AI for Lawyers Academy: Legal AI BriefingCourt rules, bar opinions, sanctions and regulation on AI in legal practice, explained.https://www.aiforlawyersacademy.com/en-usCalifornia enacts SB 574, the first state statute governing lawyers’ use of generative AIhttps://www.aiforlawyersacademy.com/news/california-sb-574-lawyer-ai-law/https://www.aiforlawyersacademy.com/news/california-sb-574-lawyer-ai-law/Governor Newsom signed SB 574 on September 30, 2026. From January 1, 2027, California attorneys must verify AI output and every citation in court filings, may not delegate the practice of law to generative AI, and face new confidentiality limits on AI tools.Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTThird Circuit: training a legal research AI on Westlaw headnotes was not fair usehttps://www.aiforlawyersacademy.com/news/third-circuit-thomson-reuters-v-ross/https://www.aiforlawyersacademy.com/news/third-circuit-thomson-reuters-v-ross/In the first federal appellate ruling on fair use in AI training, the Third Circuit affirmed that ROSS Intelligence infringed Thomson Reuters’ copyrights by using Westlaw headnotes to train a competing legal research tool. ROSS has said it will seek Supreme Court review.Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTEU Digital Omnibus on AI enters into force, deferring high-risk obligations to 2027 and 2028https://www.aiforlawyersacademy.com/news/eu-ai-act-digital-omnibus-in-force/https://www.aiforlawyersacademy.com/news/eu-ai-act-digital-omnibus-in-force/The Digital Omnibus on AI entered into force on July 27, 2026. High-risk obligations for Annex III systems now apply from December 2, 2027, and for AI in Annex I regulated products from August 2, 2028. Article 50 transparency obligations still applied from August 2, 2026.Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTNew York courts’ Part 161 AI rule takes effect: no general disclosure duty, strict verificationhttps://www.aiforlawyersacademy.com/news/new-york-part-161-ai-rule/https://www.aiforlawyersacademy.com/news/new-york-part-161-ai-rule/22 NYCRR Part 161, adopted March 25, 2026 and effective June 1, 2026, permits AI use in preparing court papers across the Unified Court System but requires attorneys to review papers and ensure they contain no fabricated or fictitious cases, statutes or other material.Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTNebraska Supreme Court suspends lawyer after 57 of 63 citations in a brief prove defectivehttps://www.aiforlawyersacademy.com/news/nebraska-supreme-court-suspension/https://www.aiforlawyersacademy.com/news/nebraska-supreme-court-suspension/The Nebraska Supreme Court temporarily suspended an Omaha attorney pending a full disciplinary hearing, after a divorce-appeal brief was found to contain 57 defective citations out of 63, including fabricated cases.Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTSixth Circuit orders $15,000 per attorney, full appellate fees and double costs over fabricated citationshttps://www.aiforlawyersacademy.com/news/sixth-circuit-whiting-sanctions/https://www.aiforlawyersacademy.com/news/sixth-circuit-whiting-sanctions/In Whiting v. City of Athens, a Sixth Circuit panel sanctioned two attorneys whose briefs contained more than two dozen fabricated citations and misrepresentations, ordering each to pay $15,000, reimburse the opposing party’s appellate fees, pay double costs, and referring them for discipline.Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTColorado becomes the first state to amend its lawyer ethics rules for AIhttps://www.aiforlawyersacademy.com/news/colorado-ai-amendments-rules-of-professional-conduct/https://www.aiforlawyersacademy.com/news/colorado-ai-amendments-rules-of-professional-conduct/On January 8, 2026, the Colorado Supreme Court approved AI-related amendments to the Colorado Rules of Professional Conduct, including a new Scope paragraph, a revised Comment [8] and a new Comment [9] to Rule 1.1 on competence.Thu, 08 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT