AI Regulation News: The No-Noise Tracker for Rules That Actually Change Your Work

Mississippi AG Deepfake Notice to Senate Campaign

AG says two AI-generated Senate campaign ads appear to violate state election deepfake law; asked for removal or an injunction may follow. Notice, not a ruling.

Colorado Federal Court AI Certification Order

Court order sanctioning one firm and lawyer under Rule 11(b); requires an AI Certification on their future filings. Binds the named counsel only.

ICO FOI and AI Guidance for Public Authorities

ICO guidance, which we read as non-binding, says AI-assisted FOI requests are not invalid for length or errors, and AI outputs and prompts an authority holds are subject to FOIA.

Home Office Police AI Factsheet and PoliceAI

Non-binding Home Office factsheet: Chief Officers decide police AI use; PoliceAI would test tools and support a planned public register.

Baker v Bath and NES Council: AI Skeleton Error

High Court notes a probable AI hallucination in a litigant in person's skeleton, makes no criticism, and says it was not why the appeal failed.

UK AI Consent and Misuse Bill, First Reading

Commons private member's bill that would require consent to generate a person's likeness with AI; first reading only, second reading listed 27 Nov 2026, not law.

UT Refuses Permission to Appeal AI Summaries Costs

Upper Tribunal refused permission to appeal a GBP 13,068.42 costs order against an accountancy firm, part of it tied to unchecked AI case summaries; no new rule on AI.

UK Judiciary Position Statement on Judicial AI

Judiciary position statement: AI to support but not replace judicial decisions, human sign-off, approved tools only, steering-group approval; sets no new duties for parties.

Texas v. OpenAI and Altman: DTPA, SCOPE Act Suit

Texas AG petition alleges OpenAI and Sam Altman deceived users about ChatGPT safety (DTPA) and lacked SCOPE Act parental tools; allegations, no ruling.

Sweden Bill on Product Liability for AI Software

Government bill that would replace Sweden's 1992 product liability act with a new act covering standalone software and AI systems, proposed to take effect 1 January 2027.

South Korea Public-Sector AI Ethics Standard

MOIS finalised a public-sector AI ethics standard: six values, a 68-item self-check list and human oversight and remedy for AI-assisted decisions; no legal force stated.

Texas AG Opinion KP-0536 on Phantom Citations

Non-binding in our reading: Texas AG opinion reports citations it could not find in a request and a city brief, cites generative AI as a hallmark, and quotes Ethics Opinion 705.

TSE Orders PL to Remove AI Video Linking Lula

TSE plenary unanimously ordered the PL to remove an AI-made Instagram video linking Lula to a criminal faction; ministers split on grounds, per a TSE news release.

Delhi HC Orders AI Deepfake Takedown for Ranaut

Interim order restrains AI deepfakes and fabricated speeches depicting Kangana Ranaut; Meta, MeitY and DoT directed to take down or block listed content within 72 hours.

Chancery Magistrate Warns Plaintiff on GenAI Citations

A Delaware Chancery magistrate recommended declining a Section 220 demand, did not sanction a plaintiff over apparently hallucinated citations, and ordered a GenAI certification on future filings.

Delhi HC Deverakonda AI Deepfake Injunction

Interim order restraining AI, deepfake and face-morph misuse of an actor's persona and directing takedown, domain-lock and blocking steps; not a final ruling.

Poland: AI Assistant Pilot for Administrative Judges

Letter of intent and pilot: 30 NSA staff test a ministry AI assistant; the ministry says a judge must approve every AI-created document. Legal effect unverified.

Pennsylvania Act 87: AI-Generated CSAM Reporting

Enacted statute that, once effective in 90 days, would require mandated reporters to report reasonable cause to suspect AI-generated child sexual abuse material, even if a minor made it.

North Dakota Draft AI Bills 27.0359 and 27.0341

Staff first drafts for an interim committee would require AI-interaction disclosures, add AG-only enforcement with a 60-day cure, a sandbox and AI council, and chatbot rules. Not law.

Datatilsynet Sandbox: AI Minutes in Child Welfare

Non-binding sandbox advice: an AI minutes assistant in child welfare is lawful if data minimisation and storage limitation hold; delete audio and transcripts early; inform data subjects.

Oklahoma OSDE Model District AI Policy

OSDE model board policy template on AI in schools: approved and prohibited educator uses, AI tool inventory, vendor data, parent notice, opt-out. Non-binding on its own; a template for board adoption.

India Supreme Court on AI-Fake Judgments

Supreme Court of India records an objection that counsel's compilation held AI-generated non-existent judgments; exemplary costs were proposed, then deleted; appeals dismissed.

