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I, For One, Welcome Our New Sexbot Overlords

Above the Law - Technology

If OpenAI is headed into sexbot territory, it needs to market its products appropriately. If it is designing a tool for the masses that will empower them to obtain the information they need when they need it, then it had best rechart its course. The post I, For One, Welcome Our New Sexbot Overlords appeared first on Above the Law.

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American Arbitration Association Acquires ODR.com and Mediate.com to Expand Online Dispute Resolution

LawSites

In a move designed to expand its products for online dispute resolution, the American Arbitration Association has acquired ODR.com, a company that builds ODR systems, and its parent company, Resourceful Internet Solutions Inc. (RIS), which also owns Mediate.com, Arbitrate.com and Ombuds.org.

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Breaking: Investment Firm KKR Acquires Majority Ownership of CLM Company Agiloft

Above the Law - Technology

I am running out the door, but this news just broke. Here is the unedited announcement: KKR, a leading global investment firm, today announced that a fund managed by KKR has entered into an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Agiloft (“the Company”), a trusted global leader in data-first contract lifecycle management (“CLM”).

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Building On Last Year’s Seed Round, BriefCatch Adds Three Legal Tech Veterans To Its Management Team

LawSites

Legal editing software company BriefCatch has expanded its management team with the hiring of three legal technology veterans to key positions. The hires follow the company’s raise last year of $3.5 million in an oversubscribed seed round.

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Securing The Bounty: Bug Bounties Take Center Stage In Uber CISO’s Criminal Appeal

Above the Law - Technology

Bug bounty programs have been prized as a cybersecurity tool by tech giants and small startups for years, but effective bug bounty programs must have ground rules. The post Securing The Bounty: Bug Bounties Take Center Stage In Uber CISO’s Criminal Appeal appeared first on Above the Law.

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Investment Fund KKR Buys CLM Agiloft In Surprise Move

Artificial Lawyer

BREAKING NEWS KKR, a leading global investment firm, has today announced that a fund managed by KKR has entered into an agreement to acquire a majority stake in CLM company Agiloft.

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Achieving Attorney Work-Life Balance: Is It Possible for Today’s Attorney?

Attorney at Work

Is work-life balance possible? Yes. With the right environment, tools and understanding of what it means to have balance. The post Achieving Attorney Work-Life Balance: Is It Possible for Today’s Attorney? appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.

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Five Best Fountain Pens Under $40

Attorney at Work

Analog Attorney | For an everyday fountain pen, you want a workhorse. You want a pen you can drop on the floor. Here are classy but affordable choices to suit your various needs. The post Five Best Fountain Pens Under $40 appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.

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GenAI + Legal Training – With Dr. Megan Ma, CodeX

Artificial Lawyer

Ahead of the Legal Innovators California conference on June 4 and 5, Artificial Lawyer spoke to Dr. Megan Ma, Associate Director at CodeX within Stanford Law.

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The Scarlett Letter: Impersonation, publicity rights, and AI assistants

TechnoLlama

If you’re at all interested on artificial intelligence, and if you’re reading this I suspect that you may be, you will probably already be aware about the dispute between OpenAI and actress Scarlett Johansson.

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American Arbitration Association Buys ODR.Com

Artificial Lawyer

The American Arbitration Association (AAA), which is a not-for-profit started in 1926, and its international division the International Centre for Dispute Resolution, have acquired ODR.com.

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Ninth Circuit Rejects Another Lawsuit Over Account Termination–Mercola v. YouTube

Eric Goldman

I previously described this case: Joseph Mercola ran a YouTube channel with 300k subscribers and 50M views. YouTube removed the channel for violating its medical misinformation policy (Mercola apparently peddled anti-vax views ). Mercola sued YouTube for the usual things and got the usual outcomes. By the time the case reached the Ninth Circuit, the case had narrowed quite a bit.

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StructureFlow Raises $6m To Expand Legal Data Visualisation

Artificial Lawyer

StructureFlow, which turns textual legal data into visualisations, has gained $6m in a Series A funding round led by FINTOP Capital – which has also invested in Legatics.

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Turn Your Love of Fashion into a Law Career

Martindale-Avvo

All too often, people think they have to sacrifice their passion in order to take on a “sensible” career. You might love fashion but decide to pursue law so you can have a myriad of employment choices later in life. However, you can use your legal skills in the world of fashion. You can work with creatives and support their work. Fashion lawyers are active in a number of core practice areas, and often gain experience in the industry as a way of getting started.

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Debunking AI Myths with AI Visionary Aurélie Jacquet

Relativity

The buzz around AI can make it difficult to discern the reality from the hype. Fortunately, some bright minds in the legal world who are way ahead of this challenge—including AI Visionary Aurélie Jacquet.

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What is a Motion Hearing?

Clio

Knowing what a motion hearing is and how to handle it is crucial for any lawyer. These hearings are where attorneys argue specific requests before a judge, and the outcomes can greatly influence a case. Whether it’s trying to get a case dismissed, pushing for key evidence, or seeking a preliminary ruling, mastering motion hearings is a key part of effective legal practice.

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Design Patents Just Got Harder to Get

Brett Trout

Brett Trout Design patents are different than utility patents. Design patents protect the overall appearance, visual impressions, artistry, and style of ornamental subject matter. Like copyright, design patents cannot protect the functional aspects of any new product, only the aesthetics. This is opposed to utility patents, the type of patents people are usually talking about when they talk about patents, do protect function, unexpected properties, and utility of new products and methods.

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StructureFlow raises $6m Series A as it looks to expand in the US and build out use cases

Legal IT Insiders

UK-founded visual modelling startup StructureFlow today (30 May) announces that it has closed a $6m Series A funding round as it targets further growth in the United States and looks […] The post StructureFlow raises $6m Series A as it looks to expand in the US and build out use cases appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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KKR acquires majority stake in CLM vendor Agiloft

Legal IT Insiders

Respected global investment firm KKR today (30 May) announced that it has acquired a majority stake in contract lifecycle management vendor Agiloft. Existing investor FTV Capital and new investor JMI […] The post KKR acquires majority stake in CLM vendor Agiloft appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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The Orange Rag Newsletter is Here!

Legal IT Insiders

Welcome to the May Orange Rag, where our exclusive top story this month is the news that leading UK law firm Browne Jacobson has selected Peppermint for its firmwide case […] The post The Orange Rag Newsletter is Here! appeared first on Legal IT Insider.