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Legal / Law Firms
Rule 1.1 competence includes AI — hallucinated citation = malpractice per se pattern
—CPRA automated decision-making + AB 5 spillover
Regulatory exposure — commonly overlooked:
Law firm uses AI for brief — firm owns malpractice, vendor owns ToS. Receipt proves human review occurred. · CPRA ADM opt-out requires proof of what automated system decided — receipt is opt-out infrastructure.
TAM / Exposure
$50B+ legal tech · malpractice insurers tightening AI exclusions
Insurance lines
Legal malpractice · Cyber
Exhibit authority
California CPRA ADM Pack — Legal AI Competence + Rule 1.1 Pack
Global leaders
Clio · Harvey AI · ABA · State bars · DOJ · CPPA · CA AG · Silicon Valley insurers
Hallucinated citations
Mata v. Avianca established sanctions — receipt of human verification step required.
Rule 5.5 UPL
AI giving legal advice to consumers — platform liability without receipt chain.