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Following Departure of its Founder, E-Discovery Company DISCO Names New CEO

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The e-discovery company CS Disco today announced that its board of directors has named Eric Friedrichsen as president and chief executive officer, filling the slot vacated when the company’s cofounder Kiwi Camara stepped down as CEO last September in the wake of allegations that he had groped a female employee. Since Camara’s departure, Scott Hill , who had been a member of DISCO’s board since 2021, had served as interim CEO while the board searched for a permanent successor.

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You Be the Judge: Battle Over Duty to Protect Migrant Children at the Boarder

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Last week, U.S. District Judge Dolly M. Gee ruled that DHS border agents have legal custody over migrant children at California-Mexico border open-air sites before asylum processing. This case highlights children’s entitlement to rights, including safe conditions, under government custody.… Continue reading → The post You Be the Judge: Battle Over Duty to Protect Migrant Children at the Boarder first appeared on Trellis.Law Blog.

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What Is My Law Firm Worth?

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Brooke Lively | Here are the two most important factors that determine your firm's value — if you want to sell. The post What Is My Law Firm Worth? appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.

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Litera Launches GenAI Deal ‘Insight Engine’ – Foundation Dragon

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Litera has launched a GenAI-driven KM tool that allows firms to tap prior work to find ‘relevant precedents, deal points, and what is market’ to boost a client’s negotiation position and support tr…

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Justia Webinars: The Attack on DEI – Safeguarding Corporate DEI Initiatives Post-Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Decision

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Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI): three terms that have now become paramount to maintaining a modern and effective practice. In light of this, the road to the initiatives that protect these tenets has been long and hard, with a history of opposition and legal decisions that impact these measures. As we navigate the aftermath of legal developments such as the Supreme Court’s recent Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) decision, it can be vital to learn not only the history of affirmative act

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New Product from Litera Uses Gen AI to Create Database of Corporate Deal Terms from a Firm’s Own Documents

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Litera today released a new product that uses generative artificial intelligence to create a database of corporate deal terms from a law firm’s own documents, in order to give legal teams easy access to al relevant data points from prior transactions, whether for negotiating a deal or pitching a potential client. The product, Foundation Dragon , creates a searchable collection of some 300 relevant data points from unstructured data found in closing documents for M&A, real estate, finan

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Breaking the mould: Shilpa Bhandarkar’s “wonderful and circuitous” journey to making partner at Linklaters

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Shilpa Bhandarkar, who made partner in Linklaters’ most recent round of promotions, has had an extraordinary career to date, including nine different roles in the magic circle firm itself. Currently […] The post Breaking the mould: Shilpa Bhandarkar’s “wonderful and circuitous” journey to making partner at Linklaters appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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Miss Last Friday’s Legaltech Week? Here’s the Video. Among Our Topics: Should We Ban ‘Nonlawyer’?

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If you missed it last Friday, here is Legaltech Week for April 5, 2024. Among our topics: Banning “nonlawyer,” updates from the International Association of Privacy Professionals, lawyer chastised for Microsoft Word screw-up, and more. You can always catch all prior episodes as a podcast or on YouTube. In addition to regular panelists Niki Black, Caroline Hill and Stephanie Wilkins, we were joined by guest panelists Cassandre Coyer and Isha Marathe of Law.com and Greg Lambert of

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Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2023–American Library Association

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The American Library Association condemns censorship and works to defend each person’s right to read under the First Amendment and to ensure free access to information. Every year, ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) compiles a list of the Top 10 Most Challenged Books in order to inform the public about censorship in libraries and schools.

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Are You A Dictator? Then Philips’ New Integration with Nuance Dragon’s AI Speech Recognition May Be for You

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I am not a dictator (although some in my family may at times disagree). But I know that, for many lawyers and legal professionals, dictation is the only way to go. If you are one of them, you may want to check out the integration announced today by Philips Dictation of Nuance Dragon’s AI-powered speech recognition into the Philips SpeechLive dictation platform.

