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  1. The latest Lawyer Ex Machina is out: Cities are fleeing Flock; NY bans classroom AI use for elementary and middle schoolers; and a Chilean lawyers breaks a court's electronic system by filing over 38,000 documents in 3 days (h/t to Damien Charlotin) #lawfedi #lawlibrarians #legaltech buttondown.com/LawyerExMachina

  2. The latest Lawyer Ex Machina is out: Cities are fleeing Flock; NY bans classroom AI use for elementary and middle schoolers; and a Chilean lawyers breaks a court's electronic system by filing over 38,000 documents in 3 days (h/t to Damien Charlotin) #lawfedi #lawlibrarians #legaltech buttondown.com/LawyerExMachina

  3. The latest Lawyer Ex Machina is out: Cities are fleeing Flock; NY bans classroom AI use for elementary and middle schoolers; and a Chilean lawyers breaks a court's electronic system by filing over 38,000 documents in 3 days (h/t to Damien Charlotin) #lawfedi #lawlibrarians #legaltech buttondown.com/LawyerExMachina

  4. The latest Lawyer Ex Machina is out: Cities are fleeing Flock; NY bans classroom AI use for elementary and middle schoolers; and a Chilean lawyers breaks a court's electronic system by filing over 38,000 documents in 3 days (h/t to Damien Charlotin) #lawfedi #lawlibrarians #legaltech buttondown.com/LawyerExMachina

  5. The latest Lawyer Ex Machina is out: Cities are fleeing Flock; NY bans classroom AI use for elementary and middle schoolers; and a Chilean lawyers breaks a court's electronic system by filing over 38,000 documents in 3 days (h/t to Damien Charlotin) #lawfedi #lawlibrarians #legaltech buttondown.com/LawyerExMachina

  6. #LegalEthics Tidbit: If I tell my client to lie to the court and she refuses, have I engaged in deceptive conduct?

    A VA lawyer told his client their case would benefit from a continuance, so he advised her to feign an illness and lie to the court about it in order to get a continuance. The lawyer advised her also to lie to her doctor: “say ‘I’ve been pooping my butt off and I’ve been throwing up… and they’ll give you some nausea ... (cont.)

    vsb.org/Site/Site/news/summary
    #law #lawfedi

  7. #LegalEthics Tidbit: If I tell my client to lie to the court and she refuses, have I engaged in deceptive conduct?

    A VA lawyer told his client their case would benefit from a continuance, so he advised her to feign an illness and lie to the court about it in order to get a continuance. The lawyer advised her also to lie to her doctor: “say ‘I’ve been pooping my butt off and I’ve been throwing up… and they’ll give you some nausea ... (cont.)

    vsb.org/Site/Site/news/summary
    #law #lawfedi

  8. #LegalEthics Tidbit: If I tell my client to lie to the court and she refuses, have I engaged in deceptive conduct?

    A VA lawyer told his client their case would benefit from a continuance, so he advised her to feign an illness and lie to the court about it in order to get a continuance. The lawyer advised her also to lie to her doctor: “say ‘I’ve been pooping my butt off and I’ve been throwing up… and they’ll give you some nausea ... (cont.)

    vsb.org/Site/Site/news/summary
    #law #lawfedi

  9. #LegalEthics Tidbit: If I tell my client to lie to the court and she refuses, have I engaged in deceptive conduct?

    A VA lawyer told his client their case would benefit from a continuance, so he advised her to feign an illness and lie to the court about it in order to get a continuance. The lawyer advised her also to lie to her doctor: “say ‘I’ve been pooping my butt off and I’ve been throwing up… and they’ll give you some nausea ... (cont.)

    vsb.org/Site/Site/news/summary
    #law #lawfedi

  10. #LegalEthics Tidbit: If I tell my client to lie to the court and she refuses, have I engaged in deceptive conduct?

    A VA lawyer told his client their case would benefit from a continuance, so he advised her to feign an illness and lie to the court about it in order to get a continuance. The lawyer advised her also to lie to her doctor: “say ‘I’ve been pooping my butt off and I’ve been throwing up… and they’ll give you some nausea ... (cont.)

    vsb.org/Site/Site/news/summary
    #law #lawfedi

  11. #LegalEthics Tidbit: How can I make my #AI hallucinations sanctions worse, without even using #AI again?

    A FL lawyer submitted a cert. petition to the District Court of Appeal that “cited a non-existent case allegedly from this Court and cited other cases that do not support this proposition.” In response to an order to show cause the lawyer acknowledged that “his normal process is to have artificial intelligence (“AI”) software research ... (cont.)

    courtlistener.com/opinion/1094
    #law #lawfedi

  12. #LegalEthics Tidbit: How can I make my #AI hallucinations sanctions worse, without even using #AI again?

