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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 03/08/2026

BUT! If BigLaw's credulous partners are suckered into firing juniors and replacing them with AI that bills $1,200/h for defective contracts, then everyone who needs a contract is on the same side as the contract lawyers - united in opposition to bosses: www.loweringthebar.net/2026/06/its-... 48/

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It Was Only a Matter of Time: *Both* Sides’ Lawyers Sanctioned for Using AI

None of the four lawyers involved will be seeing the inside of this courtroom again for a while.

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 03/08/2026

Every time we fail to draw this distinction, we help an AI boss raise another billion dollars. 49/

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 03/08/2026

Every time we insist on this distinction, we hasten the day that the AI bubble pops, thus sparing a few more everyday savers and innocent bystanders from being wiped out in the crash we can all see on the horizon: www.thebignewsletter.com/p/monopoly-r.... 50/

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Monopoly Round-Up: Are Big AI Firms Cooking the Books?

If we're going to dump trillions into AI, it's time to audit the books of the big AI companies to see how the business actually works. That's how New Dealers would have done it.

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