For background, part 1 is here, where I dig more deeply into the oft-misunderstood facts of the Mata v. Avianca case.

makelaw.substack.com/p/hallucinat...

Conveniently (for me), lawyers from Morgan & Morgan--a much larger plaintiff's firm--were sanctioned last week for submitting hallucinated cases, which helped me add texture to the analysis.

I had planned to write about personal injury firms, so-called "settlement mills" and the incentives that drive plaintiff's lawyers in particular to turn to AI tools.

So, if you're less interested in updates on the latest VC funding round, but have a hankering for digging up law and technology articles from the 1990s, make law is the place for you!

While there is plenty of chatter about the latest models and emerging tech products, my goal is to try and step back and add context that helps us think critically about how these trends will shape the legal industry (and therefore society).

I do agree that, from a practical/political economy viewpoint, the proverbial sympathetic elderly SFH owner in Lincoln Park et al. would probably see an increase.

I suspect you'd see a similar shift in Chicago if implemented across the board:

In practice, too, most American jdxns seem to opt for the "split rate" tax.

www.chicagofed.org/publications...
peoplesland.substack.com/p/the-shift-...

If communicated effectively, one fell swoop could be the fairest and most effective. Because the actual number on the assessment only matters in relative terms (i.e., you divide it against all props to determine your % of the base), the actual *bill* should in theory be much lower in most areas.

What do you see as the downsides?

Maria Hadden has a long one. I don't see it up on her website archives yet but I can post when it is there. There is some interesting substance.

"It is unacceptable that Mayor Johnson allowed the budget to get to this precarious place in the first place, and I am committed to working with my colleagues next year to ensure that we do not face a similar situation."

"A government shutdown would exacerbate the chaos and disproportionately impact our most vulnerable and low-income neighborhoods."

"I voted yes because after months of chaos and disorganization from the Johnson administration, Chicago was facing a downgrade in our credit rating and a potential shutdown had the process continued to go unresolved."

"Yesterday, we were asked to vote on Mayor Johnson’s 4th budget proposal for 2025. I voted yes. What passed City Council today drastically differs from what the mayor originally unveiled in November."