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How Generative AI Is Transforming Contract Negotiations

Above the Law - Technology

The Contract Network CEO and co-founder Jim Wagner dives deep into GAI's effects, on the latest UpLevel View podcast. The post How Generative AI Is Transforming Contract Negotiations appeared first on Above the Law.

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You Be the Judge: Should Public Perception of Impartiality Influence Judicial Recusal?

Trellis.Law Blog

Over the past few weeks, the national media has been rife with stories of the ongoing Karen Read murder trial taking place in Massachusetts and presided over by Judge Beverly J. Cannone. In July 2023, the defense argued for Judge… Continue reading → The post You Be the Judge: Should Public Perception of Impartiality Influence Judicial Recusal?

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Louis Vuitton’s Opposition To Trademark For Gardening Tools Fails Spectacularly

Above the Law - Technology

'Louis Vuitton asserted that only it could use the letters “L” and “V” in its branding.' The post Louis Vuitton’s Opposition To Trademark For Gardening Tools Fails Spectacularly appeared first on Above the Law.

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El algoritmo mató al expediente académico

Global LegalTech Hub

Beatriz Hernández, Blanca Rodríguez y Nacho Escobar, Líderes del área Culture & People del GLTH. El primer video que emitió la MTV el 1 de agosto de 1981 fue la canción de The Buggles, “ Video killed the radio star ” pero todos sabemos ya que, aunque el video no ha matado a la estrella de la radio, Spotify está en ello… ¿Hemos cambiado mucho? Para ser una estrella en el mundo de la abogacía hasta no hace mucho tiempo, lo que primaba era la capacidad técnica que, en el caso de los recién titu

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Visibility Into the Strategy & Supporting Documents of Major US Law Firms

Law Firm Intelligence by Trellis aggregates state trial court data across the Trellis platform enabling users to: look up a particular metric related to a specific law firm (such as, how many cases a law firm had or has against another law firm), and see the actual dockets and documents supporting the metric. Trellis data is maximized in a revolutionary and unique way to provide users an exclusive look into a law firm litigating in state trial courts.

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Overcome Clutter and Hoarding in the Office: Advice from the Expert

Attorney at Work

Nothing But the Ruth! | Cory Chalmers from A&E's "Hoarders" has tips to help overcome clutter in the office. The post Overcome Clutter and Hoarding in the Office: Advice from the Expert appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.

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Affordable Legal Help: How a Non-Profit Law Firm is Answering the Call (Kamron Graham, Executive Director, The Commons Law Center)

Technically Legal

Studies determined that at least one litigant does not have a lawyer in 75% of civil cases in the United States. The number is even higher when it comes to family law, domestic violence, housing, and small claims matters. But organizations like Oregon’s Commons Law Center are doing something about it. On this episode, Kamron Graham, the Law Center’s Executive Director, talks about the not for profit law firm’s efforts to provide affordable legal assistance to people that make too much to qualify

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Strategic Frameworks for AI Utilization in Business: Ensuring Ethical and Efficient Practices

Global LegalTech Hub

Agustín Negre, GLTH Latam Chapter Leader & Executive Manager at Alfaro Abogados Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) is radically altering our workplace, particularly with the accessibility of Large Language Models (LLMs) like OpenAI's ChatGPT. These models, once exclusive to specialists, are now widely available. In the legal domain, AI enhances management tools and judicial processes , indicating how technological accessibility can foster significant advancements.

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The Future of Collaboration: Embracing the Digital Shift in Co-Authoring Legal Documents

Attorney at Work

With the shift toward remote collaboration, we're witnessing a significant shift from the traditional “pen-holder" approach to document management to a more dynamic and collaborative method of co-authoring legal documents. The post The Future of Collaboration: Embracing the Digital Shift in Co-Authoring Legal Documents appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.

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Elon Musk’s Gifts to Web Scrapers (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

By Kieran McCarthy Elon Musk may have done more to open the Internet to web scraping than any person or public interest advocacy group. Not that he meant to do this, mind you. He was trying to do the opposite. But by providing a foil in litigation against both the Center for Countering Digital Hate (“CCDH”) and Bright Data (the world’s largest seller of scraped data), he’s given judges in the most important district court in the country for tech legal issues, the Northern District of Calif

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ABA Issues Ethics Opinion on 30-Year-Old Technology whose Use Is Waning. My Question: Why Now?

