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#LegalEthics Tidbit: Is it reasonable for the partner to check every citation included by the associate?

A CA law firm submitted a petition to the Appellate Division of the Superior Court. The cover page listed the firm named partner who was counsel of record, but he petition was drafted and signed by an associate. The petition contained several #AI hallucinations.

In response to an order to show cause, the associate fessed up and ... (cont.)

https://www.courts.ca.gov/opinions/documents/JAD26-04.PDF
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#LegalEthics Tidbit: Is it reasonable for the partner to check every citation included by the associate?

A CA law firm submitted a petition to the Appellate Division of the Superior Court. The cover page listed the firm named partner who was counsel of record, but he petition was drafted and signed by an associate. The petition contained several #AI hallucinations.

In response to an order to show cause, the associate fessed up and ... (cont.)

https://www.courts.ca.gov/opinions/documents/JAD26-04.PDF
#law #lawfedi #AI

#LegalEthics Tidbit: Is it reasonable for the partner to check every citation included by the associate?

A CA law firm submitted a petition to the Appellate Division of the Superior Court. The cover page listed the firm named partner who was counsel of record, but he petition was drafted and signed by an associate. The petition contained several #AI hallucinations.

In response to an order to show cause, the associate fessed up and ... (cont.)

https://www.courts.ca.gov/opinions/documents/JAD26-04.PDF
#law #lawfedi #AI

#LegalEthics Tidbit: Is it reasonable for the partner to check every citation included by the associate?

A CA law firm submitted a petition to the Appellate Division of the Superior Court. The cover page listed the firm named partner who was counsel of record, but he petition was drafted and signed by an associate. The petition contained several #AI hallucinations.

In response to an order to show cause, the associate fessed up and ... (cont.)

https://www.courts.ca.gov/opinions/documents/JAD26-04.PDF
#law #lawfedi #AI

#LegalEthics Tidbit: Can the opposing party get me disqualified by sending me nasty emails?

A MN lawyer represented Wife in divorce proceedings. As soon as the lawyer appeared, Husband started emailing the lawyer, “wishing death upon him and telling him that he should shoot himself.” The lawyer got a restraining order preventing the Husband from contacting him except for certain communications related to the proceeding. When the lawyer ... (cont.)

https://mn.gov/law-library-stat/archive/ctapun/2026/OPa251501-042026.pdf
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#LegalEthics Tidbit: Can the opposing party get me disqualified by sending me nasty emails?

A MN lawyer represented Wife in divorce proceedings. As soon as the lawyer appeared, Husband started emailing the lawyer, “wishing death upon him and telling him that he should shoot himself.” The lawyer got a restraining order preventing the Husband from contacting him except for certain communications related to the proceeding. When the lawyer ... (cont.)

https://mn.gov/law-library-stat/archive/ctapun/2026/OPa251501-042026.pdf
#law #lawfedi

#LegalEthics Tidbit: Can the opposing party get me disqualified by sending me nasty emails?

A MN lawyer represented Wife in divorce proceedings. As soon as the lawyer appeared, Husband started emailing the lawyer, “wishing death upon him and telling him that he should shoot himself.” The lawyer got a restraining order preventing the Husband from contacting him except for certain communications related to the proceeding. When the lawyer ... (cont.)

https://mn.gov/law-library-stat/archive/ctapun/2026/OPa251501-042026.pdf
#law #lawfedi

#LegalEthics Tidbit: Can the opposing party get me disqualified by sending me nasty emails?

A MN lawyer represented Wife in divorce proceedings. As soon as the lawyer appeared, Husband started emailing the lawyer, “wishing death upon him and telling him that he should shoot himself.” The lawyer got a restraining order preventing the Husband from contacting him except for certain communications related to the proceeding. When the lawyer ... (cont.)

https://mn.gov/law-library-stat/archive/ctapun/2026/OPa251501-042026.pdf
#law #lawfedi

FTC to start taking comments on the regulations against impersonating the government or businesses.
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/10/01/2026-20143/rule-on-impersonation-of-government-and-businesses

#lawfedi #ftc #consumerprotection

FTC to start taking comments on the regulations against impersonating the government or businesses.
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/10/01/2026-20143/rule-on-impersonation-of-government-and-businesses

#lawfedi #ftc #consumerprotection

FTC to start taking comments on the regulations against impersonating the government or businesses.
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/10/01/2026-20143/rule-on-impersonation-of-government-and-businesses

#lawfedi #ftc #consumerprotection

FTC to start taking comments on the regulations against impersonating the government or businesses.
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/10/01/2026-20143/rule-on-impersonation-of-government-and-businesses

#lawfedi #ftc #consumerprotection

RE: https://mastodon.social/@blogdiva/117363288170708374

The Roberts 6 lifted an administrative stay granted by the 6th Circuit so it could consider Christa Pike’s appeal of being sentenced to death. In other words, they refused to allow a pending claim for relief to be heard, allowing tonight’s horribly botched attempt to kill Pike. They are ethically bankrupt, corrupt, and lawless. Unless and until they are removed by impeachment or disempowered by court reform, the federal judicial branch is compromised. 1/ #LawFedi

RE: https://mastodon.social/@blogdiva/117363288170708374

The Roberts 6 lifted an administrative stay granted by the 6th Circuit so it could consider Christa Pike’s appeal of being sentenced to death. In other words, they refused to allow a pending claim for relief to be heard, allowing tonight’s horribly botched attempt to kill Pike. They are ethically bankrupt, corrupt, and lawless. Unless and until they are removed by impeachment or disempowered by court reform, the federal judicial branch is compromised. 1/ #LawFedi

