David Kluft
@dkluft.bsky.social
Assistant Bar Counsel/Prosecutor, Massachusetts Office of Bar Counsel. Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline. I post #LegalEthics tidbits & pictures of my cat. Account unrelated to my employer. https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidkluft/
Boston/Cambridge, MA
Boston/Cambridge, MA
Happy #Caturday from Derry Girl, who is grateful that a new scratchable stick fell from the tree. #cats #catsofbluesky #tortie
November 29, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Happy #Caturday from Derry Girl, who is grateful that a new scratchable stick fell from the tree. #cats #catsofbluesky #tortie
#LegalEthics Tidbit: Can I mediate a dispute about ownership of a company and then appear as counsel in a related dispute about the same company?
A TX lawyer mediated a dispute between a sister and brother over part ownership of an investment company. Later...(cont.)
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#lawsky #law
A TX lawyer mediated a dispute between a sister and brother over part ownership of an investment company. Later...(cont.)
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#lawsky #law
November 28, 2025 at 1:09 PM
#LegalEthics Tidbit: Can I mediate a dispute about ownership of a company and then appear as counsel in a related dispute about the same company?
A TX lawyer mediated a dispute between a sister and brother over part ownership of an investment company. Later...(cont.)
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#lawsky #law
A TX lawyer mediated a dispute between a sister and brother over part ownership of an investment company. Later...(cont.)
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#lawsky #law
#LegalEthics Tidbit: Can a suspended lawyer receive unethical referral fees in return for #Thanksgiving Dinner?
A CT attorney was suspended in 2017 after a conviction related to a client’s securities fraud. While suspended, he referred new ...(cont.)
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#law #lawsky
A CT attorney was suspended in 2017 after a conviction related to a client’s securities fraud. While suspended, he referred new ...(cont.)
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#law #lawsky
November 27, 2025 at 1:04 PM
#LegalEthics Tidbit: Can a suspended lawyer receive unethical referral fees in return for #Thanksgiving Dinner?
A CT attorney was suspended in 2017 after a conviction related to a client’s securities fraud. While suspended, he referred new ...(cont.)
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#law #lawsky
A CT attorney was suspended in 2017 after a conviction related to a client’s securities fraud. While suspended, he referred new ...(cont.)
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#law #lawsky
#LegalEthics Tidbit: If I get caught filing #AI hallucinations, should I get in my time machine & check my prior filings in other cases?
In April 2025, a MD lawyer submitted a filing in D. Md. in which “nearly every citation contained an error.” He withdrew ...(cont.)
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#lawsky #law
In April 2025, a MD lawyer submitted a filing in D. Md. in which “nearly every citation contained an error.” He withdrew ...(cont.)
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#lawsky #law
November 26, 2025 at 1:57 PM
#LegalEthics Tidbit: If I get caught filing #AI hallucinations, should I get in my time machine & check my prior filings in other cases?
In April 2025, a MD lawyer submitted a filing in D. Md. in which “nearly every citation contained an error.” He withdrew ...(cont.)
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#lawsky #law
In April 2025, a MD lawyer submitted a filing in D. Md. in which “nearly every citation contained an error.” He withdrew ...(cont.)
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#lawsky #law
#LegalEthics Tidbit: If I don’t’ show up for a hearing, did I commit misconduct in the “immediate view or presence” of the court?
A WY attorney had two morning hearings at nearly the same time. Instead of filing a motion to continue or informing the ... (cont.)
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#lawsky #law
A WY attorney had two morning hearings at nearly the same time. Instead of filing a motion to continue or informing the ... (cont.)
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#lawsky #law
November 26, 2025 at 1:55 PM
#LegalEthics Tidbit: If I don’t’ show up for a hearing, did I commit misconduct in the “immediate view or presence” of the court?
A WY attorney had two morning hearings at nearly the same time. Instead of filing a motion to continue or informing the ... (cont.)
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#lawsky #law
A WY attorney had two morning hearings at nearly the same time. Instead of filing a motion to continue or informing the ... (cont.)
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#lawsky #law
November 25, 2025 at 10:14 PM
November 25, 2025 at 2:33 PM
#LegalEthics Tidbit: If my firm issues an #AI policy, are we done or do we need to get it acknowledged?
An GA firm lawyer litigating in AL filed a brief with some hallucinated citations. When the judge observed that the cases didn’t support her position, she “doubled down ... (cont.)
#lawsky #law
An GA firm lawyer litigating in AL filed a brief with some hallucinated citations. When the judge observed that the cases didn’t support her position, she “doubled down ... (cont.)
#lawsky #law
November 25, 2025 at 2:20 PM
#LegalEthics Tidbit: If my firm issues an #AI policy, are we done or do we need to get it acknowledged?
