ABA Formal Opinion 512 provides welcome guidance on ethical obligations for lawyers, demanding competence in understanding AI’s benefits and risks (Model Rule 1.1), diligence in protecting client confidentiality (Model Rule 1.6), clarity in client communications (Model Rule 1.4), candor toward tribunals (Model Rule 3.3), effective supervision of AI use (Model Rules 5.1, 5.3), and reasonableness
Cat Moon 😺 likes to say she “lives in the I live in the open mindedness of not knowing enough about anything.”
I dunno. She knows just about everything we need to know about one topic:
“Every single instance of an attorney filing something in court that cites a fake case generated by AI is
Nicole Black’s Sui Generis blog is one of my favorites, a good guide to what’s hot and what’s not, what deserves our attention and what doesn’t. Her recent post The Year Ahead in Legal Tech: AI, Innovation, and Opportunity Tech Trends to Expect in 2025 is overwhelmingly about AI. That should tell you something if
The factors set forth in Rule 1.5(a) also apply when evaluating the reasonableness of charges for GAI tools when the lawyer and client agree on a flat or
Bloomberg Law recently reported that the venerable firm Steptoe would allow associates to choose their own billable hour targets. The program will start next year. An associate can choose to bill 2200 hours and receive top pay,
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By now it’s well known that lawyers must pay attention to “the benefits and
The always-reliable Sharon Nelson and John Simek have lots of good & timely ideas in their article It’s a Good Time for a Cybersecurity Checkup.