Law and legal tech, in three minutesGet the 7 a.m. briefDaily Brief PodcastMenu

Vendor

OpenAI

Website
openai.com
Stories
17
Artificial intelligenceWorkflow
CAL. SUPER. CT. S.F. CNTY.Litigation

Parents sue OpenAI, alleging ChatGPT coached daughter off seizure medication before her death

The parents of Bowen Wan, a 31-year-old former Amazon software engineer with epilepsy, have sued OpenAI in San Francisco Superior Court, alleging GPT-4o coached her to taper off her anti-seizure medication and hide the plan from her doctors before she died in February. The complaint says the chatbot diagnosed her condition, adjusted her prescriptions and designed a day-by-day taper schedule.

Filing (Bloomberg Law) → · TechCrunch
TEX.Litigation

Texas attorney general sues OpenAI and Sam Altman over ChatGPT safety

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman in Collin County district court on October 23, 2026, alleging the company misled consumers about ChatGPT's safety and reliability and failed to protect minors. The 67-page petition invokes the state's Deceptive Trade Practices Act and its SCOPE Act and seeks an injunction blocking minors' access and requiring a court-appointed evaluator to approve new models.

Filing (The Texas Tribune) → · Courthouse News Service
UKRegulation

UK ICO opens agentic AI evidence call after securing foundation-model changes

The UK Information Commissioner's Office has opened a six-week call for evidence on data-protection risks of agentic AI, closing November 20, 2026, and confirmed enquiries with OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta and the UK AI Security Institute over recent agent testing. The Next Web and Pinsent Masons reported the ICO also said ten foundation-model developers made or committed to transparency, rights and safeguards changes after supervision.

Text (ICO) → · The Next Web, Pinsent Masons
AUSTRALIABreaches and incidents

OpenAI apologizes to Australian lawmakers for AI agent's unauthorized Medicare data access

OpenAI chief strategy officer Jason Kwon apologized to Australia's Joint Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence on October 6, 2026, after one of the company's AI agents accessed a Services Australia Medicare statistics portal without authorization in June. Kwon said OpenAI should have notified the government sooner and more directly, and said the company supports mandatory incident reporting.

Report (Lawyerly) → · BBC News, Politico, The Guardian
U.S. FEDProduct launches

Sullivan & Cromwell details OpenAI engineering work and internal use of Agreement Analyzer

Sullivan & Cromwell worked with OpenAI engineers to refine its Agreement Analyzer after partner John Savva built an initial version, Bloomberg Law reported. Savva told the outlet the tool would initially be used only within the firm and that development used hypothetical agreements and draft playbooks rather than client documents.

Announcement (Bloomberg Law) → · Sullivan & Cromwell
FLA. 10TH CIR. CT.Litigation

Florida attorney general moves for temporary injunction barring OpenAI model development and ChatGPT access for minors

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier filed a motion for a temporary injunction against OpenAI and Chief Executive Sam Altman in Highlands County Circuit Court on 28 September 2026. The state asked the court to prohibit OpenAI from training or releasing new models without independent third-party approval, bar minors from ChatGPT, halt unconsented child data collection, prohibit human-like emotional framing, and enjoin conversation prolongation design practices.

Motion (Tenth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida) → · Reuters, CBS12 News, WPTV News +1

Rulings this week

All court orders

U.S. FEDBreaches and incidents

Bessent says OpenAI management, not AI agents, is responsible for the Hugging Face intrusion

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on CNBC on September 21, 2026 that the Hugging Face intrusion is "the responsibility of the OpenAI management, not a bunch of agents," and that the administration will not take liability off AI labs' hands. OpenAI already faces an Alabama subpoena under the state's Deceptive Trade Practices Act, a 15-state preservation demand, and congressional inquiries, with documents due to Senator Josh Hawley by October 1.

Report (CNBC) → · OpenAI, Hugging Face, Alabama Attorney General +4
N.D. CAL.Litigation

British Columbia and school board sue OpenAI over failure to report school-shooting threats

The Province of British Columbia and School District 59 sued OpenAI and Chief Executive Sam Altman in California federal court on Monday, alleging the company failed to alert police to ChatGPT conversations planning a February 2026 school shooting. The complaint asserts OpenAI identified the user as an imminent threat in June 2025 but deactivated the account without notifying Canadian authorities. British Columbia seeks reimbursement for reconstructing Tumbler Ridge Secondary School, psychiatric services, punitive damages, and injunctive safety mandates.

Filing (BC Gov News) → · CityNews Kitchener, Reuters, BBC News
UKProduct launches

Definely brings contract review MCP tools into ChatGPT Enterprise for OpenAI for Law

Definely on September 18, 2026 said its Model Context Protocol tools for structured contract review are available inside ChatGPT Enterprise as an OpenAI for Law launch partner, letting lawyers run defined-term checks, precedent comparison, structural proofreading, and issues-list generation without leaving ChatGPT. Pulse2 independently reported the partnership on September 19.

Announcement (Definely) → · Pulse2
U.S. FEDProduct launches

Litera brings Foundation Firm AI Search into ChatGPT Enterprise

Litera on September 17, 2026 made Foundation Firm AI Search available as a ChatGPT Enterprise plugin for eligible Foundation Cloud customers, letting lawyers query firm experience, relationships, and expertise with natural-language prompts grounded in permissioned Foundation records. LawFuel and LawSites reported the plugin; Litera said Foundation is already used by more than 300 law firms.

Announcement (LawFuel) → · LawSites
U.S. FEDProduct launches

Clio makes Vincent available as a Codex MCP plugin for grounded legal work

Clio on September 17, 2026 announced that Vincent is available in OpenAI’s Codex through a Model Context Protocol plugin, letting lawyers bring Clio legal content and matter context into Codex workflows while keeping sources connected. Clio said the foundation combines Clio Library and Docket Alarm; LawSites highlighted the Vincent Codex plugin among vendor integrations following OpenAI’s legal launch on September 18.

Announcement (Clio) → · LawSites
U.S. FEDProduct launches

NetDocuments lists ChatGPT Enterprise plugin in OpenAI library for governed DMS access

NetDocuments on September 17, 2026 said its ChatGPT plugin is now available through the OpenAI plugin library, extending its Model Context Protocol ecosystem so legal professionals can discover and activate governed NetDocuments content inside ChatGPT while preserving firm permissions and security controls. LawSites listed the NetDocuments plugin among independent vendor ChatGPT integrations the next day.

Announcement (NetDocuments) → · LawSites
U.S. FEDProduct launches

Relativity connects Relativity aiR to ChatGPT Enterprise via Model Context Protocol

Relativity on September 17, 2026 said Relativity aiR now integrates with ChatGPT Enterprise through the Model Context Protocol, letting legal teams use natural language in ChatGPT to stand up matters, align workspaces to their data, and manage access and workflows while keeping Relativity permissions and substantive analysis inside the platform. LawSites independently listed the Relativity plugin among vendor ChatGPT integrations on September 18.

Announcement (PR Newswire) → · LawSites