Indonesia Supreme Court Decree on AI in Court Media

Reported decree lets Indonesian courts use AI as a support tool in media work, with AI-assisted content checked, verified and approved before publication; legal force not stated.

BGH SCHUFA Score Ruling: GDPR Art. 15(1)(h)

BGH held a GDPR Art. 15(1)(h) right to score-logic information needs a decisive third-party reliance on the score; a transmitted score plus close adverse decision raises a presumption.

Frankfurt Court: Lyric Copyright Despite AI Claim

Frankfurt appeal court confirmed an interim injunction for a lyricist and rejected an AI-authorship defence; it left open later AI edits to the published song.

Delhi HC Decrees Arjun Kapoor AI Deepfake Suit

Delhi High Court decreed Arjun Kapoor's uncontested suit and made its AI and deepfake restraints absolute against listed defendants; a party-specific decree, not a general rule.

Iceland AI Working Group Report, 69 Proposals

A government working group report with 69 non-binding proposals on AI; cabinet approved one, a steering group of ministries on AI. No duty is created.

Germany Digital Violence Bill and Deepfakes

Government bill (not enacted) that would criminalise unauthorised sexualised deepfakes and add an offence for reputation-damaging deepfakes, with court-ordered identity disclosure.

EU Council Mandate on GDPR Article 88bis and AI

Council negotiating mandate; draft GDPR Article 88bis would allow legitimate interest as a basis for processing personal data in AI development and operation. Not law.

EDPB Statement 1/2026 on Smart Glasses

The EDPB's preliminary, non-binding statement on smart glasses: when wearers are controllers, makers cannot shift GDPR duties to users, and bystanders should be told of recording.

Florida Federal Court Closes Fake-Citation Inquiry

M.D. Fla. order closing its inquiry into fake citations in a brief; it found counsel's remediation a suitable remedy and took no further action.

Fla. 2d DCA Dismisses Appeal Over Fake Citations

Florida Second DCA dismissed an appeal after a brief cited eleven cases it could not locate, holding fictitious citations sanctionable under existing rules.

Arkansas Court Orders Pro Se Litigant to Show Cause

Arkansas Supreme Court order to show cause: a pro se petitioner must supply or explain a case citation the court could not find, or show cause why he should not be sanctioned.

Germany BAG: Invented Citations, Complaint Dismissed

BAG Second Senate dismissed a leave-to-appeal complaint because the brief, with largely non-existent citations, was held not to come from the signing lawyer.

EU Copyright and Generative AI Consultation

Non-binding Commission questionnaire, open to 10 Nov 2026, seeking views on copyright, AI training, licensing, enforcement and AI imitations of performers.

Brazil Senate Bill PL 931/2026 on AI in Health

Pending Senate bill that would require human supervision and patient information when AI is used in care and keep health professionals responsible; awaiting a CAS vote as of 14 Oct 2026.

EU AI Scientific Panel Loss-of-Control Meeting

Commission convened its AI Scientific Panel on loss-of-control incidents; the chair's recommendations (not Commission decisions) are non-binding; combined requests for information to developers annou

Quebec Court Upholds Clearview AI Order

The CAI reports that the Cour du Quebec rejected Clearview AI's appeal of the 2021 order to stop collecting Quebecers' data; enforceability was not decided.

Newsom Vetoes AB 2656 on Public Employer AI Notice

The Governor vetoed AB 2656, which would have required 45 days' written notice to employee organizations before public employers use generative AI. Not law.

Newsom Vetoes California AB 2575 on Clinical AI

Governor's message returns AB 2575 unsigned; the bill, as described, would let patient-care workers override clinical decision support output. Later status not verified.

Tasmania Supreme Court Gen AI Guidelines

Court guidelines, commenced 21 Oct 2026, say a person must check Gen AI content, disclose use if asked, and keep protected information out of non-closed tools.

TSE Orders Removal of Unlabelled AI Election Post

TSE ordered removal of an X post made with AI and lacking the identification required by Res. 23.610 art. 9-B, plus two other posts; per a TSE news release.

Brazil STF Fines Lawyer Over Hidden AI Command

Per the STF release, a minister fined a defendant's lawyer R$ 5,000 for a hidden AI command in a filing and referred the lawyer to the OAB and MPF; single-case ruling.

Victoria Magistrates Court AI Guidelines

Court guidance, not stated to carry separate legal force: users should verify AI material, take care with evidence documents, and not use AI to transcribe unauthorised recordings.

Korea MOGEF AI Character Chatbot Inspection

MOGEF reported harmful replies in some AI character chatbots usable without adult verification and asked operators, voluntarily, to adjust scope and block self-harm and crime content.

