AI Law Wiki News for October 11, 2026
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October 11, 2026 — New AI-law developments first covered in this edition.
Flycatcher AI-citation sanctions lead to fee award
On October 9, Judge Katherine Polk Failla of the Southern District of New York ordered attorney Steven A. Feldman to pay $38,877.59 in attorneys’ fees and costs to Joel G. MacMull and his firm, Mandelbaum Barrett PC, in Flycatcher Corp. Ltd. v. Ozmos Company LLC, No. 24-cv-9429. The award follows the court’s February 5 sanctions decision over Feldman’s submission of false generative-AI citations and misrepresentations about their origin. The court compensated work investigating and reporting that misconduct and preparing the fee application, reduced the attorneys’ fees by 10%, and awarded $996.59 in research costs. Feldman must pay within 30 days of the October 9 order unless he and MacMull agree to a different schedule.[1]
First published in News October 11, 2026 (America/New_York). Event date: October 9, 2026.
UK minister to seek stronger frontier-AI safety efforts
The Guardian reported on October 11 that UK AI minister Kanishka Narayan is due to call on frontier-AI developers to increase their safety efforts in a forthcoming west London speech. He is expected to argue that Britain cannot rely entirely on companies to police their own models and needs more domestic AI infrastructure. The planned remarks put independent oversight and national security at the centre of the debate over UK AI-safety policy.[2]
First published in News October 11, 2026 (America/New_York). Reported planned speech; delivery date not independently confirmed.
References
- ↑ U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, October 9, 2026 opinion and order, complete accessible original body reviewed October 11, 2026.
- ↑ Robert Booth and Dan Milmo, The Guardian, “UK to strengthen cyber defences as minister calls for AI firms to increase safety efforts,” October 11, 2026, 7:01 p.m. EDT, complete accessible original body reviewed October 11, 2026. The report describes planned remarks, not a delivered speech.