LawSites

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

In a significant ruling for legal publishing and AI development, a federal judge has granted partial summary judgment to Thomson Reuters in its long-running copyright infringement lawsuit against ROSS Intelligence, finding that ROSS infringed on Westlaw’s copyrighted headnotes and rejecting ROSS’s fair use defense.

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Legal IT Professionals

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory (LR) today announced an innovative feature for legal professionals: Generative Pre-training Transformer (GPT)-generated summaries of court rulings.

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Above the Law - Technology

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

It has been a while since I have written about the copyright lawsuit by legal research giant Thomson Reuters against the no-shuttered legal research startup Ross Intelligence, in which TR alleges that Ross stole copyright content from Westlaw to build its own completing legal research product.

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Brett Trout

MARCH 5, 2025

Brett Trout The legal profession is undergoing a digital transformation, with artificial intelligence (AI) playing an increasingly prominent role in legal research and document drafting. Some states even require attorneys to stay abreast of technological advancements, such as AI, in the legal field. Walmart Inc. &

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Trellis.Law Blog

AUGUST 15, 2023

Our CEO Nicole Clark shares her background as a business litigator and labor & employment attorney, who after dealing with the challenging task of accessing state court data, created Trellis Law. Maximum Lawyer Podcast: Streamline Your Legal Research with Nicole Clark first appeared on Trellis.Law Blog.

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Clio

AUGUST 7, 2024

Free legal research tools used to be a dream. High-quality legal research is a necessity for all law firms—after all, finding the right precedent or statute could give you the edge to win your case. In the past, paid research platforms were the only choice. What is a legal research tool?

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Clio

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Legal research is one of the most challenging aspects of the legal profession. In the digital era, it is also a task that cannot be adequately performed without a legal search engine of some kind. The key to effective use of Google Scholar for legal research is knowing its strengths and limitations.

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Legal Talk Network

OCTOBER 21, 2024

These dedicated professionals are responsible for conducting thorough legal research and managing extensive paperwork, playing a critical role in the operational success of law firms. Rather, they are an integral part of the team, ensuring that legal claims are properly prepared and effectively managed.

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Debevoise Data Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

In a ruling with potential implications for other pending generative artificial intelligence (AI) copyright cases, the United States District Court for the District of Delaware in Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH & West Publishing Corp. ROSS Intelligence Inc.

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Dewey B Strategic

DECEMBER 10, 2023

On December 7, 2023 Wolters Kluwer released the following announcement : Legal & Regulatory division continues to redefine the landscape for legal professionals Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory (LR) today announced an innovative feature for legal professionals: Generative Pre-training Transformer (GPT)-generated summaries of court rulings.

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LLRX

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

If you watch the news at all (or read the front page of the New York Times), you’ve heard of the two New York attorneys who used ChatGPT to create fake cases entire cases and then submitted them to the court. And some legal tasks are less affected by hallucinations. But vendors are working to limit hallucinations and increase trust.

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Above the Law - Technology

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

“We’re trying to solve a longstanding problem in the legal field, and that is that judges only write judicial opinions for 3% of rulings,” Ovbiagele said. “They’re actively using the product on live cases, and it’s already informing their legal strategies. federal courts.

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Above the Law - Technology

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Not His First Rodeo If developing a legal tech product while still in law school sounds ambitious, you should know that this is the third tech project Neal has developed while attending GW Law. Available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify , it streams the court’s oral arguments on the day they are published, and has over 7,000 followers.

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Kevin O'Keefe

JANUARY 7, 2024

Increased Access to Justice : AI has the potential to greatly expand access to legal information and resources, particularly for individuals with limited means. It can provide guidance on basic legal questions, help with court forms, and offer directions on presenting cases to judges.

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3 Geeks and a Law Blog

MARCH 9, 2023

On the other hand, Abdi Aidid practiced as a commercial litigator in New York before becoming the Vice President of Legal Research at Blue J. He led the team of lawyers and research analysts and helped develop AI-informed predictive tools, which predict how future courts are likely to rule on new legal situations.

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Eric Goldman

MAY 31, 2024

Microsoft’s filings made some unredacted disclosures about Medina that were repeated in an unredacted court opinion, and those documents appeared on several websites that publish court documents. He then sued the court document repository websites (and other defendants) for defamation, false advertising, and more.

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LawSites

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

The Canadian Legal Information Institute, a nonprofit organization that is a major provider of free legal research in Canada, has sued a recently launched AI-powered legal research site called Caseway, alleging that it has unlawfully taken CanLII’s cases in order to build its own system.

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Avianca , and in the wake of all the publicity those cases have received, you would think most lawyers would have gotten the message not to rely on ChatGPT for legal research, at least not without checking the results. Karlen Jonathan Karlen, who is not an attorney, filed a pro se appeal in the Missouri Court of Appeals.