Singapore MDDI Reply on Frontier and Agentic AI

Non-binding parliamentary reply: risk-based safeguards for frontier and agentic AI; no mandatory pre-deployment model access; new requirements for high-risk uses still under study.

Fla. 4th DCA: AI Brief Fees Hit Client and Counsel

Florida's Fourth DCA awarded appellate fees against a client and its counsel over an AI-assisted brief; the opinion is not final until any rehearing motion is resolved.

AEPD Warnings on AI Video Surveillance in Spain

The AEPD issued non-sanctioning preventive warnings to two municipalities on AI video surveillance, signed 29 September and published 6 October 2026.

Law Society AI Practice Note for Solicitors

The Law Society's 21 October 2026 practice note on AI in legal practice is non-binding guidance and creates no SRA duty.

SRA Consults on AI in Solicitor Competence

The SRA is consulting, through 3 December 2026, on adding technology and AI references to the Statement of Solicitor Competence; the proposal binds no one.

ICO Agentic AI Call for Evidence Closes 20 Nov

The ICO opened a non-binding call for evidence on agentic AI and data protection; responses close on 20 November 2026.

Iowa: Deepfake Speculation Does Not Bar Video

Iowa's Supreme Court opinion of 9 October 2026 treats speculation that a video is a deepfake as not, by itself, a bar to admission; it sets no national or forensic standard.

Fifth Circuit Vacates Injunction Over Hallucinated TRO

A Fifth Circuit panel vacated a preliminary injunction on 22 October 2026 and ordered reassignment to a different district judge; the opinion recounts hallucinated content in the district court's order.

State AGs Sue OpenAI Over ChatGPT Safety Claims

Three state attorneys general (Iowa, Idaho, Arkansas) filed complaints on 14 October 2026 alleging OpenAI misrepresented ChatGPT's safety; these are allegations, not rulings.

EU Draft Rules for AI Office Fining Proceedings

A Commission draft would set file-access, adviser and limitation rules for AI Act fining proceedings; feedback closes 9 November 2026.

Singapore Ministry of Law Issues Nonbinding GenAI Guide for Legal Work

Official legal-sector guidance promotes professional judgment, confidentiality and context-specific transparency. It is not a new law or court rule.

Philippine Supreme Court Adopts AI Judiciary Framework

An adopted judiciary framework sets scoped AI disclosure and vendor-transparency requirements. It is not a general AI Act.

Colombia Sets Child-Safety Duties for Accessible AI Systems

Decree 769 is in force. It reaches certain child-accessible AI systems and covered digital services. It is not a general AI Act.

Brazil ANPD Monitors AI Intimate-Content Risks

ANPD says Decrees 12.975/2026 and 12.976/2026 are in force and is monitoring platform duties and AI-manipulated intimate-content risks. This is not a general AI Act.

Australia Signals a Digital Duty of Care for AI Companies

Australia outlined five AI consumer-safety workstreams, including planned Digital Duty of Care legislation. It is a policy signal, not an enforceable new AI rule.

Ireland High Court GenAI Court Document Rules

Ireland High Court Practice Direction HC 142 takes effect September 1, 2026. It sets verification, disclosure and evidence duties for High Court Court Documents.

Austria Named Its AI Act Rights Bodies but Has Notified No Regulator

The AI Act became generally applicable on August 2. Austria has published its Article 77 fundamental-rights bodies but has notified no market surveillance authority and no notifying authority, a year past the Article 70 deadline.

Idaho's Chatbot Law Got Narrower and Broader at the Same Time

Signed March 31 as Session Law Chapter 249 and operative July 1, 2027. The floor amendment added purpose-limited exclusions and dropped the word develops from the definition of operator.

Norway Meant to Land Its AI Law With the EU's August Deadline

Norway takes the AI Act through the EEA, so it binds when the KI-loven takes effect rather than on the EU's August 2 date. Nkom still describes the law as on its way.

Malta Named Its AI Act Authorities by Legal Notice

Legal Notice 226 of 2025 designates the MDIA as lead market surveillance authority and single point of contact; Legal Notice 227 of 2025 empowers the IDPC for law enforcement AI.

Sri Lanka Just Put a Date on the Part of Its Data Law That Reaches Profiling

Gazette Extraordinary 2498/16 appoints January 1, 2027 for Section 2, Section 3, Part I and Part III of the Personal Data Protection Act, including the extraterritorial scope clause and the profiling impact assessment duty.

Jordan Now Requires AI Disclosure in Digital Media

Regulation No. 13 of 2026, the Digital Media Regulation Bylaw, was published in the Official Gazette and entered into force on April 23, 2026.

Croatia Scheduled Its AI Act Law and Has Not Passed It Yet

The 2026 legislation alignment plan published in Narodne novine 26/2026 schedules the national AI Act implementing law. No implementing law was identified as enacted in the sources reviewed.

