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Sailing Through The AI Seas: Navigating Between Proprietary And Hosted Models In Legal Governance

Above the Law - Technology

Just as with skilled sailors, legal professionals must navigate their options with a keen understanding of the implications. The post Sailing Through The AI Seas: Navigating Between Proprietary And Hosted Models In Legal Governance appeared first on Above the Law.

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Challenging the Status Quo: Media Outlets Take on OpenAI with New Copyright Strategy

Trellis.Law Blog

Over the past few months, many news and media outlets have sued AI developers over copyright infringement related to allegations that tech companies train their large language model chatbots on protected works. Unlike most organizations, who have filed straightforward copyright… Continue reading → The post Challenging the Status Quo: Media Outlets Take on OpenAI with New Copyright Strategy first appeared on Trellis.Law Blog.

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Justia Webinars: Empowering Women in Family Law: Strategies for Success

Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

If you have encountered hurdles and limitations as a female lawyer, know that you are not alone. You can explore these challenges with Anna Blood, and discover the opportunities you may have missed, learn strategies to navigate the nuances and barriers of the field of family law, and propel your career forward with helpful tips on career advancement.

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Navigating eDiscovery in the Chat and Collaboration Era

Lineal Services

Written by Jeanne Somma In today’s digital age, the importance of having an eDiscovery solution for chat and collaborative data cannot be overstated. As highlighted by LocaliQ’s 2024 statistics , each Internet Minute is a whirlwind of digital activity, with millions of interactions taking place across various platforms. This incessant flow of data underscores the burgeoning challenges faced by legal and compliance teams in managing, searching, and analyzing the vast expanses of digital co

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Twitter Narrows, But Doesn’t Completely Avoid, a Dangerous Copyright Lawsuit–Concord Music v. X

Eric Goldman

Music publishers sued Twitter for users’ alleged copyright infringement. The court says that three aspects of the contributory copyright infringement claim survive Twitter’s motion to dismiss. Direct Copyright Infringement. The publishers argued that Twitter “transmitted” their works. The court says the tweeter does any “transmitting,” not Twitter or the viewer.

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Ep 240: The New Beneficial Ownership Reporting Requirement and How Legal Tech Can Help Companies Comply

LawNext podcast

The arrival of 2024 brought a new reporting requirement for more than 32 million smaller companies in the United States. The new requirement, which came about as part of the federal Corporate Transparency Act of 2021, means that many companies will now have to report information about their beneficial owners — the individuals who ultimately control the company.

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Senator Cassidy Issues White Paper with Proposals to Update Health Data Privacy Framework – Part 2: Safeguarding Health Data Not Covered by HIPAA 

Inside Privacy

Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA), the Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (“HELP”) Committee, published on February 21, 2024, a white paper with various proposals to update privacy protections for health data. In Part 1 of this blog series (see here ), we discussed the first section of Senator Cassidy’s February 21, 2024, white paper.

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Integrity Over Access. Why I Said No Thanks to a Conference’s Demand for Positive Coverage

TechLaw Crossroads

There can be no higher law in journalism than to tell the truth and to shame the devil. Walter Lippmann As most of you know, I frequently attend conferences–both legal tech related and those related to technology in general, like CES. I do this because I am interested in the field and because I like to think what I write as a former practicing lawyer is valuable.

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5 Steps to Get the Most Out of HeinOnline in the New Year

NSLT

f you’re a brand-new HeinOnline user gearing up for this year’s research projects, you might be feeling a bit overwhelmed. How can you find what you need without spending hours going down never-ending rabbit holes of scholarly articles? How do you make sense of the search results page? How do you log into HeinOnline if you’re working off campus? In this post, we’ll cover the basics so that you can feel confident navigating the HeinOnline platform and finding the sources you need to tackle any as

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Sailing Through The AI Seas: Navigating Between Proprietary And Hosted Models In Legal Governance

Legal Tech Monitor

Just as with skilled sailors, legal professionals must navigate their options with a keen understanding of the implications. The post Sailing Through The AI Seas: Navigating Between Proprietary And Hosted Models In Legal Governance appeared first on Above the Law.

