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AL TV Walk Through: GOLT Legal Tech Directory

Artificial Lawyer

Last week this site revealed the launch of GOLT, a major new global legal tech directory and plenty of people wanted to see what it offers.

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Whereas, I Keep Telling Lawyers to Stop Writing Like This

Attorney at Work

Teddy Snyder | You're not writing in the 14th century, so stop trying to sound like a scrivener from 700 years ago. The post Whereas, I Keep Telling Lawyers to Stop Writing Like This appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.

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‘The Limits of AI’ – Juro Webinar, Feb 26

Artificial Lawyer

Artificial Lawyer and Juro are hosting a thought-provoking webinar on Feb 26 at 2PM GMT, on The limits of AI: Are there any legal tasks AI should never do?

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Nine Years After Its Automated Timekeeping Platform Won the First Startup Alley, Laurel Offers Startups A Vision Of What Is Possible

LawSites

Voting ends this Friday to pick the 15 legal tech startups that will get to compete in the ninth annual Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW in April.

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AI for Paralegals: Everything You Need to Know (and How to Use It Safely)

Speaker: Joe Stephens, J.D., Attorney and Law Professor

Ready to cut through the AI hype and learn exactly how to use these tools in your legal work? Join this webinar to get practical guidance from attorney and AI legal expert, Joe Stephens, who understands what really matters for legal professionals! What You'll Learn: Evaluate AI Tools Like a Pro 🔍 Learn which tools are worth your time and how to spot potential security risks before they become problems.

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Paul Hastings Ex-Partner’s Startup To Cut Legal Costs By 75%…!

Artificial Lawyer

In an unusual move for a top New York law firm partner, Esther Chiang, who most recently was at Paul Hastings and also spent time at Kirkland & Ellis, has launched SmartEsq, a startup designed

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AI Discovery Battles Heat Up as AI Developer Ordered to Produce Training Data

Debevoise Data Blog

After many rounds of motions to dismiss, intellectual property cases against AI developers are moving into the discovery phase. As we previewed in our 2024 AI year in review , one of the big areas to watch in 2025 will be how much discovery courts are prepared to order into the inner workings of AI companies, especially in the face of arguments that discovery would reveal trade secrets or would be overbroad in cases based on specific claimed works.

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Battle Royale: Alpha Modus Sues Walgreens for Patent Infringement

Brett Trout

Brett Trout In a high-stakes patent litigation case, Alpha Modus Corp. has filed a lawsuit against Walgreens Co. in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, alleging infringement of three patents related to real-time retail technology. Alpha Modus CEO William Alessi has estimated damages in this case to be $500 million , or possibly even billions of dollars over the life of the patents.

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Denmark’s Pandektes Bags €2.9m For GenAI Legal Search

Artificial Lawyer

Danish legal tech startup Pandektes has secured 2.9m in seed funding for their genAI research platform that helps to navigate legislation, find case law, make.

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The Role of Motions for Discovery in Legal Cases

Clio

Any litigator will eventually have to contend with motions to compel discovery (also known as motions for discovery). While both sides have the right to gather information through the discovery process, disputes on whether certain information should be disclosed to the other side are inevitable. This is why motions for discovery are filed and argued.

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SmartEsq Launches AI Platform to Transform Private Fund Legal Operations, Promising 80% Time Savings

LawSites

SmartEsq, a legal technology startup founded by former Big Law and private equity veterans, announced its official launch today, introducing an AI-powered platform designed to streamline legal workflows for private investment funds.

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Case Closed: How to Optimize Your Legal Intake Process for Efficiency

Speaker: Anne Post, CEO North America, Xakia Technologies

Do you know that 40% of U.S. Legal Departments now have a formal legal intake process? With that in mind, where does your legal department stand today? Many legal teams still struggle with a flood of incoming requests, leaving everyone overwhelmed and frustrated. Implementing a formal legal intake process can seem like an obstacle between the business and the legal department, but it doesn’t have to be!

