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MyCase Unveils Its First Gen AI Tools As Parent AffiniPay Lays Out Plan to Embed AI Across All Its Products

Above the Law - Technology

AffiniPay , the parent company of a group of technology products for managing law practices and accepting online payments, including LawPay and MyCase , today announced the launch of AffiniPay IQ, its strategic initiative to embed generative artificial intelligence across all of its products and make AI a native component of legal professionals’ daily workflows.

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Late for Work: Madonna Sued for Commencing ‘Celebration Tour’ Concerts Behind Schedule

Trellis.Law Blog

Two concertgoers filed a class action lawsuit against Madonna, tour operator and promotor Live Nation, and Brooklyn Events Center, which does business as Barclays Center. The lawsuit alleges that Madonna started her Celebration Tour concert in Brooklyn, New York, two… Continue reading → The post Late for Work: Madonna Sued for Commencing ‘Celebration Tour’ Concerts Behind Schedule first appeared on Trellis.Law Blog.

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Whose Instagram Login Is It, Anyway?

Above the Law - Technology

The line between personal and business social media accounts can be blurry. The post Whose Instagram Login Is It, Anyway? appeared first on Above the Law.

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New AI Features In Practical Law Enable Users To Ask Legal Questions And Find Relevant Contract Clauses

LawSites

In November, when Thomson Reuters announced the integration of generative AI within its flagship legal research platform Westlaw Precision, it also announced the beta version of a generative AI integration within Practical Law. Today, Thomson Reuters is formally releasing that generative AI feature in Practical Law, called Ask Practical Law AI, and also releasing a second AI-driven Practical Law tool, Practical Law Clause Finder.

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Trellis Launches Trellis AI to Streamline Trial Court Litigation

Trellis AI leverages the largest repository of state trial court data to help litigators evaluate cases, automate brief drafting, suggest winning strategies, and more. Key components: Draft Arguments — Uses similar/successful motions in the Trellis database to generate arguments/citations for your motions seeking dismissal, summary judgment, etc. Case Assessment — Predict the likely outcomes of a case at any stage to help you decide to accept it, guide motion practice, make settlement offers, an

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You Must Know These Tax Rules If You Plan To Write Off Your Purchase Of The Apple Vision Pro

Above the Law - Technology

While the Vision Pro's business use has not been established, businesses seem to have several reasons to purchase it for their operations. The post You Must Know These Tax Rules If You Plan To Write Off Your Purchase Of The Apple Vision Pro appeared first on Above the Law.

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Today at 1 ET: Navigating the New Legal Landscape, Where We Are and What’s Ahead

LawSites

Join me today at 1 p.m. ET for a free roundtable discussion for law firms, Navigating the New Legal Landscape, Where We Are and What’s Ahead. We plan to take a deep dive into the current state of the industry and offer a lens to what the future holds. The panel will feature Jayanth Madheswaran , founder and CEO of legal AI company Eve.AI ; Jim Hallenbeck , president and CEO at Black Hills AI ; and me.

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Introducing Martindale-Nolo’s New & Enhanced Law Firm Lead Generation Service with Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Martindale-Avvo

“Martindale-Nolo’s adoption of AI and improvements to identity validation and lead screening is a game-changer.” — Jyoti Suhag, Director of Product at Martindale-Nolo Martindale-Nolo, the leading Pay-Per-Lead provider for law firms and part of the Martindale-Avvo Legal Marketing Network, today announced new AI-powered enhancements that improve lead generation quality, delivery and effectiveness for attorneys and law firms.

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How Do You Measure Legal Department Performance?

Xakia

Your lawyers are busy, there’s no doubt about that – it’s evident from their long hours, that long list of projects, and perhaps a (now annual) budget overage.

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Courts Still Have No Clue How to Determine Who Owns Social Media Accounts–JLM v. Gutman

Eric Goldman

This is the latest entry in a long-running legal battle between Hayley Paige Gutman, a bridalwear designer, and JLM Couture, her one-time employer. Gutman created a Pinterest account in 2011 and an Instagram account in 2012, shortly after she began working for JLM. Over time, “Promotional posts were interspersed with more personal content, in a strategy that JLM referred to as the ‘personal glimpse,'” and other JLM employees helped manage the accounts.

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Email Management for Lawyers: A Guide

Clio

Email is central to any legal professional’s day. Whether corresponding with colleagues, communicating with clients, or staying up-to-date with court notifications, lawyers’ email inboxes are brimming with a near-constant stream of messages—it can be seriously overwhelming. While the sheer volume of emails that lawyers juggle daily is stressful in itself, the consequences of ineffective email management can be more pervasive.

