It
says
something
about
our
collective
attitude
towards
generative
AI
in
legal
that
this
blog’s
most-read
story
of
the
year
was
about
lawyers
getting
sanctioned
for
hallucinated
case
citations.
In
fact,
it
will
probably
not
surprise
you
to
learn
that,
of
my
40
most-read
stories
of
the
year,
24
involved
generative
AI
in
some
way.
Whether
they
were
stories
about
gen
AI
products,
gen
AI
studies,
or
gen
AI
screw-ups,
they
clearly
drew
readers’
attention
and
interest.
The
top
40
included
stories
about
major
AI
products
such
as
CoCounsel
and
Harvey.
They
included
stories
about
notable
AI
studies,
such
as
Stanford’s
analysis
of
AI
legal
research
tools
and
Clio’s
of
trends
in
AI
adoption.
They
include
stories
about
ethics
rulings
on
lawyers’
use
of
AI.
But
AI
was
not
the
only
topic
that
drew
readers’
interest.
There
was
scandal,
as
well.
Three
of
the
top
40
stories,
and
two
of
the
top
five,
involved
the
sudden
departure
of
the
CEO
of
UnitedLex,
amid
allegations
that
he
had
engaged
in
predatory
behavior
involving
minors.
The
most-named
company
among
the
top
40
was
Thomson
Reuters.
Several
of
those
stories
involved
its
gen
AI
products,
including
CoCounsel,
but
there
were
also
stories
about
its
closing
of
a
law
practice
management
product
and
its
launch
of
an
API
portal.
Other
stories
among
the
top
40
included:
-
Clio’s
record-setting
raise
of
$900
million. -
Two
parts
of
my
four-part
series
on
the
consolidation
of
ownership
of
law
practice
management
products. -
My
essay
on
the
justice
gap
in
legal
tech. -
My
essay
on
whether
there
is
a
gen
AI
divide
between
larger
and
smaller
law
firms.
One
surprise
to
my
was
that
my
recent
recap
of
the
TLTF
Summit
made
the
list.
It
was
a
surprise
because
I
published
the
recap
just
two
weeks
ago,
and
generally
the
most-trafficked
posts
are
the
ones
that
have
been
up
longer
and
had
the
benefit
of
accumulating
hits
over
time.
The
fact
that
the
TLTF
post
quickly
garnered
enough
hits
to
make
this
list
shows
how
much
interest
there
is,
broadly
speaking,
in
that
conference.
The
40
Most-Read
Posts
Here’s
the
list
of
my
40
most-read
posts.
-
Not
Again!
Two
More
Cases,
Just
this
Week,
of
Hallucinated
Citations
in
Court
Filings
Leading
to
Sanctions
(Feb.
22,
2024). -
UnitedLex
CEO’s
Sudden
Departure
Appears
to
Be
Due
to
Personal
Allegations
Unrelated
to
Work
(Oct.
13,
2024). -
Harvey
AI
To
Move
Out
Of
Early
Access
Phase,
Release
More
Affordable
Versions
Of
Its
Custom
AI
Models
(May
1,
2024). -
A
Week
After
Appearing
on
My
Podcast,
UnitedLex
CEO
is
Abruptly
Replaced
By
Company’s
General
Counsel
(Oct.
10,
2024). -
In
Redo
of
Its
Study,
Stanford
Finds
Westlaw’s
AI
Hallucinates
At
Double
the
Rate
of
LexisNexis
(June
4,
2024). -
Is
Gen
AI
Creating
A
Divide
Among
Law
Firms
Of
Haves
and
Have
Nots?
(June
19,
2024). -
It’s
the
Battle
of
the
AI
Legal
Assistants,
As
LexisNexis
Unveils
Its
New
Protégé
and
Thomson
Reuters
Rolls
Out
CoCounsel
2.0
(Aug.
12,
2024). -
Stanford
Will
Augment
Its
Study
Finding
that
AI
Legal
Research
Tools
Hallucinate
in
17%
of
Queries,
As
Some
Raise
Questions
About
the
Results
(May
28,
2024). -
AI
Adoption
By
Legal
Professionals
Jumps
from
19%
to
79%
In
One
Year,
Clio
Study
Finds
(Oct.
7,
2024). -
Federal
Court
Suspends
Florida
Attorney
Over
Filing
Fabricated
Cases
Hallucinated
by
AI
(March
14,
2024). -
ABA
Issues
Ethics
Opinion
on
30-Year-Old
Technology
whose
Use
Is
Waning.
My
Question:
Why
Now?
