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Legal / Law Firms
Rule 1.1 competence includes AI — hallucinated citation = malpractice per se pattern
—ABA AI ethics opinions enforcement
Regulatory exposure — commonly overlooked:
Law firm uses AI for brief — firm owns malpractice, vendor owns ToS. Receipt proves human review occurred. · Federal agencies disagree on AI approach — but examiners agree internal logs are insufficient.
TAM / Exposure
$50B+ legal tech · malpractice insurers tightening AI exclusions
Insurance lines
Legal malpractice · Cyber
Exhibit authority
US Federal Exhibit — Legal AI Competence + Rule 1.1 Pack
Global leaders
Clio · Harvey AI · ABA · State bars · DOJ · NAIC · FTC · EEOC
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.