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5 Steps to Get the Most Out of HeinOnline in the New Year

NSLT

f you’re a brand-new HeinOnline user gearing up for this year’s research projects, you might be feeling a bit overwhelmed. How can you find what you need without spending hours going down never-ending rabbit holes of scholarly articles? How do you make sense of the search results page? How do you log into HeinOnline if you’re working off campus? In this post, we’ll cover the basics so that you can feel confident navigating the HeinOnline platform and finding the sources you need to tackle any as

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Judges Have Concerns About Artificial Intelligence: Here's What They Said

Legal Tech Monitor

“I am concerned that AI can be used to alter or even manufacture evidence,” said Cobb Judicial Circuit Chief Judge A. Gregory Poole. “I am not sure how we will deal with this or even, in some cases, recognize a problem.

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Guest post: Ensuring cyber resilience in the legal sector post-Lockbit

Legal IT Insiders

By Steve Whiter, director of Appurity The recent collaborative disruption of the Lockbit ransomware group by international law enforcement agencies has offered a momentary sigh of relief to cybersecurity professionals […] The post Guest post: Ensuring cyber resilience in the legal sector post-Lockbit appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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New Tech Initiative Seeks to 'Modernize Legal' by Fixing Broken Law Firm Feedback Loops

Legal Tech Monitor

The Modernize Legal project presents “a Rubik’s Cube of surveys” to simultaneously get the pulse of all sides of law firm innovation from associates, law firm leaders, practice technologists and legal tech providers.

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Legal Entity Management Leaders Traact and Klea Join Forces to Provide Optimized Solutions on a Global Scale

Legal IT Professionals

Today, successful Silicon Valley startup Traact , a cloud-based legal tech platform, announced a new strategic partnership with Klea , a Belgium-based leader in AI-enabled legal entity management.

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Law Firm Innovation: How BakerHostetler Launched FinClar, a Lawyer-Built FinTech Tool

Legal Tech Monitor

Legaltech News sat down with Jonathan Forster, Northeast practice leader of BakerHostetler’s Private Wealth Group and the one behind FinClar, to discuss how and why he created the firm’s new FinTech tool, and what he has planned for the future.

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Information Governance educational webinar series launched by LegalRM, the makers of iCompli

Legal IT Professionals

The iCompli team are dedicated to equipping legal professionals with the essential knowledge and resources to proficiently manage the intricacies of information governance, and is announcing a new series of ILTA Masterclasses that will be presented by seasoned information governance specialists, hailing from various law firms and business partners.

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Innovating Knowledge Management Winner, Provider: eDiscovery Assistant

Legal Tech Monitor

“Legal innovation will require all of us to think outside the box. When brilliant legal minds collaborate, we all benefit,” said Kelly Twigger, CEO and Founder at eDiscovery Assistant.

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Wolters Kluwer launches new AI-enhanced contract management functionality for Legisway

Legal IT Professionals

Wolters Kluwer’s Legal & Regulatory division has launched new AI-enhanced functionality for Legisway , the company’s award-winning and all-in-one SaaS legal information and contract management solution for corporate legal departments.

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Challenging the Status Quo: Media Outlets Take on OpenAI with New Copyright Strategy

Legal Tech Monitor

Over the past few months, many news and media outlets have sued AI developers over copyright infringement related to allegations that tech companies train their large language model chatbots on protected works. Unlike most organizations, who have filed straightforward copyright. Continue reading → The post Challenging the Status Quo: Media Outlets Take on OpenAI with New Copyright Strategy first appeared on Trellis.Law Blog.

