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Open Source And AI: The Untapped Potential

Above the Law - Technology

For lawyers and technologists, understanding open source is crucial for compliance and harnessing its potential as a strategic business tool. The post Open Source And AI: The Untapped Potential appeared first on Above the Law.

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AI Has All Your Law Blog Content, And That May Be Very Good

Kevin O'Keefe

I have been working on blog posts about subjects I have written about long ago. I probably even wrote about the subject more than one time. I have been writing about legal blogging for twenty years. Seeing that I was starting a blog on legal blogging back in 2003, Ernest Svenson, who was publishing the blog, Ernie the Attorney , sent me a nice email saying cool idea, but what was I going to blog about the next week.

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Machine Learning vs. Creativity: Tech Giants Respond to Copyright Challenge

Trellis.Law Blog

Last fall, we dove into the various lawsuits filed against leading AI tech companies over their alleged misuse of copyrighted content to train their Large Language Models (LLMs) to create chatbots (like OpenAI’s ChatGPT). Content creators, from famous authors to… Continue reading → The post Machine Learning vs. Creativity: Tech Giants Respond to Copyright Challenge first appeared on Trellis.Law Blog.

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2023 Emoji Law Year-in-Review

Eric Goldman

I continue to maintain my census of U.S. cases referencing emojis or emoticons. In 2023, I logged 225 such cases (this number will grow a bit due to lags with the electronic databases). The case count continues to grow exponentially. The 2023 count represented a 17% increase over the 2022 count. 2023 marked a significant milestone: my census now counts over 1,000 total U.S. cases referencing emojis and emoticons (the exact number is 1,017).

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Introducing AI Prompt Worksheets for the Legal Profession

LLRX

Jennifer (Greig) Wondracek identified that her AI results are much better when she stops and thinks them through, providing a high level of detail and a good explanation of what she want the AI system to produce. So, good law librarian that she is, she created a new form of plan for those who are learning to draft a prompt. And the result is the AI prompt worksheets she shares in this article.

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Dutch SA Sanctions Credit Card Company for Failure to Perform Data Protection Impact Assessment

Inside Privacy

In December 2023, the Dutch SA fined a credit card company €150,000 for failure to perform a proper data protection impact assessment (“DPIA”) in accordance with Art. 35 GDPR for its “identification and verification process”. First, the Dutch SA decided that the company was required to perform a DPIA because the processing met two of the nine conditions set out in the EDPB Guidelines on DPIAs.

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Businessman faces 20 years in prison over accusations of illicit chip exports to Russia–The Register

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Shipments alleged to have gone to a sanctioned company Dan Robinson Court documents filed with the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York identify the man as Ilya Kahn, a 66-year-old citizen of the US, Israel, and Russia, and listed as a resident of Brooklyn, New York, and Los Angeles. Kahn was arrested for his alleged involvement in a long-running scheme to acquire and unlawfully export sensitive technology from the US for the benefit of a Russian business, a semiconductor compa

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Open Source And AI: The Untapped Potential

Legal Tech Monitor

For lawyers and technologists, understanding open source is crucial for compliance and harnessing its potential as a strategic business tool. The post Open Source And AI: The Untapped Potential appeared first on Above the Law.

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Save the Date for the Coming Together of Peoples Conference at UW Law

Wisblawg

On Friday, April 12th, and Saturday, April 13th the Indigenous Law Students Association (ILSA) at the University of Wisconsin Law School will host the 38 th Coming Together of Peoples Conference (CTOPC). Registration is now available. This is an excellent conference and I encourage any attorneys, professionals, and students interested in Indigenous law to attend.

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'Just Scratching the Surface': The Next Evolution of Generative AI in Legal

Legal Tech Monitor

In this week’s episode, Baker McKenzie’s Danielle Benecke returns to the podcast to discuss where the legal industry stands with generative artificial intelligence as the technology matures.

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FTC on Models-as-a-Service

Inside Privacy

On January 9, the FTC published a blog post discussing privacy and confidentiality obligations for companies that provide artificial intelligence (“AI”) services. The FTC described “model-as-a-service” companies as those that develop, host, and provide pre-trained AI models to users and businesses through end-user interfaces or application programming interfaces (“APIs”).

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Is AI-Generated Information Likely to Start Showing Up in Legal Reviews?

Legal Tech Monitor

In the absence of formal regulation, lawyers and eDiscovery professionals must ensure they are prepared and develop effective strategies for identifying, validating, and integrating AI-generated content into the legal review and eDiscovery process.

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Article Writing Can Drive Law Firm Marketing Success

Legal Expert Connections

Article writing is an excellent law firm marketing strategy for many attorneys, especially if the thought of making a speech causes you to break out in a cold sweat. Getting your name in print as an author provides the equivalent of an independent third-party endorsement of your legal expertise. Corporate general counsel, among others, frequently contact attorneys based on published articles.

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Exclusive: Panoram launches contract lifecycle management application in M365 

Legal Tech Monitor

Panoram, the enterprise legal software solutions company founded by former Neota Logic managing directors Rick Seabrook and Greg Wildisen and Epiq Systems’ president Chris Olofson, has launched its own contract. Exclusive: Panoram launches contract lifecycle management application in M365 Read More » The post Exclusive: Panoram launches contract lifecycle management application in M365 appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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Overhaul of the Australian Privacy Act

Legal IT Group

Australia is a great country to work with, as it is highly digitalized, developed, and English-speaking. Thus, selling services to or establishing a company is a good jurisdiction. With this regard, it is essential to know about the privacy legislation of this country since, nowadays, most internet businesses process the personal data of their clients, and they should do it in compliance with data protection laws.

