Above the Law - Technology

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

The litigation analytics company Lex Machina has completed what it describes as a milestone expansion of its data set of court documents, adding another 500,000 federal district court cases so that it now has full coverage of virtually every civil case filed in federal district courts anywhere in the United States.

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Above the Law - Technology

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Armed with AI, pro se litigants could overwhelm the courts, so the courts need to be prepared to respond in kind. Generative AI could lower the hurdles and the costs for pro se litigants to bring their grievances to court. AI will force courts and lawyers to grapple with new issues over authentication of evidence.

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AUGUST 5, 2021

Lightning Law Technologies , a Seattle startup developing software for remote testimony and legal proceedings, has raised a $1 million seed, which the company will use to accelerate development of its platform. The company describes its mission as “to facilitate online justice.”. CEO Alisa Brodkowitz.

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Above the Law - Technology

MARCH 21, 2024

Ai.law , a legal technology startup that uses artificial intelligence to generate litigation documents, has added a new module that will draft the complaint to initiate a lawsuit. The product, which is in beta, generates a Microsoft Word document formatted for the federal court system.

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Above the Law - Technology

MARCH 27, 2024

District Court in Manhattan by a legal tech executive who alleges her former company owes her over $1 million in stock and that her former boss sexually harassed her. “We expect that the New York and Texas courts will rule in favor of our clients,” attorney Shah said in her email.

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Above the Law - Technology

APRIL 11, 2024

When the litigation analytics company Gavelytics shut down in 2022, it was a shock to almost everybody but the founder. The company had been seen as one of the leaders in the fast-growing field of litigation analytics, and since its founding in California in 2017, it had significantly expanded the scope of its product and raised $5.7

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Above the Law - Technology

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

“So often when attorneys are writing court documents or preparing for oral arguments and they want to know what their judge thinks about different issues in their case, they have very little information to go off of. federal courts. The company’s roadmap calls for it to eventually expand into state courts as well.

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Above the Law - Technology

MAY 30, 2023

The law firm, Nextpoint Law Group (NLG), will provide discovery and litigation legal services to other law firms and to corporate legal departments, including trial strategy, early case assessment, document review, discovery drafting, legal research and brief writing. Its lawyers will not appear in court.

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Above the Law - Technology

JANUARY 16, 2024

Long called Legaltech New York, it was renamed Legalweek in 2017 , and is one of the largest, longest-running and most-anticipated conferences focused on legal technology and the business of law, last year drawing over 6,000 attendees and featuring more than 300 speakers. This year, it runs Jan. 29 to Feb. The conference runs Feb.

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Trial Technology

JANUARY 1, 2018

Y2K with Brobeck (scary times) Beginning with my time in-house at Brobeck (1998-2002), I have enjoyed writing about Legal Technology for many publications. Many reprints were available on earlier versions of the Litigation-Tech website. Although these articles are somewhat "dated," many of them are still surprisingly relevant.

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Above the Law - Technology

JULY 19, 2023

Palmer , Chief Counsel, Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism; Adjunct Professor, University of Illinois College of Law. Marcos Ríos , Partner, Carey; Chair, American Bar Association International Law Section. Laurent Wiesel , Litigation Knowledge Lawyer, Simpson Thatcher. Francesc Muñoz , CIO, Cuatrecasas.

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Above the Law - Technology

JUNE 1, 2023

Courts, the U.S. Discovery platforms—as in eDiscovery—hold all sorts of confidential and attorney-client privilege documents that could be the subject of active litigation,” Boote said. ” Casepoint’s clients include the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the U.S.

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Law Technology Today

APRIL 13, 2023

Public access to court data through automated collection of online court records is a fundamental First Amendment right and it is critical to meaningful access to the United States legal system. The recent ruling in South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP v.

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Above the Law - Technology

AUGUST 15, 2023

A litigator before founding Clearbrief, Schafer said that assembling a timeline is one of the first things a lawyer has to do when starting a new case. Typically, that involves a tedious and time-consuming process of sifting through documents and emails and looking for pertinent dates.

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Law, Technology and Access to Justice

MARCH 25, 2022

An obvious major issue for those involved in digitalising the courts is whether innovation might be more in the interest of some involved in litigation at the expense of others.

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Martindale-Avvo

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

In my last post , I discussed how evolving technology will continue to influence our relationships and thus, impact family law. Technology has transformed the way we live and communicate, making face-to-face conversations and even phone calls increasingly rare. The most important advice then is to think before you text.

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Law Technology Today

MARCH 1, 2023

The supreme court of the fictional state of Centralia has under consideration similar proposals to modify its attorney Rules of Professional Conduct. The court has asked its rules committee to convene a hearing of experts and stakeholders to discuss policy considerations around the proposed amendments.

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Trial Technology

DECEMBER 22, 2017

Most court presentation systems still use a standard projector and screen, however, so although you will fill the side-to-side area, your top and bottom may have a lot of blank space. The courts generally do not have the Apple system installed, nor any adapters you might need to connect anything other than VGA or HDMI.

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Clio

JANUARY 17, 2024

Law Technology Today Part of the American Bar Association (ABA) Law Practice Division, Law Technology Today prepares you for tomorrow by covering tech-focused topics like AI, cybersecurity in the legal field, and more. Supreme Court, SCOTUSblog provides insights on what petitions to watch.

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Law Technology Today

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

At DOJ, Julie served in the Tax Division, Civil Division, and Federal Programs Branch, where she handled cases raising complex regulatory and administrative law questions in federal trial and appellate courts across the US. Copyright Office, and as an Adjunct Professor of Legal Research, Analysis, and Writing at Georgetown Law.

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Law Technology Today

MARCH 21, 2023

AI technology can also be used to cross-reference evidence with legal decisions from other similar cases and identify points of contention or available defenses. By streamlining the discovery process, AI can help reduce the cost of litigation and increase the speed at which cases are resolved.

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ABA TECHSHOW

JANUARY 29, 2021

Allan Mackenzie Allan Mackenzie is a 25-year veteran of the legal technology world. His experience ranges from that of a former night-shift word processor to a Wall Street IT director with a specialty in litigation technology. Nelson Sharon D. Nelson, Esq.

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Law Technology Today

MARCH 3, 2023

Much like a good litigator, it was able to take either position on an issue and put together coherent arguments for that position. And we have already seen efforts to have bots advise “clients” on run-of-the-mill legal representation issues in court. We’ve all seen “The Terminator” – and we know how that turned out. It worries me.

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Above and Beyond KM

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Many legal professionals use online legal research tools, such as Westlaw and LexisNexis, to access case law and statutes. In addition, there are now a number of artificial intelligence (AI) tools available that can help lawyers analyze legal documents and identify relevant case law.

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CaseFox

DECEMBER 22, 2023

He has a wide range of experience litigating cases before federal and state courts including claims of wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, Title 59, Section 1983 and related claims, as well as various civil litigation.

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Above the Law - Technology

DECEMBER 4, 2023

VoiceScript Ai.Law Elevator Pitch: Provides AI-generated litigation documents, from pleadings to discovery. We are the first AI-driven platform to focus specifically on drafting litigation documents. The substantial amount of time lawyers spend drafting documents during litigation. What makes you unique or innovative?

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Above the Law - Technology

APRIL 4, 2023

Originally a legal research company, Fastcase has diversified in recent years, launching its Full Court Press publishing arm and acquiring Docket Alarm and Law Street Media in 2018, NextChapter in 2019, and the technology and team of Judicata in 2020. Neither company is new to AI, he pointed out.

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