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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...
It’s the End of eDiscovery as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) (…and You Should Too) — Part I: A Sea Change
At Legalweek 2026, one thing stood out by its absence: “eDiscovery.” In its place, AI dominated the conversation, signaling a broader transformation of the industry. Gina Taranto explores why the core skills of discovery professionals—data...
Exterro Launches Industry’s First Autonomous AI Engine to Eliminate Up to 95% of manual Subpoena Work and Reclaim 7,500 Enterprise Hours
Read this press release to learn about Exterro Subpoena Manager, the industry’s first governed autonomous AI solution, which can eliminate up to 9% of the manual subpoena response work and save hundreds of thousands of...
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...
Motion to Compel Forensic Image of Cell Phone: Granted in Part; Denied in Part
Michael Berman analyzes Madrigal v. Live Nation, where a court granted in part Ticketmaster’s motion to compel a forensic image of the class representative’s cell phone. The decision offers practitioners a clear roadmap on Rule...
A Refresh of the Annotated ESI Protocol
Craig Ball introduces the 2026 revision of the Annotated ESI Protocol, addressing modern attachments, collaboration data, mobile collection, and generative AI in eDiscovery workflows.
Incomplete ESI Protocol Negotiations Do Not Justify Delay in Production
In a recent case, the defendants opposed certain discovery. The court wrote: “Defendants also note that ‘the parties are still negotiating their joint agreement for ESI protocols’ and assert that he parties should not simultaneously be in...
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.
Andrew Haslam’s eDisclosure Systems Buyers Guide at 14: What the 1H 2026 update reveals
The 1H 2026 update of Andrew Haslam’s eDisclosure Systems Buyers Guide delivers market insights, pricing benchmarks, and new frameworks for evaluating eDiscovery vendors.
Deponent’s Use of A.I. to Answer Deposition Questions Barred; ChatGPT Was Not an Attorney
A federal court ruled that a pro se litigant could not use ChatGPT during a deposition and that such use is not protected by attorney-client privilege, reinforcing limits on AI in litigation.