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NYC Bar provides roadmap for navigating AI privilege issues
Commentary: I’ve spent a lot of time over the past few months tracking cases that address the applicability of the work product doctrine and attorney-client privilege to generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) usage.
Texas court protects represented litigant’s ChatGPT conversations | Legal Loop
Commentary: Over the past few months, I’ve been covering rulings addressing the applicability of the attorney work-product privilege to litigation research conducted with artificial intelligence (AI) tools.
Are AI prompts privileged? Time will tell
Commentary: Last month, a New York court weighed in on the issue of the application of work product protections to information surrounding a litigant’s use of generative artificial intelligence (AI).
Behind the prompt: The new frontier of expert witness discovery
Commentary: If you’re a litigator, you’re undoubtedly finding that AI is inescapable.
Florida joins New York, adopting its own AI rule | Legal Loop
Commentary: New York is not the only state amending its rules to incorporate AI-specific requirements.
New York courts adopt new rule on AI use by lawyers
Commentary: AI case citation hallucinations are accelerating in frequency, and courts are amping up penalties in turn.
Ohio hands down AI guidance for lawyers and judges | Legal Loop
Another day, another state issues AI guidance for lawyers and judges. This time, it’s the Ohio Board of Professional Conduct, which released “Artificial Intelligence for Lawyers and Judicial Officers” in April, a concise,16-page document that covers a wide range of ethical issues.
My top iPhone apps for maximum productivity | Legal Loop
Every year or so, I like to share a roundup of the iPhone apps I use most often for work-related purposes. I find that the apps I rely on change over time.
Effective client communication in the AI era
Time is a precious resource. There never seems to be enough of it, especially when you’re running a busy law practice. Keeping up can be a challenge, and when you’re […]
Rethinking how we train the next generation of lawyers | Legal Loop
Commentary: This rate of technology adoption is unprecedented in our profession, and its long-term impact on the legal field’s structural underpinnings is hazy, at best. What is clear, however, is that things will never be quite the same.
Claude Legal is here, and it’s worth a closer look | Legal Loop
By now, if you take your duty of technology competence seriously, you’ve experimented with a generative artificial intelligence (AI) tool like ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini and been surprised by the quality of the output.
Is the rule of law failing? Legal professionals weigh in
In my last article, I shared access to justice statistics from the 8am 2026 Legal Industry Report. 1,300 legal professionals offered their perspectives on the effectiveness of current efforts to bridge the justice gap.
Case Digests
- Second Circuit – Long-arm jurisdiction: Northwell Health Inc. v. Group Hospitalization and Medical Services Inc.
- Fourth Department – Motor vehicle accident: Thurston v. Howard
- Western District Case Notes
- Fourth Department – Disclosure: People v. Smith
- Second Circuit – Petition for bail: Fulton v. Mullin
- Fourth Department – Breach of lease agreement: Three Buds, LLC v. NCTBP Calabrese LLC
- Second Circuit – Expert testimony: Rutledge v. Walgreen Co.; Phippen v. Walgreen Co.
- Second Circuit – Congestion pricing: County of Rockland v. Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Auth.
- Fourth Department – Apartment search: People v. Shaw
- Fourth Department – Vicarious liability: Sarah R. v. Crouse Health Hospital
- Fourth Department – Waiver of indictment: People v. Schindler
Law News
- New trial granted for defendant unhappy with their attorney
- NY appellate court reinstates medical malpractice case
- NY appeals court reinstates slip-and-fall lawsuit
- Charter Communications must pay penalty for retaliation against employee
- Webster resident named to lead national court reporter group
- NY appeals court affirms rape conviction, rejects speedy trial claim
- Telesca Center for Justice gets $90,000 in state funding
- Trevett Cristo P.C. celebrates 100th anniversary