Belgium's AI Influencer Sweep Found 69 Percent Non-Disclosure

FPS Economy published the findings of an ICPEN sweep it coordinated: 69 percent of influencers using AI-generated or AI-edited images did not systematically disclose that fact.

Slovakia's AI Act Bill Is Still a Draft

The national AI Act implementing bill LP/2026/17 was withdrawn from the tripartite council agenda in March 2026 and had not been submitted to parliament by the general application date.

Iceland Says Its AI Act Bill Waits on EEA Incorporation

A three-ministry working group on deepfakes was announced on May 28, 2026, alongside official confirmation that no AI Act implementing bill will be tabled until the Regulation is taken into the EEA Agreement.

Ukraine Opens Drafting of an EU-Aligned AI Law

The Ministry of Digital Transformation convened the first meeting of its working group on the legal regulation of AI on June 15, 2026, opening the drafting phase for Ukraine's first dedicated AI law.

Tunisia's Data Bill Would Regulate AI and Is Still in Committee

Proposal for an Organic Law No. 095/2025 on the protection of personal data, carrying Tunisia's first statutory AI provisions, was examined in parliamentary committee on February 17, 2026.

Bangladesh's Draft AI Policy Sets Risk Tiers Without a Law

Draft v2 of the National AI Policy 2026-2030, dated February 9, 2026, was published for public consultation. It is a policy instrument, not legislation.

Panama Created an AI Subcommission by Decree

Executive Decree No. 36 of May 7, 2026 declares critical and emerging technologies a national priority and creates the governance bodies behind a National AI Strategy.

Costa Rica's Courts Put Binding Rules on Generative AI Use

Circular of the Secretariat of the Supreme Court No. 31-2026 sets ethical rules and guidelines for the use of generative AI across the judiciary.

Bulgaria Scheduled Its AI Act Law for October

Council of Ministers Decision No. 577 of July 29, 2026 adopts the legislative programme scheduling the national AI Act implementing law and the designation of competent authorities.

Albania Published a Draft AI Law Transposing the EU Act

AKSHI published a draft law on artificial intelligence in the public consultation register, transposing the EU AI Act into Albanian law ahead of accession.

Mongolia Bill Would Mandate AI Content Labels

A bill submitted to the State Great Khural would require labelling of AI-generated content, with enforcement assigned to the Communications Regulatory Commission.

Dominican Antitrust Regulator Targets Algorithmic Collusion

PRO-COMPETENCIA issued a public recommendation report to the Senate addressing algorithmic collusion and pricing under the competition bill.

NIST Drafted a Voluntary AI Documentation Standard

NIST AI 300-1 ipd, a zero draft on guidance and templates for public-facing AI documentation, was released for comment. It is voluntary and creates no legal duty.

Russia's First AI Statute: Localisation, Not Risk Tiers

Putin signed Draft Law No. 1271570-8 on July 29, in force September 1. Thirteen framework articles defining large foundation models at one billion parameters, splitting them into sovereign and national classes, and requiring both to keep servers and data in Russia.

Alabama SB63: A Licensed Clinician on Every AI-Assisted Denial

Effective October 1, health plans using AI in prior authorization must base determinations on the enrollee's own record, certify annually to the Department of Insurance, and route every denial, delay or modification to a licensed professional competent to evaluate the AI.

Colorado Ends Reimbursement for AI-Conducted Psychotherapy

Signed June 2 and effective January 1, 2027. Conditions AI in utilization review, requires a disclosure filing describing where AI runs and how humans oversee it, and bars carriers and state programs from reimbursing psychotherapy conducted directly by an AI system.

Illinois Bars Automated Downcoding Outright

Public Act 104-0568 prohibits issuers from using any automated process, system or tool to downcode a claim, requires a natural person on every determination under current AMA CPT guidance, and adds a 90-day dispute path. Effective January 1, 2028.

Alabama Bar: Choosing the Wrong AI Tool Is a Competence Failure

Formal Opinion 2026-01 applies existing conduct rules to generative and agentic AI. Vendor selection sits inside Rule 1.1, every AI citation needs verification against an authoritative database, and the opinion cites two Alabama AI-citation decisions.

Jersey JFSC: AI Accountability Stops at the Board

Guidance published July 17 introduces no new regime but confirms existing obligations apply to AI. Responsibility cannot be delegated to technology, boards remain accountable, and firms must review AI vendor contracts for data use and confidentiality.

Delhi HC Refuses to Injunct OpenAI's Training on ANI Content

A single judge dismissed ANI's interim injunction application, holding on a prima facie view that storage for LLM training falls within section 52(1)(a) fair dealing. The court also found the outputs were not substantially similar and that memorisation was not proved. Paragraph 274 disclaims any bearing on the final outcome.

