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Mark O’Brien to Leave Pro Bono Net, the Legal-Help Organization He Cofounded 25 Years Ago

Above the Law - Technology

Mark O’Brien, who cofounded the innovative access-to-justice organization Pro Bono Net together with Michael Hertz 25 years ago, and who has been its executive director since 2005, is stepping down from the organization Sept. 1.

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AI's Impact on Patent Law: Faster Searches, Smarter Analysis, Better Client Outcomes (Matthew Veale, PatSnap)

Technically Legal

A conversation with Matthew Veale , a European Patent Attorney and UPC Representative at PatSnap , an app that provides users with a comprehensive and user-friendly platform to conduct patent searches. Matthew discusses his experiences from work as an attorney in private practice and a stint at the UK Patent Office before joining PatSnap. Matthew will discuss: The future of AI in patent searches: How PatSnap's new AI component is transforming years of knowledge into a 10-second search.

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Attention Buyer: Not All Legal AI Models Are Created Equal [Sponsored]

Above the Law - Technology

Legal Gen AI – Uncover the best solution for your firm. The post Attention Buyer: Not All Legal AI Models Are Created Equal appeared first on Above the Law.

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How Blogging Can Get Law Firms More Clients

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David Arato | Blogging can connect your firm with potential clients who are seeking legal representation or advice online. The post How Blogging Can Get Law Firms More Clients appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.

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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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Wolters Kluwer’s Human Solution to GenAI Inaccuracy

Artificial Lawyer

Wolters Kluwer in Australia has a novel solution to genAI hallucinations and errors: don’t entirely trust it on its own. Instead, the company is providing.

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Creating rules for contract approval workflows | Blog

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Contract approvals can get complex!

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Deep Trellis State Court Capabilities Help Bowman and Brooke Track Trends and Defend Mass Tort Litigation in State Courts

Trellis.Law Blog

About Bowman and Brooke Bowman and Brooke LLP is a nationally recognized trial defense firm with one of the largest product liability practices in the country. Since 1985, the firm has defended corporate clients in high-exposure and technically intricate lawsuits… Continue reading → The post Deep Trellis State Court Capabilities Help Bowman and Brooke Track Trends and Defend Mass Tort Litigation in State Courts first appeared on Trellis.Law Blog.

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Disputes Startup DecoverAI Bags $2m For Legal Research + Reasoning

Artificial Lawyer

DecoverAI, a new genAI-based legal tech startup that formed only last year, has raised $2 million in a Seed funding round led by Leo Capital.

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AI in Finance and Banking, July 31, 2024

LLRX

This semi-monthly column by Sabrina I. Pacifici highlights news, government documents, NGO/IGO papers, industry white papers, academic papers and speeches on the subject of AI’s fast paced impact on the banking and finance sectors. The chronological links provided are to the primary sources, and as available, indicate links to alternate free versions.

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Definely Bags £585K from State-Backed Innovate UK

Artificial Lawyer

British tax payers have kindly donated £585,000 ($750,000) to legal tech company Definely, via a Government-backed Innovate UK grant. The additional cash follows an earlier.

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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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A Guide to the Best Fonts for Legal Documents

Clio

Why do legal fonts matter? After all, you’ve worked hard to become a lawyer—not a designer. But did you know that the best legal fonts can better engage your audience, communicate more effectively, and impact how others perceive your law firm’s brand ? Also, some courts have outlined the fonts that they accept, which lawyers need to follow. Lawyers spend a vast amount of time drafting legal briefs, memos, court documents, and more every day.

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Google’s Latest Search Algorithm Update Targets Explicit Deepfakes

Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

Google released a blog post addressing its efforts to combat the rise of explicit deepfake content ( artificially generated images and videos ) in its search results. According to Google, the company has introduced significant updates to its removal processes and ranking systems to protect people from non-consensual fake explicit imagery. In the announcement, Google stated: “ Today, we’re sharing a few significant updates, which were developed based on feedback from experts and victi

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Guest Post: Unauthorized Help – A Contrarian UPL Analysis

LawSites

Technology that helps people do their own legal work should be against the law. That at least is the view of some bar authorities, and the implication of regulatory proposals. Many lawyers think that any form of legal assistance not provided by a licensed attorney is unlawful. One notices the same instinct among law students.

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LLRX July 2024 Issue

LLRX

Articles and Columns for July 2024 Unlocking History: How a Small Group of Researchers Dominates the Declassification Appeals Process – Attorney and FOIA expert Michael Ravnitzky shines a spotlight on people, process and procedural challenges with his illuminating article. A small core group of researchers and historians have filed most of the declassification appeals being.

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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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What Claude 3.5 Sonnet Had to Say About ABA Ethics Opinion 512

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Me: Please summarize and analyze this ABA Ethics Opinion just issued…on a subject near and dear to both of us: Claude: You’re right, this ABA Formal Opinion 512 on the ethical implications of lawyers using generative AI is certainly a topic of great interest and relevance. Here’s a summary and analysis of the key points: Summary: 1.

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On LawNext Podcast: In the Wake of KKR’s Acquisition of CLM Company Agiloft, CEO Eric Laughlin Discusses Its Past and Future

LawSites

Last month, KKR, a major global investment firm, announced that it had entered into an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Agiloft, the contract lifecycle management company.

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Law Firm Marketing in August

Legal Expert Connections

The slow pace of August is an ideal time to recharge your law firm marketing plans for the September back-to-work season. Business development is a process, so consider the steps outlined below in planning your marketing activities for the balance of the year. Plan to Attend Networking Events. Research industry events, conferences, and seminars happening in September and through the end of the year.

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UK Top 200 Firm Sills & Betteridge Announces Move To The iManage Cloud, Facilitated By Tiger Eye

Legal IT Professionals

Sills & Betteridge Solicitors , an established regional law firm, has announced that the organisation will migrate its on-premises iManage document and email management system (DMS) to the iManage Cloud later this year. The migration will be managed by Tiger Eye: the UK-based full service iManage Partner.

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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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Definely secures £585,000 Innovate UK grant

Legal IT Insiders

UK-founded legal tech startup Definely has been awarded a £585,000 grant from Innovate UK. The funding, which closely follows Definely’s $7m Series A in May, will support Definely’s focus on […] The post Definely secures £585,000 Innovate UK grant appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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Ep 254: In the Wake of KKR’s Acquisition of CLM Company Agiloft, CEO Eric Laughlin Discusses Its Past and Future

LawNext podcast

Last month, KKR , a major global investment firm, announced that it had entered into an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Agiloft , the contract lifecycle management company. As part of the deal, the growth equity firm FTV Capital , already an Agiloft investor, is making an additional investment, and another growth equity firm, JMI Equity , is joining as a new investor.

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‘Risk in AI’: Law Firm Billing Will Need to Adapt–law.com

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Mimi Lamarre An American Bar Association ethics opinion this week touched on what has been a risky business area for Big Law in the emergence of generative AI: billing and fees related to AI-supported legal work. “The thing that might actually be the biggest risk in AI is ethical billing, and it might be very hard to detect in the short term,” said Conan Hines, the director of legal technology at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson.