Colin S. Levy

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Innovations in artificial intelligence (AI), particularly generative AI (GenAI), cloud computing, and data analytics, present both challenges and opportunities for law firms and in-house legal departments. For law firms, prioritizing these areas preserves billable hours while improving operational efficiency.

Analytics 45

Analytics Law firm Compliance Lawsuit 45

MatterSuite

MAY 22, 2025

Imagine your law firm takes on a new corporate client, only to discover later that your team previously advised their competitor in a related case. Mitigate Malpractice Risks and Legal Disqualifications Overlooking conflicts invites catastrophic consequences: malpractice lawsuits, court sanctions, or forced withdrawal from cases.

Compliance 52

Compliance Machine learning Time-tracking Software 52

Percipient

JANUARY 20, 2025

Its a lifesaver for law firms or teams dealing with tons of paperwork. While theyve been popular in consumer-facing situations, like helping individuals with small claims or tenant issues, theyre becoming more common in law firms, too. Are Law Firms Keeping Up With AI Technology? So, why the slow adoption?

Legal tech 52

Legal tech Legal tech Machine learning e-discovery 52

Martindale-Avvo

JUNE 18, 2025

Social media Several lawsuits claim social media companies, such as Meta, Google, and ByteDance, enabled teen addiction to the platforms and caused numerous mental health issues. Despite the settling of about two-thirds of lawsuits , there are more than 54,000 cases still pending.

Lawsuit 52

Lawsuit Litigation Litigator Hearing 52

lennyesq

JUNE 20, 2025

According to the Manhattan district attorney’s office in New York, Mescall created a fake law firm that went by several different names, including “Prospection Legal,” “Prospection Legal Group” and “Mescall Law P.C.” She began representing clients in his cases, which included class action, discrimination and business lawsuits.

Lawyer 69

Lawyer Lawsuit Attorney Court 69

MatterSuite

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

Legal assistants may perform tasks such as sorting or filing documents, preparing appointments and calendars, including trail schedules, and contacting clients and all other parties to lawsuits. In general, the work of a legal assistant is oriented toward supporting the organization and administration of a law firm.

Paralegal 52

Paralegal Legal research Document management Law firm 52

lennyesq

MAY 2, 2025

BY DEBRA CASSENS WEISS A lawyer who wanted his pleadings to stand out has been ordered to remove a large purple dragon watermark from each page of a lawsuit that he filed in federal court. Perrone of the Dragon Lawyers law firm to refile the April 2 complaint without the logo of a dragon in a business suit.

Judge 53

Judge Lawsuit Law Law 53

Eric Goldman

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Will they get the message? * * * Background Lerner and Rowe is an Arizona law firm. Brown Engstrand is a start-up rival law firm (operating under the brand “Accident Law Group”). Here’s an example: Competitive keyword advertising by law firms has been a source of trouble for years.

Lawsuit 105

Lawsuit Judge Defendant Court 105

Legal IT Professionals

MAY 14, 2025

Trellis, the leading provider of trial court data and insights, has partnered with international labor and employment law firm Fisher Phillips to integrate its generative AI built for trial court litigation, Trellis AI, into the firms daily case alerts.

Litigation 100

Litigation Litigator Lawsuit Court 100

lennyesq

MAY 17, 2025

Orpett , James Pearce By settling with Trump, law firms have much more than a moral stain to worry about. They come in the context of the Trump administrations many attacks against lawyers, courts, andperhaps most unexpectedlysome prominent law firms.

Law firm 40

Law firm Law Law Defendant 40

lennyesq

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Electronic Frontier Foundation Lawsuit Argues Defendants Violated the Privacy Act by Disclosing Sensitive Data NEW YORKEFF and a coalition of privacy defenders led by Lex Lumina filed a lawsuit today asking a federal court to stop the U.S. Read more…

Defendant 45

Defendant Lawsuit Judge Court 45

lennyesq

MAY 2, 2025

WASHINGTON A federal judge on Friday struck down President Donald Trumps executive order targeting the law firm Perkins Coie in a blistering opinion calling the presidents efforts an unprecedented attack on the U.S. judicial system.

Judge 73

Judge Law firm Lawsuit Law 73

Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

Calling all cyberlaw nerds: here is a bona fide “ Law of the Horse ” case. The plaintiff is an Oregon law firm practicing equine law. 12, 2025) Want more about the Internet law of horses? The post Copyright Owner Prevails in Lawsuit Over Form Contracts–Equine Legal v.

