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

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Not Again! Two More Cases, Just this Week, of Hallucinated Citations in Court Filings Leading to Sanctions

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Karlen , the unwitting litigant filed an appellate brief in which 22 of 24 cases were fictitious. Farwell , the lawyer filed three separate legal memoranda that cited and relied on fictitious cases. Karlen Jonathan Karlen, who is not an attorney, filed a pro se appeal in the Missouri Court of Appeals. XYZ Corporation.

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

Legal Tech Monitor

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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Everything You Should Know About AI Legal Tech

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E-Discovery E-discovery focuses on finding and organizing digital information for legal cases. With so much evidence in emails, text messages, and other files, manually reviewing everything can take forever. It helps with contract analysis, legal research, e-discovery, and compliance monitoring.

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The Legal Ethics of Cloud Computing & SaaS

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As the use of cloud computing by lawyers increases, what are the ethical implications for lawyers storing client files remotely? In short, lawyers must observe their long-standing ethical obligation to preserve client confidence and conduct due diligence into any service or vendor used to store client information.

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AI and Its Impact on the Legal Industry

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Contract Analysis and Due Diligence: AI technologies, such as natural language processing (NLP), have made significant strides in automating contract analysis and due diligence processes. This can save lawyers substantial time and effort in conducting legal research and due diligence.

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Supreme Court Fixes One Problem with the Copyright Statute of Limitations, But Punts Another — Warner Chappell Music v. Nealy (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

Under the “discovery rule,” the limitations period begins to run when “the plaintiff discovers, or with due diligence should have discovered, the injury that forms the basis for the claim.” By Guest Blogger Tyler Ochoa Last week, the U.S. Petrella , 572 U.S. Two years later, in Starz Entertainment v. 4th 1236 (9th Cir.

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