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FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Thomas Claburn A federal magistrate judge has recommended $15,000 in sanctions be imposed on an attorney who cited non-existent court cases concocted by an AI chatbot. ” Back on October 29, 2024, Ramirez cited three non-existent cases in a brief. In a report [PDF] filed last week, Mark J.

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Brett Trout

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Symbologys attorney argued that the sale of gift cards in the district were relevant to the venue question and argued venue was proper under 28 USC 1391. While it is allowable to make an argument for extending, modifying, or reversing existing case law, Symbologys attorney made no such argument.

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Brett Trout

MARCH 5, 2025

Some states even require attorneys to stay abreast of technological advancements, such as AI, in the legal field. 32:1:1 Comment [8] Despite this mandate, many attorneys are understandably wary of incorporating advanced technology, especially artificial intelligence (AI) into their legal practice. law to add supporting case law.

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Above the Law - Technology

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Traction: We are adding about 25 people a day as registrants, having fully launched in late October 2023, and have begun demos with attorneys. Altumatim Elevator Pitch: Altumatim is the story-based eDiscovery platform that fully automates document review and finds the most important evidence by learning the story the attorney wants to tell.

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Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

JANUARY 15, 2024

Law Schools Center. Attorneys across the nation answered the call to participate in this forum. These 10 lawyers, however, were some of the most active attorneys on the platform this year: James L. Justia continued to focus on helping the next generation of lawyers in 2023. Arrasmith , T.

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Legal Tech Monitor

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

eDiscovery Assistant , a legal research platform for e-discovery case law and resources, is today introducing AI-generated case law summaries. Its founder, Twigger, is the principal at ESI Attorneys, a law firm dedicated to e-discovery, and a nationally known e-discovery attorney, author, and speaker.

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Above the Law - Technology

JUNE 15, 2023

In fact, as I described in my very first post about Casetext , its original vision was a crowdsourced case law library that its users would edit and annotate and then have other users upvote or downvote the annotations. Think a marriage of Wikipedia and Digg, but for law. WellSettled.com Mines Cases for Established Principles.

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Brett Trout

MARCH 19, 2025

Machine Learning for Examiner Support AI can assist junior examiners by providingreal-time suggestionsbased on previous patent decisions and case law. This would improve efficiency and reduce unnecessary back-and-forth between examiners and applicants.

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CloudNine

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Case Law and Compliance: Joiner discussed how courts are assessing the burden of producing linked files, emphasizing that reasonable efforts to collect this data must be made, though technology and best practices are still evolving. Session 2: Linked Files – The Saga Continues Panelists: Bradley Koehler (Alvarez & Marsel) – Sr.

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Legal Tech Monitor

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Innovative Advancements: How Plaintiff Attorneys Use Technology and Work Processes Differently The use of technology in the legal industry has become increasingly important. This is especially true for plaintiff attorneys who represent individuals or groups of individuals wronged by another party.

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Clio

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Although there are numerous commercially-available research platforms, Google Scholar case law continues to be a valuable legal resource available to lawyers, law students, and the general public, free of charge. Here we delve into how Google Scholar case law works and how best to utilize it.

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Legal Tech Monitor

MAY 11, 2023

Attorney Matt Q. Wetherington uses the technology to field incoming prospective client calls, for document creation and summarization tasks. He also thinks GPT could revolutionize depositions.

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Discovery Advocate

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Key Takeaway: Under New York law, the attorney-client privilege applies to advice from counsel regarding general legal subjects, even when unsolicited and there is no anticipated litigation or pending action. Can that communication be fairly withheld on the basis of attorney-client privilege? In Matter of App. & Cmty.

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3 Geeks and a Law Blog

JULY 3, 2023

Over at Holland and Hart Ada Scott found success in sparking interest by letting attorneys experiment with generative AI tools, flipping skeptics into believers. Imagine an AI combing through a contract and flagging anything out of the ordinary, saving an attorney countless hours of squinting at fine print.

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Bigfork Tech

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Old school tools such as legal research software and document management systems are designed to automate routine tasks, enabling attorneys to focus on strategic thinking and client engagement.

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3 Geeks and a Law Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Rigorous security and confidentiality controls provide the trust needed to gain adoption at top law firms. According to Schafer, attorneys now exhibit much greater openness to tailored AI tools that enhance productivity versus disrupting their workflows entirely. So but I hear we have another Schwartz.

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3 Geeks and a Law Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The MyJr product works as a browser extension and identifies Canadian and US case law citations on any web page. It delivers a preview into key details about the cited case, and a link to a free full-text version, in a popup when the user hovers over the citation. And it’s gonna be American lawyers looking for American law.

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Attorney at Work

APRIL 4, 2022

Attorneys should never think of their clients as merchandise. The Missouri Supreme Court emphasized this point in its landmark case In the Matter of Cupples. The attorney-client relationship is personal and confidential, and the client’s choice of attorneys in civil cases is near absolute.”

