This week in legal AI — United States (state)

9 updates on the record, 2026-08-29 to 2026-09-05.

• Research · 2026-09-05
  AI chat logs, note-takers and privilege: what courts have compelled, protected and excluded, 2024 to 2026
  17 rulings and opinions on AI privilege, discovery and AI-generated evidence, 2024 to 2026, coded by question, plus what five note-taker vendors say they keep.
• Research · 2026-09-05
  Consumer AI legal services and self-represented litigants: the services, the court record and the regulators
  12 consumer legal-AI services on one schema, 41 self-represented rows in the incident tracker, two docket studies of AI pro se filings, and the regulators.
• News · 2026-09-04
  D.C. Court of Appeals strikes Deutsche Bank brief over Google AI citations
  The D.C. Court of Appeals struck a Deutsche Bank appellee brief after counsel used Google's generative AI search tool without verifying four nonexistent cases.
• News · 2026-09-04
  Virginia appeal brief drew CLE sanction after 25 phantom quotes
  The Virginia Court of Appeals ordered counsel to take AI or appellate-practice CLE after an appellee brief attributed 25 phantom quotations to Virginia cases.
• Analysis · 2026-09-04
  Must lawyers verify AI output before relying on it?
  Across 130 country records, 50 have a binding, guidance, proposed or case-law answer on verification of AI output.
• Incident · United States (state) · 2026-09-03
  Douglas v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Co., No. 24-CV-1099 (D.C. Ct. App.)
  In the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, Deutsche Bank's appellee brief cited four nonexistent authorities after counsel used Google's generative AI search tool without verification. The court struck the brief, referred the matter to the Office of Disciplinary Counsel and sent the sanctions-authority question to its Rules Committee.
  Primary source: Douglas v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Co., No. 24-CV-1099 (D.C. Ct. App. 3 Sep 2026), published order PDF via CourtListener storage
• Analysis · 2026-09-03
  Summer 2026 in legal AI regulation: SRA warning notice, mandatory Irish declaration and a deferred EU Act
  Summer 2026 reviewed: the SRA's AI warning notice, Ireland's mandatory AI declaration in civil filings and the EU's deferred high-risk AI Act duties.
• Weekly briefing · 2026-09-03
  This week in legal AI safety: tracker reaches 122 incidents; SRA AI warning notice; Ireland's HC 142 live
  Issue 1: 50 incidents added, the SRA's misuse-of-AI warning notice, Ireland's Practice Direction HC 142, deferred EU high-risk duties, 128 tools on record.
• Incident · United States (state) · 2026-08-31
  State v. Presti, No. CAAP-24-0000826 (Haw. Ct. App.)
  On a Hawaii criminal appeal, self-represented appellant Cody Presti filed an opening brief citing 95 cases, 11 of which the court could not locate; six citations pointed to unrelated decisions. The Intermediate Court of Appeals treated arguments supported by nonexistent authority as waived, affirmed the conviction and warned that similar filings can trigger sanctions.
  Primary source: State v. Presti, No. CAAP-24-0000826 (Haw. Ct. App. 31 Aug 2026), published opinion (official PDF)

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