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When Clients Google Their Lawsuit and It Backfires
The Velvet Hammer™ Podcast
Episode 11: When Clients Google Their Lawsuit and It Backfires
Your first instinct after a diagnosis or a sudden injury is to open Google or an AI tool and start researching. It feels responsible. It feels like control.
Karen Koehler, Mo Hamoudi, and Mike Todd take on what that instinct can mean inside a personal injury lawsuit. What happens when defense attorneys ask for a plaintiff’s Google search history?
As more people turn to AI tools like ChatGPT and Copilot to understand their situation and ask what their case is worth, a bigger question follows. If those interactions exist, who gets access to those chat logs? How might courts handle attempts to subpoena or even “depose” an AI assistant?
If you’ve ever Googled your situation while a case is pending, this one will make you think twice.
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