Amid the proliferation of cases involving artificial intelligence-generated hallucinations, more judges are expressing frustration not only at the attorneys who make the mistakes but at opposing counsel for not pointing it out.
In 2003, famed musical producer Phil Spector was in police custody in Alhambra, California, on suspicion of murder. His attorney, Robert Shapiro, wanted his client released without delay. He sent Chickie Leventhal to post a $1 million bond. Leventhal’s road to having such renowned lawyers calling her to spring their celebrity clients had humble beginnings.
Updated: Judge Ryan Douglas Nelson, who sits on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at San Francisco, was charged in April with misdemeanor battery and property damage.
Litigators know they need to preserve the record during court hearings, depositions or trial. And they’re aware that they generally can’t raise an objection for the first time on appeal. But still, even the most experienced lawyers hesitate on how much to object and how far to go when advocating for their clients, particularly when judges appear to lose their patience.
At the start of her career, Alix Rogers worked in a small firm in Lewisburg, Tennessee, a rural town about 60 miles south of Nashville. As a generalist, she handled family law, estate planning and civil litigation matters, and she quickly discovered that a rural practice was both challenging and rewarding.
Some things just go together. Fans and foam fingers. Beer and hot dogs. Sports and legal technology? While the latter once seemed like an unlikely pairing, several leading legal tech companies have inked multiyear sponsorship deals with professional sports teams in the last couple of years.
A managing partner of Willig, Williams & Davidson, which she co-founded, Deborah R. Willig has for decades leveraged her working-class roots and negotiation skills as a union-side advocate in Philadelphia. When you represent unions, Willig says, “you’re basically fighting for the little person against the giant corporation or giant government. It’s frequently a David and Goliath battle.”
Artificial intelligence is being put to the test, literally, as it is being used to grade law students’ exams. But should it be?
The FIFA World Cup has long been seen and billed itself as a nonpolitical tournament. But that label is being put to the test, thanks to the restrictive immigration agenda of President Donald Trump’s administration.