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Generative AI and the Duty of Competence Conundrum

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With its promise to generate written work product in a fraction of the time it takes for a seasoned attorney to do so, generative artificial intelligence (GAI) is becoming a regular part of legal work at large law firms. Its...more

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New Jersey Weighs New Duty of Technology Competence

New Jersey appears poised to become the next state to explicitly add a duty of technology competence to its professional code of ethics. Proposed revisions to the New Jersey Rules of Professional Conduct would, if adopted,...more

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Litigators Weigh Need to Disclose AI Use to Clients

Many lawyers today are wrestling with the question of whether they should inform clients that artificial intelligence technologies are being used on their case matters. Ethical advice from state bar regulators has been slowly...more

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ABA Issues Formal Ethics Opinion on Use of Generative AI Tools

Following in the footsteps of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the state bars of California, Florida, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania, the American Bar Association has weighed in on attorneys' ethical use of...more

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Wisconsin Lawyers May (But Shouldn’t) Secretly Record Others

In an age when nearly everyone carries on their person a tiny recording device in the form of a smartphone, the question of whether it is lawful to surreptitiously record conversations with others comes up often. One never...more

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Lawyer Who Admitted Coaching Deposition Witness Escapes With Reprimand

An attorney who surreptitiously fed answers to his client – roughly 50 times during a six-hour remote deposition, according to court documents – has been given a public reprimand by the Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers....more

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Lawyers, Be Tough Customers When Purchasing Technology

Lawyers, ask yourselves:  Can I ethically connect my work laptop computer to an unsecured public Wi-Fi network? What data security measures are in place at the technology vendors that store and process my clients’...more

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