3 Geeks and a Law Blog
JANUARY 13, 2023
DALL-E drawing of a librarian looking over lots of documents. There is obviously a ton of hype and buzz going on right now with ChatGPT and other AI tools, including this week’s Geek in Review podcast. I wanted to see if there’s something that I could do that was a practical use of GPT in my job as a law librarian. I think I’ve found something that might fit that bill.
Attorney at Work
JANUARY 9, 2023
Ensuring a more comfortable workplace is good for employees, and that’s good for the employer, too. The post Are You Making Your Employees Sick? appeared first on Attorney at Work.
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LawSites
JANUARY 9, 2023
Since the December release of Open AI’s GPT-3.5 model, and the related ChatGPT, speculation has been rampant about how this next generation of artificial intelligence might upend the legal profession. But as others have been speculating, two legal scholars and scientists, Daniel Martin Katz and Michael Bommarito , put GPT 3.5 to the task, having it perform that most anxiety-inducing of tests along the path to becoming a lawyer – taking the bar exam. .
LLRX
JANUARY 8, 2023
Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, 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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3 Geeks and a Law Blog
JANUARY 10, 2023
There is a lot of buzz around ChatGPT and GPT 3.5 , but is it really the next Tesla, or is it the next IBM Watson? We talk with HyperDraft’s Tony Thai and Ashley Carlisle about OpenAI’s popular tool and why, lawyers at least, shouldn’t be ready to go all in on this specific technology. While there are great examples of how GPT 3.5 impressively handled things like Bar Exam questions, there are still a lot of unknowns from this resource from a company that started out as Open Source and non-profit
Attorney at Work
JANUARY 10, 2023
Law firms, lawyers and other professionals can learn from past economic downturns. There are many useful and inspirational lessons to learn about how law firms and other organizations have successfully weathered prior economic storms, then survived and thrived. As the writer and philosopher George Santayana said in 1905, “Those who cannot remember the past are […].
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K&L Gates e-Discovery Analysis & Technology Group
JANUARY 13, 2023
Electronic discovery for legal matters within the United States often involves preserving, collecting, processing, reviewing, and producing data that concern individuals living outside the United States. In some of these situations, the data privacy laws of jurisdictions outside the United States can complicate electronic discovery to be performed in the United States.
OpenText
JANUARY 10, 2023
There are many great articles that focus on the headache (and harm) that occurs when sensitive data is not redacted properly in eDiscovery, investigations, and regulatory compliance–including data privacy mandates. In many recent redaction blunders, redactions were not permanent and irrevocable and sensitive data was disclosed. This blog focuses on sensitive data detection as a … The post <strong>Redaction blunders in context</strong> appeared first on OpenText Blogs.
Attorney at Work
JANUARY 11, 2023
Most business communications have one objective: to obtain a response. Focus on communicating better to increase your odds of a quick and meaningful reply. Lawyers spend a lot of time communicating to get work done. We communicate with clients, colleagues and each other. This communication occurs in virtual or in-person meetings; phone calls; and over […].
LawSites
JANUARY 11, 2023
Last June, the seven-year-old litigation analytics company Gavelytics shut down, seemingly overnight, with founder and CEO Rick Merrill announcing the news by an email on June 29 that he “recently made the difficult decision to close Gavelytics effective June 30,” as I reported at the time. . Now, Gavelytics is rising from the ashes, in a sense, with the announcement that a relative newcomer to the legal analytics space, Pre/Dicta , has acquired the Gavelytics platform.
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Bigfork Tech
JANUARY 13, 2023
How to Successfully Organize Your Legal Files Organizing your files is important for running a successful operation. But where do you begin? Analyze what you have, create a naming system for your files, consider a cloud-based platform, and start fresh. Analyze what you have. Do a general sweep to determine your files: PDF, word, and video. What are the general topics relating to these files?
AXDRAFT
JANUARY 13, 2023
Got no time to read? Listen to our blog on the go “ There will be two types of businesses in the next 5 years, those that are on the Internet, and those that are out of business ,” Bill Gates predicted in 1995. Nowadays, we’d say it like this: There are two types of companies – Those that innovate and those that are out of business. This applies to any industry.
Attorney at Work
JANUARY 13, 2023
These tips show how to use bookmarks to make PDFs user-friendly. The post Bookmarks: The Secret to Quickly Creating User-Friendly PDFs appeared first on Attorney at Work.
Relativity
JANUARY 12, 2023
While a data breach may be unavoidable, having a thorough, calculated response plan is entirely in our hands. A Relativity Fest panel of experts recently shared tips for how to prepare.
TechLaw Crossroads
JANUARY 12, 2023
I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been Wayne Gretzky Last week, I was back at the sprawling CES (formerly known as the Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas. I go every year, although I missed the last two years due to the pandemic. CES has always been gracious enough to extend a media pass to me, even though I write more about legal tech than consumer tech.
Simple Legal
JANUARY 12, 2023
In project management, the “ iron triangle ” of cost, scope, and time provides stability and consistency to successful projects. But in legal ops departments , you have a different iron triangle to master: data analysis, efficiency, and collaboration. Most corporate legal teams tend to tackle these 3 areas as separate components. But this leads to delays in growth — ones that can be avoided by developing an understanding of how these legal puzzle pieces connect to and influence each other.
Attorney at Work
JANUARY 12, 2023
Meyling Ly Ortiz | Fortunately, there’s more than one way for young lawyers to find the training they need to grow. The post Stagnating? Three Tips on Getting the Training You Want as a Young Lawyer appeared first on Attorney at Work.
Relativity
JANUARY 12, 2023
While a data breach may be unavoidable, having a thorough, calculated response plan is entirely in our hands. A Relativity Fest panel of experts recently shared tips for how to prepare.
