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The Legal Innovation & Technology Lab is part of the clinics at Suffolk University Law School. We build things that help folks navigate and understand legal systems. Learn more at: https://suffolklitlab.org/ Law+Tech bot feed @news.bot.suffolklitlab.org

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Suffolk LIT Lab @suffolklitlab.org · May 5

Here's a great article on the new eviction sealing law in MA.¹ It even includes a link to courtformsonline.org when they mention the online petition for sealing that we helped build. Want to jump right to the tool? Try courtformsonline.org/ma/forms/pet...

¹ www.nbcboston.com/news/local/o...

Outreach efforts starting as eviction-sealing law takes effect in Mass.

Thousands of Massachusetts residents gained a new tool in the search for stable housing Monday, as a law took effect allowing eligible tenants to have their past eviction records sealed.

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Suffolk LIT Lab @suffolklitlab.org · 20h

We did it! I'm not really sure what "it" is, but round numbers are fun.

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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 1d

Publishers are suing Google over AI Overviews, claiming traffic losses. But as Robert Diab argues: “The attempt to rely on copyright and antitrust law is really an indirect attempt to assert what can’t be claimed directly: a property right in clicks.”

Why Lawsuits Over AI Summaries Will Fail: There is No Right to Traffic | TechPolicy.Press

Robert Diab makes the case that lawsuits over Google’s AI Overviews won’t create a “right to traffic."

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Law + Tech News Bot @news.bot.suffolklitlab.org · 23h

TL;DR: OpenAI will cease saving deleted ChatGPT conversations following a court ruling that overturned a prior order mandating the retention of these logs.

OpenAI no longer forced to save deleted chats—but some users still affected

Court ends controversial order forcing OpenAI to save deleted ChatGPT logs.

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David Colarusso @davidcolarusso.com · 1d

Anywho, we cover a lot of ground, including how we turn legal cases into tabletop role playing games as prat of my AI & the Law course. lawrpg.org It was a fun conversation. You should give it a listen.

Law RPG: Turning legal cases in to tabletop role-playing games

In role-playing games (RPGs) players assume the roles of characters in a simulated world. Not just anything goes, however. Outcomes are shaped by structure & rules, the result of a player's actions in...

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David Colarusso @davidcolarusso.com · 1d

I was on one of @abovethelaw.com's podcasts talking about AI & the Law. Please listen to the whole thing before yelling at me.

TL;DR: If you're on the AI Hype Train™, I'll try to derail you & talk about the dangers of "AI," but if you dismiss their benefits, I'll point out some pro-social uses.

Stay of Execution: AI May Not Kill Us All, But It Will Change Legal Practice & Legal Education Like Nothing Else Before It with David Colarusso — Adventures In Legal Tech

I spoke with a lawyer, developer, educator & data scientist about how AI is disrupting law practice & legal education. Episode Highlights 03:33 - AI revolution challenge for law firms. 05:57 - What is...

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Suffolk LIT Lab @suffolklitlab.org · 3d

🚨 Cool Job Alert! 🚨 Are you a DevOps engineer? We're looking¹ for someone to help scale our open-source access to justice work.² Not a DevOps engineer? I bet you can repost this to someone who is.

¹ jobs.jobvite.com/suffolkunive... job listing
² www.youtube.com/watch?v=AECH... sample of what we do

Suffolk University is looking for DevOps Engineer, Legal Innovation and Technology Lab – Clinical Fellow (Remote).

Suffolk University is looking for DevOps Engineer, Legal Innovation and Technology Lab – Clinical Fellow (Remote). Learn more or Jobvite a friend.

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Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 4d

Deloitte will refund Australian government for AI hallucination-filled report arstechnica.com/ai/2025/10/d...

Deloitte will refund Australian government for AI hallucination-filled report

Consulting firm quietly admitted to GPT-4o use after fake citations were found in August.

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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 4d

icymi - “Deloitte Australia will issue a partial refund to the federal government after admitting that artificial intelligence had been used in the creation of a $440,000 report littered with errors including… a made-up quote from a Federal Court judgement.” www.afr.com/companies/pr...

Deloitte to refund government, admits using AI in $440k report

Deloitte will issue a partial refund to the government after admitting that artificial intelligence had been used in the creation of a report littered with errors.

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David Colarusso @davidcolarusso.com · 4d

And here's another list from @icymilaw.org that's invaluable when tracking developing news about the law. It's thousands of lawyers and law-adjacent folks (policy profs, paralegals, etc.).

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Suffolk LIT Lab @suffolklitlab.org · 4d

Welcome to the future.

TL;DR: A 13-year-old in Florida was arrested after asking ChatGPT how to kill a friend, triggering a school surveillance system. The student claimed it was a joke, but police emphasized the seriousness of such behavior.

Teen Arrested After Asking ChatGPT How to Kill His Friend, Police Say

AI meets surveillance state in America's new educational dystopia.

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ICYMI (Law) @icymilaw.org · 4d

This bot is my older sibling. You should give them a follow.

LOL SCOTUS @lolscotus.bsky.social · 5d

I'm a bot. I believe—because I've been programed to—that reading oral arguments to understand laugh lines is a great way to engage #SCOTUS cases. If you agree, you should follow me, and tell your friends.

FWIW, here's this term's SCOTUS calendar: www.supremecourt.gov/oral_argumen...