    A FL lawyer submitted a cert. petition to the District Court of Appeal that “cited a non-existent case allegedly from this Court and cited other cases that do not support this proposition.” In response to an order to show cause the lawyer acknowledged that “his normal process is to have artificial intelligence (“AI”) software research ... (cont.)

    courtlistener.com/opinion/1094
    #law #lawfedi

  13. #LegalEthics Tidbit: How can I make my #AI hallucinations sanctions worse, without even using #AI again?

    A FL lawyer submitted a cert. petition to the District Court of Appeal that “cited a non-existent case allegedly from this Court and cited other cases that do not support this proposition.” In response to an order to show cause the lawyer acknowledged that “his normal process is to have artificial intelligence (“AI”) software research ... (cont.)

    courtlistener.com/opinion/1094
    #law #lawfedi

  14. #LegalEthics Tidbit: How can I make my #AI hallucinations sanctions worse, without even using #AI again?

    A FL lawyer submitted a cert. petition to the District Court of Appeal that “cited a non-existent case allegedly from this Court and cited other cases that do not support this proposition.” In response to an order to show cause the lawyer acknowledged that “his normal process is to have artificial intelligence (“AI”) software research ... (cont.)

    courtlistener.com/opinion/1094
    #law #lawfedi

  15. #LegalEthics Tidbit: How can I make my #AI hallucinations sanctions worse, without even using #AI again?

    A FL lawyer submitted a cert. petition to the District Court of Appeal that “cited a non-existent case allegedly from this Court and cited other cases that do not support this proposition.” In response to an order to show cause the lawyer acknowledged that “his normal process is to have artificial intelligence (“AI”) software research ... (cont.)

    courtlistener.com/opinion/1094
    #law #lawfedi

  16. RE: mastodon.social/@heidilifeldma

    In the thread at the quoted post, I focused on the status of the litigation against Trump/USPS unconstitutionally taking over the process of ballots being mailed to voters who vote from home (e.g, voters who use absentee ballots or vote-by-mail ballots). Bottom line, Trump DoJ sure is acting like they know the Roberts Six will find a way to ok this on procedural grounds, leaving the merits of the case unaddressed.

    But let’s suppose for a moment that this doesn’t happen. 1/ #LawFedi

  17. Ok, take a deep breath everyone. I’m going to try to explain what is going on in California v. Trump/League of Women Voters v. Trump, the combined cases being heard by Judge Indira Talwani in the Massachusetts District Court, challenging Trump and USPS efforts to take over vote-from-home and disrupt the general election. 1/ #LawFedi

  18. #LegalEthics Tidbit: Is #AI misuse driving up the nuisance (and settlement) value of cases?

    A MS mother filed a pro se federal court complaint alleging that a school district failed to provide an education suited to the needs of her disabled child. She used “AI programs to generate an excessive number of overlong motions and thereby drive up the costs of defending this case for defendants … giving the appearance that she may be ... (cont.)

    storage.courtlistener.com/reca
    #law #lawfedi

  19. If #LawFedi knows any attorneys with their own #LawFirm and motivation to grow, there is a trial of what a niche #SmallBusiness coaching program is all about on June 3rd in #Atlanta.

    It's an opportunity to network with like-minded individuals, the goal being to get real exposure for what’s possible at the next level, and see the value of #coaching by actually being in the room.

    info.crisp.co/million-dollar-d

    #PersonalInjury #Immigration #FamilyLaw #CriminalDefense #PlaintiffsLawyers #lawyers

  20. Today is a good day to remind folk about the Declaration on Free Access to Law (falm.info/declaration/).

    It declares, among other things that: "Public legal information is digital common property and should be accessible to all on a non-profit basis and free of charge"

  21. Biden admin's push for #SCOTUS to avoid climate cases, the #FifthCircuit striking Nasdaq's board diversity rules, and the DOJ's stance on TikTok's potential ban.

    Also, this day in legal history - Joseph H. Rainey was sworn in as the first Black member of the U.S. House of Representatives.

    #thisdayinlegalhistory #lawfedi

    minimumcomp.com/p/legal-news-f

  22. There is a peculiar tyranny to working without KPIs. thoughts?

  23. CW: Any reason why these under $300 #Motorola phones you sell have #GammaGroup's #FinFisher #FinSpy #Finsky ☣️🔍🧐 preinstalled?

    @[email protected]
    @MOTOROLA
    @[email protected]

    Any reason why these under $300 #Motorola phones you sell have #GammaGroup's #FinFisher #FinSpy #Finsky ☣️🔍🧐preinstalled?

