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A new study from MIT and the University of Southern California links the post-ChatGPT era to a sharp rise in self-filed federal civil lawsuits, forcing courts to manage heavier caseloads and more AI-generated paperwork.

A federal judge said errors and fictitious quotations in a brief bore the hallmarks of generative AI misuse, pushing AI reliability back into focus inside the legal system.

Minnesota has enacted what appears to be the first outright state ban on prediction markets, and the CFTC has already sued to block it, arguing federal law gives the agency exclusive authority over the markets.

A proposed class action against Sutter Health and MemorialCare is focusing attention on whether patients were clearly informed before an AI transcription system captured and processed confidential medical conversations.

The U.S. Supreme Court vacated a Fifth Circuit ruling against Grande Communications and told the lower court to reconsider the case in light of its recent decision favoring Cox Communications.