JURIST

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Tuesday became the first US appeals court to propose a new rule requiring lawyers to certify that they either did not use generative artificial intelligence (AI) programs, like Chat GPT, to draft filings or that humans reviewed AI-generated material.

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ABA Journal

JANUARY 26, 2023

A “robot lawyer” won’t be representing two traffic court defendants after the CEO of a company promising to supply the technology changed his mind. Joshua…

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LawSites

MARCH 24, 2022

It has been a year since I have reported on a state adopting the duty of technology competence for lawyers , but now there is another: Hawai?i, 1, 2022, the state’s Rules of Professional Conduct were amended to revise Comment 6 to Rule 1.1 , pertaining to competence, to add the duty of technology competence.

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Above The Law

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Court attempts to use wizarding points to get lawyers to adopt Muggle technology. The post Judge Introduced Harry Potter House Points To Get Lawyers To Use Electronic Filing appeared first on Above the Law.

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LawTechnologyToday

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

We are living in a technologically advanced aged. Like everything else, the legal practice is wired in and integrating technology into every aspect of litigation. If you want an attorney who will win your case, you have to find attorneys with the technological edge. 4) Mobile Technology. 6) Cloud Technology.

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CARET Legal

APRIL 5, 2024

Lawyer burnout can significantly impact a lawyer’s ability to perform and deliver quality work, affecting productivity, revenue and client relationships. Lawyer burnout is a significant and prevalent issue in the modern legal profession. What Causes Lawyer Burnout?

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LawTechnologyToday

MARCH 21, 2023

Advances in technology are having a profound impact on personal injury cases. From gathering evidence to providing expert testimony, the use of technology is revolutionizing the way lawyers and medical professionals approach these cases.

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Attorney at Work

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

It’s a battle as old as WordPerfect versus Word: Should lawyers type? Since lawyers have keyboarding skills, how many can be assigned to one admin assistant? All the extra stuff that you, the lawyer, get to do — or worse, pile up because you are too busy to handle it. Imagine all the cost savings … right?

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JURIST

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Tokyo’s High Court found the government of Japan not liable Tuesday for damages related to the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster and associated mass evacuations, leaving responsibility solely with plant operator the Tokyo Electric Power Co. There is also a 2022 court case that found TEPCO executives personally liable.

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LawSites

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

In what it described as a case pitting “real lawyers against a robot lawyer,” a federal court in Illinois has dismissed a law firm’s suit against the self-help legal service DoNotPay. “MK has not alleged any lost revenue or added expenditures as a result of DNP’s conduct,” wrote U.S. .

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LawTechnologyToday

APRIL 13, 2023

Public access to court data through automated collection of online court records is a fundamental First Amendment right and it is critical to meaningful access to the United States legal system. The recent ruling in South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP v.

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HowAppealing

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

“Supreme Court Wrestles With Suit Claiming Twitter Aided Terrorists; The case, arising from an attack in Istanbul, was a companion to a case argued a day before that tested a shield for technology platforms”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report. ” David G. ” David G.

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LawTechnologyToday

APRIL 18, 2023

“Professed technological incompetence is not an excuse for discovery misconduct” is not a court holding you want to see (James v. In today’s legal profession, lawyers must be technologically competent. Currently, most states have created the duty of technology competency by adopting some form of Model Rule 1.1

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Above The Law

JUNE 22, 2023

The post ChatGPT Lawyers Get Slap On The Wrist From Court. You can keep beat the rap, but you can't beat the ride. But Infamy Is Forever. appeared first on Above the Law.

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MyCase

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

New technologies continue to evolve the legal landscape. As lawyers adapt to recent industry-wide changes prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic, many wonder: What’s next? In this guide, we’re breaking down what attorneys need to know about legal technology, including: . A brief overview of legal technology . Automation.

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LawSites

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

On today’sLawNext, it’s a Clio double header, featuring two separate interviews with two of Clio’s top product-focused executives – one with Jonathan Watson , its chief technology officer, and the other with Hemant Kashyap , chief product officer – both recorded live at the Clio Cloud Conference in Nashville in October.

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Above The Law

JANUARY 9, 2023

we've let worse lawyers do it. The post $1 Million On The Table To Let AI Lawyer Bot Argue Supreme Court Case appeared first on Above the Law.

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The Estrin Report

OCTOBER 3, 2022

What does it take to become a successful lawyer? In a series of in-depth interviews for the Estrin Report , Chere Estrin profiles top lawyers from all types of practices, and we’re highlighting their top five tips here. This week, the spotlight is on immigration and divorce lawyer — and social media star — Marina Shepelsky.

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LawSites

MAY 30, 2023

It was bound to happen sooner or later: Two lawyers face sanctions for filing a brief laden with bogus cases hallucinated by ChatGPT. But is this a story about the failings of AI or is it about the failings of the lawyers? Technology Incompetence? ” Did that excuse garner sympathy from the court? Not in the least.

