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Justia Legal Resources: Guide to Lawsuits and the Court Process

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A section of the Lawyers and the Legal Process Center in the Justia Legal Guides tries to make lawsuits and the court process more accessible to the average person. What Can You Ask a Court To Do? What you want the court to do is usually called a remedy. What you want the court to do is usually called a remedy.

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Federal Court Suspends Florida Attorney Over Filing Fabricated Cases Hallucinated by AI

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Just a few weeks ago, I wrote about two more cases of AI-hallucinated citations in court filings leading to sanctions , and now comes the case of a Florida lawyer suspended from practice after filing cases that were “completely fabricated.” ” On March 8, the U.S. Based on the committee’s recommendations, Senior U.S.

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In First for A U.S. Appeals Court, 5th U.S. Circuit Court Considers Rule Requiring Lawyers to Certify they Did Not Rely on AI to Create Filings

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In what it appears would be a first for a federal circuit court, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is considering adoption of a rule change that would require lawyers and unrepresented litigants to provide a certification regarding their use of artificial intelligence in preparing court filings.

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Court Imposes Sanctions On Lawyers Who Filed Bogus Cases After Relying On ChatGPT For Legal Research

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He also ordered them to notify their client of the sanctions, and to notify each judge who was falsely identified as the author of the fake court opinions generated by ChatGPT. While there is nothing “inherently improper” about an attorney using artificial intelligence, wrote U.S. District Judge P.

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Ask Attorney Jennifer B: Are Text Messages Admissible in Divorce Court?

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However, unlike phone calls, text messages leave a written record that can later be reviewed, and, in some cases, used as evidence in court. After all, one cannot simply turn over their phone to the Court and have a Judge read all the communications between parties. The most important advice then is to think before you text.

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Attorney & Tech Guru Daniel J. Siegel Helps Pennsylvania Create a Unified E-filing Court System

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Attorney Daniel J. … Read the rest The post Attorney & Tech Guru Daniel J. … Read the rest The post Attorney & Tech Guru Daniel J. Siegel Helps Pennsylvania Create a Unified E-filing Court System appeared first on The Legal Tech Blog. Siegel, the founder of the Law Offices of Daniel J.

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County Attorney Rejects Warrant Used In Raid Of Small Kansas Newspaper, Asks Court To Force Cops To Return Seized Devices

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The post County Attorney Rejects Warrant Used In Raid Of Small Kansas Newspaper, Asks Court To Force Cops To Return Seized Devices appeared first on Above the Law.

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