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Airline Said It’s Not Responsible For Terrible Advice From Its Own Customer Service AI Bot. The Court… Disagreed.

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Not even ChatGPT could invent a case to make this stick. The post Airline Said It’s Not Responsible For Terrible Advice From Its Own Customer Service AI Bot. The Court… Disagreed. appeared first on Above the Law.

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Frozen Embryos Now Considered Children: Unpacking the Alabama Supreme Court Decision and the Future of Fertility Care

Trellis.Law Blog

Last Friday, in a first-of-its-kind ruling, the Alabama Supreme Court held that embryos are considered people under Alabama state law. As such, those who destroy embryos could be held liable for wrongful death. The decision has concerned reproductive rights advocates… Continue reading → The post Frozen Embryos Now Considered Children: Unpacking the Alabama Supreme Court Decision and the Future of Fertility Care first appeared on Trellis.Law Blog.

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News and Notes From Google Local Services Ads: February 2024

Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

Google Local Services Ads (LSAs) are an invaluable tool for lawyers, allowing them to prominently feature their practices atop Google search engine results pages (SERPs) and gain the coveted “Google Screened” badge for enhanced credibility. In a dynamic online landscape, LSAs provide consistent value by offering prime visibility and the opportunity to connect with a diverse audience of potential clients.

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Snapchat Isn’t Liable for Offline Sexual Abuse–VV v. Meta

Eric Goldman

According to the complaint, a 12-year-old girl made a Snapchat account, connected with sexual predators on Snapchat, met them offline, and was sexually abused. She sued Snapchat for her harms. Snapchat successfully defends on Section 230 grounds. The contested issue is whether the claims treat Snapchat as a publisher/speaker of the third-party content.

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The Tech-Savvy Paralegals Playbook: How To Leverage AI

Speaker: Allison Mears, Adela Wekselblatt, and George Socha

Artificial intelligence is reshaping the legal industry, and paralegals are at the forefront of this transformation. As AI becomes more integrated into legal workflows, paralegals can streamline their daily tasks, enhance efficiency, and add greater value to their firms and organizations. But what exactly does AI mean for paralegals today—and how can you leverage it to your advantage?

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Prosecutors say ex-FBI informant charged over false Hunter Biden reports claimed he got information from Russian intelligence–NBCNews

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Prosecutors said in their filing Tuesday that Alexander Smirnov “is actively peddling new lies that could impact U.S. elections after meeting with Russian intelligence officials. By Sarah Fitzpatrick and Ryan J. Reilly LAS VEGAS — A former FBI informant who allegedly fed the bureau false information about President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden during the 2020 presidential campaign said that some of the information he spread came from “officials associated with Russian intelligence,” pro

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Thomson Reuters Launches CoCounsel Core in Canada and Australia

Legal Tech Blog

Thomson Reuters, a global content and technology company, has continued the rapid execution of its AI technology strategy by making CoCounsel Core available in Canada and Australia. These are the first of the English-speaking international markets the generative AI legal assistant will be rolled out to, less than three months after the launch of CoCounsel Core to Thomson Reuters customers.

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ABA Requests Public Comment on Possible Regulatory Implications of Exploring Possible Amendments to Model Rule of Professional Conduct 5.5 to Increase Permissible Cross-Border Practice

Legal Tech Monitor

The ABA Center for Professional Responsibility Working Group on ABA Model Rule of Professional Conduct 5.5 (MRPC 5.5) is requesting public comment on an Issues Paper it developed regarding possible regulatory implications associated with exploring possible amendments to MRPC 5.5 to increase permissible cross-border practice. The Working Group is currently in the early stages of its work in “determining whether and how to amend MRPC 5.5,” which deals with the unauthorized practice of law and mult

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Anderson Lloyd selects NetDocuments for cloud transformation of document and email management

Legal IT Professionals

NetDocuments, the #1 trusted cloud platform for law firms, corporate legal teams and business organisations, today announced that Anderson Lloyd has selected NetDocuments as its new Document Management System (DMS). Anderson Lloyd is a leading New Zealand law firm with a history of supporting the industries that make the country successful.