RE: https://mastodon.social/@blogdiva/117363288170708374

The Roberts 6 lifted an administrative stay granted by the 6th Circuit so it could consider Christa Pike’s appeal of being sentenced to death. In other words, they refused to allow a pending claim for relief to be heard, allowing tonight’s horribly botched attempt to kill Pike. They are ethically bankrupt, corrupt, and lawless. Unless and until they are removed by impeachment or disempowered by court reform, the federal judicial branch is compromised. 1/ #LawFedi

RE: https://mastodon.social/@blogdiva/117363288170708374

The Roberts 6 lifted an administrative stay granted by the 6th Circuit so it could consider Christa Pike’s appeal of being sentenced to death. In other words, they refused to allow a pending claim for relief to be heard, allowing tonight’s horribly botched attempt to kill Pike. They are ethically bankrupt, corrupt, and lawless. Unless and until they are removed by impeachment or disempowered by court reform, the federal judicial branch is compromised. 1/ #LawFedi

#LegalEthics Tidbit: Overruled cases are not good substitutes for hallucinated ones

A FL lawyer tried to get opposing counsel disqualified and ended up getting himself sanctioned. After the motion to disqualify was denied, he filed a cert. petition to the District Ct. of Appeal. The petition cited to Citigroup Global Mkts., Inc. v. Masek, 982 So. 2d 1231 (Fla. 4th DCA 2008), a case that does not exist. The citation ... (cont.)

https://law.justia.com/cases/florida/fourth-district-court-of-appeal/2026/4d2026-0781.html
#law #AI #lawfedi

#LegalEthics Tidbit: Overruled cases are not good substitutes for hallucinated ones

A FL lawyer tried to get opposing counsel disqualified and ended up getting himself sanctioned. After the motion to disqualify was denied, he filed a cert. petition to the District Ct. of Appeal. The petition cited to Citigroup Global Mkts., Inc. v. Masek, 982 So. 2d 1231 (Fla. 4th DCA 2008), a case that does not exist. The citation ... (cont.)

https://law.justia.com/cases/florida/fourth-district-court-of-appeal/2026/4d2026-0781.html
#law #AI #lawfedi

#LegalEthics Tidbit: Overruled cases are not good substitutes for hallucinated ones

A FL lawyer tried to get opposing counsel disqualified and ended up getting himself sanctioned. After the motion to disqualify was denied, he filed a cert. petition to the District Ct. of Appeal. The petition cited to Citigroup Global Mkts., Inc. v. Masek, 982 So. 2d 1231 (Fla. 4th DCA 2008), a case that does not exist. The citation ... (cont.)

https://law.justia.com/cases/florida/fourth-district-court-of-appeal/2026/4d2026-0781.html
#law #AI #lawfedi

#LegalEthics Tidbit: Overruled cases are not good substitutes for hallucinated ones

A FL lawyer tried to get opposing counsel disqualified and ended up getting himself sanctioned. After the motion to disqualify was denied, he filed a cert. petition to the District Ct. of Appeal. The petition cited to Citigroup Global Mkts., Inc. v. Masek, 982 So. 2d 1231 (Fla. 4th DCA 2008), a case that does not exist. The citation ... (cont.)

https://law.justia.com/cases/florida/fourth-district-court-of-appeal/2026/4d2026-0781.html
#law #AI #lawfedi

#LegalEthics Tidbit: If I know the judge should recuse herself, but I don’t want her to, can I keep my mouth shut?

Judges may be disqualified from a case for a number of reasons, including a personal relationship with a party, an economic interest implicated by the case, or extrajudicial knowledge of the underlying facts. ABA Opinion 522 addresses situations in which a lawyer knows about grounds for a judge’s disqualification, ... (cont.)

https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/professional_responsibility/ethics-opinions/aba-formal-opinion-522.pdf
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#LegalEthics Tidbit: If I know the judge should recuse herself, but I don’t want her to, can I keep my mouth shut?

Judges may be disqualified from a case for a number of reasons, including a personal relationship with a party, an economic interest implicated by the case, or extrajudicial knowledge of the underlying facts. ABA Opinion 522 addresses situations in which a lawyer knows about grounds for a judge’s disqualification, ... (cont.)

https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/professional_responsibility/ethics-opinions/aba-formal-opinion-522.pdf
#law #lawfedi

#LegalEthics Tidbit: If I know the judge should recuse herself, but I don’t want her to, can I keep my mouth shut?

Judges may be disqualified from a case for a number of reasons, including a personal relationship with a party, an economic interest implicated by the case, or extrajudicial knowledge of the underlying facts. ABA Opinion 522 addresses situations in which a lawyer knows about grounds for a judge’s disqualification, ... (cont.)

https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/professional_responsibility/ethics-opinions/aba-formal-opinion-522.pdf
#law #lawfedi

#LegalEthics Tidbit: If I know the judge should recuse herself, but I don’t want her to, can I keep my mouth shut?

Judges may be disqualified from a case for a number of reasons, including a personal relationship with a party, an economic interest implicated by the case, or extrajudicial knowledge of the underlying facts. ABA Opinion 522 addresses situations in which a lawyer knows about grounds for a judge’s disqualification, ... (cont.)

https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/professional_responsibility/ethics-opinions/aba-formal-opinion-522.pdf
#law #lawfedi