Your Law Firm's Biggest Risk Might Be Your AI Tools
In 2022, a lawyer working an airline liability case used an AI tool to help research and draft a brief. The citations looked right, specific case names, docket numbers, real judges' initials attached to real courts. Opposing counsel noticed something was off. When the judge requested verification, the lawyer admitted he had used AI and revealed he had asked the AI directly whether the cases were real. The AI confirmed they were. They weren't. Six of the cited cases were entirely fabricated. The judge sanctioned both the filing attorney and his colleague, ordered a $5,000 fine, and mandated further legal education on AI use.
That decision came in 2023. Since then, the number of similar incidents has not declined. It has exploded.
The Problem Isn't That Lawyers Are Using AI. It's That No One Thought Through the Implications.
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