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I Am Deeply Saddened To Report The Death Of Monica Bay: Friend, Mentor and Role Model to So Many in Legal Tech

Above the Law - Technology

Such was Monica Bay’s prominence and influence that, when she retired in 2015 after 17 years as editor of Law Technology News , Thomson Reuters honored her with her name and image emblazoned above Times Square. With Monica and David Horrigan at Fenway Park in 2014 for Derek Jeter’s second-to-last game.

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The Five Most Momentous Legal Tech Fails

Above the Law - Technology

It started in 2014 at the University of Toronto as a student-built entrant in a cognitive-computing competition staged by IBM to develop applications for its Watson computer. (You can find my full series of posts about Bluford here.) ROSS Intelligence.

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ROSS Cofounder Returns To Legal Tech with Startup Using AI To Surface Judges’ Decision-Making Patterns

Above the Law - Technology

Jimoh Ovbiagele , cofounder in 2014 of the now-shuttered AI legal research startup ROSS Intelligence, is returning to legal tech as chief executive officer of a new startup, Bench IQ , that says it is using generative AI to provide comprehensive insights into the decision-making patterns of judges — based not just on their written rulings, but also (..)

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How A Startup Evolves: As Casetext Marks 10th Year Anniversary, Here’s Its History Through 50 Blog Posts

Above the Law - Technology

2013 New Legal Research Site Combines Case Law with Crowdsourcing. 2014 Two Sites Offer Platforms for Crowdsourced Legal Research. So here, starting 10 years ago, is a history of Casetext through my blog posts. Casetext Adds Crowdsourced Q&As. Casetext Adds Citator, Other Features. Casetext Prepares to Add ‘Communities’.

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Next-Gen Bar Exam That Truly Tests Daily Practice Skills Must Include Technology

Law Technology Today

“Professed technological incompetence is not an excuse for discovery misconduct” is not a court holding you want to see (James v. CV 8931-VCL, 2014 WL 6845560 (Del. 5, 2014)). In today’s legal profession, lawyers must be technologically competent. This is reinforced by ABA Model Rule of Professional Conduct 1.1

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I Am Deeply Saddened To Report The Death Of Monica Bay: Friend, Mentor and Role Model to So Many in Legal Tech

Legal Tech Monitor

Such was Monica Bay’s prominence and influence that, when she retired in 2015 after 17 years as editor of Law Technology News , Thomson Reuters honored her with her name and image emblazoned above Times Square. With Monica and David Horrigan at Fenway Park in 2014 for Derek Jeter’s second-to-last game.

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The Law Library of Babel: Exploring the Infinite Dimensions of Law and Technology

Colin S. Levy

This realization led me to begin exploring the emerging field of legal informatics, which sought to apply the tools and methods of information science to the study and practice of law. Oxford University Press, 2014. Natural-Born Cyborgs: Minds, Technologies, and the Future of Human Intelligence. Oxford University Press, 2014.

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