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ARTICLE · 04 FEBRUARY 2025

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The Evolving Role Of AI In German Dispute Resolution

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In Germany, as in many other countries, the promises of generative AI have been widely promoted by Legal Tech providers. This raises the question: are the long-awaited efficiency gains finally within reach?

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Antonia Hösch
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In Germany, as in many other countries, the promises of generative AI have been widely promoted by Legal Tech providers. This raises the question: are the long-awaited efficiency gains finally within reach? The answer, as expected from a lawyer, is: it depends.

The German judiciary is generally open to the use of AI as expressed in a position paper published by the presidents of the higher regional courts and the Federal Court of Justice in May 2022. There is hope that the use of AI can be particularly useful in the handling of mass claims or highly standardized claims such as air passenger rights cases. There have been several AI pilot projects that tie in with this idea, such as "OLGA" (an acronym for Higher Regional Court Assistant, Oberlandesgerichtsassistent) developed by the Stuttgart Higher Regional Court. OLGA is an AI tool that focuses on appeals in diesel emissions cases. This tool classifies cases by comparing them to previously decided appeals to help

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