Month: March 2025

How AI Could Lead to Increased Legal Malpractice Claims in MA

Technology has been a boon to many industries, saving costs, streamlining tasks, keeping data secure and paperless, and introducing new career opportunities. Law offices use technology to draft emails, to provide easy and instant access to extensive client information, e-file documents, and write briefs and motions in litigation. However, artificial intelligence (AI) can have pitfalls if attorneys fail to monitor the tasks for which AI is used. 

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Failure to Inform Clients of Settlement Offers

Attorneys are held to certain standards of conduct, including advocating, and representing clients competently and exercising reasonable diligence, skills and knowledge expected of attorneys in the legal community. And, like all professionals, conducting themselves according to ethical standards. 

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Transactional Legal Malpractice

Legal malpractice claims arise when an attorney’s incompetence or negligence leads to a client incurring financial losses they would not have otherwise faced. This could be a result of the attorney’s failure to act competently, such as not filing a claim in the appropriate court before the statute of limitations expires. Other instances include inadequate investigation of a claim, scheduling errors leading to your claim’s dismissal, exclusion of evidence and witnesses, failure to communicate with a client, and more. 

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