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Veritext Legal Solutions Acquires Leading ADR Companies

Legal IT Professionals

Veritext Legal Solutions, the leader in technology-enabled court reporting services and litigation support solutions, today announces the expansion of its service offerings to include alternative dispute resolution. This added capability showcases Veritexts commitment to delivering comprehensive, client-focused legal solutions that address the evolving needs of the legal industry.

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On LawNext: CEO Nikole Nelson Returns with An Update on Frontline Justice’s Mission to Empower Justice Workers and Bridge the Justice Gap

LawSites

In the United States, we face a staggering crisis in access to justice, with over 90% of low-income Americans’ civil legal needs estimated to be going unmet. But what if there was a way to dramatically expand legal help by empowering a new category of legal helpers?

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Maptician Launches 2025 Law Firm Workplace Trends Survey to Uncover Key Insights on Seating, Collaboration, and Technology

Legal IT Professionals

Maptician, a leading provider of workplace management technology, today announced its launch of the Law Firm Workplace Trends 2025: Seating, Collaboration, & Technology survey. As law firms continue navigating the complexities of hybrid work, this industry-wide survey aims to provide critical insights into how firms are optimizing their office spaces, collaboration methods, and technology investments.

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Today’s Experiment with OpenAI’s Deep Research: Picking the Best Cloud-Based Law Practice Management Software for a Small Law Firm

LawSites

As I noted yesterday, over the weekend, OpenAI releasedDeep Research, an AI agent capable of completing multi-step research tasks and synthesizing large amounts of online information.

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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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Unlocking Your Firm’s Potential with SOS Legal’s Health Check Surveys

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In todays rapidly evolving legal landscape, efficiently utilising practice management software isnt just beneficialits essential. Technology is transforming the legal profession, and firms that fail to maximise their software investment risk falling behind. To address this, SOS Legal has introduced an innovative solution that they provide their client: the SOS Health Check Survey.

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Top Bluesky Accounts to Follow in the Legal Industry

Clio

Social media can feel daunting for legal professionals, especially with the ever-changing platforms, algorithms, and influencers. Yet, for those in the legal field, these tools represent an essential resource for growth and authentic connection. Enter Bluesky , the latest social platform capturing the attention of legal professionals. While Bluesky looks and feels a lot like X, it was born from a vision of empowering independent creators, developers and users through open application programming

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CREW, “Democracy Forward” sue to block Trump’s illegal plan to fire government workers–citizensforethics.org

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President Trumps executive order paving the way to convert potentially tens of thousands of merit-based civil servants to at-will employees, enabling political appointees to fire and replace them with loyalists, is unlawful and exceeds the presidents authority, according to a lawsuit filed today in Maryland federal court by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER).

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Agents sue FBI, DOJ amid fears of retaliation over work on Jan. 6 cases–thehill.com

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BY REBECCA BEITSCH The purpose for this list is to identify agents to be terminated or to suffer other adverse employment action, one suit filed on behalf of nine agents says, calling it an unlawful and retaliatory action. Plaintiffs reasonably fear that all or parts of this list might be published by allies of President Trump, thus placing themselves and their families in immediate danger of retribution by the now pardoned and at-large Jan. 6 convicted felons.

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Trial Prep: What Attorneys Really Want (And How to Deliver It)

Speaker: Joe Stephens, J.D., Attorney and Law Professor

Get ready to uncover what attorneys really need from you when it comes to trial prep in this new webinar! Attorney and law professor, Joe Stephens, J.D., will share proven techniques for anticipating attorney needs, organizing critical documents, and transforming complex information into compelling case presentations. Key Learning Objectives: Organization That Makes Sense 🎯 Learn how to structure and organize case materials in ways that align with how attorneys actually work and think.

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Families and Advocates Sue Trump Administration Over Executive Order Seeking to Restrict Access to Gender-Affirming Care–aclu.org

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Affiliate : ACLU of Maryland WASHINGTON Transgender young adults and families with transgender youth joined PFLAG National and GLMA in a federal legal challenge against an executive order from the Trump administration attempting to shut down access to necessary medical care for transgender people under 19 nationwide. The order directs federal agencies to withhold funds from medical providers and institutions that offer gender-affirming medical treatments such as puberty suppressants and hormone

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