LawSites
JANUARY 12, 2023
What do you get when you combine one of the leading intranet portals for larger law firms with the expertise of a consulting firm that has been building and implementing intranets for decades? The answer, according to an announcement today, is a pre-designed, state-of-the-art intranet portal that can be deployed in just weeks, either as an enhancement to a firm’s existing portal or as a replacement for a legacy portal.
Legal Tech Blog
JANUARY 11, 2023
Pre/Dicta , claiming itself the only litigation analytics platform that makes predictions about the outcome of federal lawsuits, announced the acquisition of Gavelytics, a pioneering judicial analytics platform for state court cases. The purchase, the terms of which were not disclosed, dramatically shortens Pre/Dicta’s timeline for creating a tool that offers instant and accurate predictions for state courts across the country.
AXDRAFT
JANUARY 11, 2023
Closing a new deal is always exciting. Nevertheless, it’s just the beginning, and to set the terms of cooperation in stone, your first step is to sign a sales contract. Sales contracts specify a deal’s expectations, and delivering on those expectations can help you establish long and mutually beneficial business relationships. Yet if there’s ambiguity, issues may occur.
Debevoise Data Blog
JANUARY 11, 2023
On Tuesday, January 10, 2023 at 11:00 AM ET, Avi Gesser and Anna R. Gressel participated in a conversation with EEOC Commissioner Keith Sonderling on the use of artificial intelligence for hiring. This webinar addressed the following: The widespread adoption of AI for employment decisions The emerging regulatory landscape for AI hiring tools The role of the EEOC in the addressing bias risk Steps companies can take to reduce their risks when using these tools If you missed the last briefing, ple
Dewey B Strategic
JANUARY 11, 2023
I always believed that Gavelytics was too good a product to disappear. I reported last summer that the pioneering state litigation analytics company was shutting down. Today’s press release reports that Gavelytics will live again as the core of Pre/Dicta ‘s state court predictive litigation component. This transformation will fulfill founder Rick Merrill’s dream: “Pre/Dicta created what I always dreamed of for Gavelytics; a litigation analytics platform that was forward-looking rather than ba
Centerbase
JANUARY 9, 2023
As a law firm , building authority and a positive online reputation in the community are essential to strengthening your overall brand. Your digital marketing efforts should support just that — the overall position of your firm and its reputation. Plus, it’s all related. By emphasizing thought leadership and trust through digital marketing , your firm builds a reputation, and clients seek you out based on that reputation.
Legal IT Group
JANUARY 10, 2023
Since the entry into force of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), many companies processing the data of Europeans have faced the task of achieving the much desired GDPR-compliance. However, no one can say exactly what it is and what criteria of this compliance should be achieved to consider themselves “in compliance” Of course, we do not have a clear answer to this question either, because GDPR-compliance is not an end point, but a process that aims to constantly update an
Debevoise Data Blog
JANUARY 9, 2023
There is a growing trend among customer-facing businesses towards using artificial intelligence (“AI”) to analyze voice data on customer calls. Companies are using these tools for various purposes including identity verification, targeted marketing, fraud detection, cost savings, and improved customer service. For example, AI voice analytics can detect whether a customer is very upset, and therefore should be promptly connected with an experienced customer service representative, or whether the
Dewey B Strategic
JANUARY 10, 2023
The 2023 Report on the State of the Legal Market is being released today. The annual report is jointly issued each year by the Center on Ethics and the Legal Profession at Georgetown Law and the Thomson Reuters Institute. The report utilizes data from Thomson Reuters which shows the performance of U.S. law firms and analyses a variety of factors impacting that performance.
LawSites
JANUARY 10, 2023
CASEpeer , a practice management platform designed for personal injury law firms, now integrates with the online payments platform LawPay , it said today. The integration enables PI firms to accept credit card and ACH payments electronically, which can help a firm increase collections and streamline financial operations. CASEpeer is owned by Affinipay , the parent company of LawPay.
Relativity
JANUARY 9, 2023
Today, how an organization manages e-discovery directly impacts many other fundamental decisions for their business—namely, how to operate during an era of cloud transformation.
Nextpoint
JANUARY 12, 2023
The post Cute Chihuahua or Blueberry Muffin? Exploring the Practical Applications of AI in Ediscovery appeared first on Nextpoint.
CloudNine
JANUARY 11, 2023
eDiscovery Leader Hires Industry Veteran to Bolster Company’s Marketing and Corporate Communications HOUSTON – January 12, 2023 – CloudNine , an eDiscovery automation platform leader, welcomes Catherine Ostheimer today as VP, Marketing. Ostheimer brings extensive experience in corporate marketing, thought leadership, channel marketing and user community.
NSLT
JANUARY 12, 2023
The document technology company Litera has acquired Best Authority, which is possibly the leading standalone product among legal professionals for generating tables of authorities in legal briefs.
Relativity
JANUARY 9, 2023
Today, how an organization manages e-discovery directly impacts many other fundamental decisions for their business—namely, how to operate during an era of cloud transformation.
Berkley Technology Law Journal
JANUARY 11, 2023
By Shreya Kapoor, LL.M. 2023 The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (hereinafter referred to as ‘HIPAA’) was enacted on August 2, 1996 with the aim of protecting sensitive patient health information from non-consensual disclosure. In more recent years, the technologization of healthcare has increased convenience for providers and patients but also added urgency to the need to ensure the security of sensitive medical information.
Solo Practice University
JANUARY 11, 2023
It’s happened: you’ve launched your law firm, you’ve started getting cases, and your star is on the rise. You’re getting more cases and earning more money. However, you’ve started noticing that you’re missing out on cases, or the quality of your work is starting to slip. You’re ready to grow your firm, but knowing who to hire, and why, is an important next step before you start recruiting.
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