The Record: AI Cases and Legislation

02The Docket

Cases on the record

Mobley v. Workday, Inc.

Ongoing

StatusOngoing litigation

SubjectAI screening, vendor liability

PosturePlaintiff allegations, contested

Plaintiff allegations, contested. The case testing whether the vendor answers alongside the employer when the vendor's screening tool does the rejecting: applicants screened out by an algorithm, suing the company that built the algorithm as well as the companies that used it.

However it resolves, the question is now permanent. Every company screening people with a vendor's tool is a party to that tool's decisions, in the eyes of the people it screens.

The readingResponsibility does not transfer with the contract. A company that lets a tool decide has still decided, and the record has to show an owner for the decision.

Eto v. Mayo Clinic

Filed July 6, 2026

CourtU.S. District Court, District of Minnesota

DocketD. Minn. No. 0:26-cv-03189

SubjectHealthcare AI, whistleblower claims

Complaint allegations only, unproven. The complaint alleges that a clinical AI program's error rates were concealed, that unfavorable results were deleted, and that an internal whistleblower raised the concerns repeatedly before being pushed out.

Trocola records the allegations as allegations. Nothing in this entry is a finding, and the litigation, not commentary, will decide what is true.

The readingThe pattern alleged is the structural failure Trocola is hired to prevent: a model whose errors had no owner, no escalation path, and no record anyone was required to read.

United States v. Heppner

Decided point

StatusDecided point on privilege

SubjectPrivilege, AI records

HoldingAI chat records held not privileged

What employees typed into an AI tool was held not shielded by privilege. The prompts and the outputs were records, and they were treated as records.

The point reaches every desk in every regulated company. AI use at work creates evidence at the speed of typing, whether the company has a policy for it or not.

The readingEvery prompt is potentially discoverable. Policy, retention, and training have to treat employee AI use as record creation, because the courts already do.

The watch list

Trocola tracks 1,561 AI regulations and legislative actions in play across jurisdictions. Three stand on this page as the current shape of the field. Each item states its posture as of October 15, 2026: a proposal is not a law, and Trocola does not describe one as the other.

California

AB 316

The autonomous AI defense proposal. Tracked as it moves; not enacted law, and not described as law here.

Colorado

SB26-189

The rewrite of Colorado's state AI law. Tracked as it moves through the process that will decide its final shape.

European Union

EU AI Act

In force in the European Union, with high-risk duties phasing in through 2027. The phase-in calendar is a compliance calendar for any company selling into Europe.

1,561AI regulations and legislative actions in play, the count Trocola tracks

3Cases carried in long form on this page, read in full

1Standing rule: a proposal is never described as a law

0Allegations on this page stated as findings

Asked often. Answered plainly.

Which AI cases should a company be watching?

Three matters anchor the current record: Mobley v. Workday, ongoing litigation over AI screening and vendor liability; Eto v. Mayo Clinic, filed July 6, 2026 in the District of Minnesota, complaint allegations only; and United States v. Heppner, which held that AI chat records are not privileged. Trocola maintains the full docket on this page.

Are the allegations in Eto v. Mayo Clinic proven?

No. The Eto entry records complaint allegations only: claims made in a filed complaint, unproven and contested in litigation. Trocola labels allegations as allegations wherever they appear.

What did United States v. Heppner decide?

A decided point on privilege: records of AI chats were held not privileged. What employees type into AI tools is a record, and company policy has to treat it as one.

How many AI regulations and legislative actions are in play?

Trocola tracks 1,561 AI regulations and legislative actions in play across jurisdictions, a count maintained on this page. A proposal is not a law, and the watch list states the posture of each item as of the date shown.