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Jeff Lewis

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⚖️ Appellate, anti-SLAPP and general civil litigation http://www.JeffLewisLaw.com. 🎙Co-Host of http://calpodcast.com. 🐉 D&D nerd. Los Angeles, California Signal: slapplaw.99 #AppellateSky #lawsky

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Jeff Lewis @jefflewis.bsky.social · Nov 18

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Jeff Lewis @jefflewis.bsky.social · 55m

If ai does not evolve and stays the same as it is today, I tend to agree. But ai is going to evolve quickly and soon surpass what human lawyers can offer.

Jeff Lewis @jefflewis.bsky.social · 7h

and for what the practice of law will even look like when she would start her career.

The change is coming. It’s just a question of how soon it will arrive.

#cliocon
#clio
#Ai
#law

Jeff Lewis @jefflewis.bsky.social · 7h

Because clients have no loyalty to human service providers. They just want problems solved.

I’m still processing the full implications of Susskind’s talk. Not just for my firm, but for my daughter — who’s still deciding whether to go to law school —

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Jeff Lewis @jefflewis.bsky.social · 7h

from ordering by phone to ordering through an app — and they’ll do the same with legal services. If ChatGPT or some other tool can solve a problem faster and cheaper, clients will use it.

That means lawyers need to be forward-thinking — building low-cost, low-friction ways to solve legal problems.

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Jeff Lewis @jefflewis.bsky.social · 7h

I’m going to have to rethink my firm’s marketing, staffing, and operations for this next decade. My biggest takeaway: consumers have no nostalgia for human service providers. They switched from taxis to Uber, from CPAs to TurboTax,

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Jeff Lewis @jefflewis.bsky.social · 7h

His message was clear: profound, unavoidable change is coming for the legal profession.

Over dinner with family that night, I admitted something I’ve told myself for years — that I’d retire before these changes really took hold. After last night, I’m not so sure.

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Jeff Lewis @jefflewis.bsky.social · 7h

Last night I walked out of the 2025 ClioCon conference feeling like I’d been punched in the gut.

Day one was pure optimism — new AI-driven practice tools, creative ideas, genuine excitement about what’s ahead. But the closing keynote from Richard Susskind? That was a cold splash of water.

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Jeff Lewis @jefflewis.bsky.social · 7h

The AI tech behind ChatGPT is going to disrupt the current way consumers obtain legal services within the next five years in the same way that Uber disrupted taxi services or food apps have disrupted the food service industry.

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Jeff Lewis @jefflewis.bsky.social · 1d

Q: Why do lawyers never get bored?

A: There’s always another case to handle.

#ProfessionalHumor #OfficeLaughs #JokeOfTheDay #LawyerHumor #LegalJokes

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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 7d

SB 771, currently on Gavin Newsom's desk, is a combination of unconstitutional goals, an incomplete understanding of technology, and drafting that makes it even worse.

This week I wrote to Newsom urging him to veto the bill.

I explain the basics here: platformpolemics.aricohn.com/p/california...

California wants to coerce platforms into hosting less offensive speech with algorithmic liability law

First Amendment and Section 230 shocked to learn they no longer exist

platformpolemics.aricohn.com

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 7d

OMG.

The meritocracy is really showing how the DOJ is now made up the best of the best, I guess.

Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 7d

Someone gonna get fired …. @kenwhite.bsky.social @annabower.bsky.social

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Jeff Lewis @jefflewis.bsky.social · 7d

@meplusdog.bsky.social you don't have to do this yourself. Just rely on AI to review the briefs for you!

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Jeff Lewis @jefflewis.bsky.social · 7d

Yes! This! And what's the right solution for the Court of the Appeal. Leave the "bad" brief in place and find the arguments have been forfeit? And let the clients sue the lawyers for malpractice? Or give AI lawyers a free do over? No good answers to this.

Jeff Lewis @jefflewis.bsky.social · 7d

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Jeff Lewis @jefflewis.bsky.social · 7d

I have not heard of this. Got a link for me? I'd be surprised if a court gives a "free get out of jail card" for this type of issue.

Jeff Lewis @jefflewis.bsky.social · 7d

The Court of Appeal has not ruled on the motion yet. It is not clear whether the Court of Appeal will deem a party's substantive arguments forfeit due to their lawyres' mishap.

Jeff Lewis @jefflewis.bsky.social · 7d

Follow Tony Ortega on BlueSky here:

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Jeff Lewis @jefflewis.bsky.social · 7d

Boies Schiller’s violation of the rules is not a valid basis for a do-over, especially after seeing the appellants’ reply brief. Quite the opposite—it is behavior deserving of serious sanction."

Jeff Lewis @jefflewis.bsky.social · 7d

[, rule] 8.204(a)(1)(B).” (Motion for Leave to File a Corrected Response Brief (Respondents’ Motion) 4.) But the respondents’ brief violates the rules of court only because Boies Schiller abdicated its ethical responsibility to read and review multiple cases before citing them.

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Jeff Lewis @jefflewis.bsky.social · 7d

Some excerpts from the Horvitz & Levy brief opposing the "do over"

"Boies Schiller argues it is entitled to file a replacement brief because “the Filed Response Brief does not support each point by citation to appropriate authority and therefore does not comply with Cal. Rule[s] of Court

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Jeff Lewis @jefflewis.bsky.social · 7d

Big law gets caught filing appellate brief with made-up cases. Opponent catches them. Big law asks for permission to file a "do over" brief. Opponent scorches them. Tony Ortega recounts the painful battle here: tonyortega.substack.com/p/scientolog....

Scientology blasts lawyers for Masterson victims in AI fiasco, wants sanctions

Since news first emerged that the lawsuit against Scientology and Danny Masterson brought by his victims (Bixler v.

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Jeff Lewis @jefflewis.bsky.social · 8d

Q: What’s a lawyer’s favorite kind of dog?

A: A subpoo-dle.

#ProfessionalHumor #OfficeLaughs #JokeOfTheDay #LawyerHumor #LegalJokes

Jeff Lewis @jefflewis.bsky.social · 8d

True. But if you are the "unicorn" defendant with a righteous anti-SLAPP motion that was denied by the district judge, the practical effect feels huge to you. SLAPP lawsuits themselves make up a small portion of civil filings but the impact on individuals can be enormous.

Jeff Lewis @jefflewis.bsky.social · 8d

Congress should finally pass a federal anti-SLAPP law. Until then, we’ll keep fighting these battles one forum at a time. ⚔️

#California #AppellateTips #Law #SLAPP

Here's the decision: www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/u...

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Jeff Lewis @jefflewis.bsky.social · 8d

In one sense, we anti-SLAPP practitioners dodged a bullet: the court could have gone further and tossed anti-SLAPP out of federal court entirely (as the dissent urged). But the long-term fix isn’t judicial — it’s legislative. 🏛️

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