India Keeps the Filing Step for AI Medical Software Updates

CDSCO's final Medical Device Software guidance formalises an Algorithm Change Protocol for AI, but a major change still needs licensing-authority approval and a minor change still needs notification. Models trained outside India now need a documented justification of applicability to Indian clinical environments.

FDA Gives AI a Standing Division Inside CDER

A reorganisation notice places a Division of Artificial Intelligence inside CDER's Office of Medical Policy, beside real-world evidence analytics rather than product review. It is an org chart and creates no obligation.

Italy Would Give the Garante the AI Act Policing Seat

A draft decree would designate the data protection authority as AI Act market surveillance authority for the Article 74(8) categories, the opposite institutional choice from Germany's. The decree is a draft and the Garante's workplace ask is an observation, not a condition.

Morocco Bars Misleading AI Election Content on Broadcast

CSCA decision 50-26 art. 6 bars AI-generated or AI-transformed election content on licensed broadcast, with a narrow exception available only for information, explanation or verification and only with a visible, permanent, comprehensible signal.

eSafety Warns School Photos Are Being Harvested for AI Deepfakes

An eSafety advisory sets out what the regulator can and cannot compel off a platform: altered intimate images draw enforceable removal notices, while non-sexual face swaps of adults may fall outside the criteria. It is guidance, not a statute.

Brazil: an AI Avatar Does Not Escape a Speech Ban

An STF order applies the electoral deepfake rule, which bars synthetic audio or video of a real person used to harm or favour a candidacy even with that person's authorisation. Consent is not a defence where the rule protects a process.

China Would Move AI Labelling Duties Into Primary Law

A CAC draft statute of 60 articles would give AI detection, labelling and provenance-tracing duties statutory rank, with fines to RMB 2,000,000 and personal liability. It is a draft; comments close 28 August 2026.

Tenth Circuit Publishes Its AI Citation Rule and Declines Sanctions

A published Tenth Circuit opinion holds that fabricated citations breach Rule 46.5 and are sanctionable at the court's discretion, while declining to sanction in this case.

Third Circuit Revives an AI Price-Fixing Case Against Casinos

A precedential Third Circuit ruling holds that competitors feeding non-public pricing and occupancy data into one vendor's AI engine can plausibly plead a Sherman Act section 1 conspiracy. It is a pleading standard, not a finding of liability.

Illinois Sets $1,500 Per False AI Citation, and $15,000 in All

The First District fined an attorney $15,000 for 10 false citations, priced every type of falsehood the same, and said fines must keep rising until they deter.

MHRA Draws the AI Scribe Device Line at the Claim, Not the Tech

MHRA guidance with NHS England sets when an AI scribe is a medical device in Great Britain. Transcription and summarising are not; suggested diagnoses and diagnostic claims are.

Court of Appeal: AI Witness Prep Is Prohibited Coaching

R v FGD [2026] EWCA Crim 918. The Court of Appeal allowed the prosecution appeal and held a stay was the wrong remedy after a witness used a chatbot to rehearse cross-examination.

EU AI Omnibus Enters Into Force: The Operative Calendar

Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 is binding law from 27 July 2026. Entry into force is not application: Annex III high-risk applies 2 Dec 2027, Annex I 2 Aug 2028.

Germany Splits AI Act Supervision Across BaFin and the Laender

Promulgated as BGBl. 2026 I Nr. 223. Paragraph 2 carves financial entities to BaFin, Annex III items to a dedicated chamber, and Land bodies to the Laender.

Poland Publishes Its AI Systems Act and Designates KRiBSI

Dziennik Ustaw 2026 poz. 1003. Article 5(1) names KRiBSI as the Article 70(1) market surveillance authority. Commencement is staged.

Korea PIPC Fines TikTok and Apple Over Siri Transcripts

KRW 10.558bn total. PIPC held that text transcripts derived from Siri audio needed their own lawful basis, separate from the recordings.

Korea Decree 36506: Machine-Readable AI Labels Are Not Enough

Presidential Decree No. 36506 in force 21 July 2026. Article 23(2) requires a human-facing notice or audio cue at least once alongside any embedded label.

China Order No. 25 Keeps Automated Decisions In Scope

CAC and MPS created a simplified PIPL track for processors under 100,000 people, but automated decision-making stays an express audit and assessment trigger.

China Drafts a National Standard for Grading AI Security

TC260 opened consultation on moving AI application security grading from practice guide to full GB national standard. No GB number assigned yet.

Vietnam Decision 29 Requires Portal AI To Stay Advisory

In force 20 July 2026. Article 48 of the annexed Regulation requires AI output on the National Public Service Portal to remain reference and support only.

