Notes & Commentary

AI legal analysis

Notes and commentary on AI regulation, governance, legal ethics, and comparative law — written by Corentin Saint-Girons.

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EU AI Law9 min de lecture

L'AI Office européen peut désormais enquêter sur les fournisseurs d'IA et les sanctionner

Depuis le 2 août 2026, le Bureau européen de l'IA dispose de pouvoirs formels d'enquête et de sanction sur les fournisseurs de modèles à usage général : accès aux modèles, mesures correctives, retrait du marché, amendes jusqu'à 15 M€ ou 3 % du chiffre d'affaires mondial. Compétence exclusive et centralisée, portée extraterritoriale assumée.

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EU AI Law13 min read

The EU AI Act is changing how law firms use artificial intelligence

From 2 August 2026, Article 50 of the EU AI Act creates transparency duties for direct AI interactions, synthetic content, deepfakes and certain public-interest publications. A practical guide for law firms: provider or deployer, chatbot notices, the human-review exception, confidentiality, AI literacy, and what a proportionate compliance programme looks like.

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Access to Justice12 min read

When AI makes legal filings easier but justice harder

In Gouldy v. Chiasson, Florida's Fourth District Court of Appeal affirmed the rejection of a self-represented litigant's appeal after finding a nonexistent case, fabricated quotations, and misrepresentations of the record — and issued an order to show cause on barring further pro se filings. The decision illustrates the distance between producing something that looks like a legal brief and presenting a legally viable argument.

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AI Litigation6 min read

How AI-generated summaries could make their way into the courtroom under Federal Rule of Evidence 1006

A recent legal development explores how Federal Rule of Evidence 1006 could support the admissibility of AI-generated summaries, provided the underlying evidence is properly handled. If adopted by courts, it could significantly change how lawyers review and present large volumes of documents.

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Access to Justice5 min read

Generative AI, self-representation, and the distance between access to courts and access to justice

Generative AI may be lowering the barrier to entering the justice system, but a study of federal civil filings shows AI-assisted pro se complaints are more polished and yet more likely to be dismissed — raising the question of whether we are expanding access to justice or merely access to filing.

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Legal Technology10 min read

The white collar revolution: the transformation of law firms in the age of artificial intelligence

How large language models are not just accelerating legal work but disrupting the economic foundations of legal practice — and pushing firms from labor-driven services toward system-driven value.

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