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AI, Ethics, Essays and Scandals Ranked Among LawSites’ 40 Most Popular Legal Tech Stories of 2024

Above the Law - Technology

It says something about our collective attitude towards generative AI in legal that this blog’s most-read story of the year was about lawyers getting sanctioned for hallucinated case citations. In fact, it will probably not surprise you to learn that, of my 40 most-read stories of the year, 24 involved generative AI in some way.

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Business Development Starters for Law Firm Associates

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Sally Schmidt | Six associate business development activities to help young lawyers get a running start building their law practices. The post Business Development Starters for Law Firm Associates appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.

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5.6 Million Patients’ Data Stolen During Ascension’s Ransomware Attack Earlier This Year

Above the Law - Technology

Ascensions May cyberattack compromised 5.6 million patients personal and health information, including Social Security numbers, credit card numbers and addresses. However, there is no evidence that any data was stolen from Acensions EHR or other clinical systems, the health system said. The post 5.6 Million Patients’ Data Stolen During Ascensions Ransomware Attack Earlier This Year appeared first on MedCity News.

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Fining Big Tech isn’t working. Make them give away illegally trained LLMs as public domain

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It’s all made from our data, anyway, so it should be ours to use as we want OPINION by Alexander Hanff Research by RISE , a Swedish state owned research institute, states that OpenAIs GPT-4 was trained with 1.7 trillion parameters using 13 trillion tokens, using 25,000 NVidia A100 GPUs costing $100 million and taking 100 days and using a whopping 50GWh of energy.

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Prep with Purpose: How to Build Better Trial Binders

Speaker: Joe Stephens, J.D., Attorney and Law Professor

Get ready to master the art and science of trial preparation organization that top attorneys rely on in this exclusive webinar! Attorney and law professor, Joe Stephens, J.D., will walk through proven systems for creating comprehensive trial notebooks and binders that transform scattered case materials into a powerful command center. Learning Objectives: Strategic Organization 📊 Learn the essential sections every trial notebook needs and how to structure them for maximum clarity and acce

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The Rest Is Still Unwritten: What Is The Future For Legal Document Drafting?

Above the Law - Technology

Were drilling down on all things document management + AI on the Non-Eventcast podcast. The post The Rest Is Still Unwritten: What Is The Future For Legal Document Drafting? appeared first on Above the Law.

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Why do lawyers stay in practice for so long?

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Its rather uncommon for someone in their advanced years to describe themselves as a former lawyer, or retired attorney. Many people continue to practice well past the usual retirement age. According to an American Bar Association (ABA) report in 2023, almost 14% of lawyers are over the age of 65. Thats about twice the 7% of all U.S. workers who are in the same age group.

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Companies x FTC’s Noncompete Rule

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By Andreia M. Tamashiro, LLM 2025 The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has proposed a NonCompete Rule designated to promote competition and employees rights. This rule poses a significant challenge for companies, especially startups, which may need to allocate more resources to protect their intellectual property. If the rule becomes effective, there may be a surge in trade secret litigation and patent filing and increased scrutiny when hiring to avoid litigation risks.

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The Fifth Circuit’s Campaign to Undermine Section 230 Is Making Progress–AB v. Salesforce

Eric Goldman

This is a FOSTA case involving Backpage, but it’s against Backpage’s vendor Salesforce. That makes this a tertiary liability claim. Here are the steps in the plaintiffs’ alleged chain of liability: V) victims promoted in Backpage advertisements (plaintiffs) –> D1) advertisers (alleged sex traffickers) [1st party perpetrators] –> D2) publishers (Backpage) [provided advertising support for perpetrator] –> D3) vendor to publisher (Salesforce) [provide