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Visibility Into the Strategy & Supporting Documents of Major US Law Firms

Law Firm Intelligence by Trellis aggregates state trial court data across the Trellis platform enabling users to: look up a particular metric related to a specific law firm (such as, how many cases a law firm had or has against another law firm), and see the actual dockets and documents supporting the metric. Trellis data is maximized in a revolutionary and unique way to provide users an exclusive look into a law firm litigating in state trial courts.

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How Do You Market A New Law Firm or Relaunch Your Current Firm? – Guest Lecture with Jared Correia

Solo Practice University

How do you launch a new law firm? What is your 'go to market plan' for your solo practice? Or, if you are relaunching how do you tackle marketing in an effective way? Jared shares an abundance of information to help you meet your goals. Listen and learn.

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Lawyers: Take a Thoughtful?Approach to AI If You Want to Lead the Pack 

Attorney at Work

Lawyers who ask “What business problems am I trying to solve, and where can AI assist with those problems?” will come out on top with AI. The post Lawyers: Take a Thoughtful Approach to AI If You Want to Lead the Pack appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms & Lawyers.

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Everlaw Unveils New AI Features in its EverlawAI Portfolio, Driving Better Legal Outcomes

Legal IT Professionals

Everlaw, the cloud-native litigation and investigation platform, announced three new features in the EverlawAI portfolio, which delivers AI-powered assistance to help legal professionals do their jobs faster and easier, and is already delivering competitive advantages to customers.

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ICO Launches Consultation Series on Generative AI

Inside Privacy

On 15 January 2024, the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) announced the launch of a consultation series (“Consultation”) on how elements of data protection law apply to the development and use of generative AI (“GenAI”). For the purposes of the Consultation, GenAI refers to “AI models that can create new content e.g., text, computer code, audio, music, images, and videos”.

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Stay On Top of Newly Filed State & Federal Litigation: Curated Just for You!

With Daily Filings Report by Trellis you will receive an email and csv file daily with all new cases filed in the jurisdictions you're tracking. Each new case will include all case metadata like judge, parties, counsel, practice area, and even direct links to the full docket and complaint. Trellis Daily Filings Reports provide direct access to newly filed state and federal litigation curated just for you.

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Thomson Reuters Delivers Key Milestones in Its AI Technology Strategy

Legal IT Professionals

Thomson Reuters, a global content and technology company, is advancing its AI technology strategy announcing today the launch of its second and third AI-enabled solutions in the last three months.

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Tackling Large-Scale Review Efficiently: Tips from a GC (On-Demand Webinar)

CloudNine

By Rick Clark Last week CloudNine and Integreon discussed a recent audit with tight deadlines with Louis (Lou) Brucculeri, EVP and General Counsel at West Technology Group. West Technology Group, a global technology company with a portfolio of brands with disparate systems and processes, initiated a significant internal audit. Early on they recognized that they needed experienced help and engaged CloudNine for support in managing nearly 100,000 documents within an unexpectedly tight timeframe.

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SEC Approval of Bitcoin ETP Ushers in a New Era of Cryptocurrency Trading

The North Carolina Journey of Law and Technology

On January 10, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) approved the listing and trading of several spot Bitcoin exchange-traded products (“ETP”). In what has been referred to as “ a huge positive for the institutionalization of bitcoin as an asset class ,” the SEC’s decision comes after financial institutions spent years attempt to gain approval for these exchange-traded products.

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Jumping Into the Rabbit Hole: Experts Offer 3 Big 'Deepfake' Insights for Legal in 2024

Legal Tech Monitor

At the American Bar Association’s webinar “The Impact of Deepfakes on the Justice System,” panelists offer insights on how to deal with a likely influx of deepfake media in the near future.

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Legal Process Outsourcing Law Firms: A Complete Guide

MatterSuite

The evolution of technology and globalization has paved the way for transformative practices. One such paradigm shift that has gained significant momentum in recent years is Legal Process Outsourcing (LPO). This comprehensive guide aims to shed light on the intricacies of LPO, exploring its definition, the remarkable growth it has witnessed, and its paramount importance in reshaping the traditional legal framework.

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Why Lawyers Will Survive the Onset of Generative AI—and How They'll Affect Who Won't

Legal Tech Monitor

If user inputs are used to train models such as ChatGPT, can lawyers input their clients confidential information when generating motions, briefs or patent applications? How does scraped data used to train AI co-exist with the right to be forgotten? And when it comes to filing patents and copyrights for works produced by AI, who owns it?

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Webcast: Cybersecurity Desk Guide for Counsel: Collaborating with External Stakeholders

Debevoise Data Blog

On Monday, February 12, 2024 from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm EST, Erez Liebermann and Martha Hirst from the Debevoise Data Strategy and Security Group will host the next in the series of webcasts connected with the release of our inaugural Cybersecurity Desk Guide for Counsel. They will be joined by special guests. The second webcast in the series will focus on how counsel can collaborate with external stakeholders, including law enforcement, regulators, trade groups, insurers and others.