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

MyJr from Jurisage is a browser extension that works on any web page to improve your experience by delivering case law insights directly into your workflow. Stop opening new tabs for every cited authority and just hover over the citation to quickly understand cited cases without leaving your current page or breaking your flow.

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Attorney at Work

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Westlaw Precision, says the company, will help lawyers conduct research more than twice as fast while also reducing the risk of missing relevant cases. Our customers tell us difficult legal research can often take more than 10 hours per case,” said Mike Dahn, head of Product Management, Westlaw, Thomson Reuters.

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Attorney at Work

MARCH 8, 2022

A partner-associate relationship can be transactional, just like an attorney-client relationship. When it comes to the law, the partner may not always be right because they haven’t done the most recent research or review of case law. Subscribe to Attorney at Work. Build a Relationship.

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LawSites

MAY 30, 2023

Avianca , has scheduled a hearing to allow the lawyers to show cause for why they should not be sanctioned for what the judge called “an unprecedented circumstance” of a brief “replete with citations to non-existent cases.” In an affidavit filed in the case , Steven A.

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Clio

MARCH 6, 2025

Attending a motion hearing: A hearing is scheduled for both you and the opposing party to argue your case before the judge. As an attorney, you are responsible for filing the motion for an efficient and effective change of venue. In this case you will be able to file an opposition to the dismissal motion.

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K&L Gates e-Discovery Analysis & Technology Group

APRIL 7, 2023

Therefore, attorneys, e-discovery practitioners, and parties in litigation must keep in mind the distinctions among different […] Courts throughout the United States have different perspectives on the actions that constitute spoliation of evidence and the situations in which these actions should be sanctioned.

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K&L Gates e-Discovery Analysis & Technology Group

APRIL 7, 2023

Therefore, attorneys, e-discovery practitioners, and parties in litigation must keep in mind the distinctions among different […] Courts throughout the United States have different perspectives on the actions that constitute spoliation of evidence and the situations in which these actions should be sanctioned.

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Clio

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

In the context of legal research, this means that AI canand doesproduce case law, statutes, or legal arguments that dont exist. AI hallucinations occur when a large language model (LLM) generates false or misleading information that, on its face, appears plausible.

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LawSites

JANUARY 23, 2023

Our platform is the only remote litigation platform intentionally designed for litigation teams to use through a case’s life cycle. We provide features that protect attorney-client privilege and provide added security to sensitive proceedings. Faster, better summaries to keep your cases on track.

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Harvey is then further trained against general legal data, such as case law and reference materials. Finally, it is fine tuned against the law firm’s own data, such as its historical work product, templates, and the like. ” In fact, Pereyra said, the error rate is lower than for review by a contract attorney.

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Law Technology Today

MARCH 1, 2023

MyJr from Jurisage is a browser extension that works on any web page to improve your experience by delivering case law insights directly into your workflow. Stop opening new tabs for every cited authority and just hover over the citation to quickly understand cited cases without leaving your current page or breaking your flow.

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Clio

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Instead, law firms measure lawyers by the results that they achieve for clients. However, for this fee structure to work, attorneys need to identify the resources required to produce a favorable result. For example, offering a flat fee of $1,000 for drafting a will can provide both clients and attorneys value.

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The Barrister

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

The ability to effectively navigate insurance law is essential. Whether one likes it or not, insurance law will be the job of many attorneys for decades to come. For those attorneys, The Law of Automobile Insurance in South Carolina is the one stop shop resource. This translates to one traffic collision every 4.3

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CaseFox

JULY 2, 2023

Below are some ways in which ChatGPT for attorneys, lawyers and law firms can be a helpful tool. ChatGPT For Law Firm Legal Research ChatGPT for law firms is a powerful tool that can help in conducting legal research efficiently. Firms can easily research for any case of matter with the help of this AI tool.

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LawSites

JUNE 27, 2023

Last year, LexisNexis expanded that to add Judicial Brief Analysis , a tool that enabled users to analyze up to six briefs at a time and receive a report comparing all case law, arguments, citations and quotes. The tool can also be used by knowledge management and research professionals who support transactional attorneys.

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TechnoLawyer

DECEMBER 16, 2018

With access to the vast store of legal knowledge on Lexis Advance, including more than 380,000 expert witness profiles, the Ravel Law team has achieved a breakthrough they call "case-law language analytics" -- the ability to transform unstructured documents into actionable data. This has paved the way for Expert Analytics.

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Martindale-Avvo

MAY 9, 2024

Lawyers should meticulously research applicable statutes, case law, legal precedents, and specific facts related to the matter at hand. As negotiations progress, attorneys can gain trust by making certain concessions that the other side values. Resilience and Adaptability Negotiation isn’t always easy.

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Clio

AUGUST 14, 2024

With a willingness to learn about an entirely new area of law, you can change to the legal practice area of your choice. Of course, there’s more to switching practice areas in legal than reading up on case law. Study Switching practice areas in law means you’ll be a student all over again. Get ready to study!

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LawSites

JUNE 7, 2022

But it initially launched the product in beta only to select firms as a sort of proof of concept that this technology could be extended beyond case law to other types of document sets. ”

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