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The Five Most Momentous Legal Tech Fails

Above the Law - Technology

When it launched, I questioned in an Above the Law column whether it was a case of Clearspire déjà vu, recalling the demise of the strikingly similar dual-entity firm Clearspire, which opened in 2010 and shut down four years later. ROSS was ahead of its time in striving to use artificial intelligence to empower legal research.

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LegalTech’s AI Race: A Sign of What’s to Come

Legal Tech Monitor

Thomson Reuters announced that it had entered into an agreement to acquire Casetext, a legal research software company, for the notable price of $650 million. For the past decade, Casetext has provided a legal research platform grounded in AI technology.

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Ep 249: How The Free Law Project Works to Expand Access to Legal Information, with Cofounder Michael Lissner

LawNext podcast

Since 2010, the nonprofit Free Law Project has been working to make the legal ecosystem more equitable and competitive using technology, data and advocacy. We appreciate their support and hope you will check them out. If you enjoy listening to LawNext, please leave us a review wherever you listen to podcasts.

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North Carolina Adds to Growing Body of AI Ethics Guidance for Lawyers

Legal Tech Monitor

The Council opined that lawyers must carefully vet GAI providers to ensure confidential client information is protected, just as they are required to do when “providing confidential information to a third-party software program (practice management, cloud storage, etc.)” Client consent was also addressed.

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The Year Ahead in Legal Tech: AI, Innovation, and Opportunity

Legal Tech Monitor

Nevertheless, the impact on the practice of law overall was significant. Legal professionals continued to learn about and experiment with generative AI for many tasks, including legal research, document drafting and editing, brainstorming, and more.

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Florida Bar Hands Down Opinion on AI Ethics

Legal Tech Monitor

From legal research and contract drafting to law practice management and document editing, GAI is everywhere, and avoiding it is no longer an option. This is especially so now that legal ethics committees across the country are rising to the challenge and issuing GAI guidance.

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Generative AI in Law: Resistance is Futile

Legal Tech Monitor

Of course, this pattern started long before I entered the world of legal technology. PCs, faxes, the internet, online legal research, and email were met with wariness, skepticism, and sometimes even outrage. Lawyers have always been suspicious of technology.

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