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Machine Learning vs. Creativity: Tech Giants Respond to Copyright Challenge

Legal Tech Monitor

Last fall, we dove into the various lawsuits filed against leading AI tech companies over their alleged misuse of copyrighted content to train their Large Language Models (LLMs) to create chatbots (like OpenAI’s ChatGPT). Content creators, from famous authors to. Continue reading → The post Machine Learning vs. Creativity: Tech Giants Respond to Copyright Challenge first appeared on Trellis.Law Blog.

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New York’s first restaurant accepting SNAP benefits is in Charlotte–News10NBC

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Hailie Higgins Lakeside Haven is the first restaurant in New York State cleared to let eligible SNAP recipients buy hot meals using their benefits. To be eligible, SNAP recipients — and everyone in their household as defined on the application — must be over the age of 60, disabled, or homeless. “We looked at it as a great opportunity to not only bring in more business, but of course to continue to help seniors or disabled or those experiencing homelessness in the community with meals that migh

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Who is the Boss? How Client Demands Are Shaping Technology Adoption

Legal Tech Monitor

From : Blog Entry >> Christiane’s Blog Entry The legal technology landscape is vast and offers time, risk and cost saving solutions for a growing range of legal service categories. Clients know what is available on the market and understand how the use of solutions can benefit them in terms of efficiency and therefore value. While the demand for visibility in delivering services increases, clients want to know what products their law firms are using (or at least what they have access to)

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Why Fani Willis Is Not Disqualified Under Georgia Law –Just Security

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by Norman L. Eisen , Joyce Vance and Richard Painter The motion filed by defendant Michael Roman seeks primarily to do just that – to disqualify Willis and Wade from further participation in this case. Under Georgia law, however, even if all the factual allegations regarding Willis and Wade were true, there would be no basis for disqualifying them from prosecuting Roman or any of the other defendants in the election conspiracy case.

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The Definitive Guide to Contract Lifecycle Management

Legal Tech Monitor

If you had to plan a party with your entire company, it would not be an easy task. You’d have to connect with departments you rarely speak with, assign tasks [.] The post The Definitive Guide to Contract Lifecycle Management appeared first on Exigent group.

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eSentio Technologies hires Andrew Payne as global associate director of DMS

Legal IT Insiders

Washington-headquartered legal IT consultancy eSentio Technologies has hired Andrew Payne as its global associate director of DMS, we can reveal, in a hire that signifies an expansion of eSentio’s presence … eSentio Technologies hires Andrew Payne as global associate director of DMS Read More » The post eSentio Technologies hires Andrew Payne as global associate director of DMS appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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eSentio Technologies hires Andrew Payne as global associate director of DMS

Legal Tech Monitor

Washington-headquartered legal IT consultancy eSentio Technologies has hired Andrew Payne as its global associate director of DMS, we can reveal, in a hire that signifies an expansion of eSentio’s presence. eSentio Technologies hires Andrew Payne as global associate director of DMS Read More » The post eSentio Technologies hires Andrew Payne as global associate director of DMS appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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What is legal project management? Tips and strategies for your firm

NSLT

The legal industry, with its intricate issues, fluctuating laws and regulations, and evolving client demands, has traditionally thrived on predictability and expertise. As globalization and digital transformation ever-increasingly intertwine, however, the complexities faced by modern law firms have grown exponentially. Today’s legal clients not only seek proficient legal counsel — they also demand transparency, efficiency, and palpable value in every interaction.

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Legal Tech's Predictions for Innovating for Good in 2024

Legal Tech Monitor

Legal industry experts make their predictions for what we can expect in the areas of DEI, ESG, mental health, access to justice, pro bono and more in 2024.

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What is legal project management? Tips and strategies for your firm

NSLT

The legal industry, with its intricate issues, fluctuating laws and regulations, and evolving client demands, has traditionally thrived on predictability and expertise. As globalization and digital transformation ever-increasingly intertwine, however, the complexities faced by modern law firms have grown exponentially. Today’s legal clients not only seek proficient legal counsel — they also demand transparency, efficiency, and palpable value in every interaction.

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Ep 234: How Courts, Lawyers and Legal Tech Companies Should Handle Sealed Court Documents: A Panel Discussion

LawNext podcast

At a time when legal technology companies are making it easier to access and analyze court documents, what should – and should not – be done to protect confidential court documents that are sealed from public access? This question came to a head last July, when a federal court in North Carolina took the drastic step of issuing a standing order that effectively banned lawyers in that district from using third-party service providers such as PacerPro, RECAP or DocketBird.

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Supreme Court allows Border Patrol agents to remove razor wire installed by Texas at Mexico border–NBCNews

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By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON — A closely-divided Supreme Court on Monday allowed Border Patrol agents to cut through or move razor wire Texas installed on the U.S.-Mexico border as part of an effort by the state to prevent illegal border crossings. The court on a 5-4 vote granted an emergency request filed by the Biden administration, which had argued that Texas was preventing agents from carrying out their duties.

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