Japan APPI Amendment Promulgated as Act No. 56

Promulgated 17 July 2026. Commencement is deferred to a Cabinet Order within two years, so this is a planning horizon and not a compliance deadline.

Japan MOJ Draft Report on AI Likeness and Voice Misuse

A draft report reading existing tort, publicity and unfair-competition doctrine onto generative-AI likeness and voice misuse. It binds nobody.

Uzbekistan Writes AI Into Its 2030 Digital Strategy

Decree PF-141 in force 25 July 2026. It orders the drafting of AI ethics rules and state standards on a quarterly clock. It does not itself bind private developers.

Buenos Aires Province Gates AI Purchases Before They Happen

Decreto 742/2026 creates a mandatory AI Registry and prior clearance for AI development, procurement and renewal across the provincial administration.

Brazil Court Treats an AI-Assisted Defence as Non-Existent

A federal judge struck the filing as juridically non-existent, decreed default and imposed a 10 percent bad-faith fine. First instance, inter partes only.

Chile Chamber Advances Its Deepfake Bill, 128-2

Boletin 17795-19 approved in general at first constitutional stage on 22 July 2026. It is not law and imposes no duties yet.

Hawaii Act 247 Creates Consent Liability for AI Imitations

Signed 14 July 2026, effective on approval. Consent-based civil liability up to $25,000 per advertisement, with a separate Attorney General channel.

Iowa Adopts Binding AI Rules for Judges and Court Staff

Chapter 27 bars judges from deferring to AI work product and gates any AI tool touching judicial case information. Effective 1 January 2027.

Mississippi Adopts the NAIC AI Bulletin With No Runway

Bulletin 2026-9 tracks the NAIC AI Model Bulletin and states no transition period, so the governance expectation is live on issuance.

New Jersey Bans Surveillance Pricing on Necessities

The Fair Price Protection Act bars using personal data to set individualised prices for identical necessities. Effective date not stated in the signing release.

Washington Board Moves To Say Only Humans Practice Medicine

Two draft documents out for comment reach Delaware's result by board interpretation rather than statute, with discipline exposure under RCW 18.130.180.

xAI Sues To Block Minnesota's Nudification Law

A pre-enforcement complaint filed 27 July 2026 seeking to stop HF 1606 before its 1 August effective date. No court has ruled and no injunction has issued.

Four Courts, Four Remedies for Pro Se AI Citations

Oregon, Tennessee, Florida and Illinois reached four different outcomes in nine days. Existing AI rules bind attorneys, and pro se filers sit outside them.

Italy's Garante Orders DeepSeek to Limit Italian Data Processing

Italy's Garante ordered DeepSeek's Chinese operators to stop processing Italian users' data on 30 Jan 2025 under GDPR Art. 58(2)(f). The order expl...

Spain AEPD Fines Aena EUR 10.04M for DPIA Failure on Biometrics

Spain's AEPD fined Aena 10.04M euros over biometric boarding. The breach: an Article 35 impact-assessment failure, not the facial scan itself.

OLG Hamburg, Kneschke v. LAION: the opt-out ruling

OLG Hamburg (10 Dec 2025, 5 U 104/24) upheld LAION's AI-training scrape; the photographer's natural-language opt-out was not shown machine-readable.

Hungary Act LXXV of 2025: Implementing the EU AI Act

Hungary Act LXXV of 2025 sets the framework for applying the EU AI Act: the designated authorities, who is covered, fines, and the 2025 to 2026 dea...

Slovenia's ZIUDHPUI: AI Act Implementation Law, Explained

Slovenia's ZIUDHPUI (Ur. list RS 85/2025) names five AI Act market-surveillance authorities, makes AKOS the contact point, and sets fines up to EUR...

Latvia AI Centre Law creates supervised AI sandbox powers

Latvia's AI Centre Law (adopted 6 March 2025) creates a state AI foundation and a Section 8 sandbox where rules differing from laws in force may op...

El Salvador AI Promotion Law and ANIA Registry

El Salvador's AI law (approved 26 Feb 2025) created ANIA and a national AI registry. What it requires, who is covered, and why it matters.

Romania Proposes ANCOM as AI Act Market Watchdog & Contact

A Government memorandum on the agenda of Romania's 12 March 2026 sitting proposes the AI Act competent authorities, putting ANCOM forward as market...

Thailand: BoT AI Risk Management Policy Guidelines for Finance

On 12 Sep 2025 the Bank of Thailand issued non-binding AI risk-management policy guidelines for banks and payment firms: what they expect, who they...

Council of Europe Approves HUDERIA Model COBRA Resources

The Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers approved the HUDERIA Model and COBRA risk-analysis resources on Feb 25, 2026. Guidance, not a binding rule.

