“Bad news is a headline, and gradual improvement is not.”
Bill Gates

All too often, those of us in the legal tech writing community report on things that won’t happen but should, things that aren’t being adopted but should be, or things that are outright failures. This tendency is particularly true when it comes to access to justice issues. We often cite the failure of technology to make any dent in the problem.

Granted, we have a serious access to justice gap that may get worse before it gets better.

But as I have written before, that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t talk about the good things that are going on that do impact access to justice for the underprivileged and, for that matter, everyone. I recently wrote about New York City’s use of AI to help people in various small and doable ways. I recently came across another tool called descrybe.ai that is doing the same.

Continue Reading descrybe.ai: Bridging the Access to Justice Gap One Piece at a Time With Democratized Legal Information

As most of you know, I covered the world’s largest consumer products show, CES, in early January for Above the Law. I offered various stories on what I thought was important from a legal standpoint, which you can find here.

One thing I didn’t mention in my coverage was quantum computing. CES offered some 3 hours of presentations on quantum computing. I didn’t write on it. It’s because a), like most of you, I don’t really understand it, and b) I’m not sure what it can and can’t do for legal that’s different than what we have now. The second question begs the question about its impact on lawyers and legal.

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Continue Reading Quantum Computing: It Giveth. But May Taketh Away

We have all heard over and over again about lawyers who use Gen AI and fail to check the citations the tools provide. The dangers of hallucinations and inaccuracies when using Gen AI tools are well known, and a Court will likely have little sympathy for the lawyer who fails to check sources.

But what if an expert witness uses Gen AI to come up with nonexistent citations to support their declarations or testimony?

That very thing just happened in a case pending in Minnesota federal court, as reported by Luis Rijo in an article in PPC Land. Ironically, the expert in question, Professor Jeff Hancock, the Stanford Social Media Lab Director, offered a declaration in a case challenging the validity of a Minnesota statute regulating deepfake content in political campaigns. Hancock subsequently admitted using ChatGPT to help draft his declaration. The declaration included two citations to nonexistent academic articles and incorrectly attributed the authors in another citation.

Continue Reading Did Your Expert Use ChatGPT? You Might Want to Ask

Is the growing prevalence of lying and misinformation in public life spilling over into the courtroom, threatening the integrity of the legal system? The legal system faces an unprecedented challenge: how to uphold the rule of law in a world increasingly indifferent to truth.

Research indicates a significant increase in lying and misinformation among public figures in the U.S. There is a growing perception of dishonesty among politicians, with findings suggesting that both parties justify falsehoods to maintain partisan trust. Another study revealed that people often dismiss falsehoods when they align with their political beliefs, indicating a troubling acceptance of deceit in politics.

Continue Reading The Erosion of Truth: Are Lies Are Threatening the Legal System?

It’s a wrap. CES 2025 is finally over. Here’s my post for Above the Law summarizing my ten top takeaways in general. And the three things I think may most impact legal over the next year or so: the advent of AI agents, deepfakes and how AI will affect law firm managment and supervsion of lawyers and legal professionals.

A CES panel last week considered the future of work as AI becomes more and more engrained. Like most businesses, law firms need to think about what the AI tools mean for the future of legal work. What do law firms and, for that matter, lawyers and legal professionals need to do to prepare for the brave new world that AI may bring? 

Like most businesses, law firms will need to consider whether and how to reskill its work force. But to take advantage of AI for themselves and their clients, law firms may need to rethink their business model and what it means to be successful. What does it mean to be a good lawyer when AI can be used to better and more economically serve clients? A better baseline understanding may be needed before a firm can figure out how to best use AI and how to reskill its workers for that use. Here is my post for Above the Law discussing the panel presentation and what it means for the future of law and law firms.


Lies. Scams. Disinformation. Misinformation. Voice cloning. Likeness cloning. Deepfakes. Manipulated photographs. Manipulated videos. They all pose tough questions for lawyers, judges and juries.AI has exploded the possibilities of all these things to the point that it’s almost impossible to trust anything. Lack of trust has enormous implications for lawyers, judges, and the way we resolve disputes. Authentication can no longer be assumed. It is no longer the tail wagging the proverbial dog. It may be the dog.

Here’s my post for Above the Law on this issue after attending a CES panel discussion.

On a Sunday evening January 5, the Consumer Technology Association offered its 2025 Tech Trends presentation at CES as well as its Unveiled event offering media a sneak peak at this year’s exhibitors. Here is my summary of the Trends and how those trends might impact legal. I also talk what I thought was cool at Unveiled–legal or not. Stay tuned for more reports this week as I wander around Las Vegas, attend Keynotes, walk the Exhibit floor and soak up tech.