Lawsuit 52

Lawsuit Defendant Court Judge 52

lennyesq

MARCH 28, 2025

BY ZACH SCHONFELD – Jenner & Block and WilmerHale sued the Trump administration Friday over the presidents executive orders targeting the law firms. Trump has signed a series of executive orders that take aim at Big Law firms with ties to his critics and people he perceives as his enemies. Read more…

Law firm 56

Law firm Lawsuit Law Law 56

Clio

APRIL 2, 2025

Law firms that develop expertise in areas like opioid litigation, nursing home negligence, and emerging vehicle technologies will be well-positioned to help clients affected by these issues. About 95% of personal injury lawsuits end in a pre-trial settlement ( The Law Dictionary ). billion in 2024 ( IBIS World ).

Injury Lawyer 52

Injury Lawyer Law Law Attorney 52

Percipient

MARCH 18, 2025

Reduce the Risk of Costly Mistakes One missed clause can lead to financial losses, compliance issues, or even lawsuits. ContractPodAi ContractPodAi is an AI contract review solution that helps businesses and law firms manage contracts more efficiently. No pressure, right?

Software 52

Software Due diligence Machine learning e-discovery 52

lennyesq

MARCH 24, 2025

A new memo from President Donald Trump that authorized the attorney general and the homeland security secretary to sanction law firms that file lawsuits they deem frivolous” is a major escalation of his intensifying assault on law firms , legal experts and former Justice Department officials told NBC News.

Lawsuit 45

Lawsuit Lawyer Law firm Attorney 45

Brett Trout

MAY 21, 2025

#AI #JamesEarlJones #SAGAFTRA #DarthVader #VoiceRights #TechnologyInEntertainment #IPLaw #DigitalLegacy #Fortnite #CreativeFreedom Tags: AI , Artificial Intelligence , court cases , cyber law , information technology , Internet Law , lawsuit Related posts Suing Over Artificial Intelligence (0) Found Another One: Court Sanctions Both Local and Lead (..)

Lawsuit 59

Lawsuit Court Litigation Litigator 59

Martindale-Avvo

JANUARY 21, 2025

Larger law firms tend to stay away from politics for fear of offending clients. Big firms tend to have big corporate clients who are also experiencing the same uncertainty about how to engage with the new administration. Law firms often become proxies for clients and dont have the independence to take a political stance.

Immigration lawyer 59

Immigration lawyer Bankruptcy Time-tracking Attorney 59

Eric Goldman

MARCH 27, 2025

The panel says wearily that “This action is Loomers fourth lawsuit about this alleged conspiracy” but sidesteps the obvious res judicata problem. All of those prior lawsuits failed, and this one does too, in a perfunctory memo opinion. It’s hardly surprising that Loomer lost this lawsuit. Google, Illoominate v.

Lawsuit 52

Lawsuit Failure-to-appear Court Defendant 52

lennyesq

MARCH 31, 2025

Peters The writers are the senior partners at the law firm Keker, Van Nest & Peters. President Trump this month issued an executive order clearly intended to destroy the venerable law firm Perkins Coie, a firm that has zealously represented clients large and small for more than a century. GUEST ESSAY ByJohn W.

Law firm 45

Law firm Judge Lawsuit Law 45

Above the Law - Technology

MARCH 27, 2024

Yesterday, I reported here on a lawsuit filed March 20 in U.S. As it turns out, just a week before she filed her lawsuit, her former company had sued her in federal court in Texas, seeking a declaratory judgment that it had terminated her for cause, and that, as a result, her stock option was also terminated.

Lawsuit 289

Lawsuit Legal tech Legal tech Defendant 289

Above the Law - Technology

AUGUST 1, 2023

Cybercriminals appear to be successfully hitting small and large firms alike. The post Law Firm Data Breaches Surge In 2023 appeared first on Above the Law.

Law firm 219

Law firm Law Law Lawsuit 219

Above the Law - Technology

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

In what it described as a case pitting “real lawyers against a robot lawyer,” a federal court in Illinois has dismissed a law firm’s suit against the self-help legal service DoNotPay. ” Another lawsuit alleging unauthorized practice of law by DoNotPay, Faridian v.

