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  1. 404 Media: Lawyer Cites ChatGPT-Invented Fake Witnesses in Murder Appeal. “A lawyer used ChatGPT to generate briefs that included completely made-up witnesses and testimony while representing a man accused of shooting his wife. When he was caught by the judges, the lawyer blamed it on his own ‘stupidity.'”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/10/01/404-media-lawyer-cites-chatgpt-invented-fake-witnesses-in-murder-appeal/
  2. 404 Media: Lawyer Cites ChatGPT-Invented Fake Witnesses in Murder Appeal. “A lawyer used ChatGPT to generate briefs that included completely made-up witnesses and testimony while representing a man accused of shooting his wife. When he was caught by the judges, the lawyer blamed it on his own ‘stupidity.'”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/10/01/404-media-lawyer-cites-chatgpt-invented-fake-witnesses-in-murder-appeal/
  3. 404 Media: Lawyer Cites ChatGPT-Invented Fake Witnesses in Murder Appeal. “A lawyer used ChatGPT to generate briefs that included completely made-up witnesses and testimony while representing a man accused of shooting his wife. When he was caught by the judges, the lawyer blamed it on his own ‘stupidity.'”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/10/01/404-media-lawyer-cites-chatgpt-invented-fake-witnesses-in-murder-appeal/
  4. The King’s Square Circus: When Justice Becomes a Stage Play by Lawson Akhigbe

    There is an old legal maxim that justice must not only be done, but must also be seen to be done. Somewhere between Osadebe Avenue and King’s Square, however, that venerable principle was evidently fed into a shredder, doused in kerosene, and traded for prime-time television ratings.

    lawakhigbe.com/2026/09/29/the-

  5. The King’s Square Circus: When Justice Becomes a Stage Play by Lawson Akhigbe

    There is an old legal maxim that justice must not only be done, but must also be seen to be done. Somewhere between Osadebe Avenue and King’s Square, however, that venerable principle was evidently fed into a shredder, doused in kerosene, and traded for prime-time television ratings.

    lawakhigbe.com/2026/09/29/the-

  6. The King’s Square Circus: When Justice Becomes a Stage Play by Lawson Akhigbe

    There is an old legal maxim that justice must not only be done, but must also be seen to be done. Somewhere between Osadebe Avenue and King’s Square, however, that venerable principle was evidently fed into a shredder, doused in kerosene, and traded for prime-time television ratings.

    lawakhigbe.com/2026/09/29/the-

  7. This is a UK take but I think it applies to North American lawyers as well. Professional conduct has devolved to "not illegal" rather than the much higher traditional bar the the professional rules require:

    "[The legal profession] must discern the public interest for itself. It cannot expect a regulator to translate the public interest into a set of rules."

    legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news

    #Lawyers #Ethics

  8. This is a UK take but I think it applies to North American lawyers as well. Professional conduct has devolved to "not illegal" rather than the much higher traditional bar the the professional rules require:

    "[The legal profession] must discern the public interest for itself. It cannot expect a regulator to translate the public interest into a set of rules."

    legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news

    #Lawyers #Ethics

  9. This is a UK take but I think it applies to North American lawyers as well. Professional conduct has devolved to "not illegal" rather than the much higher traditional bar the the professional rules require:

    "[The legal profession] must discern the public interest for itself. It cannot expect a regulator to translate the public interest into a set of rules."

    legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news

    #Lawyers #Ethics

  10. So exhausted lately that I finally caved & have been using an #AI to help me draft initial contact statements to #lawyers/lawfirms and legal referral service agencies.... I just hope it works to get me on through to getting a firm on retainer, as after that I think I'll quit using them...

    I mean if worse comes to worse, I'll just find the formatting details I'll need for this & file the cases direct, but a lawyer sure as heck would make this mess a whole lot easier on me to fix.

    One of the problems is they keep pushing telephone call use, which is always a disaster because as difficult as that is for me, I could just be reading my favorite poem over the phone & still sound angry & frantic in that process.

  11. #LLRX 13 #AI #Books For #lawyers An Opinionated Guide. There’s an obvious objection to recommending books about AI: timeliness. Any book about tools themselves is out of date by the time it’s printed. But that misses the point. Good books are still better than a vendor demo or a LinkedIn post at providing a framework for understanding what these systems do well, where they break down, and which failures should worry someone holding a bar card. #education #communications llrx.com/2026/09/thirteen-ai-b

  12. #LLRX 13 #AI #Books For #lawyers An Opinionated Guide. There’s an obvious objection to recommending books about AI: timeliness. Any book about tools themselves is out of date by the time it’s printed. But that misses the point. Good books are still better than a vendor demo or a LinkedIn post at providing a framework for understanding what these systems do well, where they break down, and which failures should worry someone holding a bar card. #education #communications llrx.com/2026/09/thirteen-ai-b

