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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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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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How Blogging Can Get Law Firms More Clients

Attorney at Work

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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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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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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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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Guest Post: Unauthorized Help – A Contrarian UPL Analysis

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

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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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Google’s Latest Search Algorithm Update Targets Explicit Deepfakes

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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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Save The Date: Legal Innovators UK – Nov 6 + 7

Artificial Lawyer

Save the date! Legal Innovators UK takes place over two days in London on November 6th and 7th.

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LLRX July 2024 Issue

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

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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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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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Creating rules for contract approval workflows | Blog

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Contract approvals can get complex!

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

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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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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.