Above the Law - Technology

JULY 19, 2023

Since 2011, Fastcase has released an annual list of the Fastcase 50, honoring 50 of the law’s “smartest, most courageous, innovators, techies, visionaries, and leaders.” Fortunately, even though Fastcase merged earlier this year with vLex , that tradition continues, as Fastcase has now announced the 2023 honorees. I say “fortunately” because, as I wrote when last year’s list was announced, the Fastcase 50 is probably the best-available roster of those who are leading the charg

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Attorney at Work

JULY 19, 2023

Paralegals and AI: This is the time to focus on things artificial intelligence tools cannot do; therein lies job security. Advice from Sensei Enterprises. The post Paralegals Worry: Will We Lose Our Jobs to Artificial Intelligence? appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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Eric Goldman

JULY 19, 2023

The plaintiffs claim they signed up for a ClassPass membership but got unexpectedly auto-renewed. (ClassPass appears to be an aggregator of third-party fitness classes). ClassPass sought to send the case to arbitration based on its TOS, which it attempted to form in each of the following three screenshots: Screenshot #1 Screenshot #2 Screenshot #3 With three different attempts, surely one of them worked, right?

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Legal IT Professionals

JULY 19, 2023

Why do law firms need information governance (IG) more than ever, and how should they implement it? Over two articles, Chris Giles offers a sector-wide perspective and Chris Hockey draws on his experience of implementing IG at a mid-sized US firm. In Part 1 we discuss why IG matters, where it should sit, and policy creation. Information has always been the lifeblood of law firms, but now its stewardship has become a critical discipline for firms to master.

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Legal Tech Monitor

JULY 19, 2023

“AI makers that aren’t paying rapt attention to the legal dimension or opt to shrug it off will readily find themselves in hot water and facing a bona fide material risk to their business,” AI expert Lance Eliot said.

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Legal IT Insiders

JULY 19, 2023

One IT leader at a UK top 50 law firm tells Legal IT Insider: “At that price point, on top of the inevitable price hike on renewal of the M365 … Microsoft announces pricing for Copilot at $30 per user, per month + unveils Bing Chat Enterprise Read More » The post Microsoft announces pricing for Copilot at $30 per user, per month + unveils Bing Chat Enterprise appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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Clio

JULY 19, 2023

If you’ve been in the legal industry for some time, you’re probably familiar with the struggles of submitting court documents in person. The ordeal typically involves carving out time in your busy day to print paperwork, hand-delivering it to the courthouse (or arranging a courier), and then obtaining a file stamp. As technology progressed in recent decades, many courts started to let legal professionals e-file their documents.

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Legal Tech Monitor

JULY 19, 2023

One IT leader at a UK top 50 law firm tells Legal IT Insider: “At that price point, on top of the inevitable price hike on renewal of the M365. Microsoft announces pricing for Copilot at $30 per user, per month + unveils Bing Chat Enterprise Read More » The post Microsoft announces pricing for Copilot at $30 per user, per month + unveils Bing Chat Enterprise appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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Technically Legal

JULY 19, 2023

Legal technology guru Adriana Linares visits Technically Legal to discuss the the tech and software law firms (and all legal teams really) should be using to run a successful legal practice. Adriana is a legal tech OG. Fresh out of college in the late 90s, a large Florida law firm hired her to train its lawyers on how to use technology and to help the firm figure out what tech to buy.

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Legal Tech Monitor

JULY 19, 2023

Reading Time: 6 minutes It is a time that reminds us that information consumption changes. The tools we use, the expectations we have. I think, like perhaps many other people, I had gotten accustomed to the stability of platforms and expectations for what I would (and would not) find on them. Now that is changing, and I’m finding myself leaning more heavily on two things: self-hosted tools and really simple syndicated information (RSS).

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CaseFox

JULY 19, 2023

Are you a personal injury lawyer, struggling to get clients? Well, that is the case with most of the personal injury lawyers. The personal injury legal industry is worth about $53.1bn in 2022 and growing in 2023. But still, personal injury lawyers find it hard to get clients. The main reason why personal injury lawyers struggle with getting more clients is that they don’t market themselves.

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Legal Tech Monitor

JULY 19, 2023

Sasha Rao, Partner and Intellectual Property Practice Leader at Maynard Nexsen, discusses how she gets to work with inventions that were once part of science fiction shows she loved, defusing tricky situations of sexism in the workplace, and how technology, including AI, can improve the delivery of legal services.

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Legal IT Insiders

JULY 19, 2023

We speak to head of digital Ben Parsons and fraud partner Damian Rourke about the work that Clyde & Co has done with Luminance to automate the review of incoming … Clyde & Co revealed as Luminance’s seven-figure subscription deal, using AI to automate claims handling Read More » The post Clyde & Co revealed as Luminance’s seven-figure subscription deal, using AI to automate claims handling appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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Legal Tech Monitor

JULY 19, 2023

“I think many people would rather work on a new problem than a settled problem. Here, there is a lot more opportunity to work on unsettled legal and policy questions,” said Adam Kovacevich, CEO of Chamber of Progress.

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Legal Tech Monitor

JULY 19, 2023

The Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism is pleased to announce that Chief Counsel Mark C. Palmer has been named to the 2023 Fastcase 50. Created in 2011, the Fastcase 50 highlights the contributions of “the top 50 most courageous innovators, techies, visionaries, and leaders in the legal industry.” The annual list is compiled by vLex, a global legal intelligence platform.

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Legal Tech Monitor

JULY 19, 2023

Our  Lawyer Spotlight series  highlights Illinois lawyers who are demonstrating the ideals of professionalism in their daily lives. Randall H. Green is a Champaign-based attorney and shareholder in Meyer Capel ’s Business and Real Estate Practice Groups. His practice areas include business formation, raising capital, commercial contract drafting and negotiation, mergers and acquisitions, and real estate transactions.

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Legal Tech Monitor

JULY 19, 2023

Process mapping is a widely accepted practice in the broader business context as a common tool for improving efficiency and preventing loss when delivering a product. Legal departments, however, can [.] The post Mapping Out Your Current Legal Process appeared first on Exigent.

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Legal Tech Monitor

JULY 19, 2023

Since 2011, Fastcase has released an annual list of the Fastcase 50, honoring 50 of the law’s “smartest, most courageous, innovators, techies, visionaries, and leaders.” Fortunately, even though Fastcase merged earlier this year with vLex , that tradition continues, as Fastcase has now announced the 2023 honorees. I say “fortunately” because, as I wrote when last year’s list was announced, the Fastcase 50 is probably the best-available roster of those who are leading the charge on innovation in

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Legal Tech Monitor

JULY 19, 2023

Vivian Wesson, executive vice president and general counsel at The Board of Pensions of the Presbyterian Church, will chair the task force.

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Legal Tech Monitor

JULY 19, 2023

The case was first surfaced by Law.com Radar.

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