(May
9,
2024). -
In
First
Ethics
Ruling
on
Gen
AI,
ABA
Says
Lawyers
Must
Have
Reasonable
Understanding
of
the
Technology,
But
Need
Not
Become
Experts
(July
30,
2024). -
New
Legal
Ethics
Opinion
Cautions
Lawyers:
You
‘Must
Be
Proficient’
In
the
Use
of
Generative
AI
(June
24,
2024). -
Legal
Tech
Startup
Ai.law
Can
Now
Draft
the
Complaint
for
Your
Lawsuit
(March
21,
2024). -
The
Five
Most
Momentous
Legal
Tech
Fails
(April
11,
2024). -
Law
Student’s
Gen
AI
Product,
Lexplug,
Makes
Briefing
Cases
A
Breeze
(Feb.
7,
2024). -
Thomson
Reuters
Lays
Out
Plan
To
Provide
CoCounsel
AI
Assistant
Across
Every
Professional
Vertical
It
Serves
(April
17,
2024). -
Thomson
Reuters
Is
Shutting
Down
Its
Firm
Central
Law
Practice
Management
Software
(Feb.
10,
2024). -
Thomson
Reuters’
Message
to
Law
Firms:
Adapt
to
Market
Changes
or
Become
the
Pan
Am
of
Legal
(Jan.
9,
2024). -
As
Thomson
Reuters
Expands
Casetext
CoCounsel,
the
AI
Legal
Assistant,
to
Canada
and
Australia,
It
Provides
Details
on
U.S.
Growth
(Feb.
20,
2024). -
The
Justice
Gap
in
Legal
Tech:
A
Tale
of
Two
Conferences
and
the
Implications
for
A2J
(Feb.
5,
2024). -
ROSS
Cofounder
Returns
To
Legal
Tech
with
Startup
Using
AI
To
Surface
Judges’
Decision-Making
Patterns
(Feb.
29,
2024). -
Clio
Sets
Legal
Tech
Funding
Record
with
$900M
Raise
at
$3B
Valuation;
LawNext
Has
Exclusive
Podcast
Interview
with
Founder
Jack
Newton
(July
23,
2024). -
LawNext:
A
Year
Into
His
Tenure,
UnitedLex
CEO
James
Schellhase
on
How
the
Company
Is
Embracing
Innovation
(Oct.
1,
2024). -
The
25
Largest
Legal
Tech
Investments
of
All
Time
(July
24,
2024). -
LawNext:
Thomson
Reuters’
AI
Strategy
for
Legal,
with
Mike
Dahn,
Head
of
Westlaw,
and
Joel
Hron,
Head
of
AI
(Feb.
28,
2024). -
New
President
of
Thomson
Reuters
Legal
Segment
Says
Industry
Needs
Open
Benchmarking
on
Gen
AI
(June
13,
2024). -
The
Shrinking
Ownership
of
Law
Practice
Management
Technology
(Part
2
of
4):
A
Scorecard
of
Who
Owns
What
(Sept.
17,
2024). -
The
Shrinking
Ownership
of
Law
Practice
Management
Technology
(Part
1
of
4):
A
Market
Dominated
by
Just
Six
Ownership
Groups
(Sept.
16,
2024). -
Supreme
Courts
of
Delaware
and
Georgia
Act
to
Regulate
Use
of
Generative
AI
in
the
Courts
(Nov.
1,
2024). -
At
the
Third
TLTF
Summit,
Legal
Tech
Leaders
Convened
in
Miami
for
Three
Days
of
Dialogue
and
Serendipity
(Dec.
9,
2024). -
Hotshot,
the
Legal
Learning
Platform,
Releases
First
Five
in
Planned
Series
of
AI
Training
Videos
for
Lawyers
(March
6,
2024). -
Exclusive:
iManage
Reveals
Details
On
Its
Growth,
Lays
Out
Plans
to
Further
Leverage
Gen
AI,
Partnerships
(March
13,
2024). -
Recent
Reports
of
Law
Schools’
AI
Adoption
Have
Been
Greatly
Exaggerated
(July
2,
2024). -
Federal
Court
Dismisses
ROSS
Intelligence’s
Remaining
Antitrust
Claim
Against
Thomson
Reuters
(Sept.
30,
2024). -
New
Gavel
Feature
Uses
AI
to
Convert
PDFs
into
Automated
Document-Generation
Workflows
(June
25,
2024). -
New
AI
Features
In
Practical
Law
Enable
Users
To
Ask
Legal
Questions
And
Find
Relevant
Contract
Clauses
(Jan.
24,
2024). -
Some
Lawyers
Using
Venmo
Are
Exposing
Confidential
Client
Information
—
and
they
May
Not
Even
Know
It
(Sept.
4,
2024). -
Thomson
Reuters
Launches
Developer
Portal
Giving
Access
to
Over
100
APIs
for
Legal,
Tax,
Risk
and
Fraud
(April
15,
2024). -
Breaking
News:
LexisNexis
To
Acquire
Contract
Drafting
Company
Henchman
(June
3,
2024).