October 14, 2025 - Code, Copyright, and the Courtroom

Today, the legal profession is undergoing a fundamental transformation as artificial intelligence (AI) accelerates workflows and redefines practice. Specialized tools, such as those within Westlaw Advantage, are streamlining legal research and accelerating litigation strategy grounded in trusted content, positioning AI as a mandatory tool for modern legal departments. This rapid adoption, however, is generating profound ethical and legal crises; attorneys face severe reprimands for citing cases that generative AI models have fabricated or "hallucinated". Moreover, the technology itself exhibits fundamental limitations in complex hierarchical legal reasoning, achieving low accuracy rates on integrated analysis tasks. This friction extends to intellectual property, where tech giants are confronting lawsuits over using copyrighted news and music to train large language models (LLMs), raising pivotal questions about fair use globally. While law firms must adapt client acquisition methods to new AI platforms like ChatGPT and embrace human-centered Design Thinking for integration, they simultaneously face a patchwork of state regulations, criticized as a "regulatory frenzy" by some, and strict new privacy mandates, such as California's Opt Me Out Act, underscoring that success depends on moving beyond simple experimentation to robust, trustworthy integration.Law firms need to be thinking about ChatGPT2025-10-13 | JD SupraLegal Technology Career?2025-10-13 | The Student RoomMaryland judges rebuke attorney over AI-generated citations: ‘A serious problem’2025-10-13 | The Baltimore BannerSpeed up litigation prep by using AI for legal research2025-10-13 | Legal.ThomsonReuters.comRead the article : Stanford Lawyer Magazine | A Passion for Data, a Vision for Law2025-10-13 | Stanford Law SchoolAI Czar Sacks Says State Laws Will Create ‘Woke AI’ Patchwork – MeriTalk2025-10-13 | EUROPE SAYSBluesky enforces age checks in Ohio under new law; many adult sites don't comply2025-10-13 | Fox8AI in Practice: Using Design Thinking to build a culture of innovation for the AI era - Thomson Reuters Institute2025-10-13 | Thomson ReutersRegulators Probe Tech Giant After Media Firms Allege AI Copyright Violations2025-10-13 | ParameterHaving been accused of stream-ripping by the majors, Suno and Udio intervene in high profile stream-ripper case2025-10-13 | Complete Music UpdateDeepfake America: Navigating the New Legal Minefield of AI Illusions2025-10-13 | Lawyer Monthly5 Key Takeaways | Issues Concerning AI that Legal Professionals Need to Know2025-10-13 | JD SupraThe first AI 'law firm' in the UK2025-10-13 | Mark CarriganHow to Track AI Search Traffic in Google Analytics 4: A Step-by-Step Guide for Law Firms2025-10-13 | JD SupraÉcija: AI, external capital and expansion in Latin America2025-10-13 | EUROPE SAYSThinking Longer, Not Always Smarter: Evaluating LLM Capabilities in Hierarchical Legal Reasoning2025-10-13 | arXiv.org30 Years In Legal Tech Competition – Vote for your winner here!2025-10-13 | Legal IT InsiderTechnical Measures for GDPR Compliance: What Exactly Needs to Be Done?2025-10-13 | Legal IT groupVis-a-Vis and London Law Expo – The highlights and insights2025-10-13 | Legal IT InsiderThe AI Culture Clash: AI Integration Lags Behind the Hype2025-10-13 | Artificial LawyerNew USPTO Director Immediately Wades into the 101 Subject Matter Eligibility Mess2025-10-13 | Dinsmore & ShohlThe California Opt Me Out Act: What it Means for Businesses Subject to the California Consumer Privacy Act2025-10-13 | Clark HillFederal Judge Tosses Drake’s Defamation Lawsuit Against Universal Over Kendrick Lamar Diss Track2025-10-11 | Black EnterpriseBigLaw Firms Turn to Law Students for Recruiting: A New Era in Legal Talent Outreach2025-10-11 | JDJournalYour 2025 Legal Resume Refresh Guide2025-10-11 | JDJournal