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Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts on Sunday turned his focus on artificial intelligence in federal courts. Describing AI as the “latest technological frontier,” he discussed the pros and cons of computer-generated content in the legal profession. Story, Page 3. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File

Chief Justice Roberts casts a wary eye on uses of AI in federal courts

Chief Justice John Roberts on Sunday turned his focus to the promise, and shortcomings, of artificial intelligence in the federal courts, in an annual report that made no mention of Supreme Court ethics or legal controversies involving Donald Trump.
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Illinois Supreme Court to hear Smollett appeal, 10 others

The Illinois Supreme Court agreed to consider actor Jussie Smollett’s appeal of his disorderly conduct conviction for lying about an alleged hate crime, along with accepting five civil Petition for Leave to Appeal dispositions.
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Sandra Day O’Connor, first woman on Supreme Court, dies at 93

Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, an unwavering voice of moderate conservatism and the first woman to serve on the nation’s highest court, died Friday. She was 93.

Trial Notebook

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Court weighs informed consent on alternative treatment options

With no local precedent on an important aspect of informed consent in a malpractice case against an emergency medicine physician, the Maryland Court of Special Appeals looked at “the primary cases” from other jurisdictions on “the duty to inform the patient of alternative treatment options.”

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