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On AI, ethics, and the practice of law in Florida.

Practical guidance on Florida Bar Opinion 24-1, ABA Model Rule 1.6, and on-premise AI for personal injury, family, immigration, and real estate firms. Written for attorneys, paralegals, and firm administrators.

ABA Rule 1.6EthicsClient Consent

ABA Rule 1.6 and AI: Can Attorneys Use AI Tools Without Client Consent?

ABA Model Rule 1.6 governs the confidentiality of client information. Whether AI use requires client consent depends on whether the tool transmits client data to a third party. Here is the analysis attorneys actually need.

Apr 28, 2026·12 min read
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Florida BarEthicsRule 4-1.6

Florida Bar Opinion 24-1 and AI: What Every Florida Attorney Needs to Know

Florida Bar Opinion 24-1 sets four ethical guardrails for attorneys using generative AI: confidentiality, competence, candor, and supervision. Here is what each one means in practice, and where on-premise tools change the analysis.

Apr 28, 2026·10 min read
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Florida BarCourt RulesCompliance

AI Disclosure Requirements in Florida Courts: What Attorneys Must Know in 2026

The 11th and 17th Judicial Circuits require AI disclosure on the face of court filings. Other Florida circuits are following. Here is what each order requires, what counts as AI use, and how to certify compliance.

Apr 28, 2026·10 min read
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Family LawFlorida BarDiscovery

How Florida Family Law Attorneys Are Using AI to Speed Up Discovery and Drafting

Florida family law cases turn on financial disclosures, custody documents, and discovery responses. AI document search compresses the review work without exposing sensitive client data to the cloud. Here is the workflow and the compliance posture.

Apr 28, 2026·10 min read
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ImmigrationFlorida BarDocument Processing

How Immigration Law Firms Can Use AI for Document Processing Without Violating Confidentiality

Florida immigration practices process high volumes of sensitive forms and case documents. On-premise AI compresses processing time without exposing client data to cloud vendors. Here is how the workflow operates and where the architecture matters.

Apr 28, 2026·10 min read
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Vendor EvaluationFlorida BarDue Diligence

What Should a Florida Law Firm Actually Evaluate Before Buying an AI Tool?

Most legal AI marketing dodges the questions that matter. Here are the eight questions a Florida managing partner should answer before signing any AI contract, and the red flags that signal a vendor cannot meet Rule 4-1.6 obligations.

Apr 28, 2026·13 min read
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Personal InjuryFlorida BarMedical Records

How Florida Personal Injury Firms Are Using AI to Cut Medical Record Review Time

Florida PI firms spend 40 to 80 hours per case reviewing medical records before a demand letter is drafted. AI document search reduces that to hours, with source citations on every flagged finding. Here is the workflow, the compliance posture, and the bottlenecks it actually fixes.

Apr 28, 2026·10 min read
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Real EstateFlorida BarClosings

Florida Real Estate Law Firms: How AI Document Search Speeds Up Closings

Florida real estate closings depend on title chain analysis, encumbrance review, and document assembly under tight deadlines. AI document search compresses the prep work without compromising the firm's confidentiality posture. Here is the practical workflow.

Apr 28, 2026·10 min read
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PricingVendor ComparisonFlorida Bar

Harvey vs. CoCounsel vs. On-Premise AI: Which Makes Sense for a Florida Small Law Firm?

Harvey is built for AmLaw 200 firms. CoCounsel sits in the middle of the market. On-premise document search is built for the 5-30 attorney firm. Here is how the three categories compare on price, architecture, and Rule 4-1.6 posture.

Apr 28, 2026·11 min read
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TechnologyRAGDocument Search

What Is a RAG System? How Law Firms Use It to Search Their Own Documents with AI

RAG stands for retrieval-augmented generation. It is the architecture that lets a law firm ask natural-language questions of its own document corpus and get answers with source citations. Here is how it works, why it fits legal use cases, and what it does not do.

Apr 28, 2026·11 min read
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