There has been a lot of discussion about whether artificial intelligence (AI) will help or harm law students.  The National Law Review’s article, The 2026 Top 50 Legal Innovators in Academia, provides a useful contribution to this discussion.The article describes faculty and administrators at law schools across the country who are teaching students how to use AI thoughtfully and responsibly.  Several schools now require AI instruction for all first-year students, including Case Western Reserve, Chicago, Mississippi Christian, UNLV, and Suffolk.AI has enormous potential to help people create value, improve their work, and accomplish things they otherwise couldn’t.  Realizing these…
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Earlier this month, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes launched a legal offensive against two of the world’s most powerful tech platforms: TikTok and OpenAI.
Filed just days apart in Maricopa County Superior Court, these consumer protection lawsuits allege that both companies intentionally engineered their products to exploit developing brains, deceive parents, and drive compulsive engagement among children and teens, all in direct violation of the Arizona Consumer Fraud Act (ACFA).
While one lawsuit targets the familiar addictive design of short-form social media, the other represents a groundbreaking legal enforcement action against a generative artificial intelligence developer.
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False statements published online or offline can cause lasting damage to your personal reputation, business revenue, and professional livelihood. Filing an Arizona defamation lawsuit requires careful preparation and compliance with strict legal deadlines. 
RM Warner, a defamation attorney in Arizona, can help you understand the process and protect your reputation by holding bad actors accountable. 
Understanding Arizona’s Defamation Laws
To establish a defamation claim in Arizona, you generally need to demonstrate:

  • False statement of fact: Someone made a false, defamatory statement about you. Pure opinions and rhetorical hyperbole are generally protected. 
  • Publication: The statement was communicated to at least

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This call for papers just landed in my inbox, so I thought I’d pass it along in case it’s of interest to others.I don’t recall the Harvard Negotiation Law Review having issued a call for papers before, but I may be mistaken. One thing I did notice is that they no longer appear to be accepting submissions through Scholastica, as the call suggests. A quick search of Scholastica’s journal directory confirmed that they aren’t listed there.In any event, good submission luck !—————The Harvard Negotiation Law Review (HNLR) is now accepting submissions for its upcoming annual print issue, which …
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TEFCA’s October 26 compliance deadline is directed at QHINs, but organizations connected through them should be paying attention, too. A restriction further up the network could disrupt your access even if your organization followed the rules. With federal oversight expanding and data access disputes landing in court, participants may also need to explain what happened to records they exchanged long before this deadline.
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In Arizona, deciding how to divide a wrongful death settlement means assessing each eligible beneficiary’s losses; equal shares are not automatic. Arizona Revised Statutes (ARS) Section 12-612(C) states that each person entitled to recover is entitled to a proportionate share of the settlement distribution according to that person’s damages. 

This means that each person’s share of the recovery depends on that person’s own financial and personal losses as a consequence of the death, not on a fixed percentage, the terms of the deceased’s will, or the state of Arizona’s intestacy laws.

So, for example, a surviving spouse and two adult…
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How bad does a dog bite have to be to sue? Arizona law sets no minimum injury severity, but you must show that the bite caused compensable harm and that the defendant is legally responsible. Even a minor bite may support a claim for medical expenses, pain, scarring, infection, or other losses.

If you are considering suing for a dog bite, how much is the claim worth? The answer depends on how bad your injuries were, how much medical treatment you needed to have, whether you have any permanent damage, and how the injury impacts your everyday life. Although more…
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Dealing with the aftermath of a dog bite injury in Arizona is serious business. You need to follow the correct steps afterward to make sure you get the compensation you are entitled to. Sometimes that means going to trial, but many times dog bite settlements are reached beforehand.

Arizona’s strict liability dog bite law provides you with real negotiating power when it comes time to negotiate a dog bite settlement; however, it only works in your favor if you leverage the law before agreeing to a settlement.

Before deciding on an offer from the insurance company, contact Stone Rose Law…
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WHEN DEFECTIVE CONCRETE ISN’T COVERED A California bridge case highlights the distinction between replacing defective work and repairing property damage caused by that work. Contractors and concrete suppliers know that a failed mix can become more than a technical problem. It can delay a project and trigger expensive repairs. When defective work is alleged, the […]
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Disorderly conduct in Phoenix is governed by Arizona law, specifically A.R.S. § 13-2904. A person may be charged if they intend to disturb the peace or quiet of a neighborhood, family, or person, or know that their conduct is doing so, and engage in one of the acts prohibited by the statute.
These prohibited actions include engaging in fighting, violent or seriously disruptive behavior, or making unreasonable noise. The statute also covers the use of abusive or offensive language that is likely to provoke an immediate physical retaliation, as well as the reckless display, possession, or discharge of a…
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This bibliography comprises scholarly books, book chapters, and journal articles published or accepted for publication by full-time, emeritus, and retired faculty of the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law between July 1, 2026 and September 30, 2026.

Jessica Berch & Amy Langenfeld, Introduction to Legal Method and Process: Cases and Materials (7th ed., West Academic 2026)

This innovative casebook on legal method provides a practical roadmap for thriving in law school by introducing students to judicial opinions, statutes, interpretive techniques, and the roles of lawyers, courts, and legislatures in conflict resolution. The book has student-centered, approachable design, and it tackles…
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Conferences often produce engaging conversations and new connections.  The best ones also produce ideas that continue to evolve and reach new audiences long after the final session ends. With that in mind, Eleni Kosta (Tilburg Law School, NL), Diana M. Bowman (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, AUS)*, and I are pleased to share a new white paper capturing the proceedings of our July 2025 conference, Tech-Trust Nexus: Revolutionizing Online Dispute Resolution hosted by the Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society (TILT) at Tilburg University.The conference brought together scholars and practitioners to examine how emerging technologies, particularly artificial intelligence, are…
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How Do You Stop Counterfeiters Selling Under Your Brand?
There is nothing quite as disheartening for an e-commerce seller as discovering that a bad actor has ripped off your product designs, hijacked your listings, and started selling cheap knockoffs to your customers. Your immediate instinct will be to demand that the platform remove them or threaten the infringer with a lawsuit. But if you try to report them without the right backing, you will quickly run into a frustrating administrative wall.
The most lethal weapon you can wield against online counterfeiters is a registered federal trademark. Without one, even a…
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Non-compete agreements allow employers to protect legitimate business interests by restricting where former employees can work after leaving the company. Arizona law permits such agreements but imposes limits to balance employer protection with employee mobility.  This article provides a summary of matters that often need to be considered in Arizona Non-Compete Agreements.  Then, there is […]
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Discussions about artificial intelligence (AI) often fall into simple, polarized stories.  AI will bring great prosperity or bring the end of civilization.  It enhances human capabilities or destroys them.  People who use it are innovative – or lazy, dishonest, or intellectually deficient.People in the dispute resolution field should recognize this pattern.  We have a long history of creating simple binary categories and attaching strong value judgments to them.  Consider familiar distinctions between “facilitative” and “evaluative” mediation and “interest-based” and “positional” negotiation.  Real dispute resolution practice is much more complicated and contextual than these traditional dichotomous models suggest.Similarly, some folks in…
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Article Summary

  • The driver who fails to come to a complete stop or fails to yield the right-of-way is usually at fault for a stop sign collision.
  • Police reports, witness statements, and camera footage, along with other evidence, can help establish what happened even when the other driver denies running the stop sign.
  • Arizona allows compensation for the financial losses and personal harm caused by a serious crash, although comparative fault can reduce recovery.

A driver who runs a stop sign can enter an intersection with little or no warning, leaving other motorists, pedestrians, and cyclists almost no time to…
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