
The California Appellate Law Podcast
An appellate law podcast for trial lawyers. Appellate specialists Jeff Lewis and Tim Kowal discuss timely trial tips and the latest cases and news coming from the California Court of Appeal and California Supreme Court.
The California Appellate Law Podcast
ChatGPT Fails, Sanctions & Disbarments, Feb. 2025
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Tim Kowal & Jeff Lewis
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Season 1
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Episode 161
Please AI responsibly: Attorneys at a major law firm are making use of ChatGPT. That's not a bad thing normally, but filling in legal cites is not what it's for. The unchecked ChatGPT cases were fake at a rate of 8 out of 9 total cases in a single brief. On this recent legal news episode Jeff and Tim cover:
- How to AI responsibly (and not get sanctioned).
- How to challenge arbitration responsibly (and not get sanctioned).
- How to anti-SLAPP responsibly (and not get sanctioned).
- Recent court stats and rule updates.
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Other items discussed in the episode:
- AI Hallucinations May Lead to Sanctions for Big PI Law firm**.**
- Changes coming to Legal Specialization Board?
- Plantations at Haywood 1, LLC v. Plantations at Haywood, LLC
- *Wash v. Banda-Wash - 40 day period to claim costs after appeal not extended by 2 days - we are sent remands, we are not served with remands*
- Filmore Center Associates v. Lewis; San Francisco Superior Court
- Disbarred in Federal Court, But Welcome in State Court?
- Frivolous anti-SLAP