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TruLegal To Continue Recruiting Technologists For ICAAD
TruLegal, which operates a talent network to help law firms and legal departments fill roles in areas such as e-discovery and data privacy, announced it will continue its partnership with the International Center for Advocates Against Discrimination that connects the nonprofit with volunteer technology professionals.
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Legal Tech Roundup: Skribe.ai, Intapp
A new investment for a testimony intelligence platform tops this roundup of recent legal technology news.
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How Law Firms Turn AI Skeptics Into 'Champions'
Law firms are starting to win the adoption battle with attorneys who are reluctant to use artificial intelligence, thanks to the right messaging and initiatives. Here, two firms discuss what worked for them.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry had another action-packed week, with a Democratic investigation into BigLaw firms' pro bono work for the federal government, and a former New York state judge leaving the bench to dodge ethics charges. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Hagens Berman Not Very Contrite About AI Errors, Judge Says
A California federal judge chided attorneys from Hagens Berman on Thursday over what he called a lack of contrition after submitting briefs that contained errors lifted from ChatGPT in a proposed class action against the online platform OnlyFans, saying the attorneys seemed more interested in excuses.
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AI-Created Attack Video Among Threats Facing State Judges
State judges sounded the alarm Thursday over "disturbing" threats leveled against them and fellow jurists across the country, from unsolicited pizza deliveries to an artificial intelligence-generated video of a jurist being murdered with a hatchet.
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AAA-ICDR Partners With Integra Ledger For Doc Verification
The American Arbitration Association-International Centre for Dispute Resolution announced Thursday its partnership with enterprise blockchain tech company Integra Ledger to offer document registration and authentication services.
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Most Legal Aid Groups Are Using AI Tools In Their Work
The majority of legal aid organizations surveyed by e-discovery software provider Everlaw are using artificial intelligence tools to close the access to justice gap, according to a report released Thursday.
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How Law Firms Focus Their Pro Bono Efforts
When lawyers work pro bono, what services are they offering and what areas of the law are they focusing on? Here, Law360 Pulse looks at firms' 2024 pro bono priorities.
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The Law360 Pulse Pro Bono Ranking: How Firms Stack Up
Pro bono legal work is a major part of law firms' social responsibility portfolios, with firms leveraging their training and experience to help those who can't pay typical billing rates. See which firms took the lead in pro bono hours.
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These Firms Are The Law360 Pulse Social Impact Leaders
One BigLaw firm reclaimed the top spot in the latest edition of the Law360 Pulse Social Impact Leaders ranking, which recognizes the 100 firms that made the greatest strides on social responsibility in 2024. Find out which firms set the pace.
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Brazilian AI Co. Valued At $350M After $35M Series A Round
Brazilian artificial intelligence startup Enter, which produces software to help businesses deal with consumer lawsuits, has announced the closing of a $35 million Series A funding round that valued the company at $350 million.
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Boies Schiller Partner Admits AI Errors In Scientology Case
A Boies Schiller Flexner LLP partner representing women who allege the Church of Scientology harassed them for reporting convicted actor Daniel Masterson's sexual assaults has asked a California appeals court to strike a brief containing artificial intelligence-generated citation errors, saying he "very much regrets" the errors, but they shouldn't impact his clients' case.
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Ga. Judge Rejects DQ Bid, Questions 'Quality' Of Lawyering
A Georgia federal judge has said he harbors no bias against the four women suing comedian Katt Williams, but he has "concern about the quality of legal representation" they are receiving in light of an explanation given for a brief that contained erroneous case citations generated by artificial intelligence.
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Ex-Ogletree Atty Joins UnitedLex As VP Of AI And Innovation
Legal services company UnitedLex has hired former practice innovation counsel from Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC to be its vice president of artificial intelligence and innovation.
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Conn. Judges Add 'No-Tolerance' AI Warnings To New Dockets
Federal judges in Connecticut have begun entering warnings on new case dockets notifying litigants and their counsel of a "no-tolerance policy" when it comes to briefs that include hallucinated arguments and citations, regardless of whether artificial intelligence was used.
