A Costly Lesson from the Northern District of California on Online Juror Research Social media has been around for more than twenty years and is no longer a foreign concept to most lawyers. Litigators have long been familiar with the major platforms, and mining them for evidence is now commonplace, whether it involves researching litigants, witnesses, or jurors.  Over a decade ago, ethics committees began issuing opinions to help litigators navigate the online world. Guidance

Illinois Offers a Practical Roadmap for AI Implementation in Law Firms Ready or not, generative artificial intelligence (GAI) is becoming a regular part of daily legal work. So much so that, according to the 2026 8am Legal Industry Report, which will be published in early 2026, individual use of general-purpose GAI tools has more than doubled in law firms over the past year. Acknowledging this reality, bar associations across the country have released resources designed to he

Law Schools Confront the Profession’s AI-Enabled Future For nearly two decades, law schools have rested on their laurels, ignoring the steady march of change. Even as technology impacted all aspects of our lives—from how we worked and communicated to how we purchased goods and obtained information—most law schools remained stagnant, teaching the same old classes and shepherding students off to BigLaw. I’ve seen this resistance firsthand. Years ago, I joined panels at law scho

Here is my recent  Daily Record  column. My past Daily Record articles can be accessed here . **** The AI-Driven Client Revolt That Could End Hourly Billing Hourly billing has long been the bane of existence for many lawyers. Painstakingly logging work by tenths of an hour is a far cry from the network television courtroom cross-examinations that lured us to the practice of law. As young law students, we envisioned dramatic wins and spectacular press conferences, not entering