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Articles by Ed Walters
AI Hallucinations in Court: How to Respond Whether You Found One or Filed One
10 minutes read AI Summary AI hallucinations in court filings are creating obligations for lawyers on both sides of the v. If you're the one who filed them, how you handle it will determine whether the court moves on or drops the hammer. If you found hallucinated citations in opposing counsel's filing, civility is almost always the right first move. Withers v.
Inside Berkeley Law’s New AI Policy, and What It Means for Legal Education
12 minutes read AI Summary Berkeley Law just published what might be the most restrictive student AI policy in legal education. The rule, effective Summer 2026, prohibits AI use for almost every part of a student's substantive work, from brainstorming to outlining to exam prep, with limited carve-outs for professor opt-in and basic research. The policy gets some things right, including a clear default rule and the responsibility it places on students for citation accuracy.
The New Meaning Of Advisor Independence
Advisors launching independent practices often cite freedom as the primary motivation for leaving big wirehouses. That appeal is not purely philosophical. For many advisors, independence also represents greater economic control, with the expectation of higher payouts or enterprise value, even as the true cost of running the business is often underestimated. In practice, though, independence comes with significant trade-offs.
AI Hallucinations in Legal Filings: How to Avoid Them and What to Do When You Find Them
9 minutes read AI Summary AI hallucinations, fake case citations or real cases cited for propositions they don’t support, are the most-discussed risk in legal AI right now. Across roughly 40 million U.S. court cases filed since January 2023, only about 955 have included a documented AI hallucination. But the lawyers and pro se litigants who do file them keep getting caught, sanctioned, and named in published opinions.
Does Using AI Waive Attorney-Client Privilege? Breaking Down the United States v. Heppner Case
5 minutes read AI Summary In United States v. Heppner, a defendant used a free public AI chatbot on his own to generate defense strategies, without his lawyer’s involvement or confidentiality protections. The court ruled the materials were not privileged. Does that mean lawyers shouldn’t use legal AI? Not exactly, but there’s one important conversation you should have with your clients. Like this summary? Manage AI can create summaries like this for your cases and documents.
AI-Generated Content Checklist for Lawyers: How to Use AI Confidently
9 minutes read AI Summary To leverage Generative AI for profitability and effectiveness while mitigating professional risk, lawyers must prioritize intentional selection, training, and supervision: Choose secure, legal-specific tools like Clio Work, which are grounded in real statutes and case law and offer security certifications like SOC 2 Type II and Zero Data Retention.
State Bar of Texas
Texas Bar Journal • December 2024 A Look at vLex Fastcase. Written by Ed Walters The State Bar of Texas has partnered with Fastcase since 2014 to offer complimentary legal research to its members. If you’re a member of the State Bar of Texas, you get free access to Fastcase’s nationwide legal research service—cases, statutes, regulations, court rules, constitutions, all 50 states plus federal—in addition to free reference attorney support by phone or chat, unlimited searching, and printing.
Guest column: Proposed amendment risks politicizing discipline for judges Original
As former members of the Judiciary Commission of Louisiana, we urge voters to carefully consider the proposed Constitutional Amendment 1 that seeks to alter the makeup of this vital body. Having served on the commission for four years, we can speak firsthand about its importance and effectiveness. We strongly believe this amendment is not a solution to any problem but rather a move that risks undermining the commission’s independence and efficiency. Here’s why.
V-Lex End of Year Review - It's Been a Busy Year At V-Lex HQ ... Here's A Simple Timeline Authored By Ed Walters
by Ed Walters, Chief Strategy Officer, vLex Generative AI, the most consequential merger in legal tech history, the new Cert citator, Vincent AI, awards, and more – all in one year (and the year isn’t even done yet)! Legal tech always moves at a blistering pace, but it’s easy to see that 2023 was one of the most eventful years in the history of the industry. The combination of vLex and Fastcase certainly pushed the frontiers of artificial intelligence and law.
2023 Wisconsin Solo & Small Firm Conference
Schedule Schedule is subject to change Substantive Law Track Practice Management Track Technology Track Quality of Life and Ethics Track Thursday, October 19, 2023 Opening Plenary: ChatGPT: The Future is Here (1.5 LPM) Generative artificial intelligence...
Innovating Toward a Better Normal
Building (Law Firms) Back Better by Jack Newton and Ed Walters Photo by Adolfo Félix on Unsplash 2021 was a difficult — but transformative — year, where lawyers were challenged to operate in a pandemic and economic downturn. What are lawyers doing to innovate, operate, and build their practices in a rapidly changing landscape? How are we building toward not just a new normal, but a better normal?
Georgia v. Public.Resource.org: Ending Private Copyright in Public Statutes
Indiana Code Books, by Charles Edward — Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License Private publishers have taken increasingly aggressive actions to remove public law from the public domain. The U.S. Supreme Court has just granted certiorari in a challenge to this practice. Now the Supreme Court will weigh in on an important question for legal innovation: Who Owns the Law?
#218: Data-Driven Law Practice, with Ed Walters
In this episode with Ed Walters, we talk about his book “Data Driven Law”, and why law firms should care more about data. We also talk with Ed about some of the bad or pointless uses of data, and how to use your data efficiently.
Nothing Artificial About It: How Law Firms (Really) Use AI in Practice
For the last few years lawyers have heard a great deal about artificial intelligence (AI) and its effect on the practice of law. Although there is no cause for breathless claims of robot lawyers coming to take our jobs, the last few years have seen interesting new software applications to augment traditional, human lawyering. The first wave of AI applications for law is beginning to gain maturity in the market.
Making Small Data Work for Your Firm
Recently The Economist published an article proclaiming “The world’s most valuable resource is no longer oil, but data.” The author declares that data is “the oil of the digital era,” raising antitrust concerns in an age where long-established tech companies like Google, Facebook and Amazon amass more and more information to spin into profit, while other players lag hopelessly behind. Big data is undoubtedly powerful stuff, but it’s not just for giants to take advantage of.
Amazon LLP - Ed Walters - Medium
Amazon LLP If Amazon ran a law firm, what would it look like? Amazon is one of the largest companies in the world, and not for nothing. It practically invented online buying, along the way creating a customer-focused online sales empire. Before Amazon, mundane purchases such as books involved a greater amount of risk on the buyer. Buyers had to compare prices, travel to stores, and there was very little information about products.
Data is the New Oil: Refining Information from Data — Lessons from John D.
A few years ago, a journalist asked Ann Winblad, the name partner of Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, what would be the next big thing. She answered, “Data is the new oil.” The expression has an immediate, intuitive ring of truth. Data, like oil, will be a major financial opportunity, and will enable many other sorts of commerce.
Introducing: Fastcase Forecite "
We have had a big couple of weeks here at Fastcase. As you may have heard, our iPhone app was recognized as the New Product of the Year for 2010 by the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL). We also released a brand new mobile app for the iPad. If that weren’t already enough, we have a new addition to our suite of smarter legal research tools: Fastcase Forecite®. What Does Forecite Do?
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