Adoption of generative AI and other AI technologies can produce efficiency gains that may reduce staffing needs for some corporate roles while increasing demand for other types of roles.
October 28, 2025
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AI-driven automation and productivity tools change labor requirements across organizations.
The legal community is generally aware that generative AI can hallucinate and create fictitious case law, yet improper use of generative AI has continued to produce fabricated citations in court filings.
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Addresses awareness and ongoing misuse of AI tools in legal practice.
Undisclosed or insufficiently supervised use of generative AI by court staff can produce factual inaccuracies and other errors in judicial orders.
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Instances have been reported in which AI-assisted drafting or research contributed to error-ridden court orders when oversight or disclosure was lacking.
Some federal court chambers have implemented written policies that prohibit the use of generative AI for legal research or the drafting of opinions and orders.
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policy
Judicial chambers have moved from informal verbal guidance to formal written rules limiting generative AI use in chamber work.
AI hallucinations are instances when a generative AI system or large language model produces false, misleading, or inaccurate information and presents it as factual.
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definition
Term used to describe reliability failures of generative AI and large language models.