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Legal Talk Network Launches Season Two of ‘For the Innocent’ Podcast Sharing New Stories of the Wrongfully Convicted, Focusing on Pervasive Use of Junk Science in Convictions 

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For the Innocent Podcast : Season 2 Wrongfully convicted, Zavion Johnson and others tell their exoneration stories in Season Two of Legal Talk Network’s For the Innocent Podcast. Real men and women spend decades in prison every year for crimes they didn’t commit. The 12-episode series will premiere on Legal Talk Network on April 11 with its first episode.

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How a Paperless Law Practice Can Make You More Efficient

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In an era where businesses are paying more attention to their environmental impact, the ideal of a paperless practice remains on the minds of law firms. And whether your focus is on saving time and running your law firm more efficiently, or saving the planet, there are a number of features included with your Clio subscription that can help you embrace a paper-free lifestyle.

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Legal Talk Network Launches Season Two of ‘For the Innocent’ Podcast Sharing New Stories of the Wrongfully Convicted, Focusing on Pervasive Use of Junk Science in Convictions 

Legal Talk Network

For the Innocent Podcast : Season 2 Wrongfully convicted, Zavion Johnson and others tell their exoneration stories in Season Two of Legal Talk Network’s For the Innocent Podcast. Real men and women spend decades in prison every year for crimes they didn’t commit. The 12-episode series will premiere on Legal Talk Network on April 11 with its first episode.

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Litera Launches Foundation Dragon, Revolutionizes Legal Deal Term Data with AI

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Litera , a global leader in legal technology solutions, has announced the launch of Foundation Dragon , a first-of-its-kind generative AI (GenAI) deal term database that provides legal teams with instant access to all relevant data points from prior corporate transactions.

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Future Lawyer UK: Conference details and exclusive offer codes

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London conference Future Lawyer UK is back next week and we have an exclusive offer for Legal IT Insider readers, including a number of free passes. The conference, hosted by […] The post Future Lawyer UK: Conference details and exclusive offer codes appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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Aderant and Vanderbilt Law School Forge Collaboration to Catalyze AI Legal Technology Innovation

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Aderant , a leading global provider of legal business management solutions, has announced its new collaboration with Vanderbilt Law School , which aims to drive greater awareness about artificial intelligence to benefit both law students and law firms.

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MSP Division of CTS Group sold in administration as Tiger Eye splits entirely from CTS

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PwC, acting as administrators, has sold the managed service provider division of CTS Group to Bluecube Cyber Security Solutions, following the catastrophic cybersecurity breach in November that prevented customers from […] The post MSP Division of CTS Group sold in administration as Tiger Eye splits entirely from CTS appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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CS Disco Appoints Eric Friedrichsen as CEO

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CS Disco, Inc. announced today that its Board of Directors has appointed Eric Friedrichsen as President and Chief Executive Officer and as a member of its Board of Directors. Friedrichsen will succeed current CEO Scott Hill, who will take the position of Board Chair on the Board of Directors and assist Friedrichsen in transitioning to his new role.

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“…In light of this Opinion, physicians are now on notice that all abortions, except those necessary to save a woman’s life, are illegal.”–Today’s Edition Newsletter

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ROBERT B. HUBBELL See Planned Parenthood of Arizona v. Mayes | 254 Ariz. 401. As widely reported, the ruling will go into effect in fourteen days. But the Arizona Supreme Court granted a two-week stay of its decision to give the trial court the opportunity to enter its own stay.

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Tiger Eye separates from the managed service provider division of the CTS Group

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Tiger Eye, the UK’s full-service iManage Partner, has announced today that the organisation has separated from the Managed Service Provider (MSP) division of the CTS Group. The transition was carried out in tandem with the acquisition of the MSP division of the CTS Group by Bluecube, an Ekco company, on the 4th of April 2024.

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