AI chatbots can feel like patient, empathetic companions, ready to explain a difficult subject or offer reassurance at any hour. However, a confident, supportive tone can make unreliable advice seem trustworthy, especially when a person is vulnerable or facing a serious health decision. That concern is at the center of a lawsuit filed by the
Privacy & Data Security
Privacy Tip #515 – Digital Parenting Week
Last week was Digital Parenting Week. I must admit that I was not aware it existed, but certainly believe it’s a good idea. Parents must talk to their kids about the risks of the digital world and how to protect themselves. I previously commented on tips to strengthen children’s privacy in a digital world in…
General Motors Inks $220M Settlement Over Drivers’ Data
On October 29, 2026, General Motors (GM) agreed to pay $220 million to 35 state Attorneys General over allegations that its Smart Driver program associated with its OnStar service violated the privacy of users. The AGs alleged that GM illegally sold drivers’ private location and driving behavior data to brokers without users’ consent, who then…
Pennsylvania’s New Rules for AI-Generated Advertising
By Roma Patel
On October 22, 2026, Pennsylvania Governor Shapiro signed the Artificial Intelligence Deceptive Advertising Act, setting disclosure rules for AI ads in the state.
The Act defines “synthetic content” broadly to include images, video, audio, or text significantly modified or generated by AI. It prohibits advertisers from knowingly, recklessly, or willfully creating or disseminating ads that…
VAPOR PANDA Using AI Pen Testing Platform to Enhance Hacking Speed
My buddies at CrowdStrike have uncovered a campaign launched by threat actor VAPOR PANDA starting on October 17, 2026, where ARTEX (an AI-powered penetration testing tool developed in China) is used with the Chinese-developed DeepSeek LLM to attack “more than 200 distinct organizations worldwide, including foreign ministries in Latin America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle…
Training the Next Generation of Lawyers in the Age of AI, What In-House Counsel Should Look for in their Outside Legal Teams
The legal profession’s apprenticeship model has never been as reliable as many might think. Junior lawyers do not automatically learn from late-night proofreading, routine markups, or being assigned work without guidance. Their development often depends on being paired with a senior lawyer who has the time and skill to teach, and work on matters that…
Could School Software Be a Health-Care Provider?
By Roma Patel
On October 26, 2026, a federal judge denied ed-tech provider PowerSchool’s motion for partial judgment, keeping a California medical-privacy claim alive in In re PowerSchool Holdings, Inc. & PowerSchool Group, LLC Customer Security Breach Litig., No. 25-md-03149-AJB-MSB, slip op. at 12 (S.D. Cal. Oct. 26, 2026).
The case stems from a 2024 data breach that…
Assess the Business Risk of Using an AI Notetaker
AI notetakers are widely used by businesses in all industries. Although efficient, they pose privacy and cybersecurity risks, including lax compliance with established privacy and security frameworks such as GDPR or SOC 2, weak encryption, and recording conversations without consent, which may be in violation of one-party recording laws. For lawyers, it could mean…
The New Client Expectation: Lawyers Who Know How to Use AI
Corporate legal departments are increasingly looking to see how outside counsel use artificial intelligence (AI). At a recent DRI, Association of Lawyers Defending Business conference, legal leaders from Bayer, Fifth Third Bank, and Progressive discussed how AI is entering outside-counsel guidelines and requests for proposals. One panelist captured the competitive shift: outside counsel who learn…
Threat Actors Bury Email Inboxes with Spam Then Reach Out on Teams to Help Victim
Security Company Arctic Wolf has reported that it has documented more than 400 incidents where threat actors flooded employees’ inboxes with spam, to the point of extreme frustration, then used Teams to contact the frustrated employee posting as IT support to assist in fixing the problem. The Teams contact comes within minutes of the flooding…