July, 2023

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A Literal Generative AI Discussion: How AI Could Reshape Law

3 Geeks and a Law Blog

For the Fourth of July week, we thought we’d do something fun and probably a little weird. Greg spoke with an AI guest named Justis for this episode. Justis, powered by OpenAI’s GPT-4, was able to have a natural conversation with Greg and provide insightful perspectives on the use of generative AI in the legal industry, specifically in law firms. In the first part of their discussion, Justis gave an overview of the legal industry’s interest in and uncertainty around adopting generative AI.

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Managing Legal Risks: Strategies for In-House Legal Counsel

MatterSuite

In today’s complex business environment, managing legal risks has become a critical aspect of corporate governance. As companies face increasing regulatory scrutiny and potential legal challenges. In-house legal counsel plays a crucial role in identifying legal risks. This blog post explores strategies for in-house legal counsel to manage legal risks effectively and safeguard the interests of organizations.

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‘Legal Tech Lists’: 7 Words And Phrases Lawyers Don’t Want To Hear

Above the Law - Technology

Nowhere are clichés more overused and misused than in legal tech marketing and sales. The post ‘Legal Tech Lists’: 7 Words And Phrases Lawyers Don’t Want To Hear appeared first on Above the Law.

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Product Insights: AI-enabled litigation research assistant Scott from Intelllex 

Legal IT Insiders

Intelllex founder Chang Zi Qian tells us about their new AI-empowered litigation research assistant Scott. Intelllex is a Singapore-founded legal search and knowledge platform. Scott can search Singapore caselaw and also UK … Product Insights: AI-enabled litigation research assistant Scott from Intelllex Read More » The post Product Insights: AI-enabled litigation research assistant Scott from Intelllex appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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Leverage Trellis Court Data To Identify More Investment Opportunities

Finance teams find Trellis to be particularly effective in conducting comprehensive due diligence on both individuals and businesses. With our court data solution, financial experts can access critical litigation insights, making it an invaluable resource for informed decision-making in the financial sector.

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New CLE From Justia Webinars: Practice Law With AI (Without Losing Your Law License)

Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

In May 2023, a federal judge discovered fake cases cited in a filed brief. When questioned, the lawyer indicated he used ChatGPT to help with the research and drafting process and was “unaware its contents could be false.” The subsequent sanctions hearing incited debates across the legal community. Should lawyers steer clear of AI tools in their practices?

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Legal Innovators Assemble! Great Speakers for London in November

Artificial Lawyer

The Legal Innovators UK conference will take place on 8 + 9 November, and we are already assembling a fantastic group of speakers from across the legal innovation ecosystem.

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Hemingway Could Write a Better Short Story, But AI Can Write a Million Before Hemingway Could Finish One

Kevin O'Keefe

Alarming concept expressed by James Manyika, a SVP at Google, talking with Scott Pelly on 60 MINUTES. Could Hemingway write a better short story? Maybe. But Bard can write a million before Hemingway could finish one. Imagine that level of automation across the economy. For someone who’s blogged for twenty years and owns a company that provides a publishing platform for legal professionals to self publish – on blogs – this could feel like the end of the world.

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Elon Musk Sends Legal Threat To Facebook And Once Facebook Finishes Laughing I’m Sure They’ll Get Right Back To Him

Above the Law - Technology

Musk won't cage fight Zuckerberg, so he'll have to settle for getting whupped in court. The post Elon Musk Sends Legal Threat To Facebook And Once Facebook Finishes Laughing I’m Sure They’ll Get Right Back To Him appeared first on Above the Law.

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Interview: CTS and Tiger Eye talk strategy as they focus on becoming a global DX partner for law firms 

Legal IT Insiders

Legal IT Insider asks CTS’ CEO and founder Nigel Wright, and Tiger Eye’s managing director and founder Dave Wilson, about the combined company’s strategic change of direction, as they leverage … Interview: CTS and Tiger Eye talk strategy as they focus on becoming a global DX partner for law firms Read More » The post Interview: CTS and Tiger Eye talk strategy as they focus on becoming a global DX partner for law firms appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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Law Firm PPC: Landing Pages 101

Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

When you spend your hard-earned marketing dollars on pay-per-click (PPC) advertising for your law firm, every click counts. Therefore, it is crucial that the potential new clients clicking on your ads land on specialized pages designed to convert, or in other words, call your firm or submit a contact form. By optimizing your PPC landing pages, you increase your law firm’s return on investment and maximize the effectiveness of your campaign.

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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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Getting Real About Generative AI + The Law

Artificial Lawyer

How will generative AI impact lawyer training? What percentage chance is there that we will see a total transformation of the legal sector because of.

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The Essentials of Information Governance for Law Firms - Part 1

Legal IT Professionals

Why do law firms need information governance (IG) more than ever, and how should they implement it? Over two articles, Chris Giles offers a sector-wide perspective and Chris Hockey draws on his experience of implementing IG at a mid-sized US firm. In Part 1 we discuss why IG matters, where it should sit, and policy creation. Information has always been the lifeblood of law firms, but now its stewardship has become a critical discipline for firms to master.

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Google Tests AI Tool ‘Genesis’ for News Generation: Implications for Journalism and Legal Blogging

Kevin O'Keefe

How far will AI go in impacting journalism and blogging? Google is giving us a clue. The New York Times’ Benjamin Mullin and Nico Grant reported this morning that Google is testing a product that uses AI to produce news stories, pitching it to news organizations including The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal. The tool, known internally as Genesis, can take in information — details of current events, for example — and generate news content.

