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

Holding protest organizers liable for injuries

Holding protest organizers liable for injuries

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The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. A short explanation of relists is available here.

The Supreme Court took care of a lot of relist business at its last conference, denying review in four serially relisted cases, in each instance with separate writings from the justices.

It finally denied review in the two cases challenging New York rent stabilization laws as a taking, which had been relisted 11 … Read the rest