Kathleen Willcox Williams Attorney at Law

08/21/2026

Headline “ChatGPT is a Huge Snitch” clever, attention
-grabbing… old news. Write (or say near your digital spies) like it will be read in your deposition.

In 1998, government lawyer Stephen Houck made a novel argument. Asked why the U.S. wasn’t summoning Bill Gates to testify in its antitrust case against Microsoft, Houck said, “Because we have his email.” The New York Times called it “the first major email trial,” in which messages that were voluminous, discoverable, and “alive with ideas and competitive zeal, punctuated with profanity and exclamation points” featured heavily. Soon, there were widespread official policies about what could or should be said in messages written on the computer.

Now, interactions with AI are finding their way into the public record. 404 Media reports: “An expert witness testifying in a lawsuit about liability for a Houston explosion that killed three people and destroyed roughly 200 homes used ChatGPT to write significant portions of his ‘expert report.’ [His prompts] showed that he asked ChatGPT to help him ‘create an exceptional expert witness report defending the standard of care at 3M,’ and that the report should ‘show how 3M is 0% at fault for the explosion at Watson Grinding.’”

Juicing an LLM for “expert testimony” to defend a chemical company is an extreme example of a new phenomenon, writes tech columnist John Herrman. But chatbot logs have been leaking into civil and criminal legal proceedings for a while now.

Read Herrman’s full column on why AI chat transcripts keep showing up in court proceedings, news stories, and criminal trials: https://nymag.visitlink.me/fUi0fK

08/06/2026

07/21/2026

The Flock misuse sagas continue…

Another Georgia law enforcement officer has been arrested over the alleged misuse of Flock Safety's automated license plate reader system. The DeKalb County Sheriff's Office announced Friday that former Sgt. Kabiru Salawu was arrested following an internal investigation into unauthorized use of the agency's Flock technology. Salawu is charged with felony violation of oath of office and misdemeanor misuse of license plate data. He has been fired, and the investigation remains active.

Salawu's arrest is the latest in a growing string of Georgia cases involving the alleged misuse of automated license plate reader databases. Recent investigations have led to arrests in Cherokee, Albany and Greene counties, while three Fayetteville officers were fired and remain under investigation. As of Friday, at least 10 Georgia officers have been arrested in recent weeks over alleged misuse of the technology, which is intended for legitimate law enforcement purposes.

07/14/2026

Meanwhile, over near Augusta…

07/14/2026

ATLANTA - Brady Lum, the former chief operating officer of the High Museum of Art who pilfered more than $600,000 from the museum by doctoring invoices and approving transactions for personal purchases, has pleaded guilty to a federal charge of theft concerning programs receiving federal funds.

“Over several years, Lum deceptively plundered the southeast’s premier museum of visual art, embezzling more than half a million dollars,” said U.S. Attorney Theodore S. Hertzberg. “Criminals like Lum who steal from institutions that receive taxpayer money to serve the public will face prison time for their thievery and be compelled to repay their ill-gotten gains.”

“As he admitted in court, Brady Lum breached the trust of his organization and undermined the integrity of the museum,” said Marlo Graham, Special Agent in Charge of FBI Atlanta. “The FBI remains unwavering in its pursuit to hold accountable those who exploit their positions for selfish purposes.”

According to U.S. Attorney Hertzberg, the charges, and other information presented in court: Lum served as the High Museum of Art’s chief operating officer from January 2, 2019, until his resignation on December 9, 2025. As COO, he was responsible for planning, implementing, managing, and controlling the High Museum’s operational and financial activities.

During his tenure as COO, Lum repeatedly purchased non-business items and services for himself, including luxury guitars and other music equipment, personal music lessons, and woodworking equipment, through direct supplier invoicing and through the High Museum’s corporate credit card reimbursement process. Lum concealed the nature of his transactions in several ways, including by submitting altered invoices, using his position to exercise delegated expense approval authority, and using accounting adjustments to spread his expenses across different cost centers so that they would not be readily identified.

For example, in one instance, on or about November 29, 2024, Lum submitted an altered invoice for reimbursement through the High Museum’s online expense processing platform. While the submitted invoice showed a $9,147.87 purchase of equipment that appeared to be for the museum’s benefit, the original version of the invoice was for a high-end guitar and accessories that Lum kept for himself. Over the course of his scheme, Lum received more than 700 reimbursements, most of which were for less than $1,000, and stole more than $600,000 from the High Museum.

Brady Lum, 59, of Atlanta, Georgia, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Michael L. Brown. The sentencing hearing is scheduled for November 2, 2026 at 10 a.m. As part of his plea agreement, Lum will pay full restitution to the High Museum.

This case is being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicholas N. Joy is prosecuting the case.

For further information please contact the U.S. Attorney’s Public Affairs Office at [email protected] or (404) 581-6185. The Internet address for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia is http://www.justice.gov/usao-ndga.

07/12/2026

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07/09/2026

Meanwhile, in Savannah…and Albany…and Greene County…

Multiple law enforcement departments across Georgia have announced arrests of officers on charges of misusing license-plate-reading cameras.

06/09/2026

Things you see walking to court in the summertime … When it’s 99% humidity, but somehow not raining…

04/25/2026

04/24/2026

Worth watching:

The indictment accuses the prominent civil rights non-profit of defrauding donors by paying informants inside violent extremist groups.