Spending on federal AI influence hit an all-time high last year. Lobbying firms reported a record $37.2 million in earnings from AI-related influence peddling in the fourth quarter, a 38% jump from a year earlier, according to a Bloomberg Government analysis.
A trial against Elon Musk will begin Monday in a San Francisco federal court over whether the world’s richest person manipulated Twitter’s stock price in 2022 to get himself a better deal on the social media platform.
The Pentagon is open to more talks with Anthropic ahead of a 5 p.m. deadline to loosen restrictions on the use of its artificial intelligence technology, a senior Defense Department official said.
Pete Hegseth has issued Anthropic an ultimatum: loosen safety requirements related to AI’s use in fully autonomous weapons and in spying efforts or the Pentagon will compel you to.
Justice Department lawyers are heading to court today to defend President Donald Trump’s attacks on law firms after the administration backtracked on a move to drop out of those fights.
President Donald Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS should reinforce several lessons that extend well beyond this case: Taxpayer privacy is fundamental. Courts have tools to preserve fairness when structural conflicts arise. Presidential proximity to litigation decisions can heighten those conflicts. And policy choices about investment, access, and oversight have real-world consequences.
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Ninth Circuit judges appeared to view a California law requiring law enforcement officers to identify themselves as an unconstitutional regulation of the federal government by the Golden State during oral arguments Tuesday.
Companies are watching to see if a bellwether lawsuit accusing Meta’s Instagram and Google’s YouTube of knowingly designing a product that harms children will force them to add guardrails around algorithms and other code deployed by online platforms.
A California law that requires cancer warnings for cosmetic and personal care products containing diethanolamine violates the First Amendment, a lawsuit filed Monday claims.
The California Institute of Technology accused
Jeffrey Steinfeld joined White & Case as a partner in its global litigation practice in Los Angeles, the firm announced Tuesday.
A few dozen California cities have lucrative deals with retail giants like Apple, Best Buy, and Nike. These deals result in the cities paying millions of dollars from their local tax revenue back to the companies. In this video, we explore how these deals work and what some city and state lawmakers are hoping to do about it.