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LawSites

JUNE 10, 2021

Two years ago, I wrote a column calling for the duty of technology — which applies to lawyers in 39 states — to be extended to judges. This revised version, produced after four years of work that included receiving input from the public, is the first to include guidelines related to judges’ use of technology and social media.

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LawSites

JANUARY 23, 2024

At a time when legal technology companies are making it easier to access and analyze court documents, what should – and should not – be done to protect confidential court documents that are sealed from public access? That order came on the heels of a memorandum from the Administrative Office of the U.S.

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MyCase

JUNE 7, 2024

” The evolution of AI for lawyers is setting the stage for a new era in legal work, one in which efficiency and precision are greatly enhanced. Problems Lawyers Face With Legal Documents Legal professionals encounter numerous document assembly and management challenges that AI legal assistants and tools can alleviate.

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The Estrin Report

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Lawyers are often smart, ambitious, and highly educated. That being said, what does it take to stand out and become a “Top Lawyer” in your specific field of law? Except for a brief moment when my mother bought me Grey’s Anatomy and the pictures made me want to throw up, I have always wanted to be a trial lawyer.

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LawSites

JUNE 8, 2021

These days, the duty of technology competence requires lawyers not only to know how to use Zoom, but also to remember that it can record you. It seems a lawyer inconveniently forgot that fact when he flipped the bird during his opponent’s appellate argument on Zoom, and then denied it. “Mr. .”

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Above The Law

JUNE 7, 2023

The post Lawyers Who Used ChatGPT To Dummy Up Cases Throw Themselves On The Mercy Of The Court appeared first on Above the Law. That show cause hearing tomorrow is going to be WILD.

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LawTechnologyToday

OCTOBER 12, 2022

What to do when your law firm won’t embrace technology. Many legal professionals face the frustration of working at a firm that will not embrace technology. Older partners may be dead set against drastic changes, while junior attorneys and other legal professionals know how digital technology can positively transform their workplace.

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JURIST

JUNE 25, 2021

JURIST EXCLUSIVE – As India’s COVID-19 infection rate continues to fall from its grotesque levels in early June, India correspondent Neelabh Bist takes a look at some of the impacts that the second wave of COVID-19 has had on India, its legal profession, and its court system. The junior lawyers of the bar suffered the most.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

Friday was the final hearing day for the presidential election petition before the Supreme Court of Kenya. The Supreme Court’s agenda for the day was listening to the answers given by both the respondents and petitioners to outstanding questions judges had asked both sides.

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Attorney at Work

JUNE 4, 2022

ANSWER: In many instances, data you are using and communicating with your clients are already being stored and managed with cloud-based technology. So, let’s focus on two parts of your question: Do the Rules of Professional Conduct allow lawyers to store and transmit client information in the cloud? Likewise, Model Rule 1.6(c)

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LawTechnologyToday

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Medical technology is a primary driver of health policy today as it impacts cost, access and quality. In addition, technology is also influencing medical malpractice. If you are involved in a medical malpractice lawsuit, healthcare technology may even play a part in settling your case. Benefits of Medical Technology.

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Above The Law

MAY 30, 2023

Generative AI isn't the one who filed that affirmation with the court, so stop bagging on it. The post Don’t Blame ChatGPT For Bad Lawyering appeared first on Above the Law.

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The Estrin Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Be amazingly responsive: This involves having the technology to be able to receive, identify and respond to calls, emails and, nowadays most importantly, text messages incredibly fast. People aren’t used to this — especially from lawyers. Lawyers are often smart, ambitious, and highly educated. Being a good listener.

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LawTechnologyToday

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Technology has become a part of everyone’s life and inevitably has penetrated the life of those in the legal profession. Especially now, when office life has changed to unrecognizable, technology has empowered us during these difficult times. Lawyers could not be in their offices, could not be in meetings, could not be in court.

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JURIST

JANUARY 25, 2022

The Supreme Court of Pakistan swore in Ayesha Malik Monday as its first woman Justice. Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed administered the oath to Justice Malik at a ceremony held within the premises of the Supreme Court with several judges, lawyers and Law and Justice Commission officials in attendance.

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LawSites

MAY 25, 2022

Non-lawyers will be allowed to provide legal advice to low-income New Yorkers who face debt collection actions, under a preliminary injunction ordered yesterday by a federal judge in New York. The Court holds that it does.” In a 33-page opinion, U.S. District Judge Paul A.

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

For all the discussion of how generative AI will impact the legal profession, maybe one answer is that it will weed out the lazy and incompetent lawyers. By now, in the wake of several cases in which lawyers have found themselves in hot water by citing hallucinated cases generated by ChatGPT, most notoriously Mata v. XYZ Corporation.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 15, 2021

India Chief Correspondent Neelabh Bist reports on the India Supreme Court’s recent expression of its disinclination to recognize virtual court hearings as a fundamental right under the Indian Constitution. He files this for JURIST from New Delhi.

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