Archive: December 2025

Courts are increasingly sanctioning lawyers who submit briefs containing AI generated “hallucinations,” such as fabricated cases or misquoted legal authorities, emphasizing that attorneys remain fully responsible for verifying accuracy.

A recent decision by the German Hanseatic Higher Regional Court (OLG Hamburg, 5 U 104/24, 10 December 2025) in the case of Robert Kneschke v. LAION e.V. provides the first appellate-level guidance in Germany on questions surrounding copyright exceptions for text and data mining (TDM) and scientific research in the context of AI training.

Texas enacted new legislation that staked out an early position in AI regulation.

The UK’s Cyber Security and Resilience Bill (the Bill) has started making its way through Parliament. The Bill proposes amendments to the UK’s Network and Information Systems Regulations 2018 (NIS Regulations). The NIS Regulations implemented Directive (EU) 2016/1148, the EU’s first NIS Directive, and already impose cybersecurity obligations on some sectors.

The UK’s Cyber Security and Resilience Bill (the Bill) has started making its way through Parliament. This blog post includes headline points on new and existing obligations for the data centre sector.