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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…
Despite what we hear from many 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. Here is my Above the Law post on this…
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.” OpenAI, January 16, 2026, also from Hacker News.
And so it begins.Continue Reading The GenAI Siren Song, the Danger of Enshittification and Tying Ourselves to a Mast
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…
Here’s my post for Above the law on the troubling disconnect in legal tech identified by Hwang Jae Hyuk: 70% of investment flows to vendors targeting the 40% of time lawyers spend on research and analysis, while only 30% goes toward solving the administrative burdens that actually eat up most of our days.
It’s…
Back from CES 2026. Here’s my top ten impressions from this year’s show. Not surprisingly, the headline this was AI everywhere all the time. Lots of discussions about agentic AI, wearables and robotics all powered by AI. But precious little about the AI challenges like the infrastructure gap, the erosion of critical thinking skills and…