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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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On LawNext: The New Beneficial Ownership Reporting Requirement and How Legal Tech Can Help Companies Comply

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On today’s episode, we’ll dig into this new law and its requirements, and hear about how technology is helping companies comply. The ruling is limited to the two plaintiffs who filed the suit, and the federal government said it will file an appeal.

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Courts Disrupted: Pew Study Finds Pandemic Caused Courts to Revolutionize their Operations, But Says More Needs to be Done

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They supplemented that review with an analysis of court approaches to virtual hearings, e-filing, and digital notarization, focusing on how these tools affected litigants in three of the most common types of civil cases: debt claims, evictions and child support. Three Recommendations.

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Illinois Supreme Court to Hold Public Hearing on 5 Proposed Rule Amendments, Including Rules Impacting Professionalism

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The Illinois Supreme Court Rules Committee will hold a public hearing on November 15 to hear public comment on five proposals. The hearing will include proposed amendments to Rule 8.4 , which focuses on attorney misconduct, and Rule 794 , which outlines the 6-hour professional responsibility MCLE requirement.

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Tips for Catching Deepfakes in Evidence

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In addition to inconsistencies you might see or hear, the background data attached to a digital file can reveal if it's been manipulated. When you load an audio file into an editing program like Audacity, for example, the recording's metadata will look different than the raw file recorded on your phone.

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Ep 240: The New Beneficial Ownership Reporting Requirement and How Legal Tech Can Help Companies Comply

LawNext podcast

On today’s episode, we’ll dig into this new law and its requirements, and hear about how technology is helping companies comply. The ruling is limited to the two plaintiffs who filed the suit, and the federal government said it will file an appeal.

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Automating web compliance is much easier than we believe

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With automated capturing, the actual recordkeeping and categorizing task is fulfilled, and teams are only needed to locate files in case of a record request. File format : The final aim of any discovery process is to share data with the other party. Therefore, it's your responsibility to make that information accessible to them.