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The Five Most Momentous Legal Tech Fails

Above the Law - Technology

In 2016, legal tech entrepreneur Derek Bluford was riding high. But that all came crashing down after I reported in 2016 of Bluford’s settlement of a lawsuit charging him with impersonating a lawyer, forging legal documents and fraudulently swindling two clients. QuickLegal. Following my report, QuickLegal quickly shut down.

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eDiscovery Assistant, Legal Research Platform for E-Discovery, Adds AI-Generated Case Law Summaries

Above the Law - Technology

” Founded in 2016, eDiscovery Assistant is a research database of e-discovery case law and resources such as rules, checklists and forms, as well as a learning center to provide practical knowledge about the field.

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Section 230 Immunizes Bing’s Search Results–White v. Microsoft

Eric Goldman

2016); Fakhrian v. 2016 WL 1650705 (Cal. 2016); Despot v. 2016 WL 4148085 (W.D. 2016); Manchanda v. 2016 WL 6806250 (S.D.N.Y. 2016); Mosha v. Google, Inc., 2013 WL 664231 (E.D. 2013); O’Kroley v. Fastcase Inc., 3d 352 (6th Cir. Google Inc., Baltimore Life Insurance Co., Google, Inc., Yandex Inc.,

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HHS OCR Requests Comments on HIPAA Audit Review Survey

Inside Privacy

The Survey consists of “39 online survey questions” and will be sent to “207 covered entities and business associates that participated in the 2016-2017 OCR HIPAA Audits.” The Survey aims to help OCR determine the 2016-2017 HIPAA Audits efficacy in assessing HIPAA compliance efforts of covered entities.

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On LawNext: Unpacking the 2023 Clio Legal Trends Report, with Joshua Lenon, Clio’s Lawyer in Residence

LawSites

Since it was first published in 2016, the report has established itself as a benchmark of the state of law practice and technology adoption among smaller law firms.

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Harnessing the Positive Power of AI as a Lawyer: Get Amplified, per Former Google CEO and Executive Chair, Eric Schmidt

Kevin O'Keefe

Look at what happened in 2016 when the Russians used a series of people to create fake identities to “flood the zones.” What happened in 2016 with false identities in voting from the Russians could be flooded by one person in 2024 to fill fake identities across social networks. We are going to have a heck of a year in 2024.

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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

Well before launching CoCounsel this year, it had already launched the powerful neural net search technology AllSearch and had pioneered products such as Compose , to help lawyers draft litigation briefs, and, in 2016 , CARA, the first product to use AI to analyze briefs, which spawned a generation of copycat products.