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New Jersey Weighs New Duty of Technology Competence

New Jersey appears poised to become the next state to explicitly add a duty of technology competence to its professional code of ethics. Proposed revisions to the New Jersey Rules of Professional Conduct would, if adopted,...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Illinois Supreme Court Announces Policy on Artificial Intelligence

Last year, the Illinois Judicial Conference Task Force on Artificial Intelligence (IJC) was created to develop recommendations for how the Illinois Judicial Branch should regulate and use artificial intelligence (AI) in the...more

EDRM - Electronic Discovery Reference Model

AI Hallucinations in Court: A Wake-Up Call for the Legal Profession

Despite clear judicial warnings and sanctions, legal professionals continue to submit AI-generated court documents with fabricated content. This disturbing trend, exemplified by cases like Mata v. Avianca, threatens the...more

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Trust, But Verify: Avoiding the Perils of AI Hallucinations in Court

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The rise of generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents lawyers with powerful tools and tactical advantages to streamline many aspects of their practice. AI helps lawyers provide more efficient, effective legal services...more

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Litigators Weigh Need to Disclose AI Use to Clients

Many lawyers today are wrestling with the question of whether they should inform clients that artificial intelligence technologies are being used on their case matters. Ethical advice from state bar regulators has been slowly...more

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Gen AI and Attorney Ethics: A State-by-State Roundup

Be cautious, be curious, be vigilant, and be brave. Those were the words of the New York State Bar Association’s Task Force on Artificial Intelligence. It is good advice. GenAI is here and lawyers need to understand its...more

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Can Insurers Dictate How the Insured’s Deposition Will be Conducted?

This blog post is the third in a series on common ethical challenges that arise while preparing for and conducting depositions. Insurers and large corporate legal departments are sophisticated consumers of legal services, but...more

Fishman Haygood LLP

Ethical Rules for Using Generative AI in Your Practice

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At the risk of stating the obvious, we are still in the early days of what we believe to be an “AI Revolution” in the way that goods and services, including legal services, are and will be provided. That means that we do not,...more

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[Webinar] "My AI Did It!" Is No Excuse for Unethical or Unprofessional Conduct: Consideration of recent case law and ethics...

Consideration of ethical and professional issues raised by Florida attorneys use of AI, including the following: - Florida Bar Ethics Opinion 24-1 (01/19/24). (Copy to be provided for download.) Overview of the opinion...more

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USPTO Provides Guidance on Using AI-Based Tools in Filing and Preparing Patent and Trademark Applications

On April 11, 2024, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO or Office) published new guidance on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) based tools in connection with preparing and prosecuting patent and...more

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For All Patent/Trademark Practitioners: USPTO Provides Guidance for Use of AI in Preparing USPTO Submissions

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The USPTO expounds a clear message for patent and trademark attorneys, patent agents, and inventors: use of artificial intelligence (AI), including generative AI, in patent and trademark activities and filings before the...more

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USPTO Issues Additional Guidance on Use of AI Tools in Connection with USPTO Matters

The USPTO issued guidance on February 6, 2024 that clarified existing rules and policies and discussed how to apply them when AI is used in the drafting of submissions to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) and Trademark...more

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The Impact of Media and Technology on the Litigation Landscape with Sabrina Mizrachi, Deputy General Counsel at Estée Lauder

In this episode, Gina Rubel goes on record with Sabrina Mizrachi, who is the Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of Litigation and Global Product Regulatory at Estée Lauder. Sabrina provides regulatory guidance, manages...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Litigation and Investigation Implications for Companies Adopting GenAI

Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) has seen a rapid expansion in personal and commercial use. Tools such as ChatGPT have helped to automate mundane tasks, create first drafts of communications and streamline research....more

Array

This Week in eDiscovery: State of the Industry Highlights, Acronym Glossary, and Judge Rodriguez Insights

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Every week, the Array team reviews the latest news and analysis about the evolving field of eDiscovery to bring you the topics and trends you need to know. This week’s blog covers the week of January 8-14. Here’s what’s...more

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Will AI Deposition Assistants Be Ethical?

By now most lawyers are familiar with the story of DoNotPay, the company that promised to provide a traffic offense defendant with a “robot lawyer” to fight the ticket in court. The plan went like this: The defendant would be...more

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[Hybrid Event] Continuing Legal Education Seminar - Credits & More 2023 - December 1st, Columbus, OH

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Join Dinsmore attorneys, along with our distinguished guest speakers, for guidance and insight on timely, cutting-edge topics impacting the legal profession and business. You can attend this event either in-person or...more

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[Hybrid Event] Continuing Legal Education Seminar - Credits & More 2023 - December 1st, Cincinnati, OH

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Join Dinsmore attorneys, along with our distinguished guest speakers, for guidance and insight on timely, cutting-edge topics impacting the legal profession and business. You can attend this event either in-person or...more

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Judges Issue Standing Orders Regarding the Use of Artificial Intelligence

The impact of generative artificial intelligence (AI) is unsurprisingly significant in the field of education, with some teachers and professors responding by instituting oral examinations, handwritten essays, or requiring...more

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AI Is Not Just eDiscovery’s Future — It’s Also Its Past

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Generative AI tools such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Bard have dominated headlines for months as people consider the possibilities and pitfalls of their uses in a variety of fields, from writing poetry to generating...more

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Misadventures in ChatGPT: Lessons Learned

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Early in 2023, New York lawyer Steven A. Schwartz found himself in a bind when faced with a motion to dismiss an action he had commenced in state court that was subsequently removed to the District Court for the Southern...more

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In The Crosshairs: The Legal Industry Grapples With The Application And Ethics Of AI

In May 2023, Steven Schwartz of Levidow, Levidow & Oberman admitted that he used a generative AI (GAI) platform to produce six non-existent court decisions as citations during his representation in a personal injury case...more

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Update on the ChatGPT Case: Counsel Who Submitted Fake Cases Are Sanctioned

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We previously wrote about the widely-publicized Southern District of New York case involving lawyers who submitted papers citing non-existent cases generated by the artificial intelligence program ChatGPT, Mata v. Avianca,...more

Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C.

The Ethical Challenges of AI-Assisted Legal Practice: Lawyers and ChatGPT

Artificial intelligence (“AI”) is not entirely foreign to the legal profession. AI-powered legal research databases, eDiscovery automation, and juror intelligence services are just a few examples of how lawyers have engaged...more

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A “Brief” Hallucination by Generative AI Can Land You in Hot Water

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A New York attorney working a personal injury case just learned why it’s called “generative” AI the hard way. In 2022, Robert Mata, represented by attorneys of Levidow, Levidow & Oberman, P.C. (“Levidow”), filed a personal...more

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