Above the Law - Technology

When the American Bar Association’s ethics panel finally got around to issuing an opinion on lawyer blogging in 2018 — a full two decades after lawyers had started blogging — it conjured for me the image of Rip Van Winkle, who fell asleep in 1769 and awoke 20 years later, having slept through the Revolution.

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Stay On Top of Newly Filed State & Federal Litigation: Curated Just for You!

With Daily Filings Report by Trellis you will receive an email and csv file daily with all new cases filed in the jurisdictions you're tracking. Each new case will include all case metadata like judge, parties, counsel, practice area, and even direct links to the full docket and complaint. Trellis Daily Filings Reports provide direct access to newly filed state and federal litigation curated just for you.

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Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, May 11, 2024

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Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and online security, often without our situational awareness.

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CLM Bigle Legal Launches Libra GenAI Assistant

Artificial Lawyer

Spain-based CLM company Bigle Legal has launched Libra, a genAI assistant. It specialises in summarising, analysing, translating, generating clauses and making queries related to contracts.

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How to Reverse the Effects of Stress

Attorney at Work

Gray Robinson | The effects of stress can be reversed by focusing on some simple countermeasures throughout the day. The post How to Reverse the Effects of Stress appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.

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Guest post: Generative AI – A checklist for safely getting started

Legal IT Insiders

By Xavier Diokno, Consilio During the Legalweek New York 2024 conference, Consilio conducted a survey of 129 legal professionals regarding artificial intelligence. Of those surveyed, 85% indicated that they have […] The post Guest post: Generative AI – A checklist for safely getting started appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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Generating Predictions For Grants Pass v. Johnson Using Artificial Intelligence

Above the Law - Technology

Optimized Legal Audio is an artificial intelligence engine in its infancy that tries to hear what judges say, read the language they use, and through this to infer their relative preference for one attorney’s argument over another’s. The post Generating Predictions For <em>Grants Pass v. Johnson</em> Using Artificial Intelligence appeared first on Above the Law.

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If using LinkedIn makes you feel like an imposter at work, here’s how to cope

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Dr. Sebastian Oliver acknowledges when it comes to professional social media, LinkedIn, with its billion-plus members, stands unrivalled. The platform for career updates, networking and job searches has effectively become a requirement in the professional world. It can be a great tool to help you progress in your career. But, as Oliver describes, just like other social media, using LinkedIn can lead to feelings of envy, comparison and self-doubt.

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DISCO Launches GenAI Cecilia Doc Summary Capability

Artificial Lawyer

DISCO has launched a doc summary capability via its Cecilia genAI system. It will provide detailed insights into documents – including in foreign languages –.

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Section 230 Preempts Product Design Claims–Lama v. Meta

Eric Goldman

The court summarizes: Plaintiff alleges that Defendants failed “to implement a child protective procedure whereby parents, school personnel, and other children[-]responsible persons would be able to protect against online bullying wherein the defendants’ products were foreseeably weaponized to facilitate online bullying,” and that, as a result of this failure, Plaintiff was harmed when he was subjected to hateful and bullying comments that were made about him on the “nrcs.anythings” Instagram ac

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Legal Department ‘Boring but Beautiful’ Reports

Xakia

Legal Dashboards and Reports can provide powerful information for in-house legal decision making. But when it comes to understanding the details of each legal matter, which dispute, regulatory review or major acquisition is going to impact the strategic goals of the company, you need to disseminate information in volume and fast.

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Securing The Use Of Artificial Intelligence And Machine Learning In Legal Services

Above the Law - Technology

It would be wise for legal service communities to navigate the complexities of AI/ML with a nuanced approach that balances innovation and caution. The post Securing The Use Of Artificial Intelligence And Machine Learning In Legal Services appeared first on Above the Law.

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As climate change amplifies urban flooding, here’s how communities can become ‘sponge cities’

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Dr. Franco Montalto is a water resources engineer who studies and designs strategies for sustainably managing urban stormwater. In response to recent flooding episodes, some U.S. cities are beginning to take steps toward incorporation of sponge city concepts into their stormwater management plans, but most of these projects are still pilots. If this concept is to evolve into the new standard for urban design, city officials and developers will need to find ways to scale up and accelerate this wo

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Legal Tech Speakeasy Welcomes IT + Innovation Leaders – May 23, London

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The Legal Tech Speakeasy is back! Organised by LexisNexis in partnership with Artificial Lawyer, the evening event is designed to bring legal innovation and IT.

