May, 2024

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SmarterDx Rakes In $50M For Its AI That Helps Hospitals Capture More Revenue

Above the Law - Technology

SmarterDx — an AI startup that provides clinical review and quality audits for medical claims — closed a $50 million Series B funding round, bringing its total funding to date to $71 million. The post SmarterDx Rakes In $50M For Its AI That Helps Hospitals Capture More Revenue appeared first on MedCity News.

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You Be the Judge: Should Public Perception of Impartiality Influence Judicial Recusal?

Trellis.Law Blog

Over the past few weeks, the national media has been rife with stories of the ongoing Karen Read murder trial taking place in Massachusetts and presided over by Judge Beverly J. Cannone. In July 2023, the defense argued for Judge… Continue reading → The post You Be the Judge: Should Public Perception of Impartiality Influence Judicial Recusal?

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GLTH announces the appointment of Simonetta Buccellato and Diana Vaccaro as Alliance Ambassadors in Europe

Global LegalTech Hub

Both are lawyers and co-founders of LexTranslate, a legal translation company that transcends borders and languages, providing its services to international law firms, entities, courts, companies, multinationals corporations, universities, and European Union institutions. Simonetta has worked as a lawyer in law firms in Milan and Brussels, as well as at the Court of Justice of the EU and the European Commission.

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How AI Can Reshape Legal Education + Lawyer Training

Artificial Lawyer

AI will change not just legal work, but legal education and lawyer training – here are five examples of how. AI’s application to the law also raises key questions about evaluating legal work.

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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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American Arbitration Association Acquires ODR.com and Mediate.com to Expand Online Dispute Resolution

LawSites

In a move designed to expand its products for online dispute resolution, the American Arbitration Association has acquired ODR.com, a company that builds ODR systems, and its parent company, Resourceful Internet Solutions Inc. (RIS), which also owns Mediate.com, Arbitrate.com and Ombuds.org.

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X Corp. v. Bright Data is the Decision We’ve Been Waiting For (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

by guest blogger Guy Rub , The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law A Web Scraper Beats a Platform: The Same Story, but Different It seems like we’ve been here before, and not that long ago. A platform sues a web scraper in the Northern District of California for (among others) a breach of its Terms of Service (ToS) —and the platform loses.

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Foley Mansfield goes live with Verify from Zero Systems for gen AI pre-bill review

Legal IT Insiders

US national defense law firm Foley Mansfield has gone live with generative AI pre-bill verification tool Verify and today (15 May) joined the team from Zero Systems on stage at […] The post Foley Mansfield goes live with Verify from Zero Systems for gen AI pre-bill review appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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Affordable Legal Help: How a Non-Profit Law Firm is Answering the Call (Kamron Graham, Executive Director, The Commons Law Center)

Technically Legal

Studies determined that at least one litigant does not have a lawyer in 75% of civil cases in the United States. The number is even higher when it comes to family law, domestic violence, housing, and small claims matters. But organizations like Oregon’s Commons Law Center are doing something about it. On this episode, Kamron Graham, the Law Center’s Executive Director, talks about the not for profit law firm’s efforts to provide affordable legal assistance to people that make too much to qualify

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Lawyers With AI Skills Can Get ‘Up to 49% Higher Pay’ – PwC

Artificial Lawyer

The new AI Jobs Barometer report by Big Four firm PwC has found that lawyers in roles where ‘AI skills’ are a key factor are able to get a pay premium of 49% in the US and 27% in the UK.

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Building On Last Year’s Seed Round, BriefCatch Adds Three Legal Tech Veterans To Its Management Team

LawSites

Legal editing software company BriefCatch has expanded its management team with the hiring of three legal technology veterans to key positions. The hires follow the company’s raise last year of $3.5 million in an oversubscribed seed round.

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Stay On Top of Newly Filed State & Federal Litigation: Curated Just for You!

