Broward County Motion Practice and Hallucinations

I don’t think there’s much of a chance that AI hallucinations will ever be a problem in Broward County, Florida’s circuit civil motion practice. Here’s how the system works: a party files a motion. This used to be done on paper, but I’ll assume that there’s a way to do this electronically. You make several copies of the motion: one for the judge, one for your opposing party, one for yourself. If you are relying on a case, you copy the case. Again, three copies. You then take a yellow highlighter and highlight the key sentence or paragraph from the case. Sharp practice calls for not giving a copy of this case to your counterpart in advance. You go to chambers or a courtroom depending on the judge’s preference. If it’s chambers, a bailiff outside will ask if you have a team. He’ll also check to make sure you have the required copies. If you are compliant, the case name will be checked off. You have to schedule the motion separately since filing somehow is not enough. You wait outside,…