India Bar Council Circular Restricts Advocate AI Deepfakes

Bar Council of India Circular BCI/D/4659/2026 directs immediate curbs on advocate social-media misuse, AI-generated content, deepfakes and voice cloning.

AI Labeling Act of 2026 (S. 4915): Disclosure Bill Filed

Senators Schatz, Curtis, and Warner introduced S. 4915, the AI Labeling Act of 2026, on June 24, 2026, to require disclosures for AI-generated content. ...

Australian Federal Court Practice Note on Generative AI Use

The Federal Court of Australia's GPN-AI practice note, signed by Chief Justice Mortimer on 16 April 2026, says the Court may require anyone who files wi...

Australia ADM Transparency Duty Set to Start Dec 10, 2026

From 10 December 2026, Australian APP entities using personal information in automated decision-making that could significantly affect individuals must ...

BIS Flags Increasingly Leveraged AI Financing

In its Annual Economic Report 2026, published June 28, the BIS warned that the financing of AI is increasingly leveraged and named the AI boom a top pre...

Brazil ANPD Note Recommends Probe of X Grok Deepfakes

Brazil's data authority ANPD issued a technical note recommending an enforcement proceeding against X over Grok generating non-consensual sexualized dee...

Brazil PL 6237: Executive AI Bill Attached to PL 2338

Brazil's federal Executive filed PL 6237/2025 to create a National System for AI Development, Regulation and Governance. In April 2026 it was attached t...

Beijing Internet Court: AI Face-Swap Infringes Likeness

The Beijing Internet Court found for an actress whose likeness was AI face-swapped into a 44-episode short drama, reasoning that a recognizable AI face ...

China SAMR Publishes Five AI-Related Unfair-Competition Cases

China's market regulator SAMR published five closed enforcement cases over AI-branded unfair competition on February 6, 2026, with fines from RMB 5,000 ...

CNIL Names AI Recruitment a 2026 Control Priority

France's CNIL named recruitment a 2026 priority-control theme, focusing on automated decision-making in hiring. It is an audit program, not a fine, and ...

Ghana Unveils Non-Binding National AI Strategy 2025-2035

Ghana launched its National Artificial Intelligence Strategy in Accra on April 24, 2026. It is a ten-year policy roadmap, not a binding AI law, anchored...

Hong Kong PCPD Checks 60 Firms on AI Privacy, No Breach

Hong Kong's Privacy Commissioner checked 60 organisations on AI and personal data, found 95% now use AI and no PDPO breach, and issued agentic-AI guidan...

House Science Committee Advances 10 AI Bills

On June 25, 2026, the House Science Committee passed a bipartisan package of 10 AI bills, including the CREATE AI Act and the AI Security and Innovation...

RBI FREE-AI Report: 7 Sutras, 26 AI Recommendations

India's central bank released the FREE-AI committee report on August 13, 2025: 7 Sutras and 26 recommendations across six pillars for AI in finance. It ...

Iowa Enacts Conversational AI Rules for Minors (SF2417)

Iowa SF2417 creates Iowa Code chapter 554J: operators of defined conversational AI services must, where they know or are reasonably certain a user is a ...

ISO/IEC 12792: Voluntary AI Transparency Taxonomy Standard

ISO/IEC 12792:2025, published November 2025, is a voluntary international standard that sets a common taxonomy of transparency information elements for ...

NZ Public Service AI Framework: Non-Binding Guidance

New Zealand's Public Service AI Framework encourages agencies to be transparent about AI use and align with six pillars. It is voluntary guidance, not b...

OECD Plans Streamlined Hiroshima AI Reporting Framework v2

The OECD is streamlining the Hiroshima AI Process Reporting Framework, a common, voluntary structure for disclosing AI governance and risk practices. No...

Oklahoma HB2992: Data Center Ratepayer Protection Act of 2026

Oklahoma HB2992, the enrolled Data Center Customer Ratepayer Protection Act of 2026, would require electric suppliers to put large-load customers such a...

Oklahoma SB1521 Would Require ID-Verified AI Chatbot Accounts

Oklahoma SB1521 would require anyone using an AI chatbot to create an account and pass age verification authenticated by uploading a valid state-issued ...

Oman Decree 50/2026: AI-Themed Special Economic Zone

Oman's Royal Decree 50/2026 establishes an Artificial Intelligence Special Zone in the Governorate of Muscat and grants its projects the incentives of t...

Singapore IMDA Issues Voluntary GenAI Chatbot Info-Card Guide

Singapore's IMDA launched voluntary Transparency Guidelines for GenAI Chatbots on July 20, 2026, built around a plain-language chatbot info card. Adopte...

