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Lawyers face judge’s wrath after AI cites made-up cases in fiery hoverboard lawsuit–theregister.com

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Talk about court red-handed Thomas Claburn Demonstrating yet again that uncritically trusting the output of generative AI is dangerous, attorneys involved in a product liability lawsuit have apologized to the presiding judge for submitting documents that cite non-existent legal cases.

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Four Months After Launching Its ‘Homegrown’ GenAI Tool, Law Firm Gunderson Dettmer Reports On Results So Far, New Features, And A Surprise on Cost

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In August, the Silicon Valley-based international law firm Gunderson Dettmer became one of the first U.S.-based based firms — if not the first — to develop and launch a “homegrown” internal generative AI tool, which it calls ChatGD.

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Gunderson Dettmer Launches ChatGD; First U.S.-Based Firm To Develop Proprietary Internal Generative AI App

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Silicon Valley-based Gunderson Dettmer , an international law firm of more than 400 lawyers that represents many clients in the field of artificial intelligence, today launched an artificial intelligence application of its own making — an internal generative AI chat app called ChatGD. ChatGD is built with this in mind.”

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The 2023 Fastcase 50 Announced, Honoring Legal’s Innovators, Visionaries and Leaders

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Conor Malloy , Supervising Attorney & Rentervention Director, Law Center for Better Housing. Theresa McCue , Member Support Manager, NELLCO Law Library Consortium. Palmer , Chief Counsel, Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism; Adjunct Professor, University of Illinois College of Law.

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Voting Is Open! Pick the 15 Finalists to Compete At Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW 2024 in February

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Traction: We are adding about 25 people a day as registrants, having fully launched in late October 2023, and have begun demos with attorneys. Altumatim Elevator Pitch: Altumatim is the story-based eDiscovery platform that fully automates document review and finds the most important evidence by learning the story the attorney wants to tell.

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The Partners Want Us Back in the Office — Now What?

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Casey Ryan, Reed Smith’s global head of legal personnel, has put in place a new flexible work policy that allows the firm’s more than 1,600 attorneys to choose their office days. But other law firms are not as accommodating. Paul Hastings might’ve been the first international law firm to make its return-to-work policy public.

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10 Best Lead Generation Services for Lawyers

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Their website includes a free legal Q&A service where people can get basic answers to their legal questions from real attorneys, as well as an attorney directory and other helpful legal articles and guides. Client reviews Each lawyer profile also includes an area for clients or other attorneys to leave reviews.