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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How Lawyers Can Use Code Words to Combat Client Voice Cloning and Deepfakes

Attorney at Work

In an era of deepfakes and digital deception, a simple shared code word may be your strongest shield. The post How Lawyers Can Use Code Words to Combat Client Voice Cloning and Deepfakes appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.

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Stanford Will Augment Its Study Finding that AI Legal Research Tools Hallucinate in 17% of Queries, As Some Raise Questions About the Results

Above the Law - Technology

Stanford University will augment the study it released last week of generative AI legal research tools from LexisNexis and Thomson Reuters, in which it found that they deliver hallucinated results more often than the companies say, as others have raised questions about the study’s methodology and fairness.

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Lawyer Depression: Recognizing the Signs and Dealing With It

Clio

Depression in the legal profession is widespread, with far-reaching impacts. For attorneys struggling with lawyer depression, the illness can have devastating personal and professional repercussions—but it also affects clients, partners, staff, and business. Depression affects a significant portion of the general population, with 7.1% of all adults in the United States—17.3 million adults—having suffered a major depressive episode in 2017.

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Moonbirds and CC0: Problems with NFT licensing and the public domain

TechnoLlama

It’s been a while since we talked about NFTs here at Llama Towers, this is mostly because not a lot has been happening, but it is also due to most of my attention being directed to artificial intelligence.

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Product Walk Through: AutoNDA – OneNDA + SimpleDocs

Artificial Lawyer

This week’s Product Walk Through is about AutoNDA and oneClick, presented by Preston Clark, the co-founder and CEO of contract automation startup SimpleDocs. Ahead of the.

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Litera announces go-to-market partnership with Microsoft and Copilot integration under development 

Legal IT Insiders

Litera announced today (1 May) that it is partnering with Microsoft to bring new tools to market, including developing a Microsoft Copilot integration in collaboration with Microsoft. Whereas Litera is […] The post Litera announces go-to-market partnership with Microsoft and Copilot integration under development appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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How to Reverse the Effects of Stress

Attorney at Work

Gray Robinson | The effects of stress can be reversed by focusing on some simple countermeasures throughout the day. The post How to Reverse the Effects of Stress appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.

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Nominations Open for 2024 American Legal Technology Awards, to be Presented at Gala Dinner in October

Above the Law - Technology

In what has become an annual tradition, nominations have now opened for the American Legal Technology Awards, which honor exceptional achievement in various aspects of legal technology.

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On LawNext: Epiq’s Global Legal Solutions Leader Roger Pilc on How AI Is Transforming Legal Services

LawSites

In recent months, Epiq, a global company providing technology-enabled legal services, has announced new artificial intelligence and analytics features built using the AI capabilities of Amazon Web Services.

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The Global State of Legal Tech

Colin S. Levy

TLDR: The Global State of Legal Tech. The state of legal tech and its adoption across the globe reflects a profound shift in the legal industry, driven by the intersection of law and technology. This transformation is reshaping how legal services are delivered, accessed, and managed, with significant implications for legal professionals, clients, and society as a whole.

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Legal Innovators California Sponsors – A Legal Tech Treasure Trove!

Artificial Lawyer

On June 4 and 5 the Legal Innovators California conference takes place in San Francisco. Joining us will be more than two dozen companies at the frontier of legal tech and innovation.

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Agiloft launches Gen AI Prompt Lab including ‘bring your own LLM’ capability 

Legal IT Insiders

Contract lifecycle management vendor Agiloft today (2 May) announced the launch of its Generative AI Prompt Lab, which includes pre-configured prompt templates that can leverage customer’s own data – and […] The post Agiloft launches Gen AI Prompt Lab including ‘bring your own LLM’ capability appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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Hiring a New Person for Your Law Firm (Probably) Won’t Increase Your Revenues

Attorney at Work

Erik Mazzone | It's not that hiring a new person is a bad thing, just that it isn't the path to growth and greatness you imagine. The post Hiring a New Person for Your Law Firm (Probably) Won’t Increase Your Revenues appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.

