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Revolutionizing Legal Talent Acquisition With AI: The haistack.ai Advantage [Sponsored]

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Transform your legal recruitment with haistack.ai's AI-driven platform for unmatched efficiency and precision. Schedule your demo today. The post Revolutionizing Legal Talent Acquisition With AI: The haistack.ai Advantage appeared first on Above the Law.

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Is the Supreme Court Leaning Toward Keeping Trump on Colorado Primary Ballot?

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On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments about whether they should uphold the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision to disqualify former president Donald Trump from the state’s primary ballot for the 2024 presidential election. The justices seemed skeptical of… Continue reading → The post Is the Supreme Court Leaning Toward Keeping Trump on Colorado Primary Ballot?

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Should You Operate Your Law Firm Like A Tech Company?

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Law firm management consultant Erik Mazzone helps us find a better way forward on the Non-Eventcast. The post Should You Operate Your Law Firm Like A Tech Company? appeared first on Above the Law.

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Who’s Answering Your Phones? 3 Tips to Improve Your Law Firm’s Call-Answer Process

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Three tips to improve your law firm call-answer process, because the phone remains the tool of choice for people searching for a lawyer. The post Who’s Answering Your Phones? 3 Tips to Improve Your Law Firm’s Call-Answer Process appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms & Lawyers.

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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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Are You Making A Good Impression On Your Clients? [Sponsored]

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Over 1,000 legal services recipients share their perceptions of their lawyers in this new report. The post Are You Making A Good Impression On Your Clients? appeared first on Above the Law.

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A Guide to Online Legal Directories for Lawyers

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Marketing your law firm effectively requires a comprehensive approach involving multi-pronged strategies. Listing your firm in online legal directories is one of those essential solutions. Showing up in a directory is an excellent first step, but it won’t help your firm stand out from its competitors. Many law firms mistakenly view legal directories as a form of online Yellow Pages.

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FBI: Give us warrantless Section 702 snooping powers – or China wins

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Never mind the court orders obtained to thwart Volt Typhoon botnet Jessica Lyons Drilling deeper, FISA Section 702 allows the FBI and its fellow federal organizations to monitor foreigners’ electronic communications beyond America’s borders. But if these emails, texts, and phone calls are with or about US persons, those individuals and organizations’ data can get pulled in as well for analysis, along with anyone those US persons also talked to.

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Illinois Supreme Court Amends Rule 794(d) to Include Sexual Harassment Prevention as Part of PR CLE Requirement

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The Illinois Supreme Court entered an Order on January 31 adding “sexual harassment prevention” to the topic areas that can be applied toward professional responsibility CLE (PR CLE) hours per Rule 794(d). The amended Rule reads: Each attorney subject to these Rules shall complete a minimum of six of the total CLE hours for each two-year reporting period in the area of professionalism, civility, legal ethics, sexual harassment prevention , diversity and inclusion, or mental health and substance

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Safeguarding Children Online: Noble Intentions, Uncharted Costs

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In the polarized political climate of the United States one can feel hard-pressed to find a topic that all sides can champion. The Senate’s hearing this past week, where they grilled five of the biggest names in social media regarding kids’ online safety, seemed to do just that. Representatives from Meta, TikTok, Discord, X, and Snapchat were all present, with Meta and TikTok taking the brunt of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s ire for their products’ impact on children.

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George Carlin-AI 'Deepfake' Lawsuit Could Set New Standards for Celebrities' Rights of Publicity, Industry Veteran Says

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“Depending on how this case ultimately shakes out, it could set certain standards or guide us towards how future activity may or may not be regulated, and I think that’s where it’s most interesting,” said Benjamin Jaffe, a partner at New York law firm Pryor Cashman.

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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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Copyright Clash: The New York Times’ Lawsuit Against Microsoft and OpenAI Reveals Complex Challenges in AI Training

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The New York Times (“NYT”) recently filed complaints against Microsoft and OpenAI, alleging copyright infringements in their use of the Times’ copyrighted materials to train ChatGPT. First, NYT alleged that the defendants engaged in copying substantial NYT content when building their Large Language Models. OpenAI incorporates internal corpus such as WebText, WebText 2, and external sources like Common Crawl to train the AI.

