Program Details
2026-12-10 12:00:00
Over 1,000+ webinars
Course Overview
2026-12-10 12:00:00
2h CLE Credits
Intermediate
2
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm ESTKrista will teach plaintiff-side defamation pleading against generative-AI developers, for counsel who have litigated defamation cases but never sued an AI publisher. The hour covers building your factual record, including prompt/output capture and preparing a correction notice that establishes notice; addressing issues with jurisdiction, venue, choice of law and anti-SLAPP; and pleading the Starbuck-credited allegations on publication, fault standard, and damages.
Krista L. Baughman 1:10 pm - 2:10 pm ESTThis session teaches the plaintiff’s side of an AI-search defamation case brought by a business: proving fault and lost profits to a jury. Drawing on lessons from high-profile actual-malice and privacy trials such as Palin v. The New York Times and Bollea v. Gawker, the hour covers turning notice and continued publication into proof of negligence or reckless disregard, Rule 30(b)(6) discovery into what the developer knew, the technical expert, and proof of lost profits and presumed and punitive damages, plus injunctive relief and anti-SLAPP fee risk. It is taught from a board-certified civil trial and business litigation perspective, informed by current litigation over AI-generated content.
Shane B. VogtKrista L. Baughman represents clients suing global technology companies over AI-generated defamation, including a case against Google that the court described as “a new frontier for defamation law.” She is the founder and managing attorney of Baughman Law PC in Walnut Creek, California, where she handles defamation, First Amendment, and civil liberties litigation, together with pre-publication review and post-publication advocacy.
Shane B. Vogt is lead counsel for Sarah Palin in Palin v. The New York Times Co., which his firm describes as the first defamation trial against The New York Times in nearly half a century. He also helped lead the trial team in Terry Bollea (“Hulk Hogan”) v. Gawker Media, a 2016 invasion-of-privacy jury trial that ended in a $141.1 million verdict. More recently, he filed Jane Doe v. John Smith in federal court in New Jersey on behalf of a high-school student targeted with AI-generated non-consensual nude images. A Tampa trial lawyer, he founded Vogt Law and is Board Certified by The Florida Bar in both Business Litigation and Civil Trial Law.
Krista L. Baughman represents clients suing global technology companies over AI-generated defamation, including a case against Google that the court described as “a new frontier for defamation law.” She is the founder and managing attorney of Baughman Law PC in Walnut Creek, California, where she handles defamation, First Amendment, and civil liberties litigation, together with pre-publication review and post-publication advocacy.
Shane B. Vogt is lead counsel for Sarah Palin in Palin v. The New York Times Co., which his firm describes as the first defamation trial against The New York Times in nearly half a century. He also helped lead the trial team in Terry Bollea (“Hulk Hogan”) v. Gawker Media, a 2016 invasion-of-privacy jury trial that ended in a $141.1 million verdict. More recently, he filed Jane Doe v. John Smith in federal court in New Jersey on behalf of a high-school student targeted with AI-generated non-consensual nude images. A Tampa trial lawyer, he founded Vogt Law and is Board Certified by The Florida Bar in both Business Litigation and Civil Trial Law.
Requirements
The Alabama State Bar MCLE Commission requires attorneys to complete 12 credits, including 1 ethics, by December 31 of each year. All credits must be reported by February 15 of the following year. A maximum of 12 credits, including 1 ethics credit, may be carried over for 1 year only.
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