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Venture-Backed WilsonAI Publicly Launches
London-based in-house legal software startup WilsonAI, which raised preseed funding earlier this year, announced Wednesday its public launch.
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Attys Must Pay $24K For AI Citations In FIFA Antitrust Case
Counsel representing the now-shuttered Puerto Rico Soccer League in its antitrust suit against FIFA must pay more than $24,000 in attorney fees and litigation costs to the soccer federation and other defendants for filing briefs that appeared to contain errors hallucinated by artificial intelligence, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.
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Westlaw Notes Uncopyrightable, AI Company Tells 3rd Circ.
An artificial intelligence-powered legal search engine has asked the Third Circuit to reverse a district court's decision that its use of Westlaw headnotes did not constitute fair use, arguing its utilization of them "radically promoted scientific progress" and increased access to justice.
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AI-Based Legal Intake Platform Superpanel Raises $5.3M
Superpanel, a legal intake software provider founded last year, officially launched Tuesday and announced it had raised $5.3 million for accelerated hiring and product expansion.
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Wexler Launches New AI Tool As It Raises $5.3M
Wexler announced Tuesday it has raised more than $5 million from outside investors, and it unveiled a new legal fact-checking feature that can be used in real time in court proceedings.
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Filevine Closes Two Funding Rounds Totaling $400M
Filevine Inc. has raised $400 million in all-equity financing as it seeks to focus more of its offerings on legal intelligence, the practice management software provider announced Tuesday.
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LA-Based Future In Tech Hires Ex-NQ Zebraworks Lead As VP
Future in Tech, a Los Angeles-based provider of information governance and document life cycle management, announced Monday the hiring of David Shafiee, formerly of nQ Zebraworks, as vice president of strategic markets.
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McGuireWoods To Roll Out Legora, Harvey AI Platforms
McGuireWoods LLP has recently struck new strategic partnerships with Legora, a Swedish legal technology company, and legal generative artificial intelligence platform Harvey that will see the law firm roll out their platforms to attorneys.
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Magna Legal Services Joins With Texas Investigations Firm
The national litigation support services company Magna Legal Services has merged with Pipkins Investigations, a private investigations agency based in Houston, Magna announced Monday.
Expert Analysis
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How Firms Can Benefit From Creating Their Own ALSPs
As more law firms develop their own legal services centers to serve as both a source of flexible personnel and technological innovation, they can further enhance the effectiveness by fostering a consistent and cohesive team and allowing for experimentation with new technologies from an established baseline, say attorneys at Hogan Lovells.
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Keys To Digitizing Inefficient Contract Management Processes
Neville Eisenberg and Mark Grayson at BCLP explain how they sped up contract execution for one client by replacing email with a centralized, digital tool for negotiations and review, and how the principles they adhered to can be helpful for other law firms looking to improve poorly managed contract management processes.
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Law Firm Tips For Evaluating AI And Machine Learning Tools
Many legal technology vendors now sell artificial intelligence and machine learning tools at a premium price tag, but law firms must take the time to properly evaluate them as not all offerings generate process efficiencies or even use the technologies advertised, says Steven Magnuson at Ballard Spahr.
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Learning How To Code Can Unleash New Potential In Lawyers
Every lawyer can begin incorporating aspects of software development in their day-to-day practice with little to no changes in their existing tools or workflow, and legal organizations that take steps to encourage this exploration of programming can transform into tech incubators, says George Zalepa at Greenberg Traurig.
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The Importance Of Client Engagement In Law Firm Innovation
As clients increasingly want law firms to serve as innovation platforms, firms must understand that there is no one-size-fits-all approach — the key is a nimble innovation function focused on listening and knowledge sharing, says Mark Brennan at Hogan Lovells.
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A Scientific Path For Improving Diversity At Law Firms
Law firms could combine industrial organizational psychology and machine learning to study prospective hires' analytical thinking, stress response and similar attributes — which could lead to recruiting from a more diverse candidate pool, say Ali Shahidi and Bess Sully at Sheppard Mullin.