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Most lawyers regard Mata v. Avianca, Inc., 678 F. Supp. 3d 443, 448 (S.D.N.Y. 2023), as the leading case on the consequences of misuse of generative artificial intelligence in legal pleadings. It was from Mata v. Avianca that the legal community first became widely aware of the distinct possibility that publicly available generative AI tools…

There was a time not long ago when parties resisting a remote deposition would argue that their deposition was “document heavy” and thus unsuitable for remote proceedings. As recently as 2016, a leading treatise on commercial litigation declared: Business litigation is typically document-intensive, and the use of multiple documents at a remote deposition requires the questioner to decide…

According to a recent survey, artificial intelligence gained a significant foothold in corporate legal departments in 2025, where it is being used mostly for contract drafting and review, legal research, and document translation. The survey, AI in Legal Departments: 2025 Benchmarking Report, published by Spellbook, a provider of AI-powered contract review software, indicates that 38%…

Long maligned as innovation-shy, litigation practices are deploying emerging artificial intelligence technologies at a rapid rate. Technology’s ability to instantly synthesize and draw useful conclusions from large amounts of data is a law practice power tool too good to leave on the shelf. According to the 2024 Legal Technology Survey Report released March 25 by…

Lawyers’ growing use of artificial intelligence is front of mind these days, but that shouldn’t overshadow the equally energetic and consequential efforts by the nation’s judges to ethically incorporate AI into their work. The latest state court system to begin AI-related policy work is Georgia, where late last month the state supreme court created the…

Everyone in the legal community is aware of the current shortage of qualified court reporters. Court reporters are at a premium everywhere, but particularly in busy jurisdictions such as California, New York, Florida, and Texas. The cause is well-known. Qualified, experienced court reporters are retiring in numbers greater than the number of trained court reporters…