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   "text": "Judge Baer's dismissal of the Porsche complaint reaches the correct result under Morrison, but parts of his reasoning require further refinement.",
   "abstract": "In sum, Judge Baer's holding is correct under Morrison, but some of the reasoning needs further refinement.",
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   "text": "The Shenzhen courts illustrate a workable three step human-in-the-loop design for generative judicial AI: the judge decides first, the LLM generates the supporting reasoning, and the judge then revises that output to finalize the judgment.",
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   "text": "Even as LLMs for judicial reasoning become more sophisticated, their inability to replicate empathy and social responsiveness will confine them to supportive rather than decisional functions.",
   "abstract": "However, AI's inability to replicate empathy and social responsiveness will limit its role to supportive functions.",
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