Effective May 12, 2025, the FTC’s Rule on Unfair or Deceptive Fees, 16 C.F.R. Part 464, prohibits bait-and-switch pricing and other tactics used to obscure and misrepresent total prices and fees for live-event tickets and short-term lodging.

https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/resources/rule-unfair-or-deceptive-fees-frequently-asked-questions

Supposed "AI Detector" claimed 98% accuracy, but "testing shows the AI model powering Workado's detector could correctly classify non-academic AI-generated text with around 53 percent accuracy"
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/05/02/2025-07617/workado-llc-fka-content-at-scale-ai-analysis-of-proposed-consent-order-to-aid-public-comment
#lawfedi #ai #ftc

I wonder if this includes fraud detection. #TechLaw #lawfedi #ArtificialIntelligence #ecommerce

https://www.zdnet.com/article/visa-preps-ai-ready-credit-cards-for-automated-shopping-transactions/

For the first time, a U.S. federal district court has formally and definitively invalidated Trump's invocation of the Alien Enemies Act (AEA) as a basis for his Proclamation to detain and remove Venezuelan aliens who are members of Tren de Aragua (TdA). 1/ https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txsd.2000771/gov.uscourts.txsd.2000771.58.0_1.pdf #LawFedi

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Find your local #NationalLawDayOfAction for #MayDayStrong

From: @kellyromanych
https://mastodon.social/@kellyromanych/114428298299469698

The latest issue of Lawyer Ex Machina is out (a little early): the TAKE IT DOWN Act passes Congress, Redditors used as lab rats for AI persuasion experiments, a Lyft rider found out that her mid-ride conversation was recorded, and more #lawfedi #lawlibrarians #legaltech https://buttondown.com/LawyerExMachina/archive/finals-time-spring-2025/

"Released #ColumbiaStudent to #Trump: ‘I’m Not Afraid of You’

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/detained-columbia-student-mohsen-mahdawi-freed-by-judge.html

#mohsenmahdawi
#USpol
#Lawfedi
#FreeSpeech

Paul Clement, a big time Federalist Society favorite attorney, has joined Judge Hannah Dugan’s defense team. He’s not a favorite of mine, but good for him for doing this. https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/2025/04/29/see-the-legal-players-in-the-case-against-milwaukee-judge-hannah-dugan/83327855007/ #LawFedi #JudgeDugan

"To take #equality seriously, we must accept that rights matter in relation to both #sex and #gender, though not necessarily in the same contexts. We must accept, too, that we need to defend rights for all individuals, whether they define themselves by sex or gender."

https://observer.co.uk/news/opinion-and-ideas/article/kenan-malik-column-trans-rights-supreme-court

#sexualequality
#womensrights
#transrights
#societalrules
#UKpol
#equalityact
#Equalityact2010
#genderrecognition
#biologicalsex
#LawFedi

The CFPB has removed this document from its website: "Supervisory Highlights: Advanced Technologies Special Edition, Issue 38 (Winter 2025)"

https://web.archive.org/web/20250403084758/https://www.consumerfinance.gov/data-research/research-reports/supervisory-highlights-advanced-technologies-special-edition-issue-38-winter-2025/

Attorneys for Venezuelans targeted by Trump's Alien Enemies Act proclaimation have tonight filed a set of motions seeking consolidated consideration in Judge Boasberg's court in the District of DC. See docket entries 101-105 at https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69741724/jgg-v-trump/?order_by=desc 1/ #LawFedi

News: the plaintiffs in J.G.G. v. Trump have filed an amended complaint and a petition for habeas corpus for the 137 Venezuelans now in CECOT. This the case before Judge Boasberg in DC District Court. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436.101.0.pdf
#LawFedi

An executive branch that asserts that twelve hours notice constitutes meaningful notice to Venezuelans detained per the Alien Enemies Act is an executive branch that can never be contained by the judiciary. #LawFedi

https://heidi-says.ghost.io/when-words-give-out-so-does-judicial-power/

Law students from multiple law schools have put their names to a letter in which they refuse to work for firms giving in to Trump on DEI. They will only work for firms that stand up to Trump regime in specific ways. I urge you to read the letter. https://docs.google.com/document/d/10POW8J0MVRSNUvMm8zBpyYLW0d7VWlGxd50Nw-Ql9SI/edit?usp=drivesdk

I applaud the courage and integrity of these students. I’m especially proud of the signers who I taught. #LawFedi 1/2

Some thoughts about yesterday's Trump Executive Order that asserts that the "disparate impact" theory of liability for discrimination is unconstitutional. https://www.joshualawfirm.com/2025/04/trump-executive-order-disparate-impact/

The latest issue of Lawyer Ex Machina is out: the DC Bar now has the duty of tech competence, the UAE will use AI to draft and revise legislation, and more shenanigans involving the February bar exam in California #lawfedi #lawlibrarians #legaltech https://buttondown.com/LawyerExMachina/archive/ai-generated-bar-questions/

1938 Germany repeated in 21st century America. #JFKjr RobertF. Kennedy Jr. is reportedly building a national database of individuals with #autism by tapping into private #medical records. The National Institutes of Health #NIH is also involved, gathering data from both government and private sources to hand over to the secretary of health and human services #HHS #hippa #privacy #lawfedi #Neurodivergent

Just a reminder, as @mattblaze and I have been emphasizing, the attorneys on the Abrego Garcia filings in Xinis' court are responsible for what they submit to the court and the plaintiffs during this contempt-related proceeding in her court. The latest filings have been submitted over the names of Yaakov Roth, Acting Asst. AG; Drew Ensign, Dep. Asst. AG; and Ernesto Molina, Dep. Dir. for the Office of Immigration Litigation. 1/ #LawFedi