Spain's AEPD Sanctions University Biometric Exam Proctoring

Spain's data protection authority, the AEPD, sanctioned Universidad Internacional de Valencia (VIU) over a mandatory biometric facial-recognition and du...

Switzerland Plans AI Rules Consultation Draft by End of 2026

Switzerland's Federal Council has instructed the FDJP to prepare a consultation draft for new AI rules by the end of 2026, while SIF reviews financial-s...

UK Judiciary Refreshes AI Guidance for Judges

On October 31, 2025 the Courts and Tribunals Judiciary refreshed its AI guidance for judicial office holders, with updated discussion of risks and safeg...

NSPM-11: Trump AI Memo for the National Security Enterprise

According to a White House fact sheet, President Trump signed NSPM-11 on June 5, 2026, directing the national security enterprise to accelerate AI adopt...

WIPO Launches AI Infrastructure Interchange (AIII)

WIPO launched the AI Infrastructure Interchange (AIII) on March 17, 2026, an expert dialogue forum on IP and AI. It is a discussion venue, not a rule. W...

Wyoming HB0102 Would Create AI Self-Harm and Deepfake Felonies

Wyoming HB0102, an engrossed bill, would make it a felony to use AI to promote self-harm or create synthetic sexual material of children, would bar 'AI ...

The Heppner ruling and AI privilege for attorneys

How the Heppner ruling frames privilege when attorneys use AI tools.

Florida Rule 2.515 and AI filing sanctions for attorneys

Florida Rule 2.515, AI in filings, and the sanctions exposure for attorneys.

New AI court rules in New York and Florida: what to do now

Courts are issuing standing orders on AI use in filings; disclosure and verification are becoming table stakes.

The AI competence duty for lawyers: a checklist

Bar guidance now treats AI competence as part of the duty of technological competence.

Your AI prompts are discoverable in litigation

Prompts and AI sessions can be reachable in discovery; treat them like any other work product.

AI in the engagement letter: client terms that hold up

Set client expectations about AI use in the engagement letter, not after a dispute.

Generative AI versus TAR in document review

Generative review tools change the defensibility conversation that TAR settled a decade ago.

Billing AI-assisted legal work: the ethics

Efficiency gains from AI raise real questions about what you can ethically bill.

AI citation hallucinations in legal filings

Fabricated citations have drawn sanctions; verification is non-negotiable before filing.

Eleventh Circuit Hallucinated Citations Disciplinary Referral

The Eleventh Circuit turns hallucinated citations into a discipline problem for lawyers.

Florida Sues OpenAI and Sam Altman Personally

Florida sues OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman personally on product-liability and FDUTPA theories over ChatGPT.

DOL Judges Make Filers Own AI-Assisted Work

DOL administrative judges make filers verify AI-assisted work or face sanctions.

India Supreme Court Draft Rules for AI in Courts

India's Supreme Court floats draft rules limiting AI-only outcomes and adding filing disclosure duties.

Brazil Bar Suspends Two Lawyers Over AI Prompt Injection

Brazil's Paraiba Bar suspends two lawyers for hidden prompt-injection instructions planted to hijack a court's drafting AI.

BC Provincial Court Urges Verifying AI Before Filing

The BC Provincial Court tells lawyers and self-represented litigants to verify AI output before filing.

Third Circuit Rejects 'AI Decided My Case' Fraud Claim

The Third Circuit rejects a litigant's unsupported claim that AI decided his case, in a non-precedential ruling.

Trinidad and Tobago Courts Set Binding AI Filing Rules

The Trinidad and Tobago judiciary issues a practice direction setting binding rules for AI use in court filings.

Ontario Tribunal Orders 31150 AI Hallucination Costs

An Ontario tribunal orders 31,150 dollars in costs after a party filed AI-hallucinated citations in the Mazaheri matter.

Dutch Appeals Court Upholds Order to Open X Moderation Data

A Dutch appeals court upholds an order requiring X to open automated moderation data under Article 15 access rights.

Virginia Bars AI as Sole Decision-Maker in Criminal Justice

Virginia bars AI from acting as the sole decision-maker in criminal justice determinations, requiring a human in the loop.

NSW Law Society Guide Maps Solicitor AI Duties to Conduct Rules

The NSW Law Society guide maps solicitors' responsible AI use to existing professional conduct rules.

Rome Court Annuls OpenAI Italian Fine on Jurisdiction

A Rome court annuls the Garante's OpenAI fine on jurisdictional grounds, reshaping EU enforcement.

Publishers Sue Google Over Gemini AI Training

Publishers and authors file a class action against Google over Gemini AI training on their works.

Munich Injunction: Google AI Output Is Its Own Content