Today I Was Asked Twice About AI. Here’s What I Use (and What I Do)

This morning, two colleagues asked me about what AI tools I use. It made me realize I talk about AI constantly but don’t always say outright: I teach this stuff. So let me say it clearly. I provide AI training and consulting for lawyers and law firms, and I help people actually implement AI, not […]

Pro Se Litigants: The Other Half of the AI Hallucination Problem

First, I want to correct something I have written in earlier posts. I sometimes have turned to Damien Charlotin’s AI Hallucination Cases website to discuss how many lawyers have gotten in trouble due to using fabrications in court filings. Well, I did not realize that approximately one half of the cases he is reporting were […]

Your Firm Needs an AI Policy. Here Is Why.

AI is already in your firm. The question is whether anyone has written down the rules for using it. Lawyers, paralegals, and staff are using ChatGPT, Claude, Microsoft Copilot, Lexis+ AI, and other generative AI tools right now. Some firms have made deliberate decisions about which tools to adopt and how. Many have not. In […]

Your AI Conversations Might Be Sold. Here’s What You Need to Know

If you use AI Chatbots and have installed certain free browser extensions, your AI conversations might be sitting in a commercial database right now, available for purchase. I know. That’s not what you wanted to read today. But this is exactly the kind of thing you need to know about, especially if you’re a lawyer, […]

I Asked AI to Summarize a Court Opinion. It Got the Holding Wrong.

One of the things I frequently warn attorneys against is trusting AI to summarize things properly. Sometimes, when summarizing the law, AI gets it completely wrong. One example is the recent Pennsylvania Superior Court opinion for Saber v. Navy Federal Credit Union. A colleague of mine sent the opinion to me, so I asked Claude […]

Prompts and Videos from Estate Planning Webinar

Today I spoke with Jeffrey Bowley, CPA, MT at the Bucks County Estate Planning Council about AI. In our slides I included several prompts and videos. I promised the attendees I would upload the videos from the class. Ethical Billing Review in Claude This first video was not in my slide deck, but I thought […]

Two Courts, Two Answers: When Does Using AI Waive Privilege?

On the same day in February 2026, two federal courts looked at AI and privilege and came to opposite conclusions. The question both addressed matters to every lawyer using artificial intelligence: does putting information into an AI tool waive privilege? The answer depends on which courtroom you are in, and, in this author’s opinion, on […]

AI Handoff Checklist: Know When to Start Fresh & What to Capture

You are working with an AI. The model understands your constraints, your tone, the decisions you have already made. Then something shifts. Responses become generic. Settled issues get reopened. The thread feels thinner. You have likely hit the edge of the context window. Every AI model can only process a finite amount of text at […]