Risk-adverse
AI
A new working paper on AI and access to justice has found that the number of pro se cases has risen since the advent of GenAI, the parties in those cases are generating more filings and the cases are “placing [a] larger burden on federal district courts” [Anand Shah, Joshua Levy, Access to Justice in the Age of AI: Evidence from U.S. Federal Courts, March 2026, https://avshah1.github.io/assets/pdf/papers/pro-se/Pro_Se_Automation.pdf]
A man in London has pleaded guilty for making false statements for using GenAI to fake complaint letters against a local nightclub [The Guardian ($)]
From Reuters [$]: Lawyers are leaning towards caution in advising clients on whether they should divulge confidential matters to AI chatbots without losing privilege
Friend of the newsletter Rebecca Fordon has a blog post exploring the features of Claude for Word when dealing with “classic litigator tasks”
Some major insurance carriers are refusing to include coverage for liabilities arising from GenAI outputs in their new policies [CSO] | Law + Koffee Substack ($)]
From Wired [$]: “An analysis by WIRED and Indicator found nearly 90 schools and 600 students around the world impacted by AI-generated deepfake nude images”
A month after the Take It Down Act was enacted, it was used in part to charge a man who used AI image tools to create thousands of non-consensual intimate images (NCII) of women and children [Ars Technica]
Companies are starting to train AI “digital twins” of their workers to help boost productivity
Related: can digital twins help change medical diagnosis and treatment?
Stanford HAI’s 2026 AI Index Report is out now, with worldwide numbers on AI adoption, development of new models, education and training, AI safety and more
Fabrication Follies
Prince Global Holdings Limited and Paul Pretlove [Bloomberg Law article ($) | Docket | Motion with errors | Letter and Schedule A | Redline]
Bunce v. Visual Tech. Innovations Inc. [Bloomberg Law article | Docket | Memorandum]
Miscellaneous
From AP News: “Nevada police may be tracking your phone’s location without a warrant“
Cryptocurrency investor Justin Sun is suing World Liberty Financial, owned and run by the Trump family, accusing the crypto firm of attempting to illegally seize his his tokens [ABC | BBC | NY Times ($) | Docket | Complaint]
Wisconsin’s Supreme Court has approved a proposal to replace its bar exam with the Uniform Bar Exam starting in July 2026 [Wisconsin Courts press release | ABA Journal ($)]
California’s Committee of Bar Examiners has made a recommendation to the state Supreme Court to adopt the NextGen Uniform Bar Exam that will be administered starting in July 2028 [California State Bar news | ABA Journal ($)]
A private company’s audit of web traffic of California Internet users found that “55 percent of the sites it checked set ad cookies in a user’s browser even if they opted out of tracking” [404 Media ($) | webXray audit]
Long Reads
Gunder, Jessica R., Yikes! The Bluebook’s Generative AI Rule is Flawed, Southern California Law Review (2026) https://southerncalifornialawreview.com/2026/04/09/yikes-the-bluebooks-generative-ai-rule-is-flawed/
Rapoport, Nancy B. & Tiano, Jr., Joseph R., Fighting the Hypothetical: Why Law Firms Should Rethink the Billable Hour in the Generative AI Era, 20 Wash. J. L. Tech. & Arts (2025) https://digitalcommons.law.uw.edu/wjlta/vol20/iss2/2
Wu, A.J., Liu, R., et al., Ads in AI Chatbots? An Analysis of How Large Language Models Navigate Conflicts of Interest (2026) arXiv:2604.08525