  13. #LLRX 13 #AI #Books For #lawyers An Opinionated Guide. There’s an obvious objection to recommending books about AI: timeliness. Any book about tools themselves is out of date by the time it’s printed. But that misses the point. Good books are still better than a vendor demo or a LinkedIn post at providing a framework for understanding what these systems do well, where they break down, and which failures should worry someone holding a bar card. #education #communications llrx.com/2026/09/thirteen-ai-b

  14. Canberra lawyers tried to deter former partner from $500k she was owed, court finds

    Two Canberra lawyers took active steps to deter a former partner from pursuing $500,000 owed to her following…
    #NewsBeep #News #Business #ACT #AU #audreyballa #Australia #BenAulich #Canberra #decision #erintaylor #lawfirm #lawyers #PeterWoodhouse #supremecourt
    newsbeep.com/au/904706/

  15. theguardian.com/world/2026/sep. "The #family of 21-year-old #twins who have been #sentenced respectively to #death & #decades in #jail for #protesting against the #Iranian #regime have appealed to the [UN] for help. A formal 'submission of information' relating to the #case of Taraneh & Romina Rahimi has been submitted by #British #humanrights #lawyers on their family’s behalf."

  16. theguardian.com/world/2026/sep. "The #family of 21-year-old #twins who have been #sentenced respectively to #death & #decades in #jail for #protesting against the #Iranian #regime have appealed to the [UN] for help. A formal 'submission of information' relating to the #case of Taraneh & Romina Rahimi has been submitted by #British #humanrights #lawyers on their family’s behalf."

  17. theguardian.com/world/2026/sep. "The #family of 21-year-old #twins who have been #sentenced respectively to #death & #decades in #jail for #protesting against the #Iranian #regime have appealed to the [UN] for help. A formal 'submission of information' relating to the #case of Taraneh & Romina Rahimi has been submitted by #British #humanrights #lawyers on their family’s behalf."

  18. Not great news for legal profession but I'm glad someone is doing the research. Update of 2016 research into lawyer mental health found levels of depression, anxiety, and stress were all higher (32.7%, 26.9%, 30.2%), hazardous drinking lower (26.4%) (differences are a comparison, not an estimate of change due to samples). Almost half met threshold for high or very high burnout, one-third for work-family conflict. (n=36,925)

    OA: doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2026.122

    #Lawyers #MentalHealth

  19. Not great news for legal profession but I'm glad someone is doing the research. Update of 2016 research into lawyer mental health found levels of depression, anxiety, and stress were all higher (32.7%, 26.9%, 30.2%), hazardous drinking lower (26.4%) (differences are a comparison, not an estimate of change due to samples). Almost half met threshold for high or very high burnout, one-third for work-family conflict. (n=36,925)

    OA: doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2026.122

    #Lawyers #MentalHealth

  20. Not great news for legal profession but I'm glad someone is doing the research. Update of 2016 research into lawyer mental health found levels of depression, anxiety, and stress were all higher (32.7%, 26.9%, 30.2%), hazardous drinking lower (26.4%) (differences are a comparison, not an estimate of change due to samples). Almost half met threshold for high or very high burnout, one-third for work-family conflict. (n=36,925)

    OA: doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2026.122

    #Lawyers #MentalHealth

  21. A Tale of Two Locations and One Citizenship by Lawson Akhigbe

    Passports are supposed to be the great equalizers of national identity. If two people carry the green-backed book stamped with the Nigerian coat of arms, the constitution insists they share the exact same claim to fundamental dignity and justice. But citizenship, like roaming data on a prepaid SIM, appears to depend entirely on which borders your passport happens to cross.

    lawakhigbe.com/2026/09/19/a-ta

  22. A Tale of Two Locations and One Citizenship by Lawson Akhigbe

    Passports are supposed to be the great equalizers of national identity. If two people carry the green-backed book stamped with the Nigerian coat of arms, the constitution insists they share the exact same claim to fundamental dignity and justice. But citizenship, like roaming data on a prepaid SIM, appears to depend entirely on which borders your passport happens to cross.

    lawakhigbe.com/2026/09/19/a-ta

  23. A Tale of Two Locations and One Citizenship by Lawson Akhigbe

    Passports are supposed to be the great equalizers of national identity. If two people carry the green-backed book stamped with the Nigerian coat of arms, the constitution insists they share the exact same claim to fundamental dignity and justice. But citizenship, like roaming data on a prepaid SIM, appears to depend entirely on which borders your passport happens to cross.