An GA firm lawyer litigating in AL filed a brief with some hallucinated citations. When the judge observed that the cases didn’t support her position, she “doubled down ... (cont.)
#lawsky #law
An GA firm lawyer litigating in AL filed a brief with some hallucinated citations. When the judge observed that the cases didn’t support her position, she “doubled down ... (cont.)
#lawsky #law
#LegalEthics Tidbit: Can I continue to represent a couple in a personal injury case if they are getting a divorce?
An IL attorney was retained by a man who was in a bad car accident. The Attorney also represented the man’s wife in a derivative loss of ... (cont.)
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#lawsky #law
An IL attorney was retained by a man who was in a bad car accident. The Attorney also represented the man’s wife in a derivative loss of ... (cont.)
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#lawsky #law
November 25, 2025 at 2:12 PM
#LegalEthics Tidbit: Can I continue to represent a couple in a personal injury case if they are getting a divorce?
An IL attorney was retained by a man who was in a bad car accident. The Attorney also represented the man’s wife in a derivative loss of ... (cont.)
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#lawsky #law
An IL attorney was retained by a man who was in a bad car accident. The Attorney also represented the man’s wife in a derivative loss of ... (cont.)
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#lawsky #law
#LegalEthcis Tidbit: If I’m too ill to litigate the cases I already have, can I keep taking more cases anyway and just turn them over to #AI?
A FL attorney claims she was too ill to litigate her cases, but she kept taking cases anyway and turned ... (cont.)
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A FL attorney claims she was too ill to litigate her cases, but she kept taking cases anyway and turned ... (cont.)
#law
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November 24, 2025 at 1:53 PM
#LegalEthcis Tidbit: If I’m too ill to litigate the cases I already have, can I keep taking more cases anyway and just turn them over to #AI?
A FL attorney claims she was too ill to litigate her cases, but she kept taking cases anyway and turned ... (cont.)
#law
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A FL attorney claims she was too ill to litigate her cases, but she kept taking cases anyway and turned ... (cont.)
#law
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#LegalEthics Tidbit: Can multiple prospective clients bring a class action against ambulance chasers for illegal solicitation?
After a minor car accident, a TX woman received an unsolicited phone call from a “case runner” who claimed he got her contact ... (cont.)
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#lawsky #law
After a minor car accident, a TX woman received an unsolicited phone call from a “case runner” who claimed he got her contact ... (cont.)
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#lawsky #law
November 24, 2025 at 1:48 PM
#LegalEthics Tidbit: Can multiple prospective clients bring a class action against ambulance chasers for illegal solicitation?
After a minor car accident, a TX woman received an unsolicited phone call from a “case runner” who claimed he got her contact ... (cont.)
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#lawsky #law
After a minor car accident, a TX woman received an unsolicited phone call from a “case runner” who claimed he got her contact ... (cont.)
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#lawsky #law
November 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Reposted by David Kluft
#BREAKING: A student intern at Rhode Island Superior Court was briefly taken into custody by ICE this afternoon before a judge intervened, 12 News has learned. Story by @jusolyn.bsky.social and @timwhiteri.bsky.social: ⤵️
RI judge intervenes after ICE mistakenly detains Superior Court intern
A teenager was nearly taken into federal immigration custody in Providence Thursday afternoon before a Superior Court judge intervened, according to the Rhode Island Judiciary.
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November 20, 2025 at 10:51 PM
#BREAKING: A student intern at Rhode Island Superior Court was briefly taken into custody by ICE this afternoon before a judge intervened, 12 News has learned. Story by @jusolyn.bsky.social and @timwhiteri.bsky.social: ⤵️
Reposted by David Kluft
Iowa City made its buses free. Traffic cleared. So did the air. That's because fossil fuels are massively polluting.
Ridership jumped, people cut back on driving and, over the summer, the city extended the program another year.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
Ridership jumped, people cut back on driving and, over the summer, the city extended the program another year.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
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November 21, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Iowa City made its buses free. Traffic cleared. So did the air. That's because fossil fuels are massively polluting.
Ridership jumped, people cut back on driving and, over the summer, the city extended the program another year.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
Ridership jumped, people cut back on driving and, over the summer, the city extended the program another year.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
#LegalEthics Tidbit: Is my appeal waived if I use #AI to include hallucinated citations in my brief?
A pro se litigant in IN appealed to the Ct. of Appeals. Her brief cited 23 legal authorities. 14 did not exist at all and 6 were...(cont.)
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#law #lawsky
A pro se litigant in IN appealed to the Ct. of Appeals. Her brief cited 23 legal authorities. 14 did not exist at all and 6 were...(cont.)
public.courts.in.gov/Decisions/ap...
#law #lawsky
November 21, 2025 at 2:36 PM
#LegalEthics Tidbit: Is my appeal waived if I use #AI to include hallucinated citations in my brief?
