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Aug. 6, 2026

Can AI reduce the work it creates?

Purpose-built AI tools that catch curable defects before filing and flag issues during court review--from pleadings and default judgments to class and PAGA settlements--could be developed to help alleviate the added caseload pressure AI itself is expected to create.

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Can AI reduce the work it creates?
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Last week, I discussed the additional strains on already heavy caseloads in the California state courts likely to occur as AI changes the economics of litigation. (Karin Schwartz, "Beyond chatbots: Is there a role for adjudicative AI," Daily Journal (July 28, 2026).) As AI makes legal work faster and less expensive to produce...

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