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Aug. 11, 2026

Four steps for lawyers to harness AI without the risks

AI is reshaping legal practice, but attorneys must use it competently and ethically to avoid becoming the next cautionary headline.

Crawford Appleby

Partner
Wisner Baum LLP

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Four steps for lawyers to harness AI without the risks
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Lawyers live in an exciting time. Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) suddenly appeared on the scene in Fall 2022 with OpenAI's ChatGPT. In no time, attorneys began making headlines for filing briefs with fake case law ("hallucinations"). And before lawyers knew it, they were being bombarded with new AI products or learning that products they already used now had AI. But no matter how you feel about it, AI is here to stay. Indeed, under Rule 1.1, attorneys have a duty of ...

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