    #infosec questions about #StateSponsoredMalware from the #UK

    @citizenlab
    @eff
    @epicprivacy

    #lawfedi #fedlaw

  24. Moyle v. Idaho officially released
    supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pd

    Dismissed as improvidently granted and Court's stays vacated

    Kagan: I concur in the Court’s decision today to vacate its stay
    and dismiss the writ of certiorari before judgment as improvidently granted. I do so because Idaho’s arguments
    about EMTALA do not justify, and have never justified, either emergency relief or our early consideration of this dispute.

    #SupremeCourt #SCOTUS #abortion #Idaho #law #lawfedi #lawprof #EMTALA

  25. As many of you know already, I am especially interested in the use of #consumerProtection statutes to ground suits against irresponsible sales and marketing by member of the gun industry. In #WashingtonState, the state legislature and state AG #BobFerguson have been using this approach to deal with large capacity magazines. 1/2 #LawFedi #gunViolence #ConsumerProtection

  26. Sigh... sloppy lawyering and drafting of deserves to be corrected so publicly. Wdyt ?

    After overreaching TOS angers users, cloud provider Vultr backs off | Ars Technica

    arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20

  27. missing.csail.mit.edu/
    "Classes teach you all about advanced topics within CS, from operating systems to machine learning, but there’s one critical subject that’s rarely covered, and is instead left to students to figure out on their own: proficiency with their tools."

    Does any one know if there's an equivalent for ?


  28. Is anyone hearing anything about those provider indemnities? Has anyone had heard of anyone enforcing them?

  29. Listening to Microsoft's apac lawyer trying to convince us that 'Copilot' was a deliberate branding choice... tehehe

  30. - are there any books or resources you could recommend for those transitioning from private practice to inhouse?

  31. After some life advice , - I'm realising that I'll always be replaceable as a legal resource. But I don't know what to do with this information. Don't like the idea of just cruising. Not sure a 'forever' job exists in our industry...

  32. @catandgirl
    Thank you for making and sharing. Sorry that the world seems to just take and destroy.

    - an artists take on recent litigation: catandgirl.com/4000-of-my-clos

  33. And before anyone says "but look at the outcome in #MooreVHarper" note - the Court decided the Constitution did not immunize legislatures from their courts. A justice who wants to undo court reform legislation would have no problem squaring that circle.

    #LawFedi #SupremeCourt #SCOTUS #ConLaw #ConstitutionalLaw #CourtReform #ExpandtheCourt

  34. Taking a broader view of #FairvHarvard, the majority opinion and the concurrences fit the #Lochner paradigm. As in #Dobbs and #Bruen, Roberts, Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Coney Barrett all stake out a position divorced from the reality of American life and arrived at by radical, formalist reasoning. Ultimately, dissatisfaction with this sort of decisionmaking led to the New Deal legal revolution. Dissatisfaction with it may yet birth another sea change in US law. 10/10 #LawFedi

  35. Here’s an accessible, clear analysis of the Supreme Court decision in #MoorevHarper, succinctly explaining how state constitutions as interpreted by state courts will continue to constrain wild efforts by state legislatures to interfere with rights to ballot access. From @democracydocket, democracydocket.com/analysis/b. #LawFedi #Voting #democracy

  36. I've read #MooreVHarper, and am pleased the "Independent State Legislature" doctrine was rejected.

    But other than dry legal arguments, I've not seen discussion from proponents as to *why* they think it is good public policy to give politicians the power to negate elections they disagree with.

    If we claim to live in a Constitutional Republic, how can anyone with a straight face argue that the VP *should have* the power to negate single-handedly the results of a presidential election, or that a state legislature *should have* the power to set aside elections?

    If our Constitution truly allowed elections to be negated that easily, our system would be little better than China or the former Soviet Union. The fact that two of our justices value democracy so little that they would allow that is concerning.

    #SCOTUS
    #LawFedi

  37. The decisions from which Alito, Gorsuch, and Thomas are the dissenters are the best decisions we can get from this Supreme Court. #LawFedi #MooreVharper

  38. "Leo, a key figure in a network of nonprofits that has worked to support the nominations of conservative judges, told Conway that he wanted her to “give” Ginni Thomas “another $25K,” the documents show. He emphasized that the paperwork should have “No mention of Ginni, of course.”"

    #law #lawfedi #uspol #politics #upolitics #supremecourt

  39. Site: Hello! We are [redacted], a major site used to certify legal students in technology and security!

    Site: we have emailed you your password, the one you set, in cleartext!

    Me: ಠ_ಠ

    #infosec #lawfedi #paralegal #lawschool