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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
A California federal court sanctioned a supervising partner for AI-hallucinated citations his associate filed, holding that a firm’s silence on citation-checking policy implicates the whole institution.
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...
Cite Checking to Find Hallucinated Cases Deemed Insufficient
Recent decisions highlight that relying on cite-checking alone cannot cure hallucinated cases in AI-generated briefs, reinforcing lawyers’ duty of competence and verification.
It is Improper and a “Perilous Shortcut” to “Outsource” Discovery Positions to A.I.
In White v. Walmart, the court held that relying exclusively on AI for discovery disputes is improper, emphasizing attorneys’ duty to exercise independent judgment and confer in good faith.
“Hallucinations” by West’s CoCounsel?
In U.S. v. Farris, the Sixth Circuit sanctioned appointed counsel after AI-assisted briefs generated through Westlaw CoCounsel included false quotations and misstatements of precedent. The opinion underscores that even when AI cites real authorities, lawyers...
“Colorado policy could shield AI from complaints regarding unauthorized practice of law”
A new Colorado policy could limit enforcement of unauthorized practice of law claims against AI tools, even as litigation against OpenAI alleges such tools engage in UPL.
Five Faces of the Black Box: How AI ‘Thinks’ and Makes Decisions
Ralph Losey goes deep into how LLM’s work, with visuals to represent how hallucinations might happen. Written for a legal tech audience, this explanation and analysis is applicable to other disciplines.
Well-Reasoned “Hallucination” Analysis
A federal court decision in Brownfield v. Cherokee Co. School Dist. clarifies that failing to verify AI-generated citations can trigger Rule 11 sanctions, even for pro se litigants.
HaystackID® in the EDRM Illumination Zone: Jeffrey Fleming and Aleida Gonzalez
In this EDRM Illumination Zone podcast, HaystackID’s Jeffrey Fleming and Aleida Gonzalez explain why AI governance must move beyond policy documents to defensible testing, documentation, and operational compliance. From EU AI Act mandates to U.S....
Electronic Evidence Workbook 2026
The 2026 edition of Craig Ball’s Electronic Evidence Workbook spans 638 revised pages and embraces LLMs, AI-assisted editing, cloud realities, and hands-on forensic training, including a new macOS imaging exercise, preparing law students for modern...