    lawakhigbe.com/2026/09/19/a-ta

  24. Reuters: Lawyer for State Farm fined over AI hallucination in Los Angeles lawsuit. “A California judge has ordered a lawyer for insurance giant State Farm to pay a $999.99 fine after finding that some ​of her filings included nonexistent cases stemming from her use of ‌an artificial intelligence program.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/17/reuters-lawyer-for-state-farm-fined-over-ai-hallucination-in-los-angeles-lawsuit/
  25. Reuters: Lawyer for State Farm fined over AI hallucination in Los Angeles lawsuit. “A California judge has ordered a lawyer for insurance giant State Farm to pay a $999.99 fine after finding that some ​of her filings included nonexistent cases stemming from her use of ‌an artificial intelligence program.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/17/reuters-lawyer-for-state-farm-fined-over-ai-hallucination-in-los-angeles-lawsuit/
  26. Reuters: Lawyer for State Farm fined over AI hallucination in Los Angeles lawsuit. “A California judge has ordered a lawyer for insurance giant State Farm to pay a $999.99 fine after finding that some ​of her filings included nonexistent cases stemming from her use of ‌an artificial intelligence program.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/17/reuters-lawyer-for-state-farm-fined-over-ai-hallucination-in-los-angeles-lawsuit/
  27. Bail: Nigeria’s Grand Illusion of Justice, Where “Granted” Means “Good Luck Finding a Ghost Surety” by Lawson Akhigbe

    In the theater of Nigerian criminal justice, bail is the sparkling prop they wheel out to dazzle the audience with tales of constitutional benevolence, only for the curtain to fall on a punchline so absurd it would make a stand-up comedian blush. Our dear leaders preach presumption of innocence while tying defendants in knots tighter than a Lagos traffic jam. Let's dissect this farce with the cold scalpel of statute, constitution, and case law—before contrasting it with the recent […]

    lawakhigbe.com/2026/09/16/when

  28. Bail: Nigeria’s Grand Illusion of Justice, Where “Granted” Means “Good Luck Finding a Ghost Surety” by Lawson Akhigbe

    In the theater of Nigerian criminal justice, bail is the sparkling prop they wheel out to dazzle the audience with tales of constitutional benevolence, only for the curtain to fall on a punchline so absurd it would make a stand-up comedian blush. Our dear leaders preach presumption of innocence while tying defendants in knots tighter than a Lagos traffic jam. Let's dissect this farce with the cold scalpel of statute, constitution, and case law—before contrasting it with the recent […]

    lawakhigbe.com/2026/09/16/when

  29. ⚠️ In Iran, almeno 135 avvocati sono stati sottoposti a misure giudiziarie e di sicurezza tra settembre 2025 e settembre 2026. HRANA ha documentato arresti, condanne, convocazioni, divieti di esercitare la professione e altre restrizioni. Almeno 34 avvocati identificati sono stati arrestati e 5 stanno attualmente scontando una pena detentiva.
    #Iran #HumanRights #LawyersAtRisk #Lawyers #Repression
    en-hrana.org/a-year-of-pressur

  30. ⚠️ In Iran, almeno 135 avvocati sono stati sottoposti a misure giudiziarie e di sicurezza tra settembre 2025 e settembre 2026. HRANA ha documentato arresti, condanne, convocazioni, divieti di esercitare la professione e altre restrizioni. Almeno 34 avvocati identificati sono stati arrestati e 5 stanno attualmente scontando una pena detentiva.
    #Iran #HumanRights #LawyersAtRisk #Lawyers #Repression
    en-hrana.org/a-year-of-pressur

  31. ⚠️ In Iran, almeno 135 avvocati sono stati sottoposti a misure giudiziarie e di sicurezza tra settembre 2025 e settembre 2026. HRANA ha documentato arresti, condanne, convocazioni, divieti di esercitare la professione e altre restrizioni. Almeno 34 avvocati identificati sono stati arrestati e 5 stanno attualmente scontando una pena detentiva.
    #Iran #HumanRights #LawyersAtRisk #Lawyers #Repression
    en-hrana.org/a-year-of-pressur

  32. « To read NYC Bar Association Opinion 2025-6 regarding the use of artificial intelligence tools to record, #transcribe and create summaries of client communication, click here…. » #AI #lawyers nyli.org/nyc-bar-issues-opinio

  33. « To read NYC Bar Association Opinion 2025-6 regarding the use of artificial intelligence tools to record, #transcribe and create summaries of client communication, click here…. » #AI #lawyers nyli.org/nyc-bar-issues-opinio

  34. « To read NYC Bar Association Opinion 2025-6 regarding the use of artificial intelligence tools to record, #transcribe and create summaries of client communication, click here…. » #AI #lawyers nyli.org/nyc-bar-issues-opinio

  35. « To read NYC Bar Association Opinion 2025-6 regarding the use of artificial intelligence tools to record, #transcribe and create summaries of client communication, click here…. » #AI #lawyers www.nyli.org/nyc-bar-issu...

    NYC Bar issues Opinion regardi...

  36. « To read NYC Bar Association Opinion 2025-6 regarding the use of artificial intelligence tools to record, #transcribe and create summaries of client communication, click here…. » #AI #lawyers www.nyli.org/nyc-bar-issu...

    NYC Bar issues Opinion regardi...

  37. « To read NYC Bar Association Opinion 2025-6 regarding the use of artificial intelligence tools to record, #transcribe and create summaries of client communication, click here…. » #AI #lawyers www.nyli.org/nyc-bar-issu...

    NYC Bar issues Opinion regardi...