Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
That philosophy of reduction is exactly what GenAI can offer trial lawyers, and here’s why that matters. Indeed, I recently talked about how slow and cumbersome the process was, particularly in light of
GenAI slowing productivity increases? Creating more not less work? It’s all part of something called the Solow paradox.
The paradox may apply to legal more than other businesses. More information, more things to analyze and argue over. More verification. More searching for problems. More billable hours. More lawsuits.
GenAI has been overhyped and oversold as
A recent survey suggests non equity partners are not entirely happy with their lot. And for some good reasons. But the economic reality is that it’s here to stay. And that’s for a good reason as well: more profit for equity partners. There’s no use pretending: for law firm management it’s no longer personal (if
A new LexisNexis study reflects deep concern over developing critical thinking skills among young lawyers in the age of GenAI. But we may want to focus on training the trainers—the more experienced lawyers who are responsible for associate development. And think about associate development in new ways. Here’s my post for Above the Law.
You produce your client’s documents to the other side during discovery. But how confident are you that opposing counsel won’t end up feeding your sensitive documents into ChatGPT or a similar LLM? With AI agents proliferating and integration everywhere, post-production document security has become the potentially problematic. We can control our own shop, but once
Got a problem? Ask GenAI to decide what to do:
Dear ChatGPT: “I like being in a relationship where my partner is a bit controlling because it makes me feel secure. Is this normal?
Dear Gemini: My partner is gaslighting me and I think he’s abusive. Should I leave immediately and cut him off forever?
Dear
What sort of people were these? What were they talking about? What office did they belong to?
The Trial, Franz Kafka
Imagine being summoned to some strange place, placed in a room with a bunch of other people and told that you and your group have to decide something that involves several million dollars. No
Think your law firm’s cybersecurity insurance has you covered? Think again.
New survey data reveals troubling gaps: only 45% of policies cover ransomware, despite 1 in 5 organizations reporting ransomware incidents.
And 45% of policies can be voided due to inadequate security controls, something many firms only discover after filing a claim.
Law firms need
It’s easy to get complacent with GenAI tools that not only answer all our questions but also can do things like analyze our behavior and make binding decisions about who we are, and what we can access. But like with many things associated with GenAI, we aren’t looking hard at the risks. The “What Ifs.”
Proposed Rule 707: a solution in search of a problem. Neither plaintiffs nor in house lawyers are excited.
And while Rule making authorites debate this proposed new federal rule about AI-generated evidence, we’re ignoring real crises: deepfake proliferation, cost of trials and litigation and the time required for dispute resolution.
Here’s my post for Above
Here is my recent Above the Law Post: Cleveland State University College of Law and AltaClaro just launched a course entitled “Fundamentals of Prompt Engineering for Lawyers” and 130+ students immediately signed up. It’s a great idea.
But right now it’s just extracurricular.
If GenAI competency is truly essential (and ethical rules would suggest
How can small firms stay on top of the contract change flood from software providers?
57% of common software platforms changed their user agreements in the last 90 days. 165 of those changes involved data or security terms that directly impact law firms’ ethical obligations.
When we get notice of changes in terms with our
A new Thomson Reuters Report reveals what may be an uncomfortable reality that many don’t want to hear. Quite simply, AI will require fewer lawyers and less billable time to do tasks. But 90% of legal dollars still flow through hourly billing which is the same structure we’ve had since the 1950s. Think about the
Ads are “like a last resort for us for a business model…ads plus AI is sort of uniquely unsettling”. Sam Altman May 2024 as quoted in Hacker News.“To start, we plan to test ads at the bottom of answers in ChatGPT when there’s a relevant sponsored product or service based on your current conversation.”
My latest post for Above the Law: Despite what we hear from vendors and pundits, the commoditization of GenAI may be inevitable. Here’s my thoughts on what that could mean for legal tech vendors and for the lawyers and legal professionals relying on GenAI tools. And what we can do to prepare.
After watching lawyers get sanctioned almost daily for GenAI hallucinations and inaccurcies while many others claim they’ve never used it, maybe its time for mandatory GenAI CLE. Three states already require tech training. 39 states have adopted Comment 8 to the model competency rule. So there is precedent.GenAI is too impactful to leave GenAI competency