A pro se litigant in IN appealed to the Ct. of Appeals. Her brief cited 23 legal authorities. 14 did not exist at all and 6 were...(cont.)
public.courts.in.gov/Decisions/ap...
#law #lawsky
A pro se litigant in IN appealed to the Ct. of Appeals. Her brief cited 23 legal authorities. 14 did not exist at all and 6 were...(cont.)
public.courts.in.gov/Decisions/ap...
#law #lawsky
#LegalEthics Tidbit: Can I “report up the chain” after I’m fired?
A MO attorney working for the Kansas City Police department was terminated after disputes with the General Counsel. A few days after he was fired, he wrote a “letter to the world,” which he ... (cont.)
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#lawksy #law
A MO attorney working for the Kansas City Police department was terminated after disputes with the General Counsel. A few days after he was fired, he wrote a “letter to the world,” which he ... (cont.)
lnkd.in/eC98BF2N
#lawksy #law
November 21, 2025 at 2:07 PM
#LegalEthics Tidbit: Can I “report up the chain” after I’m fired?
A MO attorney working for the Kansas City Police department was terminated after disputes with the General Counsel. A few days after he was fired, he wrote a “letter to the world,” which he ... (cont.)
lnkd.in/eC98BF2N
#lawksy #law
A MO attorney working for the Kansas City Police department was terminated after disputes with the General Counsel. A few days after he was fired, he wrote a “letter to the world,” which he ... (cont.)
lnkd.in/eC98BF2N
#lawksy #law
#LegalEthics Tidbit: How can I get praised and sanctioned by the judge at the same time for using #artificialintelligence?
Another ideal response to a show cause order: A GA judge publicly admonished a lawyer for using #AI hallucinations in a ...(cont.)
#lawsky #law
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Another ideal response to a show cause order: A GA judge publicly admonished a lawyer for using #AI hallucinations in a ...(cont.)
#lawsky #law
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November 20, 2025 at 1:49 PM
#LegalEthics Tidbit: How can I get praised and sanctioned by the judge at the same time for using #artificialintelligence?
Another ideal response to a show cause order: A GA judge publicly admonished a lawyer for using #AI hallucinations in a ...(cont.)
#lawsky #law
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Another ideal response to a show cause order: A GA judge publicly admonished a lawyer for using #AI hallucinations in a ...(cont.)
#lawsky #law
www.linkedin.com/posts/davidk...
#LegalEthics Tidbit #TransgenderDayofRemembrance Edition: Should I be disqualified if one of my clients is “uncomfortable” with another client?
A CA law firm was appointed to represent two sets of prisoners in two separate class actions against the federal ...(cont.)
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#law #lawsky
A CA law firm was appointed to represent two sets of prisoners in two separate class actions against the federal ...(cont.)
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#law #lawsky
November 20, 2025 at 1:43 PM
#LegalEthics Tidbit #TransgenderDayofRemembrance Edition: Should I be disqualified if one of my clients is “uncomfortable” with another client?
A CA law firm was appointed to represent two sets of prisoners in two separate class actions against the federal ...(cont.)
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#law #lawsky
A CA law firm was appointed to represent two sets of prisoners in two separate class actions against the federal ...(cont.)
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#law #lawsky
Leaf blowing at King's Chapel burial ground? Why? The 400 year-old skeletons don't care. Is it so we can see the sparse & poorly kept lawn instead of the iconic New England leaves? I work 10 floors up and still it's louder than my dentist drilling my teeth. I hate leaf blowers so much.
November 19, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Leaf blowing at King's Chapel burial ground? Why? The 400 year-old skeletons don't care. Is it so we can see the sparse & poorly kept lawn instead of the iconic New England leaves? I work 10 floors up and still it's louder than my dentist drilling my teeth. I hate leaf blowers so much.
#LegalEthics Tidbit: Can I use #AI to drown my litigation opponent in discovery requests?
A TX defendant asked the Court for a stay of the litigation because the pro se plaintiff “through use of generative artificial intelligence …(cont.)
#lawsky #law
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#lawsky #law
A TX defendant asked the Court for a stay of the litigation because the pro se plaintiff “through use of generative artificial intelligence …(cont.)
#lawsky #law
www.linkedin.com/posts/davidk...
#lawsky #law
November 19, 2025 at 1:50 PM
#LegalEthics Tidbit: Can I use #AI to drown my litigation opponent in discovery requests?
A TX defendant asked the Court for a stay of the litigation because the pro se plaintiff “through use of generative artificial intelligence …(cont.)
#lawsky #law
www.linkedin.com/posts/davidk...
#lawsky #law
A TX defendant asked the Court for a stay of the litigation because the pro se plaintiff “through use of generative artificial intelligence …(cont.)