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From Big Law to Small Firms: A Tale of Two Cities in Embracing Legal AI

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“ It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.” Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities Two recent studies, one by LexisNexis and one by LawPay-MyCase , looked at the use of AI and Gen AI at two ends of the legal market.

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AI helped create “deepfake” CFO for $25million BEC!

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CNN.com reported that “A finance worker at a multinational firm was tricked into paying out $25 million to fraudsters using deepfake technology to pose as the company’s chief financial officer in a video conference call, according to Hong Kong police.” The February 4, 2024 article entitled “Finance worker pays out $25 million after video call with deepfake ‘chief financial officer’” ( [link] ” included these comments: The elaborate scam saw the worker duped into attending a video call with what

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Best Use of Artificial Intelligence, Law Firm: DLA Piper

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“Once you understand that lawyers are dealers in information, it is easy to see that AI can enhance every stage of their work,” said Bennett Borden, Partner and Chief Data Scientist at DLA Piper.

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Am I losing my mind? How to maintain cognitive abilities as senior lawyers age–ABA Journal

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BY ROD KUBAT Because I am not a medical doctor or a trained health care professional, I consulted some of the many authoritative articles that are readily available on the subject of brain health, which is defined in a National Institute on Aging article to mean “how well a person’s brain functions across several areas,” one of which is cognitive health or “how well you think, learn and remember.

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He Used AI to Record Work Calls. Now His Ex-Employer Wants to Seize Equipment

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“On February 5, 2024, CX360 became aware of defendant’s unauthorized and continuing use of AI software, when during a sales managers’ call, an AI utility bot, Otter, attempted to join the call under defendant’s name,” the complaint said.

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Tax pros: Be aware of EFIN email scam; special webinars offered–IRS

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Tax pros: Be on the lookout for scam emails that impersonate various software companies in an attempt to steal Electronic Filing Identification Numbers (EFINs). The IRS and its Security Summit partners warn that scammers are posing as tax software companies and requesting EFIN documents from tax professionals under the guise of a required verification to transmit tax returns.

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Gen AI Providers Offer IP Indemnity. Here's Why It's Not Foolproof

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Large cloud and AI providers including Amazon, Google and Microsoft, among others, say they’ll take on the legal risk of a copyright claim arising from the use of their offered LLMs. But there are significant caveats to these protections.

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Republicans Try To Block Very Basic Efforts To Prevent Racial Discrimination In Broadband Deployment

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From the this-is-why-we-can't-have-nice-things dept. The post Republicans Try To Block Very Basic Efforts To Prevent Racial Discrimination In Broadband Deployment appeared first on Above the Law.

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Republicans Try To Block Very Basic Efforts To Prevent Racial Discrimination In Broadband Deployment

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From the this-is-why-we-can’t-have-nice-things dept. The post Republicans Try To Block Very Basic Efforts To Prevent Racial Discrimination In Broadband Deployment appeared first on Above the Law.

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Revolutionizing Legal Talent Acquisition With AI: The haistack.ai Advantage [Sponsored]

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Transform your legal recruitment with haistack.ai’s AI-driven platform for unmatched efficiency and precision. Schedule your demo today. The post Revolutionizing Legal Talent Acquisition With AI: The haistack.ai Advantage appeared first on Above the Law.

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Is the Supreme Court Leaning Toward Keeping Trump on Colorado Primary Ballot?

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On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments about whether they should uphold the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision to disqualify former president Donald Trump from the state’s primary ballot for the 2024 presidential election. The justices seemed skeptical of. Continue reading → The post Is the Supreme Court Leaning Toward Keeping Trump on Colorado Primary Ballot?

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Should You Operate Your Law Firm Like A Tech Company?

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Law firm management consultant Erik Mazzone helps us find a better way forward on the Non-Eventcast. The post Should You Operate Your Law Firm Like A Tech Company? appeared first on Above the Law.

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Could the FRCP Require Data Privacy, Cybersecurity Considerations in Proportionality Tests?

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While the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure don’t currently account for the impact of discovery proceedings on data privacy rights, some proposals are trying to change that.

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