Articles by Sara Merken

AI ‘Hallucinations’ in Court Papers Spell Trouble for Lawyers

U.S. personal injury law firm Morgan & Morgan sent an urgent email this month to its more than 1,000 lawyers: Artificial intelligence can invent fake case law, and using made-up information in a court filing could get you fired. A …

Litigation Funders Deployed $3.2B in U.S. Investments Last Year

Companies that finance U.S. commercial lawsuits in exchange for a cut of any recoveries upped their investments last year, committing $3.2 billion, according to a new report. That represents a 16% increase in capital committed to new U.S. litigation funding …

T-Mobile to Pay $350 Million in Settlement Over Massive Hacking

T-Mobile US Inc. agreed Friday to pay $350 million and spend an additional $150 million to upgrade data security to settle litigation over a cyberattack last year that compromised information belonging to an estimated 76.6 million people. The preliminary settlement …

Judge Advances Privacy Lawsuit Against Google Voice Assistant

A federal judge said Google must face much of a lawsuit accusing the company of illegally recording and disseminating private conversations of people who accidentally trigger its voice-activated Voice Assistant on their smartphones. U.S. District Judge Beth Labson Freeman let …

Judge Advances Privacy Lawsuit Against Google Voice Assistant

A federal judge said Google must face much of a lawsuit accusing the company of illegally recording and disseminating private conversations of people who accidentally trigger its voice-activated Voice Assistant on their smartphones. In a Thursday night decision, U.S. District …