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NSLT

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

When it comes to the practice of law, we often think about court appearances. But crafting a winning legal argument requires a lot of research. Well-conducted legal research empowers your arguments and gives substance to your legal work, leading to a better outcome for your clients. Read Article

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LawSites

JULY 19, 2022

Recently, I reported here on the “quiet” launch of a new legal research service, Decisis , targeting bar associations and 1-2 lawyer law firms. With the acquisition, Fastcase became the sole legal research provider for the bar associations of all 50 states, the District of Columbia, the U.S.

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Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

MAY 9, 2024

As a small or solo firm, you could be using AI for things such as legal research, document review, e-discovery, and predictive analytics. He has broad experience in state and federal courts as a former Comptroller of the Commonwealth, with extensive experience in business and legal ethics.

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LawSites

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Just four years after launching Westlaw Edge as its next-generation legal research platform, Thomson Reuters today unveiled the next-next generation. Tackling Tedious and Imprecise Research. Supreme Court cases. What does TR mean by more precise? Cases from the last 12 years, plus some older leading cases and U.S.

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Brett Trout

MARCH 3, 2025

Brett Trout In a significant decision for copyright law and legal technology, Judge Stephanos Bibas granted partial summary judgment in favor of Thomson Reuters, rejecting ROSS Intelligences fair use defense in a closely watched lawsuit over the use of Westlaws legal content. Whats Next?

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Clio

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

A paralegal can also learn practical skills, such as legal research , document management , and trial preparation. Staying up-to-date with rules and regulations Court rules and regulations are the bread and butter of paralegal practice, especially since paralegals often need to know these in more detail than attorneys.

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Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

JANUARY 16, 2024

In our upcoming CLE webinar, Free Law: Resources, Technology & Legal Issues (Past, Present & Future) , Tim will present his insight on the free law movement and review litigation and court decisions that have impacted this movement throughout time. Keep watch as Tim guides you through the best sources for free legal research!

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LawSites

MARCH 14, 2024

descrybe.ai , a year-old legal research startup focused on using artificial intelligence to provide free and easy access to court opinions, has completed its goal of creating AI-generated summaries of all available state supreme and appellate court opinions from throughout the United States.

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LawSites

MARCH 7, 2022

A future release will expand these analytics to state courts, Fastcase says. “These analytics, across every case type in federal courts, for the first time allow lawyers to understand the likelihood of success across broad ranges of pleadings and motions before different judges,” Fastcase says.

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LLRX

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Jocelyn Stilwell-Tong , Law Librarian, California Court of Appeal, Sixth Appellate District, has determined that although free AI online is useful, the developing products from major legal research platforms show great promise.

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LLRX

OCTOBER 29, 2024

The Department of Justice may be on the verge of seeking a break-up of Google in a bid to make it less dominant. ,,,,,strong>Renaud Foucart explains that if the government goes ahead and is successful in the courts, it could mean the company being split into separate entities – a search engine, an advertising company, a video website, a mapping app (..)

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Above the Law - Technology

APRIL 11, 2024

ROSS was ahead of its time in striving to use artificial intelligence to empower legal research. But the outlook for ROSS changed almost overnight when it was sued by Thomson Reuters in 2020 on allegations that it surreptitiously stole content from Westlaw to build its own competing legal research product.

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LLRX

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

TikTok headed to court on Sept. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, layers for TikTok said imposing such a prohibition would have “staggering” consequences for free speech. Many analysts expect the case will head to the Supreme Court. During the appearance before a panel of judges at the U.S.

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Kevin O'Keefe

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Business Insider added , this morning, For ways that AI tools can be helpful with tasks, the guidance states that it can help summarize large amounts of text and write presentations, emails, and a court’s decision on a case. However, it did seem to warn against using it for legal research and analysis.

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LLRX

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

In keeping with this mission, the Justia Portal offers free access to statutes from all 50 states, cases from federal courts and the highest state courts, legal guides, and more!

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Legal Tech Monitor

DECEMBER 10, 2023

On December 7, 2023 Wolters Kluwer released the following announcement : Legal & Regulatory division continues to redefine the landscape for legal professionals Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory (LR) today announced an innovative feature for legal professionals: Generative Pre-training Transformer (GPT)-generated summaries of court rulings.

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Future Lawyer

MARCH 10, 2023

First, ChatGPT and generative AI is not going to become the brain of a robot lawyer, dressed up in a suit and tie, that will accompany you to Court. If you are a legal research assistant, or law clerk, who the lawyers in the firm rely upon for basic legal research, you need to be looking over your shoulder.

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Above the Law - Technology

DECEMBER 4, 2023

While we are happy to lead an industry disruption, we welcome new competition, which we believe will help accelerate adoption of new AI-powered eDiscovery technologies by courts, law firms, and other stakeholders. We securely give fiduciaries access to assets when required with no password-sharing, no court orders, and correct titling.

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Clio

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Weve written extensively on how lawyers can use AI responsibly and, as yet another court decision is released addressing lawyers use of AI, its never been more important to understand the risks and limitations of AI use. How did the court respond to the hallucinations? What are AI hallucinations?

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