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When are an expert witness’s exchanges with AI discoverable? (Villanueva v. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department)
Friday, October 9, 2026Stephen A. ThieleLitigationCivil Procedure, Discovery, Expert witness , Artificial Intelligence
The issue of the discoverability of an expert witness’s use of artificial intelligence during the preparation of an expert report is beginning to find its way to the courts...
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Deal Series - Due Diligence in the Age of AI: What Every Buyer Should be Asking
Friday, September 11, 2026Rojin JazayeriCorporate LawAI, Artificial Intelligence, M&A, Technology, StrategicAcquisitions , Deals
Artificial intelligence continues to transform the way we do most things and how businesses operate across all industries...
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Expert reports generated by artificial intelligence are prone to being ignored (Shirran v. The Owners, Strata Plan KAS 4004; Laake v. 3M Company)
Friday, September 11, 2026Stephen A. ThieleLitigationEvidence , Expert Evidence , Artificial Intelligence
Expert reports are often invaluable in civil and criminal cases...
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All lawyers in action removed from the record for misuse of AI (Withers v. Aberdeen (City))
Thursday, June 11, 2026Stephen A. ThieleLitigationLegal Research , Artificial Intelligence, Hallucinated cases , Court sanctions
“[i]f it were ever an excuse to plead ignorance of the risks of using generative AI to draft a brief without verifying its output, it is certainly no longer so...”
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A message to (young) lawyers: Artificial intelligence is not your “magic toolbox” (Cork v. Smith)
Monday, June 1, 2026Stephen A. ThieleLitigationLegal Research , Artificial Intelligence, Warnings
As I near the 35th anniversary of my Call to the Bar of Ontario, I struggle with the proper role that artificial intelligence should play in the legal research plan...
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Using Generative AI in court: a penny wise, a pound foolish (T.B. v. K.M and X.L v. Z.L.)
Monday, December 1, 2025Stephen A. ThieleLitigationArtificial Intelligence, Courts
As a research lawyer, I am threatened to be replaced by generative artificial intelligence that purports to conduct legal research much like new machines threatened the jobs of labourers during the industrial revolution...
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Lead lawyer responsible for use of AI by third party contractor (Reddy v. Saroya)
Tuesday, October 7, 2025Stephen A. ThieleLitigationLegal Research , Artificial Intelligence, Fake Cases
Prior to joining Gardiner Roberts LLP in 1999, I was an outsource lawyer, providing legal support services to other lawyers throughout Ontario...
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Is generative AI a threat to the integrity of the justice system? (Shahid v. Essam)
Monday, July 7, 2025Stephen A. ThieleLitigationLegal Research , Artificial Intelligence, Fake Cases
The explosion of the use of generative artificial intelligence may be a serious threat to the integrity of the administration of justice and the legal profession...
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Costs to be awarded in immigration proceeding because of use of fake cases (Hussein v. The Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship)
Tuesday, June 24, 2025Stephen A. ThieleLitigationLegal Research , Artificial Intelligence, Fake Cases, Costs
In the past two months, we have written a few blogs dealing with the use of fake cases by lawyers....
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Use of fake cases by a lawyer qualifies quite clearly as professional misconduct (R. (Ayinde) v. The London Borough of Haringey)
Friday, May 9, 2025Stephen A. ThieleLitigationBarristers and Solicitors , Legal Research , Artificial Intelligence, Fake Cases
We have written several blogs about the use of fakes cases by lawyers to support arguments made in court...
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