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Jun. 1, 2026
Retroactive AI standards and a courtroom scapegoat
A former court commissioner was singled out for broader judicial and AI-related citation failures and retroactively applied standards that were not in effect at the time of her ruling.
William Slomanson
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Thomas Jefferson School of Law
Email: bills@tjsl.edu
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