AI lawyer to fight first legal case in court startup claims • The Register

In Brief An AI language model is apparently going to be used during an upcoming legal hearing to defend someone in a real case. The goal is to demonstrate that AI can replace lawyers, according to the CEO of the consumer rights-focused startup DoNotPay. Large language models like ChatGPT generate text, and learn to model the relationships between words after having been trained on webpages scraped from the internet. Unfortunately, their outputs often have to be steered away from producing information that is biased and discriminatory, as reflected from their training data. They are also prone to generating false “facts”…
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Trump Fraud Trial Starts on Time ‘Come Hell or High Water’ Judge Warns

Lawyers for Trump argued Wednesday against threatened sanctions in NY’s $250 million fraud lawsuit. Oral arguments focused on whether something called the “Trump Organization” legally exists. The judge, henceforth, warned that “come hell or high water” an October trial would not be delayed.loading Something is loading.Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you’re on the go. download the appNew York’s $250 million fraud lawsuit against Donald Trump, his family, and his company will go to trial this October as scheduled, a judge warned at a court hearing on Wednesday, as lawyers…
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Disgraced Famous Lawyer Tom Girardi Charged With Stealing Millions of Dollars From Clients

LOS ANGELES — Disgraced ex-lawyer Tom Girardi, once celebrated for winning massive settlements, has been indicted by federal grand juries in Los Angeles and Chicago on charges he stole more than $18 million from clients, prosecutors announced Wednesday. The charges are the latest legal blow to a once-powerful player who rubbed elbows with politicians and celebrities. As one of the nation’s most prominent plaintiff’s attorneys, Girardi was known for high-profile litigation such as the case that led to a $333 million settlement portrayed in the movie “Erin Brockovich.” With a weekly radio show called “Champions of Justice,” Girardi stood up…
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Submit by 3rd February, 2023 – The RMLNLU Law Review Blog

About RMLNLU Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University is an institute for law in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. Dr. RMLNLU was established in the year 2005, and since then, has been providing undergraduate and postgraduate legal education. About the Journal Committee The Committee was constituted with the objective of promoting legal research and writing. Apart from conducting the RMLNLU International Legal Essay Writing Competition every year, the Committee annually publishes two peer reviewed journals – the RMLNLU Law Review and the RMLNLU Journal on CMET (Communication, Media, Entertainment and Technology) Law. Both these journals publish articles, essays, case notes/comments…
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An Analysis of Article 38 – The RMLNLU Law Review Blog

By: Tarun AshokINTRODUCTION The ethos of Indian democracy has been perennially centered around ideas of justice- political, economic, and social, as enshrined in the Constitution. Article 38 of the Directive Principles of State Policy outlines these values ​​as aspirational ideals for the diverse institutions of national life. It encapsulates and promotes aspects such as social justice, distributive justice, and the strengthening of the welfare state. However, in recent times, the state and its myriad institutions have failed to be sufficiently informed by these ideals. I. A BACKGROUND TO THE ARTICLE 38 A cursory understanding of the meaning and import…
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Police case against lawyer for collecting ‘bribe’ for judges in Kerala

li a.highlight, a.highlightbackground-color: #fff147; padding: 6px 9px; margin-left: -9px; margin-right: -9px; color:#000000;.meganizr li .highlight_textcolor:#fff147; font-weight:bold;]]>Case against Kerala lawyer for collecting ‘bribe’The police conducted a preliminary probe based on a complaint given by the High Court registrarArjun Raghunath, DHNS, Thiruvananthapuram,Feb 01 2023, 23:33 ist updated: Feb 01 2023, 23:33 istThe police registered a case against a lawyer who allegedly collected huge amounts from clients on the pretext of bribing judges of the Kerala High Court. The case was registered against Kochi-based advocate Saiby Jose Kidangoor at the central police station in Kochi…
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Trump’s New Lawyer In E. Jean Carroll Case Is An… Odd Choice

It would appear that Donald Trump’s lawyer Alina Habba is out of E. Jean Carroll’s defamation case against the former president … sort of. As with every other procedural aspect of this case, it’s substantially factual, and seems all but guaranteed to piss off Judge Lewis Kaplan. And he was already pretty pissed! To recap: In 2019, advice columnist E. Jean Carroll alleged that Trump raped her in a New York department store decades earlier. Trump immediately branded Carroll a liar and implied she was too ugly to rape — an allegation slightly undercut when he examined a picture of…
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Trump’s New Lawyer In E. Jean Carroll Case Is An… Odd Choice

It would appear that Donald Trump’s lawyer Alina Habba is out of E. Jean Carroll’s defamation case against the former president … sort of. As with every other procedural aspect of this case, it’s substantially factual, and seems all but guaranteed to piss off Judge Lewis Kaplan. And he was already pretty pissed! To recap: In 2019, advice columnist E. Jean Carroll alleged that Trump raped her in a New York department store decades earlier. Trump immediately branded Carroll a liar and implied she was too ugly to rape — an allegation slightly undercut when he examined a picture of…
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