Blog - JLE https://jlellis.net/blog/ Sun, 07 Jun 2026 19:57:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://jlellis.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/cropped-j-favicon-32x32.png Blog - JLE https://jlellis.net/blog/ 32 32 PowerPoint and Videos from Presentation to PA MDJs in June 2026 https://jlellis.net/blog/mdj-tioga-powerpoint/ https://jlellis.net/blog/mdj-tioga-powerpoint/#respond Sun, 07 Jun 2026 19:27:21 +0000 https://jlellis.net/?p=6881 On June 9, 2026, I am speaking to Pennsylvania Magisterial District Justices on the subject of Artificial Intelligence. My presentation covers 3 basic concepts: The videos embedded below are the three demonstration videos I used to show how an MDJ can use AI in their courts. In order they are: The data used in the […]

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]]> https://jlellis.net/blog/mdj-tioga-powerpoint/feed/ 0 Trust is not a litigation strategy. Read the cases your opponent cites. https://jlellis.net/blog/trust-is-not-a-litigation-strategy-read-the-cases-your-opponent-cites/ https://jlellis.net/blog/trust-is-not-a-litigation-strategy-read-the-cases-your-opponent-cites/#respond Fri, 29 May 2026 21:34:13 +0000 https://jlellis.net/?p=6877 Recently, a colleague shared this bench slap of three lawyers in New York with me. One lawyer used fabricated citations. The others either didn’t notice or failed to report them. I edited down the much longer video to show just the bench slap, which is still quite long: about 22 minutes. There is now an […]

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]]> https://jlellis.net/blog/trust-is-not-a-litigation-strategy-read-the-cases-your-opponent-cites/feed/ 0 What Verizon’s Voice ID Retirement Tells Us About Biometric Authentication https://jlellis.net/blog/what-verizons-voice-id-retirement-tells-us-about-biometric-authentication/ https://jlellis.net/blog/what-verizons-voice-id-retirement-tells-us-about-biometric-authentication/#respond Wed, 27 May 2026 17:28:37 +0000 https://jlellis.net/?p=6876 I got an email from Verizon yesterday telling me they are retiring VoiceID. The feature let you authenticate to your account by saying “at Verizon, my voice is my password.” Starting May 28, all enrolled voiceprints will be deleted. As it happens, I sometimes demonstrate AI voice cloning when I speak on deepfakes and related […]

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]]> https://jlellis.net/blog/what-verizons-voice-id-retirement-tells-us-about-biometric-authentication/feed/ 0 The AI Ladders of Risk https://jlellis.net/blog/the-ai-ladders-of-risk/ https://jlellis.net/blog/the-ai-ladders-of-risk/#respond Wed, 20 May 2026 18:56:25 +0000 https://jlellis.net/?p=6870 When I teach about AI, I use a ladder of risk. The lowest rungs are the least risky tasks. The highest are the most. The greater the risk, the greater the care required. Why Low Risk Does Not Mean No Risk Every day that I use AI, one of the AIs will hallucinate or disobey […]

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]]> https://jlellis.net/blog/the-ai-ladders-of-risk/feed/ 0 When an AI Citation Sanction Follows You https://jlellis.net/blog/when-an-ai-citation-sanction-follows-you/ https://jlellis.net/blog/when-an-ai-citation-sanction-follows-you/#respond Tue, 19 May 2026 18:43:59 +0000 https://jlellis.net/?p=6868 A $1,000 fine in Wyoming just cost a Florida lawyer his shot at appearing in a high-profile Massachusetts case against Harvard. If you were previously sanctioned for using hallucinated citations because of AI or are still not verifying your citations, this case should be of interest to you. The Background In February 2025, Judge Kelly […]

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]]> https://jlellis.net/blog/when-an-ai-citation-sanction-follows-you/feed/ 0 Don’t neglect your computer’s hygiene https://jlellis.net/blog/computer-hygiene/ https://jlellis.net/blog/computer-hygiene/#respond Mon, 18 May 2026 13:30:00 +0000 https://jenniferellisj.wpengine.com/?p=1370 I originally wrote this post in 2011. A lot has changed since then, so this post is entirely new. A few years back, someone on a listserv I follow was having laptop trouble. CPU spiking, freezes, the works. We ran through the usual suspects: malware, software conflicts, hardware conflicts. None of it fit. Finally, I […]

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]]> https://jlellis.net/blog/computer-hygiene/feed/ 0 A Quick & Free Way to Find Cases Online: Google Scholar https://jlellis.net/blog/a-quick-free-way-to-find-cases-online-google-scholar/ https://jlellis.net/blog/a-quick-free-way-to-find-cases-online-google-scholar/#respond Sun, 17 May 2026 12:59:00 +0000 https://jenniferellisj.wpengine.com/?p=394 If you frequently find yourself in need of a case for research purposes, to provide to a Court, or simply because you need an electronic copy to download to your tablet, the easiest and cheapest way to find it is to use Google Scholar. Whether you use Lexis, Westlaw, vLex (formerly Fastcase), Decisis, or some […]

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]]> https://jlellis.net/blog/a-quick-free-way-to-find-cases-online-google-scholar/feed/ 0 Showing Your Phone Screen in Court or at a CLE Presentation https://jlellis.net/blog/showing-android-on-your-computer-for-client-and-jury-presentation-complicated/ https://jlellis.net/blog/showing-android-on-your-computer-for-client-and-jury-presentation-complicated/#respond Sun, 17 May 2026 01:28:07 +0000 https://jenniferellisj.wpengine.com/?p=475 Back in 2011 I wrote a long technical post about mirroring an Android phone to a laptop using the Android SDK, Java, USB debugging mode, and a screen capture tool called Ashot. The use case was the same one I am about to describe. The procedure is unrecognizable now. The reasons a lawyer might want […]

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]]> https://jlellis.net/blog/showing-android-on-your-computer-for-client-and-jury-presentation-complicated/feed/ 0 The AI Mistakes That Are Harder to Catch https://jlellis.net/blog/the-ai-mistakes-that-are-harder-to-catch/ https://jlellis.net/blog/the-ai-mistakes-that-are-harder-to-catch/#respond Fri, 15 May 2026 21:53:52 +0000 https://jlellis.net/?p=6864 I have had my website since 2011. Recently I decided to go through it, delete posts that no longer serve a purpose, and update posts that are out of date. With hundreds of posts, deletion is easy. Updating takes time. I have been using Claude to help. For posts to delete, Claude reviews and offers […]

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]]> https://jlellis.net/blog/the-ai-mistakes-that-are-harder-to-catch/feed/ 0 For Whom Does Your Email Address Speak? https://jlellis.net/blog/for-whom-does-the-email-addres-speak-does-it-speak-for-you/ https://jlellis.net/blog/for-whom-does-the-email-addres-speak-does-it-speak-for-you/#comments Fri, 15 May 2026 14:44:00 +0000 https://jenniferellisj.wpengine.com/?p=19 Originally posted in 2011. Updated May 2026. I am still surprised by how many lawyers use a free or ISP-based email address for client work. AOL hangs on as the Rodney Dangerfield of email. Hotmail became Outlook.com. Yahoo barely registers for professional use. Gmail dominates the free-email space. A quick search for “what your email […]

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