Law360 has:
Fourth Circuit Loses at Supreme Court With Every Ruling Reversed
Bloomberg Law has US Courts Cautiously Experiment With AI to Speed Up Their WorkThe First, Fifth, and Federal circuits are looking into possible uses of AI. For example, the Fifth Circuit is testing whether AI can make initial evaluations on motions for extensions of time or determine whether a party filed an appeal in
New
York Court Rejects Litigant’s AI Avatar During Oral Argument
AZ Supreme Court’s New “Reporters” Aren’t Human Arizona’s highest court has unveiled AI-generated avatars Daniel and Victoria to deliver court news. KVOA reports these digital personas will explain cases and decisions on the court’s website and social media. “We want to help you understand the court and its decisions better and make sure you
Law.com has 7th Circuit Chief Judge Diane Sykes to Take Senior Status — Sykes, who joined the Seventh Circuit in 2004 after serving on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, was reportedly on President Donald Trump’s shortlist of judges to replace Justice Antonin Scalia.
The front page of the LA Times on Saturday had Their community in ashes, the Palisades Symphony finds solace in music featuring Justice Helen Bendix, “one of the 16 members of the symphony and the chorale who had lost their homes.” And the Opinion section of the LA Times on Sunday had Editorial: Finally, the Supreme
I was reading through CA4’s recent opinion in Le Doux v. Western Express, Inc., ___ F.4th ___ (4th Cir. 2025), when I came across this footnote:
Western Express and Worthy contend that we review the decision for plain error because Le Doux never briefed or argued in the district court whether Virginia law permits a
Sometimes I worry that AI is going to replace lawyers. And then the universe hands me an opinion like Llewellyn v. Fechtel, showing that nothing that able to pass the Turing test could ever do our jobs.
Llewellyn is a trusts-and-estates case; basically, Fechtel claimed the Llewellyn breached her fiduciary duties as trustee. The
The Recorder has Davis Wright Tremaine Turns to Gen AI to Teach Its Associates Legal Writing — The firm’s proprietary software DWT Prose gives writing recommendations based on the work product of the firm’s experienced attorneys.
