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Judge Fines Lawyers $5,000 For Using Bogus Case Law From ChatGPT
A federal judge on Thursday imposed $5,000 fines on two lawyers and a law firm in an unprecedented instance in which ChatGPT was blamed for their submission of fictitious legal research in an ...
Titanic Sub Victims’ Families Could Sue Despite Liability Waivers
Liability waivers signed by passengers on a submersible lost at sea during a dive to the Titanic wreck may not shield the vessel's owner from potential lawsuits by the victims' families, legal ...
Insurer Must Defend Firm Sued for Selling Facial Recognition Program to Police
An ambiguous coverage exclusion prevents a liability insurer from dodging the cost of defending a data broker that was sued after selling the Chicago Police Department access to a facial recognition ...
How Lawyers Sank Florida Carriers — and Target ‘Travellers’ With SEO
A troubling phone exchange reveals a problem for insurance carriers that started in Florida and is expanding beyond the state's borders, according to an actuary who recalled the dialogue at a recent ...
Social Inflation Hits Insurers, Not Economies
You know things are bad when the term "nuclear" is deemed inadequate to describe the rise in legal verdicts against corporations. "Thermonuclear" is the new term coined by the public relations and ...
NHTSA Proposes Automatic Emergency Braking Requirements for New Vehicles
The U.S. government's auto safety agency plans to require that all new passenger cars and light trucks include potentially life-saving automatic emergency braking and meet stricter safety standards ...
Delta Air Lines Faces Proposed Greenwashing Class Action
Delta Air Lines is facing a proposed class action lawsuit over advertising touting the U.S. carrier as carbon-neutral, according to a complaint filed on Tuesday in California federal court. The ...
Viewpoint: Detecting Digital Deception in Claim Photos
More than 85 percent of Americans own a smartphone, meaning about 300 million people across the country have high-resolution digital cameras tucked into their pockets. The ubiquity of these devices ...