A New Mexico defense lawyer has been fined $5,000 after using ChatGPT to help draft a murder appeal, failing to check what it produced and filing a brief that included four witnesses who never existed, false testimony, and misrepresented legal authority.The New Mexico Supreme Court held Santa Fe attorney Stephen... Read More »
California will bar social media platforms from offering addictive features such as infinite scroll and autoplay to users under 16, impose new safeguards on AI companion chatbots and expose some companies to damages reaching $1 million per child under a sweeping package signed Thursday by Gov. Gavin Newsom.Signed September 10,... Read More »
Colorado home cooks will soon be able to legally sell tamales, burritos and other refrigerated or meat-filled foods made in their own kitchens under a major expansion of the state’s cottage-food law.The changes take effect January 1 under House Bill 26-1033, known as the “Tamale Act.” Colorado is already preparing... Read More »
Artificial intelligence can add a fireplace to a real estate listing photo, erase damaged flooring or make a room look larger in seconds. As those alterations become harder to detect, states are beginning to set new rules for how brokers, agents and sellers can use them.California already requires real estate... Read More »
Kim Zolciak’s 15-year-old son, Kroy “KJ” Biermann Jr., is asking a Georgia judge to move his seven-felony sexual assault case into juvenile court, a decision that could determine whether he remains exposed to an adult prison sentence of at least 25 years if convicted on some of the most serious... Read More »
Andrew and Tristan Tate will remain in federal custody as they fight extradition to the United Kingdom, where prosecutors are seeking to bring the brothers back to face 59 charges involving seven alleged victims.U.S. Magistrate Judge Lauren Louis denied their request for release Wednesday, September 9, finding that the brothers... Read More »
A former Colorado DNA analyst was sentenced to 10 years in prison Tuesday for manipulating forensic evidence, misconduct that has forced authorities to review more than 1,000 criminal cases and has already reached the Colorado Supreme Court.Yvonne “Missy” Woods, 66, spent nearly three decades as a forensic scientist with the... Read More »
About 8,200 Michigan residents received enhanced driver's licenses or state IDs bearing the same unfamiliar man's face and a generic birth date after a vendor printing error affected thousands of government-issued credentials.The Michigan Department of State said the error involved a batch of enhanced licenses and IDs printed Aug. 26... Read More »
Newly released 9/11 records show New York City officials were discussing toxic exposure, health risks and potential legal claims within weeks of the attacks as residents, workers and students returned to Lower Manhattan.Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Tuesday that more than 170,000 pages of September 11 records are being made public,... Read More »
Amazon is accused of denying pregnant warehouse workers basic accommodations and then disciplining or firing them when pregnancy-related breaks and medical absences counted against their attendance records, according to a proposed nationwide class action filed Tuesday.Four former Amazon employees brought the lawsuit in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, alleging... Read More »
LSU's place in the Southeastern Conference is now formally at risk after the SEC scheduled a Thursday meeting to consider expelling the university, escalating a legal fight over former NFL players seeking to return to college football.The SEC filed an amended federal lawsuit Tuesday asking a judge to protect its... Read More »
Erik and Lyle Menendez could make a new bid for freedom in March 2027 after California officials granted the brothers early parole hearings, moving their next chance at release forward by about 17 months.The California Board of Parole Hearings approved the earlier review after both brothers were denied parole in... Read More »
A federal appeals court has ruled that clean drinking water is not a constitutional right, rejecting claims from Jackson, Mississippi, residents who alleged city officials exposed them to lead-contaminated water and misled the public about its safety.The full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled 10-5 on Sept.... Read More »
Kim Zolciak’s 15-year-old son, Kroy “KJ” Biermann Jr., has been indicted on seven felony charges over an alleged sexual assault at a Georgia gym and remains in youth detention as his lawyers fight to move the case into juvenile court.A Fulton County grand jury charged Biermann with aggravated child molestation,... Read More »
The Big 12 Conference has dropped its federal lawsuit against Texas Tech University and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, ending a legal fight triggered by quarterback Brendan Sorsby’s extensive sports betting violations and the conference’s effort to sanction one of its own schools.The conference filed a notice of voluntary dismissal... Read More »
