Civil Law

Should AI Agents be legally liable for their actions?

BankInfoSecurity.com reported that “Although U.S. frontier firms created artificial intelligence agents that went on a hacking spree, breaking the laws of at least two countries, the engineers and managers of frontier labs shouldn’t be held liable, a lawyer from OpenAI said Thursday.” The October 8, 2026 article entitled “OpenAI Lawyer: Labs Shouldn’t Be Liable for AI Agent Hacking” (https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/openai-lawyer-labs-shouldnt-be-liable-for-ai-agent-hacking-a-33050) included these comments:

“A lot of it turns on intent,” Alex Iftimie, the company’s deputy general counsel, told a panel discussion … Read the rest

Civil Law

FDA Takes Regulatory Actions to Remove Outdated Authorizations for Two Color Additives in Food

  • On July 22, 2026, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced actions targeting two color additives in food by issuing a final order revoking the authorized use of Orange B (21 CFR 74.250) and proposing to revoke the authorized use of Citrus Red No.2 (21 CFR 74.302).
  • Last year, as we previously posted, FDA announced a proposed order to revoke the color additive regulation for Orange B. Following an evaluation of public comments on the proposal, FDA did not receive information that changed its conclusion that the
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