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Ed Clinton, Jr.

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Chicagoan, Lawyer, Legal Malpractice, Commercial Litigation, www.clintonlaw.net Also, a fan of the Cubs, Bears, Bulls, and Blackhawks. Posts will discuss legal issues. No DMs please.

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Another Chapter In the Saga of Generative AI Despite the warnings and sanctions and news stories lawyers continue to use Generative AI to draft legal memoranda. Because AI models work in ways we don’t fully understand they sometimes make up cita...

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CLE Thursday

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A Guide to Prosecuting a Civil Appeal: When to Appeal, What to Raise, and How to Win – Federal Bar Association

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Justice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to Trump An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump.

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Russia thought it would take days to seize Ukraine. 4 years later, war is still raging. - NPR

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ARDC Hearing Board Recommends Disbarment for Conversion of Funds This is a case where the respondent attorney withdrew funds from an escrow account he set up for a client. The withdrawals were in excess of the amounts of his invoices. β€œThe Administrator charged Res...

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ARDC Hearing Panel Recommends Disbarment of Lawyer The ARDC hearing board has recommended disbarment of an attorney for converting $294,550.87 client funds. The finding: β€œRespondent misappropriated at least $294,550.87 from his client, Plain Bay Sales...

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β€œ.. They’re builders, contractors, lumber companies ..

β€œ.. They started off with, β€˜hey, we were all Trump supporters, and we thought he was going to secure the border .. we just never thought that they were going to be coming after our folks ..”

@politico.com
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Sunset by the Mystic River.

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Georgia Accepts Surrender of Law License On February 3, 2026, the Georgia Supreme Court accepted the voluntary surrender of a law license by a lawyer who forged a court order. The case first came to the Georgia Supreme Court on a petition fo...

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Snowy day

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HARVEY LEVIN, with an impassioned response to Don Lemon’s arrest:

β€œ.. It is obvious what's happening in this country, people. LOOK at what is happening.”

@tmz.com.web.brid.gy @meidastouch.com

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That can be done, but Trump and Rubio want to overthrow the Cuban government. They want regime change and the credit for doing so.

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There is nothing we can do to stop him.

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New York Court Sanctions Lawyer for Hallucinated Citations In a foreclosure case a defense lawyer used hallucinated citations in a brief. Result: $5,000 sanction. The case, as the court notes, was routine. β€œWhere this appeal becomes unconventional, however, i...

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Michigan family says county seized home over tax bill they didn’t owe β€” case now heads to the Supreme Court β€” Fox News Michigan family takes Supreme Court fight against alleged

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Front of building

Front of building

Natural History museum, London.

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Thank you.

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They might have qualified immunity under the law.

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Start of 2026, about 50% read.

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Legally he can’t.

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Sunset shadows in Florida.

Sunset shadows in Florida.

Sunset in Florida

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Federal agents have immunity defenses.

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Jane Hittler park.

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court awards sanctions for repeated use of generative AI in the creating of false pleadings. The Southern District of Florida has sanctioned a lawyer for using hallucinated cases. The case is Byoplanet International, LLC v. Johansson, 792 F.Supp. 3d 1341 (D. SD Florida 2025). The opinion, …

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Pro Se Litigant Cautioned About Hallucinated Case Citations Two days before Christmas, a district court in Nebraska cautioned a pro se litigant about using generative AI in his legal memoranda. In the motion to reconsider, Leber raises the same arguments the C...

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Brown goldendoodle resting on a brown chair in a basement in Lincoln Park.

Brown goldendoodle resting on a brown chair in a basement in Lincoln Park.

Lucy resting on a chair, and keeping an eye on us.

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