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Singapore's Law Society will seek to remove Workers' Party chief Pritam Singh from the legal profession at a disciplinary hearing in August, after his conviction for perjury related to a fellow MP's false parliamentary statement about a sexual assault case.
A former lawyer's prison term for criminal breach of trust has been tripled from two to six years by the High Court in George Town. The case involved RM392,000 in land sale proceeds.
As AI chatbots generate inaccurate and fabricated legal briefs, courts worldwide are establishing strict guidelines on artificial intelligence use in litigation, with major implications for the legal profession.