The Judge, the Machine, and the Missing Lawyer Why Mattox v. Product Innovations Research USA may mark the moment courts began defining Lawyer-in-the-Loop™. When federal judges invoke Rule 11(b), it’s never casual. That rule requires every lawyer who signs a pleading to certify that the filing rests on truth, evidence, and law—not invention. In Mattox…
When Word Loses Count: The Case for Sanity in Numbering We thought Microsoft was fixing numbering in Word. Five years later, we checked… and Word numbering is still broken. So we’re fixing it again, with Snapnumbers™. If you’ve ever tried to number paragraphs in Microsoft Word, you already know the symptoms: You apply numbers to…
65+ Fake Citations: How AI Hallucinations Become Fabrications in Court Last year, lawyers filed briefs containing more than 65 non-existent citations in U.S. courts. At the same time, AI developers began publishing research on whether their models were actively “scheming” to conceal mistakes. If a human assistant behaved this way — fabricating authorities to win…
The Ownership Illusion: Why Client Data in the Age of AI Demands New Rules It’s time for lawyers, law firms, bar associations, and others working with confidential information or subject to CCPA, HIPAA, or GDPR to look past hardware and encryption to address the basic issue: after data is shared with the cloud, who actually…
The Human Advantage Why AI Still Needs Will Always Need a Supervisor Artificial Intelligence is fast becoming a fixture in legal drafting—from contract clauses to court filings. But as the tools evolve, a hard truth remains: AI doesn’t know what it’s saying. And it certainly doesn’t know what it means. Which is why lawyers—real lawyers—must…
Defining the Duty: AI Use and Informed Consent in Legal Practice The Illusion of Intelligence: Legal Risk in the Age of AI Executive Summary Artificial intelligence has rapidly become a fixture in legal technology, powering everything from drafting assistants to research tools. But its rise poses a foundational question: Can a machine that does not…
Legal Privilege, Cloud AI and the Ethics Gap in Document Automation Generative AI tools like ChatGPT are increasingly being used by legal professionals for drafting, brainstorming, and research. An increasing number of document automation vendors in the legal industry are integrating generative AI or cloud-based services into their offerings. But these tools are not confidential—and…
Is Office 365 really “in the cloud?” Short answer: Microsoft Word, Excel, and Access are not inherently cloud-based. They are desktop applications that run locally on your machine. Our software uses only their local functionality — nothing in our setup sends your data to Microsoft or stores it in the cloud. Longer answer: Local execution:…
This week, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman put a spotlight on a critical issue According to Altman, “People talk about the most personal sh** in their lives to ChatGPT,” he said. “And right now, if you talk to a therapist or a lawyer or a doctor about those problems, there’s legal privilege for it… And we…
AI, Privacy, and Legal Ethics: Lessons from 23andMe and the Copyright Wars Introduction – What 23andMe and Copyright Battles Teach Us About Security What do a genetic testing company and multimillion-dollar copyright lawsuits have to do with your law practice? Everything. Once you give data to someone else, you may lose ownership. You certainly lose…