The lawyer writes…
I would give you the doc but it has the lawyer’s name on it which for the lawyers sake is probably kept hidden
It does not bode well for hashtaglegaltech that my $20/month ChatGPT subscription can give me a correct Bluebook citation for a public utilities commission order when my $270/month LexisNexis subscription cannot.
I uploaded the case to ChatGPT and prompted “give me a Bluebook citation for this case” and here is what it correctly produced: In re Baltimore Gas & Elec. Co. Application for an Elec. & Gas Multi-Year Plan,
Case No. 9645, Order No. 91271, 2024 Md. PSC LEXIS 62, (Md. Pub. Serv. Comm’n Aug. 8, 2024). Flawless.
By contrast, when I used Lexis’ “copy citation” feature, I got this: 2024 MD. PSC LEXIS 62, 2024 MD. PSC LEXIS 62 — which is both incomplete and not Bluebook format.
And even the cite on the printed case displayed below is garbled and incomplete.
Citing utility commission decisions is grueling work. But if ChatGPT can do it correctly, why can’t LEXIS?
More importantly, why should lawyers pay a premium for lawyer-specific products that don’t work as well as their cheaper, generic counterparts?