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Best Use of Artificial Intelligence—Contract, Document & Project Management, Provider: NetDocuments

Legal Tech Monitor

“Legal innovation means continual forward motion, knocking down the status quo, and delivering technology that helps legal professionals do their very best work,” said Reid Cram in Product Marketing for NetDocuments.

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Legal IT Win: Anderson Lloyd selects NetDocuments

Legal IT Insiders

Leading New Zealand law firm Anderson Lloyd has selected NetDocuments as its new document management system, swapping out ‘all in one’ practice management system LawMaster, which in 2022 was acquired […] The post Legal IT Win: Anderson Lloyd selects NetDocuments appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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Uncovering The Hidden Connections: A Patent Family Survival Guide

Speaker: Andrew Klein

Are there mysteries lurking in your family tree? 🕵 No, not a long-lost half-brother - I'm talking about a patent family tree! IP paralegals need fast and easy ways to verify and report on essential data about foreign equivalents of US assets. Join us to master the global scope of key assets to support prosecution, portfolio management, litigation, licensing, competitive monitoring and more!

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Law Firms, Legal Departments Are Investing in Gen AI, but for Different Purposes

Legal Tech Monitor

In addition to highlighting differences in generative AI investments, a LexisNexis survey also found that legal professionals expect generative AI to spur the hiring of more technologists, and the potential loss of some associates and partners.

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The White House Addresses Responsible AI: Impacts on the Public Sector

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Since Biden's Executive Order on AI was signed, new developments have emerged regarding its impact on the federal government. Continuing our coverage of the EO and its e-discovery implications, this article covers those developments in the public sector.

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Justice Frias-Colo n Named Co-Chair of the Court Modernization Action Committee

Legal Tech Monitor

A new report highlights strides the court system has made in leveraging technology to streamline operations and details the next steps in continuing to advance the courts’ post-pandemic modernization efforts.

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Federal Judge: CVS Health Job Candidate Has Standing in Failure to Notify Use of AI-Powered 'Lie Detector Screening'

Legal Tech Monitor

Attorneys with Seyfarth Shaw, on behalf of CVS Health Corp., moved to dismiss the third count of the complaint brought by the plaintiff, Brendan Baker, who accused CVS of violating a state law known as the “Lie Detector Statute.

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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 and ethics risks before they become problems.

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Artificial Intelligence Will Supercharge Knowledge Management for Lawyers

Legal Tech Monitor

Much like the apocryphal stories of Mark Twain’s demise, the reports of KM’s death continue to be greatly exaggerated. In this case, that which does not kill KM makes it stronger—artificial intelligence will, in fact, supercharge knowledge management.

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Airline Said It’s Not Responsible For Terrible Advice From Its Own Customer Service AI Bot. The Court… Disagreed.

Legal Tech Monitor

Not even ChatGPT could invent a case to make this stick. The post Airline Said It’s Not Responsible For Terrible Advice From Its Own Customer Service AI Bot. The Court. Disagreed. appeared first on Above the Law.

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Frozen Embryos Now Considered Children: Unpacking the Alabama Supreme Court Decision and the Future of Fertility Care

Legal Tech Monitor

Last Friday, in a first-of-its-kind ruling, the Alabama Supreme Court held that embryos are considered people under Alabama state law. As such, those who destroy embryos could be held liable for wrongful death. The decision has concerned reproductive rights advocates. Continue reading → The post Frozen Embryos Now Considered Children: Unpacking the Alabama Supreme Court Decision and the Future of Fertility Care first appeared on Trellis.Law Blog.

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Responsibility of Law Authors for Public Access

Legal Tech Monitor

Reading Time: 13 minutes I downloaded the District of Columbia Court of Appeals opinion in Trump v. U.S.A. as soon as I heard it had been issued. It was pretty amazing to be reading the words without having to have them interpreted for me, or chopped up into little bits by the media. And yet. Within a few pages, the document was dense with dead-end citations.

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The New Way of Conducting Patent Research: Proven Strategies For Efficient Due Diligence

Speaker: Andrew Klein

Patent due diligence processes take too long. The information you need is publicly available but accessing it is often tedious & inefficient, requiring you to wade through dozens of PTO websites or for-free tools to gather what you need. Plus, it frequently occurs late in the game, leaving professionals under pressure, sifting through chaotic 100-page PDFs, and frustrated with poorly formatted information & patent numbers.