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Self-represented litigants raise concerns about barriers to AI tools that help navigate complex court procedures ...

Lynn White was out of options. Behind on payments for her mobile home in Long Beach, California, and facing an eviction notice, she had no money for a lawyer. So she accepted a court-appointed ...

White used Perplexity Pro, which also costs $20 a month. With a slew of generative AI tools available to anyone with an internet connection, a rising number of litigants are using AI to assist in ...

Words of wisdom from Judge Jennifer Dorsey (D. Nev.) last week in Naessens v. Breslin: [The self-represented plaintiff] takes issue with an order of mine in an unrelated case calling a pro se ...

abstract. For incarcerated people litigating pro se, the civil discovery process is vitally important. When imprisoned litigants lack meaningful access to discovery, their cases become swearing ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday revived a lawsuit filed by an inmate who alleges that he was wrongfully placed in segregated confinement for nearly two years. In an 8-1 decision by Justice Sonia ...

The US Supreme Court made it easier for litigants to appeal after missing a formal deadline to do so, a benefit particularly for those representing themselves. In an 8-1 opinion Thursday by Justice ...

You’ve probably heard the one about the product that blows up in its creators’ faces when they’re trying to demonstrate how great it is. Here’s a ripped-from-the-headlines yarn about what happened ...

The US Supreme Court appeared likely to relax requirements for litigants seeking an appeal after missing a formal deadline to do so, particularly for those representing themselves. Justice Sonia ...

A plaintiff used an AI avatar in a New York court, but judges quickly rejected it. Experts say AI use like this will face pushback, despite its growing presence in the legal world. "Courts will clamp ...