Court 275

Court Lawyer Lawsuit Failure-to-appear 275

Legal IT Insiders

APRIL 15, 2024

US law firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe has agreed to pay $8m to settle a class action filed by plaintiffs whose personal information was stolen in a data breach in […] The post Orrick settles data breach lawsuits for $8m appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

Lawsuit 122

Lawsuit Law firm Law Law 122

LawSites

OCTOBER 27, 2021

The subpoenas offer no explanation of how the companies may be related to the lawsuit, but request documents relating to any relationships between the companies and ROSS or LegalEase, the company that TR alleges ROSS engaged to help it steal content from Westlaw — an allegation the now-shuttered ROSS denies.

Lawsuit 122

Lawsuit Legal research Compliance Law firm 122

Above the Law - Technology

APRIL 11, 2024

It launched in 2017 to great fanfare, promising to “revolutionize legal services” through its dual-entity model of both a law firm and a technology company. While ROSS vehemently denied the allegations, the lawsuit crippled its ability to raise new financing or explore potential acquisition opportunities.

Legal tech 271

Legal tech Legal tech Lawsuit Analytics 271

Above the Law - Technology

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

million pre-seed funding round led by two venture capital firms, Maple , which invests in companies with Canadian roots, and Haystack , which invests in early-stage companies. The lawsuit forced ROSS to shut down its operations , which it did effective Jan. The Toronto-based company recently closed a $2.1

Judge 275

Judge Legal tech Legal tech Lawsuit 275

Kevin O'Keefe

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

A searchable database revealed that thousands of books were used “without permission,” causing some authors to express outrage and even launch lawsuits against Meta. I thought lots of luck – and why would you want to stop the advancement of the law, which the use of AI in legal publishing represents. Permission is a different matter.

Lawsuit 264

Lawsuit Law firm Court Lawyer 264

Trellis.Law Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Law firms are… Continue reading → The post Legal Safeguards: Microsoft’s Role in Shielding Customers from AI-Related Lawsuits first appeared on Trellis.Law Blog. As tech companies compete to produce the best generative AI (GAI), the legal industry is learning how to adapt to this new norm.

Lawsuit 100

Lawsuit Law firm Law Law 100

Attorney at Work

JUNE 24, 2021

Managing people is tough, and employment issues are among the thorniest that law firm managers must face. Here’s advice on law firm risk management from a managing partner who also represents those disgruntled employees. Here are a few observations and tips from an employment lawyer who also manages a law firm.

Law firm 104

Law firm Law Law Lawsuit 104

Clio

JANUARY 30, 2024

Law firm data security should be a top priority for any practice, and here’s why: Clients trust you with their most confidential information. Since clients entrust lawyers with so much of their sensitive data, law firms make prime targets for cybercrime. You don’t want your law firm to become part of that statistic.

Law firm 98

Law firm Law Law Due diligence 98

Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

MARCH 9, 2023

Less than four hours later, attorney webpages geared toward crash victims and their families were popping up, and in less than 24 hours, law firms were announcing retained clients and new lawsuits. In June 2022, an Amtrak train carrying 200 passengers derailed in Missouri. Keep reading this post for more details.

Legal marketplace 245

Legal marketplace Law Law Lawsuit 245

Law Technology Today

AUGUST 29, 2023

Law firms with data privacy practices are seeing a substantial uptick in questions from clients concerned with these topics, and clients who require defense against a pending legal action. Over 18 class-action lawsuits have been filed against hospitals and counting, alleging they are sharing health data via online trackers.

Defendant 75

Defendant Lawsuit Software Lawyer 75

Lineal Services

AUGUST 11, 2023

A Guide for Law Firms: Optimizing Legal Outcomes with Advanced eDiscovery Techniques In the continuously changing world of law, being up to speed on the newest technology is not only useful but necessary. Law firms must wrangle an increasingly complex web of electronic data as the digital frontier grows.

Law firm 80

Law firm Machine learning Analytics Law 80

LawSites

MARCH 26, 2024

In a lawsuit filed this week in federal court in Manhattan, the former chief operating office of a legal technology company claims she was fired after attempting to exercise stock options valued at over $1 million. The defendants have not yet filed an answer in the lawsuit.

Lawsuit 59

Lawsuit Defendant Legal tech Legal tech 59

Kevin O'Keefe

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Liberty Mutual Insurance Company’s defamation claim against attorney Kevin O’Keefe and his law firm, Parke O’Flaherty, Ltd., Liberty Mutual demanded a retraction of the advertisement, which O’Keefe refused, leading to the lawsuit. was dismissed by the court. So much to imagine here.

Lawsuit 130

Lawsuit Court Judge Law firm 130