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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. · Florida property insurers using AI for claims while Citizens backs up market — AI claim denial = political lightning rod.
TAM / Exposure
$50B+ legal tech · malpractice insurers tightening AI exclusions
Insurance lines
Legal malpractice · Cyber
Exhibit authority
Florida OIR AI Pack — Legal AI Competence + Rule 1.1 Pack
Global leaders
Clio · Harvey AI · ABA · State bars · DOJ · Florida OIR · Citizens Property · Universal Property
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.