#lawsky #law
www.linkedin.com/posts/davidk...
#lawsky #law
#LegalEthics Tidbit: Is defense counsel ethically required to make an opening statement?
In a criminal trial in SD, defense counsel reserved and then later waived her opening statement. After conviction, the defendant alleged that this was ineffective ... (cont.)
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#law #lawsky
In a criminal trial in SD, defense counsel reserved and then later waived her opening statement. After conviction, the defendant alleged that this was ineffective ... (cont.)
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#law #lawsky
November 19, 2025 at 1:10 PM
#LegalEthics Tidbit: Is defense counsel ethically required to make an opening statement?
In a criminal trial in SD, defense counsel reserved and then later waived her opening statement. After conviction, the defendant alleged that this was ineffective ... (cont.)
lnkd.in/eY43HM_U
#law #lawsky
In a criminal trial in SD, defense counsel reserved and then later waived her opening statement. After conviction, the defendant alleged that this was ineffective ... (cont.)
lnkd.in/eY43HM_U
#law #lawsky
#LegalEthics Tidbit: If my daughter tells me that #AI “works great” for legal research, should I use it?
A CT attorney had no prior experience using #ArtificialIntelligence, but his attorney daughter told him about the Descrybe AI tool...(cont.)
#lawsky #law
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A CT attorney had no prior experience using #ArtificialIntelligence, but his attorney daughter told him about the Descrybe AI tool...(cont.)
#lawsky #law
www.linkedin.com/posts/davidk...
November 18, 2025 at 2:06 PM
#LegalEthics Tidbit: If my daughter tells me that #AI “works great” for legal research, should I use it?
A CT attorney had no prior experience using #ArtificialIntelligence, but his attorney daughter told him about the Descrybe AI tool...(cont.)
#lawsky #law
www.linkedin.com/posts/davidk...
A CT attorney had no prior experience using #ArtificialIntelligence, but his attorney daughter told him about the Descrybe AI tool...(cont.)
#lawsky #law
www.linkedin.com/posts/davidk...
#LegalEthics Tidbit: Is it ineffective assistance for defense counsel to explain why she didn’t withdraw a guilty plea?
A NY criminal defendant pled guilty to a weapons possession charge but then failed to appear for subsequent sentencing hearings ... (cont.)
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#lawsky #Law
A NY criminal defendant pled guilty to a weapons possession charge but then failed to appear for subsequent sentencing hearings ... (cont.)
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#lawsky #Law
November 18, 2025 at 1:09 PM
#LegalEthics Tidbit: Is it ineffective assistance for defense counsel to explain why she didn’t withdraw a guilty plea?
A NY criminal defendant pled guilty to a weapons possession charge but then failed to appear for subsequent sentencing hearings ... (cont.)
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#lawsky #Law
A NY criminal defendant pled guilty to a weapons possession charge but then failed to appear for subsequent sentencing hearings ... (cont.)
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#lawsky #Law
#LegalEthics Tidbit: If I get caught using #AI hallucinations, what's the best way to respond to the court's show cause order?
An OR law firm submitted a brief in federal court containing what the court called “totally fake” cases. These were ...(cont.)
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#law #lawsky
An OR law firm submitted a brief in federal court containing what the court called “totally fake” cases. These were ...(cont.)
www.linkedin.com/posts/davidk...
#law #lawsky
November 17, 2025 at 1:27 PM
#LegalEthics Tidbit: If I get caught using #AI hallucinations, what's the best way to respond to the court's show cause order?
An OR law firm submitted a brief in federal court containing what the court called “totally fake” cases. These were ...(cont.)
www.linkedin.com/posts/davidk...
#law #lawsky
An OR law firm submitted a brief in federal court containing what the court called “totally fake” cases. These were ...(cont.)
www.linkedin.com/posts/davidk...
#law #lawsky
#LegalEthics Tidbit: When I leave a firm, do I have to change my contact information with the Courts or can I just assume the firm will substitute new counsel for me?
An IL attorney admitted pro hac vice in W.D. Mich. Bankruptcy Court failed to attend two ... (cont.)
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#law #lawsky
An IL attorney admitted pro hac vice in W.D. Mich. Bankruptcy Court failed to attend two ... (cont.)
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#law #lawsky
November 17, 2025 at 1:23 PM
#LegalEthics Tidbit: When I leave a firm, do I have to change my contact information with the Courts or can I just assume the firm will substitute new counsel for me?
An IL attorney admitted pro hac vice in W.D. Mich. Bankruptcy Court failed to attend two ... (cont.)
lnkd.in/eXWtKQCG
#law #lawsky
An IL attorney admitted pro hac vice in W.D. Mich. Bankruptcy Court failed to attend two ... (cont.)
lnkd.in/eXWtKQCG
#law #lawsky