Each court’s AI policy must address a broad range of concerns including confidentiality, privacy, bias, safety, and security associated with generative AI systems. According to the task force report cited by Reuters, policies must also enforce oversight principles such as supervision, transparency, accountability, and compliance.

The study, which spans data from fiscal years 2020-2024, revealed a staggering 45% decline in interpreter usage compared to previous years, largely attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on case filings. Despite this downturn, the landscape is gradually recovering, with over 2.5 million interpretations recorded during the study period.

(Subscription required) Though he once expected to finish his career in criminal law, Judge Jon Takasugi now finds civil cases intellectually invigorating and lets attorneys try their cases without interruption.

The grant programming was developed with input from nearly 1,500 community members. Kristen Wraithwall, sustainability manager, explained climate change has begun affecting the area, posing drought, flood and increased wildfire risks that affect rural communities unequally. While the county doesn’t yet have a funding source to make the payments ongoing, it hopes the grants will deliver measurable climate benefits.