On October 30, 2026, the Louisiana Supreme Court held that a trial court abused its discretion by refusing to enhance a lodestar attorney fee in a class action. In Crooks …
Yesterday, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a sharp opinion criticizing a federal district judge for including AI-generated falsehoods in his orders. The court vacated …
This week, Dane and I spoke about artificial intelligence at a CLE for the National Association of Administrative Law Judiciary. We have given quite a few presentations about AI to …
These lawyers were the subject of Louisiana Supreme Court disciplinary orders or Louisiana Attorney Discipline Board recommendations published during the month of September 2026. Louisiana Supreme Court AUCOIN, SAMUEL, 2026-B-00907, …
Earlier this year, we wrote about the ABA’s substantial revision of Model Rule 1.14. The ABA replaced the familiar concept of a client with “diminished capacity” with a client who …
We have spent a good deal of time over the past few years encouraging Louisiana lawyers to become familiar with generative AI. Our advice has generally been that lawyers should …
A new U.S. Fifth Circuit decision involving the Port of Lake Charles offers Louisiana lawyers a fairly remarkable lesson about judicial recusal—and perhaps about what lawyers should be doing at …
A strange thing happened recently in a Connecticut courtroom. A self-represented litigant hid instructions to artificial intelligence inside a court filing — written in tiny, white font that was essentially …
We have been talking for some time about the threat that AI-generated “deepfakes” pose to the justice system. Judges, lawyers, and rulemakers have been talking about it too. As generative …
No lawyer was the subject of a Louisiana Supreme Court disciplinary sanction or a Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board recommendation for discipline published during the month of August 2026. Louisiana Supreme …
