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With four circuits in agreement, the Supreme Court isn’t likely to grant cert to rule on whether chapter 11 debtors are entitled to refunds for overpayment of U.S. Trustees fees that were held unconstitutional in Siegel.
AI chatbots like OpenAI’s ChatGPT clearly have the potential to become useful tools in a lawyer’s toolbox. Of course, lawyers using AI chatbots, like lawyers using any other tools, must be mindful of their ethical obligations, including not only the duty to verify the accuracy of the results of legal research, but also the duty to maintain client confidentiality. In considering what client information can be used in prompting a chatbot, Rule 1.6 of the ABA’s Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides guidance, but not a bright-line rule.
With claims for abuse of process not available in a bankruptcy case, the offended party must pursue contempt or other sanctions created by the Bankruptcy Code, a California district judge says.
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