Above the Law - Technology

MARCH 14, 2024

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.” District Judge John E. ” On March 8, the U.S.

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Above the Law - Technology

JUNE 5, 2024

Eleventh Circuit judge explains why he used generative AI to develop his reasoning in a recent case. The post Federal Judge Uses ChatGPT To Make His Decision And It Makes More Sense Than You’d Think appeared first on Above the Law.

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Trellis.Law Blog

APRIL 12, 2024

Today’s focus is on Marion County Superior Court Judge Mark D. You be the judge… Continue reading → The post You Be the Judge: Sentencing, Community Outrage, and Calls for Dismissal first appeared on Trellis.Law Blog.

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Above the Law - Technology

DECEMBER 18, 2024

The Illinois Supreme Court today released a policy on the use of generative AI in the courts that authorizes its use by attorneys, judges, court staff and others, provided the use complies with legal and ethical standards. The Illinois Supreme Court AI Policy, which will take effect Jan.

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Above the Law - Technology

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

But today, the judge overseeing the case, 3 rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Stephanos Bibas, sitting by designation in the U.S. The judge also declined to decide Ross’s fair use defense or other legal issues remaining in the matter.

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Above the Law - Technology

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

“We’re trying to solve a longstanding problem in the legal field, and that is that judges only write judicial opinions for 3% of rulings,” Ovbiagele said. “They tell you what judges have done, but they don’t tell you why judges did what they did. federal courts.

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Above the Law - Technology

AUGUST 30, 2024

Maybe Reed O'Connor has some reason why he recused in one case and not the other -- he needs to explain it for the good of the courts. The post Judge Reed O’Connor Seems To Own Too Much Tesla To Rule Against CVS, Just Enough To Rule Against Liberal Fact-Checkers appeared first on Above the Law.

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Above the Law - Technology

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. District Chief Judge Nancy Rosenstengel. DNP is a web-based company purporting to use AI to provide legal services virtually. .”

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Eric Goldman

MARCH 2, 2025

What really happened was that the judge gave a jury instruction that confused the hell out of the jury, and so the jury returned a meaningless and indefensible verdict, one that was certain to be appealed. But this court says, not so. I blame this result on this courts definition of technological harm.

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

In a significant ruling for legal publishing and AI development, a federal judge has granted partial summary judgment to Thomson Reuters in its long-running copyright infringement lawsuit against ROSS Intelligence, finding that ROSS infringed on Westlaw’s copyrighted headnotes and rejecting ROSS’s fair use defense.

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Above the Law - Technology

MARCH 13, 2024

The judge who struck down Elon Musk's compensation package is hearing it from the dumbest people on the planet. The post Elon Musk Supporters Bombard Judge With Angry Letters — She’s Not Even Opening Them appeared first on Above the Law.

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Above the Law - Technology

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

A federal judge in Delaware has dismissed the claim by now-shuttered legal research startup ROSS Intelligence that Thomson Reuters violated federal antitrust law by unlawfully tying its search tool to its public law database in order to maintain its dominance in the overall market for legal search platforms.

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Eric Goldman

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

The defendant conceded summary judgment on liability, and the court held a trial on damages. This post covers the court’s ruling following the damages trial. Setting the Damages Range The court rejects KMC’s innocent infringement defense. Not willful. Defendant’s financial benefit. ” Deterrence.

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lennyesq

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

” However, US District Judge Colleen McMahon granted OpenAI’s motion to dismiss the case. McMahon said that questions about these kinds of harms had not been put before the court. The judge said she would allow an amended complaint from the publishers. Read more…

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Brett Trout

MARCH 3, 2025

Brett Trout In a significant decision for copyright law and legal technology, Judge Stephanos Bibas granted partial summary judgment in favor of Thomson Reuters, rejecting ROSS Intelligences fair use defense in a closely watched lawsuit over the use of Westlaws legal content.

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Above the Law - Technology

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Given the explosion of generative AI tools available, many federal judges have issued standing orders governing their use. If your judge has issued such an order, Practical Guidance has the tools you need. The post Using Generative AI In Federal Court? We’ve Got You Covered appeared first on Above the Law.

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

law firm by headcount were facing sanctions over their submission of court filings containing fake legal cases generated by artificial intelligence. Now, the Wyoming federal judge presiding over the case, U.S. […]

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Trellis.Law Blog

APRIL 26, 2024

Summer is approaching, and for those in law school, this means internships, clerkships, pivotal research projects for law review or moot court, and bar review.

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Above the Law - Technology

JANUARY 9, 2025

The post Judge Wears VR Headset To View Defendant’s Account Of Events And What Fresh Hell Is This? Courtroom technology: all about coulda, not shoulda. appeared first on Above the Law.