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OpenAI Made ChatGPT Sound Like Scarlett Johansson… But Is There Any Legal Problem With That?

Above the Law - Technology

OpenAI didn't name the new ChatGPT voice 'ScaRleTt JoHAnsSoN' but might as well have. The post OpenAI Made ChatGPT Sound Like Scarlett Johansson… But Is There Any Legal Problem With That? appeared first on Above the Law.

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MacroAgility Systems Introduces Uplift: The Premier Tool for On-Prem to iManage Cloud Migration

Legal IT Professionals

MacroAgility Systems proudly introduces Uplift, an advanced component within the iSyncKit suite, designed to simplify the migration of documents from an on-premises infrastructure to the iManage cloud. Uplift is new standard for document migration, combining a user-friendly interface with powerful automation to ensure a smooth and reliable transition.

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Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, May 18, 2024

LLRX

Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and online security, often without our situational awareness.

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Jake Heller Interview With Artificial Lawyer: ‘We Never Planned For This’

Artificial Lawyer

Last year, Jake Heller, the co-founder of legal research pioneer Casetext, sold the business to Thomson Reuters for $650m in an all-cash deal. At the.

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Elon Musk’s Gifts to Web Scrapers (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

By Kieran McCarthy Elon Musk may have done more to open the Internet to web scraping than any person or public interest advocacy group. Not that he meant to do this, mind you. He was trying to do the opposite. But by providing a foil in litigation against both the Center for Countering Digital Hate (“CCDH”) and Bright Data (the world’s largest seller of scraped data), he’s given judges in the most important district court in the country for tech legal issues, the Northern District of Calif

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The Future of Collaboration: Embracing the Digital Shift in Co-Authoring Legal Documents

Attorney at Work

With the shift toward remote collaboration, we're witnessing a significant shift from the traditional “pen-holder" approach to document management to a more dynamic and collaborative method of co-authoring legal documents. The post The Future of Collaboration: Embracing the Digital Shift in Co-Authoring Legal Documents appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.

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Appeals Court: Just Because Speech Provokes Negative Reactions Doesn’t Mean It’s Not Protected

Above the Law - Technology

From the maybe-address-the-people-that-are-handling-the-speech-poorly dept. The post Appeals Court: Just Because Speech Provokes Negative Reactions Doesn’t Mean It’s Not Protected appeared first on Above the Law.

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Google March 2024 Core Update Rollout Successfully Completed on April 19th

Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

Google started the rollout of its first core update and algorithm update of the year, named the March 2024 core update, on March 5, 2024. Today we announced the March 2024 core update & new spam policies that, in combination, are designed to show less content made to attract clicks and more content that people find useful. Learn more: [link] — Google Search Central (@googlesearchc) March 5, 2024 Google’s documentation warned that this update was more complex, enhancing their core

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AI in Finance and Banking, May 15, 2024

LLRX

his semi-monthly column by Sabrina I. Pacifici highlights news, government documents, NGO/IGO papers, industry white papers, academic papers and speeches on the subject of AI’s fast paced impact on the banking and finance sectors. The chronological links provided are to the primary sources, and as available, indicate links to alternate free versions.

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CLM Bigle Legal Launches Libra GenAI Assistant

Artificial Lawyer

Spain-based CLM company Bigle Legal has launched Libra, a genAI assistant. It specialises in summarising, analysing, translating, generating clauses and making queries related to contracts.

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Webinar: How to leverage Microsoft Teams Premium as your entry level Generative AI tool

Legal IT Insiders

In this webinar with senior executives from Symity and Microsoft, we will look at how law firms can leverage the new functionality in Teams Premium and how it can become […] The post Webinar: How to leverage Microsoft Teams Premium as your entry level Generative AI tool appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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Legal Marketing Strategy Made Simple: What, Who, Where, How and When

Attorney at Work

Jay Harrington | You need a simple strategy — a one-page marketing plan — that prioritizes rapid action you can build on. The post Legal Marketing Strategy Made Simple: What, Who, Where, How and When appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.

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