Less than 1: AM Edition, May 26

This morning on Less than 1: three personal injury firms join forces to pursue claims against GKN Aerospace over the Garden Grove chemical emergency that placed up to 50,000 Orange County residents under evacuation and shelter-in-place orders — plus AI-generated filings straining federal courts, overseas military voters losing a key fax lifeline, and questions emerging about an AI tool being tested in California courts whose contract technically permits use on Racial Justice Act petitions, even as officials deny any such plans. Stories mentioned in today's episode: Garden Grove chemical emergency spurs new plaintiffs' legal coalition https://www.dailyjournal.com/articles/391685-garden-grove-chemical-emergency-spurs-new-plaintiffs-legal-coalition (NYT) Artificial Intelligence Floods Court Dockets with Home-Brewed Lawsuits https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/25/us/politics/artificial-intelliegence-courts.html (SF Chronicle) California’s overseas voters face new barriers after Trump administration cut key program https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/california-overseas-vote-trump-22270589.php (Cal Matters) California judges are testing a new AI clerk, and you won’t know if it’s looking at your case https://calmatters.org/economy/technology/2026/05/ai-los-angeles-riverside-courts/