AI certifications, higher fines, better training could help Lawyer laziness, lack of hands-on experience to blame An onslaught of AI-generated hallucinations in court filings shows lawyers haven’t yet learned how to finesse their use of the rapidly changing technology, as the financial and reputational risks of citing fake cases is expected to climb. Lawyers and
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UK: ‘Fake’ citations: Civil Justice Council sets up AI working group
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The Civil Justice Council has created a working group to examine the use of artificial intelligence in preparing court documents and consider amendments to procedure rules. Terms of reference should be published within the next few weeks, a spokesperson told the Gazette. Lord Justice Birss, deputy head of civil justice, alluded to the group’s establishment…
NY Librarian Reveals In Linked In Post .. LEXIS NOW HAS A WARNING WHEN A CASE CITES TO AN AI GENERATED
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LEXIS NOW HAS A WARNING WHEN A CASE CITES TO AN AI GENERATED This decision contains references to invalid citations in the original text of the opinion. They are relevant to the decision and therefore have not been editorially corrected. Linking has been removed from those citations. Williams v Capital One Bank, N.A., 2025…
Press Release: Callidus Legal AI Launches Groundbreaking Platform That Redefines Legal Workflows with Comprehensive Case Database and Advanced AI
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Pairing the most advanced AI legal reasoning engine with the most comprehensive U.S. case law database, Callidus delivers end-to-end litigation automation that outpaces legacy platforms MCKINNEY, Texas, May 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Callidus Legal AI, the AI platform that automates & accelerates attorneys across core legal workflows, today announced its most advanced legal research and drafting system to…
Law firm defending Baltimore jail conditions faces sanctions over AI-generated filings
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Media Report Maryland has spent nearly $800,000 on legal help from a private firm that just admitted to an ‘extremely poor lapse in judgment’ A brewing Alabama courtroom scandal over the improper use of generative artificial intelligence by a pair of high-powered attorneys could have serious implications for a decades-old lawsuit over Baltimore jail conditions.…
Document – Standing Order on Use of AI by Magistrate Judge David Horan out of N.D. Texas.. “In sum, ‘the use of artificial intelligence must be accompanied by the application of actual intelligence in its execution.’
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Standing Order on Use of AI by Magistrate Judge David Horan out of N.D. Texas. Every paragraph incorporating a quote from either an existing rule regulating attorneys or case involving the improper use of AI in litigation, all neatly woven together to arrive at the conclusion: “In sum, ‘the use of artificial intelligence must be…
Article: Entering the Hall of Hallucinations: AI, Law, and Global Verification Failures
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May 19 2025 Dr Jason Harkess Barrister Linked In Introduction In June 2023, when the Southern District of New York sanctioned a lawyer for citing six non-existent cases, it seemed a curious anomaly—a cautionary tale about new technology. Yet as research deepened for “The AI That Lied to the Court,” similar cases began emerging across…
Linked In Post.. Ouch ! US Lawyer Compares Lexis Sub To ChatGPT Deep Research “ChatGPTDeepResearch – Comprehensive, well-organized memo. ? LEXIS – A big, over-inclusive data dump”
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I just compared my current LEXIS subscription to ChatGPT Deep Research and was blown away. My takeaways: ? ChatGPTDeepResearch – Comprehensive, well-organized memo. ? LEXIS – A big, over-inclusive data dump. ? ChatGPTDeepResearch – Identified key SCOTUS precedent in first sentence. ? LEXIS – Missed precedent entirely. ? ChatGPTDeepResearch – Seamlessly accessible via browser ?…
EU AI Act: Ban on Certain AI Practices and Requirements for AI Literacy Come Into Effect
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EU AI Act: Ban on Certain AI Practices and Requirements for AI Literacy Come Into Effect The first requirements under the EU Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act come into effect on February 2, 2025, banning the use of AI systems that involve prohibited AI practices and requiring providers and deployers of AI systems to take steps…
AI Literacy Under the EU AI Act: 5 Tips for Companies to Consider
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This update is part of our EU AI Act Series. Learn more about the EU AI Act here. Developers and users of AI systems subject to the EU AI Act must adopt AI literacy measures by 2 February 2025. The Act requires them “to ensure, to their best extent, a sufficient level of AI literacy” among staff and…