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Blockchain mentions plummet by 80% in earnings calls

Legal IT Insiders

According to Stocklytics.com, blockchain technology mentions have plummeted by 80% in recent earnings calls among leading companies as executives increasingly pivot their focus on artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives. Specifically, blockchain mentions […] The post Blockchain mentions plummet by 80% in earnings calls appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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Blockchain mentions plummet by 80% in earnings calls

Legal Tech Monitor

According to Stocklytics.com, blockchain technology mentions have plummeted by 80% in recent earnings calls among leading companies as executives increasingly pivot their focus on artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives. Specifically, blockchain mentions [.] The post Blockchain mentions plummet by 80% in earnings calls appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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Legaltech Career Insights: Jack Wicks, senior product manager for Agiloft’s AI innovation team

Legal IT Insiders

Jack Wicks is senior product manager at Agiloft with a maths degree from the University of Warwick. As part of Legal IT Insider’s Career Insights series, which features the most […] The post Legaltech Career Insights: Jack Wicks, senior product manager for Agiloft’s AI innovation team appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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Guest post: Ensuring cyber resilience in the legal sector post-Lockbit

Legal Tech Monitor

By Steve Whiter, director of Appurity The recent collaborative disruption of the Lockbit ransomware group by international law enforcement agencies has offered a momentary sigh of relief to cybersecurity professionals [.] The post Guest post: Ensuring cyber resilience in the legal sector post-Lockbit appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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Access to Justice Requires Access to Law. So Why Aren’t the Advocates of Each More Closely Aligned?

LawSites

Two travesties persist in tainting access by all to the U.S. legal system. One is the gaping lack of access to justice. The Legal Services Corporation estimates that 92% of the civil legal problems of the roughly 50 million low-income Americans receive no or insufficient legal help. Reasonable minds can quibble over that number – some say it is exaggerated – but no one doubts or disputes that the legal system falls dramatically short of serving those who need it, not just for those with low inco

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New Sponsorship and Content Opportunities Available on Our LawSites and LawNext Group of Properties

Legal Tech Monitor

If you are a company looking to target your advertising to an audience of those interested in legal tech, you would be hard-pressed to do better than this blog and our related media properties. By definition, our audience is composed almost entirely of readers and listeners who are interested in legal tech news, ideas and trends. These are precisely the people who read this blog, listen to our podcasts, watch our videos, subscribe to our emails, and search our directory.

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FTC Returns to Bipartisan Commission with Confirmation of Two New Republican Commissioners

Inside Privacy

On Thursday, March 7, 2024, the U.S. Senate confirmed two nominees for the open seats on the Federal Trade Commission: Andrew N. Ferguson, former solicitor general of the Commonwealth of Virginia; and Melissa Holyoak, former solicitor general with the Utah Attorney General’s Office. With this confirmation of two new Republican Commissioners, the FTC is one step closer to a full slate of five bipartisan Commissioners.

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Integrity Over Access. Why I Said No Thanks to a Conference’s Demand for Positive Coverage

Legal Tech Monitor

There can be no higher law in journalism than to tell the truth and to shame the devil. Walter Lippmann As most of you know, I frequently attend conferences–both legal tech related and those related to technology in general, like CES. I do this because I am interested in the field and because I like to think what I write as a former practicing lawyer is valuable.

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Legaltech Career Insights: Jack Wicks, senior product manager for Agiloft’s AI innovation team

Legal Tech Monitor

Jack Wicks is senior product manager at Agiloft with a maths degree from the University of Warwick. As part of Legal IT Insider’s Career Insights series, which features the most [.] The post Legaltech Career Insights: Jack Wicks, senior product manager for Agiloft’s AI innovation team appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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Access to Justice Requires Access to Law. So Why Aren’t the Advocates of Each More Closely Aligned?

Legal Tech Monitor

Two travesties persist in tainting access by all to the U.S. legal system. One is the gaping lack of access to justice. The Legal Services Corporation estimates that 92% of the civil legal problems of the roughly 50 million low-income Americans receive no or insufficient legal help. Reasonable minds can quibble over that number – some say it is exaggerated – but no one doubts or disputes that the legal system falls dramatically short of serving those who need it, not just for those with low inco

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