Passing the Controls: The Art of Legal Judgment, Mentorship, and the Next Generation in the Age of AI

What happens to legal judgment when AI can perform, at surface level, the very tasks junior lawyers have always used to build skill? Retired judge Ralph Artigliere and Wake Forest-bound Zara Russell tackle that question...

Another A.I. Protective Order

Protective orders addressing the use of A.I. to review materials produced to an opponent in discovery are becoming routine.  The stipulated protective order in RMME LLC v. Majestic Steel USA, Inc., 2026 WL 1831063, at...

Is it OK if “Actual Authorities” Support the “Bogus” Proposition Set Out in a Hallucinated Case?

In Withers v. City of Aberdeen, a federal court rejected the argument that attorneys should avoid sanctions for citing AI-hallucinated cases simply because legitimate authorities support the same legal propositions. The decision emphasizes that fake...

Trial Court’s Order Contained Hallucinated Mistake

The Georgia Court of Appeals rebuked both counsel and the trial court after a proposed order containing a hallucinated case citation was submitted and signed. In Henry County Schools v. Grant, the court highlighted errors...

Webinar Transcript | Training Is Not Enough: Guardrails for Responsible AI Use in Legal Practice

Legal professionals are not short on AI training, they are short on what comes next. In this EDRM webinar, Judge Ralph Artigliere, Professor William Hamilton, Suzanne Clark, Rose Hunter Jones, and Dr. Varun Chadalavada examine...

Five great reads on cyber, data, and legal discovery for May 2026

Deepfake Photos Admitted – Proponent Held in Contempt – 45-Day Incarceration

In an unpublished opinion, the Kentucky Court of Appeals let stand a finding of contempt with a 45 day incarceration for a photo submitted to prove a health care incident during a divorce proceeding. Opinions...

Ireland’s AI regulator role gets a hard look at Dublin Tech Summit

AI, privacy and policy leaders at Dublin Tech Summit examined Ireland’s emerging role as a global AI regulator, the EU AI Act delays, GDPR’s dominance in AI governance, and the growing compliance pressures facing cybersecurity,...

Using AI for Legal Tasks: When Delegation Becomes a Dirty Word

Judge Ralph Artigliere explores the growing tension between AI assistance and professional responsibility in legal practice. This article examines over-delegation risks, automation bias, eDiscovery implications, and the need for real-time human oversight in AI-assisted legal...

Supervisory Duties vis-à-vis “Hallucinated” Citations

The Goblin in the Machine: What OpenAI’s “No-Pigeon Rule” Teaches Lawyers About AI Hallucinations

OpenAI’s “goblin incident” exposes how training incentives can produce persistent, unintended AI behavior across LLMs. The same root causes drive hallucination, and legal professionals need concrete verification steps before relying on AI output in legal...

From Training to Execution: Embedded Safeguards for Responsible AI Use in Legal Practice

AI is already transforming legal practice, but training alone isn’t enough. This article explores how embedded safeguards—built directly into workflows—help lawyers and judges apply their knowledge reliably under pressure, reducing risk and reinforcing professional responsibility...