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Justia CLE & Webinars: How AI Impacts Small & Solo Firms

Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

Are you a small or solo firm looking to use AI to enhance your business’ efficiency and effectiveness? With all the noise around AI, it can be easy to get lost in the shuffle, wondering what it is, where you can find it, how it can be used, and even what risks it entails. After all, AI isn’t just used to generate content or images, it can be used for your business too!

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The Evolution of Chat Data | Webinar

Lineal Services

The Chat Data Evolution: Modernizing eDiscovery With Data-Focused Technology Join us for an insightful webinar moderated by David Cowen from The Cowen Group. Understand the challenges and solutions for chat data review with experts like Michelle Lange, RCA & Kevin F. Brady from Volkswagen , John Rosenthal from Winston & Strawn LLP , and Jeanne Somma from Lineal.

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How To Build And Manage Your Law Firm Rate Sheet [Sponsored]

Above the Law - Technology

If you’re struggling with price setting — or, resetting prices — we’ve got the strategies to get you off the schneid. The post How To Build And Manage Your Law Firm Rate Sheet appeared first on Above the Law.

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Matters.Cloud Expands Availability to Law Firms in Norway

Legal IT Professionals

Matters.Cloud, a leading cloud-based practice management platform for law firms, is pleased to announce its expansion into Norway. The platform is now fully available to Norwegian law firms, offering a suite of features designed to support the unique needs of the Norwegian legal industry.

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Wow, What A CLM Story…Icertis + Evisort Start ‘Partnership’

Artificial Lawyer

CLM Icertis has announced a ‘partnership’ with rival CLM Evisort, in what is a very unusual type of deal. The companies said: ‘This strategic partnership.

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Transform Your Law Practice With Three Microsoft 365 Apps

Attorney at Work

Danielle DavisRoe | Microsoft 365 includes three apps — Bookings, Forms, and ToDo — that make it easy to streamline your work. The post Transform Your Law Practice With Three Microsoft 365 Apps appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.

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Enabling Data Reuse through Modern Data Review

Lineal Services

Join us for an insightful webinar moderated by David Cowen from The Cowen Group. Hear top eDiscovery leaders on our latest deep-dive into how data reuse across all your legal matters is changing managed review and equipping legal teams with a modernized data review process. Access the full recording!

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Why Do AI And Legal Professionals Make The Perfect Partnership? [Sponsored]

Above the Law - Technology

For many legal departments, generative AI is the technology they’ve been waiting for. The post Why Do AI And Legal Professionals Make The Perfect Partnership? appeared first on Above the Law.

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Definely Secures $7 Million in Series A Funding to Change how the World’s Top Lawyers Access and Understand Contracts

Legal Tech Blog

Definely, a UK LegalTech company created to make legal documents easier to read, edit and understand, has successfully raised Series A funding. The $7m Series A investment round was led by Octopus Ventures, with participation from Cornerstone VC and Zrosk Investment Ltd. It also saw participation from well-known angels Claire Hughes Johnson, Comron Sattari, Ajay Patel, and Babatunde Soyoye join the cap table.

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Don’t Blame The GC, The CEO Decides

Artificial Lawyer

Sometimes it can appear from the outside that inhouse lawyers are reticent about legal innovation and tech adoption, but if you ‘follow the money’ then.

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Storytelling Through Legal Analytics

Xakia

In-House Legal Department leaders understand that legal analytics are critical for effective decision-making. However, the overwhelming and time-consuming nature of data analysis – from collection, through visualization and analysis, and into actionable storytelling – often limit their ability to fully utilize its power.

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MacroAgility Systems Introduces Uplift: The Premier Tool for On-Prem to iManage Cloud Migration

Legal IT Professionals

MacroAgility Systems proudly introduces Uplift, an advanced component within the iSyncKit suite, designed to simplify the migration of documents from an on-premises infrastructure to the iManage cloud. Uplift is new standard for document migration, combining a user-friendly interface with powerful automation to ensure a smooth and reliable transition.

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‘Legal Tech Lists’: 3 Reasons Your Website Redesign Will Be A Disaster

Above the Law - Technology

And how you can avoid this fate. The post ‘Legal Tech Lists’: 3 Reasons Your Website Redesign Will Be A Disaster appeared first on Above the Law.