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'Not Going Away': A Star Greenberg Traurig Litigator Lost Her Voice. AI Brought it Back

Legal Tech Monitor

Lori Cohen achieved an impressive 58 defense verdicts before suddenly and inexplicably losing her voice. Now, with the help of her long-time trial technologist and friend Gerard Buitrago, she’s harnessing the power of AI to get back in the courtroom.

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The White House Addresses Responsible AI: AI Safety and Data Privacy

Relativity

As AI and data privacy become intertwined, it will make the job of e-discovery and data breach professionals even more difficult. How will the regulatory landscape keep up? The recent Executive Order may be a start.

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Late for Work: Madonna Sued for Commencing ‘Celebration Tour’ Concerts Behind Schedule

Legal Tech Monitor

Two concertgoers filed a class action lawsuit against Madonna, tour operator and promotor Live Nation, and Brooklyn Events Center, which does business as Barclays Center. The lawsuit alleges that Madonna started her Celebration Tour concert in Brooklyn, New York, two. Continue reading → The post Late for Work: Madonna Sued for Commencing ‘Celebration Tour’ Concerts Behind Schedule first appeared on Trellis.Law Blog.

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The New York Times OpenAI Lawsuit and Machine Learning for Lawyers

Clio

Over the past year, artificial intelligence (AI) has come to play a crucial role in many lives and professions. Those using the technology place significant trust in AI platforms—yet many of us don’t question where our large language models (LLMs) are getting the information they rely on to help us create AI-generated work products or complete daily tasks.

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Gen AI contract drafting and review assistant Spellbook raises $20m Series A Funding

Legal Tech Monitor

Spellbook, the legal contract drafting and review tool powered by both OpenAI and Anthropic large language models, has raised a $20M Series A funding round led by Montreal-based venture capital firm [.] The post Gen AI contract drafting and review assistant Spellbook raises $20m Series A Funding appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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Looking for Personal Records? Don’t Know How?

The Barrister

Below are the four most common documents that are necessary for travel, applications, finances, and just in general to have on hand for your own personal use. Below you’ll find information for locating South Carolina vital records and driving records, Social Security cards, and U.S. passports. If there are any other documents or information that you feel you need help finding or should be a document that you need on hand, a great book in the library is How to find out anything : from extre

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Our Next Journey – Selecting a Review Platform for Discovery

Legal Tech Monitor

From : Blog Entry >> Julie’s Blog Entry On this date, 11 years ago, I shared a blog post about how we chose an eDiscovery platform for Vorys. It seems that our decision in 2013 was a wise one, as Viewpoint and Conduent have been serving our firm very well for over a decade! The world is a different place today and many of the tools we investigated in 2013 are no longer in existence.

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DISCO Announces C-Suite Elevations For Key Customer and People-Focused Roles

Legal IT Professionals

DISCO, a leader in AI-enabled legal technology, announced today the promotion of two senior leaders to C-level roles. Melanie Antoon will serve as DISCO’s first Chief Customer Officer (CCO) and Karen Herckis has been appointed Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO).

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Thomson Reuters Announces New Gen AI Features Within Practical Law, CoCounsel Core Expansion

Legal Tech Monitor

With two new generative AI-powered features in Practical Law called Ask Practical Law AI and Practical Law Clause Finder, along with the expansion of CoCounsel Core internationally, Thomson Reuters is moving forward with its generative AI plans.

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Gen AI contract drafting and review assistant Spellbook raises $20m Series A Funding

Legal IT Insiders

Spellbook, the legal contract drafting and review tool powered by both OpenAI and Anthropic large language models, has raised a $20M Series A funding round led by Montreal-based venture capital firm […] The post Gen AI contract drafting and review assistant Spellbook raises $20m Series A Funding appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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You Must Know These Tax Rules If You Plan To Write Off Your Purchase Of The Apple Vision Pro

Legal Tech Monitor

While the Vision Pro’s business use has not been established, businesses seem to have several reasons to purchase it for their operations. The post You Must Know These Tax Rules If You Plan To Write Off Your Purchase Of The Apple Vision Pro appeared first on Above the Law.

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Onit Announces Generative AI-Powered Virtual Legal Operations Assistant for In-house Counsel

Legal IT Professionals

Onit, the leading provider of legal workflow solutions, today announced the launch of its groundbreaking Catalyst Virtual Assistant for Legal Operations within OnitX, a workflow automation platform for sophisticated, legal-related business processes.

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Customizing AI To Specific Legal Practice Areas

Legal Tech Monitor

To develop genuinely equitable AI-driven solutions, the responsible use of AI requires due diligence and commitment to fairness. The post Customizing AI To Specific Legal Practice Areas appeared first on Above the Law.