The ABA Journal “Several legal novelists, including John Grisham and Scott Turow, are among 17 authors joining with the Authors Guild in a proposed class action lawsuit against the artificial intelligence program OpenAI. The Sept. 19 suit alleges that OpenAI used copyrighted work to train the chatbot ChatGPT, report Reuters, Read more…
The ABA Journal “Updated: The journey from conviction to exoneration can take decades, and the men and women who have been freed by the California Innocence Project collectively have spent more than 570 years in prison. Time is of the essence, yet the pro bono group has finite resources. So when Read more…
ABA Journal “Using artificial intelligence to write admissions essays now comes with significant risks at the University of Michigan Law School, which recently asked applicants to certify that they did not use the technology for drafting purposes. False statements could result in the cancellation of an admissions offer or expulsion Read more…
“Hi, ChatGPT. What can ChatGPT do for lawyers (in 100 words or less)? «As an AI language model, ChatGPT can provide assistance to lawyers in various ways. It can help with legal research by quickly searching and analyzing large volumes of legal documents and cases to extract relevant information. It Read more…
“Lawyers admitted to multiple jurisdictions may be subject to different ethical requirements in the different states in which they are licensed to practice law, according to a new ABA ethics opinion. A March 1 ethics opinion from the ABA’s Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility provides a comprehensive analysis of which Read more…
“A policy allowing only “respectful and courteous” public comments at town meetings violates the state constitution, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled. The Massachusetts town of Southborough’s comment policy violated protections for freedom of assembly and freedom of speech in the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights, the top state court Read more…
“If 40 states have implemented an ethical duty of competence in technology, why aren’t lawyers completely technologically competent? That’s a question Kenton Brice, the director of technology innovation at the University of Oklahoma College of Law, posed to the audience Thursday at ABA Techshow 2023. Brice, who moderated a panel Read more…
“Artificial intelligence has the potential to change the world in which we work and live. If you’ve been paying attention, you know that AI-related transformation is already happening, and the legal industry is not immune. As I’ve discussed in past columns, there are already many AI-powered technologies available to legal Read more…
“The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned down an emergency request to block California’s ban on the sale of flavored tobacco products. The Supreme Court rejected tobacco companies’ request for an emergency injunction pending appeal, report Reuters, SCOTUSblog, the Associated Press and the New York Times. The R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and other makers of tobacco had Read more…
“The founder of cryptocurrency exchange FTX is facing criminal and civil securities charges in connection with an alleged $1.8 billion fraud for touting FTX Trading as a safe platform for crypto asset trading while diverting investor money to his privately held hedge fund. FTX founder and CEO Samuel Bankman-Fried was Read more…