered Charging Her With a Crime”
Miscellaneous
California has banned fee sharing arrangements between traditional law firms and alternative business structures (ABS), AKA legal services firms owned by non-lawyers [Law.com ($) | Bloomberg Law ($) | Holland & Knight | LegiScan Bill Info]
Denmark plans to propose legislation that would ban users under 15 years of age from social media without parental consent