IndyBar: Practice Toolkit: Are Notifications Blowing Up Your Concentration?
Look, the fact of the matter is that software and hardware for work is designed to be “in your face” at all times.
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‘People deserve a second chance’: Discretionary expungements marked more prominently on MyCase
Discretionary expungements used to be marked only at the very bottom of a chronological case summary on MyCase.in.gov, but now, advocacy efforts have led to a more prominent positioning.
Marquez: Ergonomics for the eyes: Protecting your eyes from screens
Most of us are familiar with the many ergonomic resource options in the office that can make our long days (and sometimes nights) in front of a computer more manageable. One part of the body that is often overlooked in these measures is our eyes.
Dickerson: How I learned to stop worrying and love artificial intelligence
AI is a uniquely powerful technology that may affect the legal industry in ways that previous technological developments have not.
IndyBar: Practice Toolkit: Window Dressing: A Client Portal Is the Next Step in Attorney-Client Relations
Most modern law practice management software now includes “client portals,” which allow law firms to share information with clients via the software through a secure platform.
Coelho, Craig and Hoshing: AI: Tomorrow’s platform or today’s ethical quicksand?
AI promises speed and accuracy in handling legal tasks, significantly lowering costs for the firm and client. But as a recent case from New York illustrates, lawyers must use care when relying on AI.
Chatbots sometimes make things up. Not everyone thinks AI’s hallucination problem is fixable
Spend enough time with ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence chatbots and it doesn’t take long for them to spout falsehoods. It’s now a problem for every business, organization and high school student trying to get a generative AI system to get work done.
Wilson: What’s your system for capturing, processing, completing actions?
This article outlines some ideas for your personal system to capture the various types of projects you may face in the legal context and how to work those through a process to completion.
Free summer law camp lets kids learn about the law, interact with judges, attorneys
With an eye toward appealing to children with an interest in the law, Kids’ Voice of Indiana held its third free summer law camp this week.
Lawyers submitted bogus caselaw created by ChatGPT. A judge fined them $5,000
A federal judge on Thursday imposed $5,000 fines on two lawyers and a law firm in an unprecedented instance in which ChatGPT was blamed for their submission of fictitious legal research in an aviation injury claim.
Akard: Impact of CHIPS legislation on Indiana
Semiconductors function as the brains of almost every modern technology we use. They play an indispensable role for our national security, and competitiveness and can be found in everything from cars and phones to the electric grid and rocket ships.
Lawyers blame ChatGPT for tricking them into citing bogus caselaw
Two apologetic lawyers responding to an angry judge in Manhattan federal court blamed ChatGPT on Thursday for tricking them into including fictitious legal research in a court filing.
Beyrer and Crawford: Should new attorneys be concerned about ChatGPT?
Artificial intelligence has rapidly gained prominence in various industries and the legal profession is no exception. As a new attorney, it’s only natural for us to wonder how AI — particularly AI language models like ChatGPT — may impact the legal profession.
Online ADA compliance? Attorneys look forward to regulations as caseload rises
Maybe the most intimidating part of website accessibility is the uncertainty. That’s because there aren’t blanket regulations when it comes to what websites are supposed to do to be considered compliant under the ADA.
Supreme Court sides with Google, Twitter, but avoids ruling on their broad protections from lawsuits
The Supreme Court on Thursday sided with Google, Twitter and Facebook in lawsuits seeking to hold them liable for terrorist attacks. But the justices sidestepped the big issue hovering over the cases.
Wilson: Customize your Word toolbar with your most-used buttons
Have you ever clicked through tabs in Microsoft Word trying to find that one feature you need? Why not group those tools in one tab?
Congress eyes new rules for tech: What’s under consideration
Most Democrats and Republicans agree that the federal government should better regulate the biggest technology companies, particularly social media platforms. But there is very little consensus on how it should be done.
Why arbitrators aren’t using ChatGPT — not yet, anyway
Linda Beyea is the vice president of innovation at the American Arbitration Association and is on a mission to get arbitrators to pay attention to ChatGPT and other similar artificial intelligence programs.
Judge uses a slavery law to rule frozen embryos are property
Frozen human embryos can legally be considered property, or “chattel,” a Virginia judge has ruled, basing his decision in part on a 19th century law governing the treatment of slaves.
Wilson: Use Screen Time to find apps to adjust or delete
If you, like me, want to cut down on the noise in life so you can focus on achieving your most important goals, here are some ideas on how to audit your app usage and determine which you should adjust or delete.