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Kevin O'Keefe

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The Judicial Office in the UK has issued official guidance to thousands of judges in England and Wales saying AI can be useful for summarising large amounts of text or in administrative tasks. Judges, like everybody else, need to be acutely aware that AI can give inaccurate responses as well as accurate ones.”

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Martindale-Avvo

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

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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Above the Law - Technology

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Pre/Dicta , a litigation analytics platform that predicts how federal court judges will rule, is expanding to cover new motion types and also to predict litigation timelines. Until now, the product, which launched in July 2022 , covered only motions to dismiss, claiming to predict how a judge will rule with an accuracy rate of 85%.

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lennyesq

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Thomas Claburn A federal magistrate judge has recommended $15,000 in sanctions be imposed on an attorney who cited non-existent court cases concocted by an AI chatbot. Dinsmore in December ordered [PDF] Ramirez to appear in court and show cause why he should not be sanctioned. In a report [PDF] filed last week, Mark J.

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Berkley Technology Law Journal

JANUARY 24, 2025

District Court for the Southern District of New York suggests that CISOs might be outside of point-blank range. On July 18, 2024, Judge Paul Englemayer dismissed most of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)s landmark cyber enforcement case against SolarWinds Corp. However, a recent decision from the U.S.

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Legal IT Insiders

OCTOBER 15, 2024

A lawyer in Melbourne, Australia has been referred by a federal circuit judge to the Office of the Victorian Legal Services Board and Commissioner after filing a summary of authorities […] The post Australian lawyer reported to regulator for filing fake Gen AI cases in court appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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Legal IT Insiders

AUGUST 8, 2024

Dutch tech publication Tweakers has kicked off a legal debate after revealing that a Dutch lower court judge has used ChatGPT as a source of information for the ruling. Tweakers […] The post Dutch judge causes storm by using ChatGPT in judgment research appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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Trellis.Law Blog

APRIL 3, 2024

Boyd is a judge for the 187th District Court in Bexar County, Texas. She was elected to the bench in… Continue reading → The post You Be the Judge: Spotlighting the Texas Judiciary on YouTube first appeared on Trellis.Law Blog. As of today, she has approximately 23,800 subscribers on YouTube. Stephanie R.

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Trellis.Law Blog

APRIL 5, 2024

One of the judge biographies receiving an incredible amount of attention on Trellis is that of the Honorable Judge David R.

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Kevin O'Keefe

JANUARY 7, 2024

It can provide guidance on basic legal questions, help with court forms, and offer directions on presenting cases to judges. Enhancement of Courtroom Procedures and Trials : Digitalization and AI can transform how evidence is presented and received in court, leading to more dynamic and interactive trial environments.

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Clio

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Unlike legal briefs , case briefs are not submitted to the court or opposing counsel. Some basic elements of a case brief include summaries of the facts, procedural history, the main legal issue of the case, and the courts holding. If the case has already been addressed by an appellate court, include that courts determination as well.

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lennyesq

JANUARY 27, 2025

‘Public interest alone does not justify warrantless querying’ says judge Iain Thomson It was revealed this week a court in New York made a landmark ruling that sided against the warrantless state surveillance of people’s private communications in America. The ruling was made in December and unsealed Tuesday.

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Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

MARCH 26, 2024

This process tends to be faster and cheaper than a contested divorce, in which a judge will resolve the disputed matters. An uncontested divorce also can give the spouses more control over their future, rather than leaving important decisions up to a judge who does not know them. A court probably will approve a change in this case.

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Karlen Jonathan Karlen, who is not an attorney, filed a pro se appeal in the Missouri Court of Appeals. His initial filing was deficient in several respects, but after the court gave him several deadline extensions, he ultimately filed an appellate brief and a reply brief. The court was not sympathetic. ” Smith v. .

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

The court dismisses the case entirely with leave to amend. The court responds: “Plaintiffs do not clearly identify the ‘product’ at issue or the ‘design defect’ it allegedly contains.” ” The court responds: Many of the statements simply describe what content is allowed on the platforms.

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Debevoise Data Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

In a ruling with potential implications for other pending generative artificial intelligence (AI) copyright cases, the United States District Court for the District of Delaware in Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH & West Publishing Corp. ROSS Intelligence Inc. some creative spark.

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Clio

DECEMBER 11, 2024

An example of procedural justice in the courtroom would be as simple as providing an interpreter to someone appearing at traffic court if English was not their first language. This way, regardless of the outcome of their traffic case, the persons experience in court will be more respectful and fair.

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LawSites

OCTOBER 15, 2021

In an explosive exposé last week, The Wall Street Journal reported that 131 federal judges broke the law by hearing cases where they had a financial interest. To uncover those violations, reporters reviewed the financial holdings of some 700 federal judges and compared them against tens of thousands of court cases.

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