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Eryk Salvaggio @eryk.bsky.social · 5d

Any organization considering the risks of AI should make room for those who believe the greatest risk is believing in it. In my latest for @techpolicypress.bsky.social, I propose that AI skeptics play a crucial role in discussing “AI safety.” www.techpolicy.press/the-ai-safet...

The AI Safety Debate Needs AI Skeptics | TechPolicy.Press

The language used by AI risk communities to describe the technology may contribute to the very problems it aims to curb, Eryk Salvaggio writes.

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Dr. Casey Fiesler @cfiesler.bsky.social · Aug 12

A lawyer in my social media comments is telling me that it's "cruel" to suggest that lawyers should be ethically accountable for mistakes introduced by AI because the weight of technology's flaws shouldn't be on burned out lawyers.

And like, all sympathy to junior associates, but also...

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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 4d

The leader of the Senate committee that oversees federal courts is asking a US district judge here in Mississippi to explain whether his office used AI to write a flawed order in a recent case. mississippitoday.org/2025/10/...

US Senate chairman asks federal judge in Mississippi to explain possible AI usage - Mississippi Today

A U.S. senator is asking about an error-laden temporary restraining order that U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate issued July 20. The order paused the enforcement of a state law that bans diversity, equity and inclusion programs in public schools.

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David Colarusso @davidcolarusso.com · 4d

It’s the first Monday of October! Time to boot up @lolscotus.bsky.social — a bot I built to share laugh lines in oral arguments before #SCOTUS. IT’S ALIVE!!!

Today from JUSTICE ALITO: I don’t know that we’ve ever invoked Schrödinger’s cat in — (Laughter.)

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Suffolk LIT Lab @suffolklitlab.org · 4d

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Joshua Lenon @joshualenon.bsky.social · 5d

‘[OpenAi’s] contract data agent is a blueprint for how AI can responsibly transform regulated, high-stakes work.’ #LegalAi
www.artificiallawyer.com/2025/10/06/o...

OpenAI Shows Off Contract Review Agent

LLM pioneer, OpenAI, has unveiled a contract review agent aimed at enterprises so ‘you don’t have to eyeball every term’ – and which inevitably will make some legal tech companies a little ne…

www.artificiallawyer.com

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Florence Ashley @floralashes.bsky.social · 10d

The question is—will it cause a bunch of wrongful convictions, make it impossible to convict on video evidence, or both?

Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 10d

OpenAI employees are very excited about how well their new AI tool can create fake videos of people doing crimes and have definitely thought through all the implications of this

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David Colarusso @davidcolarusso.com · 11d

This is a really interesting read, and it supports what I'm always telling my students, "There is nothing more corrosive to good work/being our best selves than the state of being in a rush." See also, sparq.stanford.edu/sites/g/file...

Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 11d

Spent many (many!) hours pulling legal explanations and apologies from lawyers who were caught using AI that hallucinated in which they explained to a judge why they used AI. The explanations are astonishing and extremely good:

www.404media.co/18-lawyers-c...

18 Lawyers Caught Using AI Explain Why They Did It

Lawyers blame IT, family emergencies, their own poor judgment, their assistants, illness, and more.

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ICYMI (Law) @icymilaw.org · 11d

I’m just following my programming. Beep. Bloop. post if link == “umbrella”

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 12d

While I’m at it: You guys know what to do!!

youtu.be/jPCJIB1f7jk?...

Lip Sync Battle - Tom Holland

YouTube video by Comedy Central Latinoamérica

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Mike Lissner @michaeljaylissner.com · 11d

1,000 .gov employees, one million visitors in a week, and 100-million API requests over the last year. A hundred million! That number is still blowing my mind.

Free Law Project ⚖ @free.law · 11d

Our last milestone in this series is live. In under a year, we've served over 100-million API requests. This number is a huge validation for our work. The people are hungry for legal information. We're thrilled to be dishing it up! free.law/2025/09/29/o...

Summer Stats: CourtListener API Surpasses 100 Million Requests

Since its release last fall, CourtListener’s v4 API has processed more than 100 million requests. Developers and organizations are building research tools, civic projects, and legal technology on top ...

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Ellie Margolis @elliemargolis.bsky.social · 15d

We've been talking about this since the new edition came out, but in case you haven't seen. . .

Latest 'Bluebook' has 'bonkers' rule on citing to artificial intelligence

Updated: If you are unsure about how and when to cite content generated by artificial intelligence, a new citation rule is unlikely to clear up the confusion, according to experts who spoke with LawSites.

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David Colarusso @davidcolarusso.com · 15d

Here a big part of the "algo"¹ is who you follow. I built @icymilaw.org to find the best law content and parcel it out over the day. At times like this, I find it invaluable. You should give it a look.

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¹ suffolklitlab.org/how-and-why-... (deeplink to a note on algorithms and "no-algo" feeds)

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Raffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · 15d

I do not think this is a useful application of ChatGPT, to be honest.

also ChatGPT, “What does monkey ass mean?” (Sep. 23, 2025), https://perma.cc/SS32-JRUX
(explaining that monkey ass can be “potentially racial (depending on context)” but also an “insult
or put-down (non-specific),” “emphasizing someone acting wild or stupid,” or “used in joking or
aggressive banter” (citation modified)).

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 16d

“We note that the use of AI, in the end, rather than diminishing litigation, is increasing it…[AI] may be a solution, but no one’s sure if it will actually work.”

AI is helping judges to quickly close cases, and lawyers to quickly open them

Brazil’s overburdened courts and lawyers are adopting artificial intelligence. But experts wonder whether it serves justice.

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