Remember when parties developed unrealistic expectations all by themselves?  Now they have AI to help.These days, mediators may have to work through expectations that have hardened around an AI-generated assessment.  Lawyers may have to explain why the AI analysis is wrong, incomplete, or wildly overconfident.  And imagine the client’s surprise when the other side may get to read their AI chats – embarrassing information and all.The problem of AI slop is bigger than just hallucinated cases.  People can use AI in ways that omit inconvenient facts, reinforce dubious assumptions, and expose confidential information.When unreliable AI-generated material enters a dispute, the…
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I ask a version of the question “what lights you up?” to younger attorneys, friends, and clients all the time. This is not what pays the bills, not what your resume says you’re good at, not what your parents or your professors told you made a respectable career. What actually lights you up. Most people don’t initially have an answer to the question because they’ve spent so many years optimizing for stability, prestige, or the next title that they’ve lost track of the feeling entirely. If you want a shortcut back to the answer, stop asking what you’re supposed to…
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If you have ever been pulled over on suspicion of driving under the influence in Arizona, there is a good chance the officer asked you to blow into a small handheld device on the side of the road.
That device is called a portable breath test, or PBT. It is designed to give officers a quick reading of your blood alcohol concentration during a traffic stop, but it does not carry the same legal weight as the formal tests conducted after an arrest.
Learning about how the PBT fits into Arizona’s DUI process is important because how you respond…
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Many of you know our colleague Ava Abramowitz, long time mediation expert and professor at GW.  Ava is still teaching us–and this time about a new subject.  As she wrote to me to share with our community “if Alzheimer’s runs in your family, you will want to read this piece by Ava Abramowitz who has early onset Alzheimer’s symptoms. As she has learned and as she writes, the disease may not be curable, but, if you catch it early enough, it may be slow down-able, sufficiently to live comfortably with it.  Her bottom line? Get tested.”  Ava’s full post on…
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In the Firm’s practice, we often encounter individuals that have created an estate plan but did not take the step to have their financial plan synced with their estate plan. Oftentimes in these circumstances, they learn after a death of a spouse, or their family learns after their death, that the estate is required to […]
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Remember when we thought ADR law prof hiring would pick up once the NextGen Bar started being administered? Ah, the good old days of . . . 3 years ago.Over at PrawfsBlawg, Sarah Lawsky, who has been tracking entry-level law professor hiring for years, posted about what schools were looking for this hiring cycle:Hiring Committee Topics of Interest, 2026–27With the NextGen Bar having been administered for the first time this past summer, ADR ended up on the list for only five schools. Out of nearly 200 law schools, that’s about 2.5%.So . . . not exactly the…
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A policy reversal, a licensing fight over Reddit’s content, and AI Overviews cutting clicks by 58% all point at the same problem: the channels you market through belong to somebody else. Here’s how to tell what your firm actually owns, plus five questions to ask before funding any AI channel.
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Making the right decision feels like the finish line, but it’s really just the starting gun. I have watched attorneys agonize over which case strategy to pursue, which path to recommend to a client, as if the correctness of the choice itself was the whole job. It isn’t. The decision is only half of it. What happens after you decide, how you execute, how you communicate it, how you own it when it gets hard, is the part that actually determines whether the “right” decision turns out to have been right at all. You can pick the smartest option in…
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When mediate.com recently created this homepage for RPS Coach, it seemed like a good time to reflect on my amazing journey with this bot – and others’ too.I invited people to submit testimonials describing their experiences using RPS Coach, which are posted on the website.  Their responses prompted me to think about the last 18 months of experimenting with AI and collaborating with Coach.It was not part of a grand plan.  I attended a presentation by Susan Guthrie about using AI in mediation and, at the end of the program, people talked informally about using AI to write. …
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In Arizona, a bench warrant is issued by a judge, magistrate, commissioner, or justice of the peace, usually because someone has failed to appear for court, didn’t follow a court order, or neglected certain court-ordered financial obligations like fines or fees.
Once a bench warrant is active, law enforcement can arrest you on the warrant. According to the Arizona Courts, a bench warrant stays in effect until you’re either arrested or you voluntarily appear before the court that issued it, and the warrant is officially quashed or canceled by a judicial officer.
How Can I Get a Bench Warrant Quashed…
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Frazer Ryan Goldberg & Arnold LLP congratulates Senior Partner Jon A. Titus on his retirement and thanks him for his contributions to the firm. Jon brought a wealth of experience, insight, and professionalism to FRGA, serving as a trusted advisor to clients and a valued colleague to attorneys and staff […]
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Expungement and Record Sealing in Arizona: What’s Actually Available
Arizona does not have general expungement. If you have been told your criminal record can simply be erased in Arizona, that is not quite right. Arizona law provides several different forms of record relief, and the differences matter when deciding what you may qualify for and what the result can accomplish.
Three remedies are commonly grouped together under the word “expungement,” even though they work differently:

  • A set-aside under A.R.S. § 13-905, which can set aside the judgment of guilt and release a person from certain penalties and disabilities resulting from

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  • If you can’t work after an injury caused by someone else’s negligence, you may be able to recover lost wages, lost income, and future lost earnings.
  • A lost wages claim due to personal injury may include missed paychecks, overtime, bonuses, commissions, used PTO, sick leave, and self-employment income.
  • Torgenson Law can help document a lost income claim in Arizona and pursue compensation that reflects both current and future financial losses.

Being hurt is hard enough. When an injury also keeps you from working, the stress can become immediate. Rent, groceries, medical bills, car payments, and family expenses do…
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Your best website content ideas are already sitting in your intake notes. Your best website content ideas are already sitting in your intake notes. Every question a prospective client asks tells you what they don’t understand, what they’re afraid of, and what’s stopping them from calling. Here’s how to turn those questions into practice-area pages, bios, and contact copy that actually answer them.
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