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Breached Law Firms Bemoan: ‘The Class Action Attorneys Have Found Us’

Above the Law - Technology

Many lawyers did not comprehend that they were feeding confidential data to the AI. The post Breached Law Firms Bemoan: ‘The Class Action Attorneys Have Found Us’ appeared first on Above the Law.

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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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Generative AI and the future of the legal profession: LexisNexis UK report canvases in-house and law firm views 

Legal IT Insiders

LexisNexis Legal & Professional today (13 July) releases a new report entitled “Generative AI and the future of the legal profession”, which highlights the at times surprising expectations of in-house … Generative AI and the future of the legal profession: LexisNexis UK report canvases in-house and law firm views Read More » The post Generative AI and the future of the legal profession: LexisNexis UK report canvases in-house and law firm views appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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Justia Legal Guides: Home Ownership Center

Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

Becoming a homeowner is exciting, but paying off the mortgage is not. One lucky Arizona resident got some unexpected help with his mortgage payments earlier this year. Spyro Malaspinas netted a staggering $500,000 for renting his home in Paradise Valley for one week in February. His “tenant” was the award-winning singer Rihanna, who performed at the halftime show of the Super Bowl in nearby Glendale.

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Authors sue OpenAI for copyright infringement

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Two authors have filed a lawsuit against OpenAI for claims related to the development, use, and training of ChatGPT, these being direct copyright infringement, vicarious infringement, copyright management information removal, unfair competition, negligence, and unjust enrichment (complaint here).

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Why firms must conquer their data mountain - Part 2

Legal IT Professionals

In Part 1 we detailed the numerous and growing risks that law firms face when excess information isn’t systematically minimised, while acknowledging the daunting task firms face in tackling the issues once and for all. To suggest a way forward, in this piece Chris Giles describes the five basic steps he recommends firms take to start scaling their data mountain.

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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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44% of Investment Bankers Think They Can Make Lots of Money Off of Attorney Insecurity (AI)

3 Geeks and a Law Blog

This is the first in a 3-part blog post , it first appeared on The Sente Playbook. The other 2 posts are co-authored by Toby Brown and Greg Lambert and will follow later this week. Apologies for the length of this post, but I was channeling my inner Casey Flaherty. The Big Idea: The data that Goldman used is insufficient to make the claims about Generative AI’s effect on legal that their report did.

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Putting Humans First: Solving Real-Life Problems With Legal Innovation

Above the Law - Technology

Placing the end-user at the heart of the process allows innovators to identify pain points and create solutions that directly address the unique needs and challenges individuals and businesses face. The post Putting Humans First: Solving Real-Life Problems With Legal Innovation appeared first on Above the Law.

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Disconnect grows between law firm service and client expectation, survey finds

Legal IT Insiders

The future of the legal sector is a cause for concern among legal professionals in the U.K., with large swathes of in-house and private practice lawyers saying they believe that … Disconnect grows between law firm service and client expectation, survey finds Read More » The post Disconnect grows between law firm service and client expectation, survey finds appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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Google News Alert: Data Syncing Between Google Local Services Ads and Google Business Profile

Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

In a recent development intended to increase the ease of managing your business information on Google platforms, Google is now syncing business hours (and perhaps other information) between Google Local Services Ads (LSAs) and Google Business Profile (GBP). If your law firm advertises with LSAs, changes to your business hours on the LSA platform will automatically synchronize with your Google Business profile within 24 hours of the update.

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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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Managing AI-Generated Content: My Approach for Filtering Out Junk News

Kevin O'Keefe

Artificial intelligence has assisted in producing marginal content with some publishers labeling a lot of the content as junk. When you use a news aggregator such as Feedly, like I do, to receive news articles and blog posts, this marginal content can muck up the works. I don’t have the time to check questionable new sources whose content references the subjects I monitor in my news aggregator.

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DISCO Cecilia Enters Private Access, Currently Live Across Select Client Databases

Legal IT Professionals

DISCO, a leader in AI-enabled legal technology, announced today that DISCO Cecilia, an AI for large-scale ediscovery, will be made available for private access and is currently live and integrated within select client databases.

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How Artificial Intelligence is Revolutionizing & Transforming the Legal Technology Landscape

Ward Blawg

This new blog post from a contributor, a seasoned expert at the intersection of law and technology, will offer unique perspectives and real-world examples to illustrate the transformative potential of AI in the legal domain.

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Top Biglaw Firms Targeted In Global Cyberattack

Above the Law - Technology

Not even the most respected Biglaw firms are 'immune' from ransomware attacks. The post Top Biglaw Firms Targeted In Global Cyberattack appeared first on Above the Law.

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

Speaker: Andrew Klein and Jennifer Vandenplas

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.

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Elite’s London Summit: Key takeaways and an interview with new CEO Mark Dorman

Legal IT Insiders

Here are the key takeaways from an interview with Elite Technology’s new CEO Mark Dorman and head of product Elizabet Hardy, plus the highlights of an industry experts briefing. It … Elite’s London Summit: Key takeaways and an interview with new CEO Mark Dorman Read More » The post Elite’s London Summit: Key takeaways and an interview with new CEO Mark Dorman appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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Sneak Peek Series: Law Firm Intelligence by Trellis is Coming Soon! (Part 3 of 4)

Trellis.Law Blog

We’ll very soon – later on this month – be unveiling our Law Firm Intelligence by Trellis solution to provide visibility into the strategy and supporting dockets/documents of major law firms across the nation. We’re pleased to be providing Trellis… Continue reading → The post Sneak Peek Series: Law Firm Intelligence by Trellis is Coming Soon!

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Rising Tide of AI Generated Content Seeping Into My News Aggregator

Kevin O'Keefe

I am an avid consumer of content via my news aggregator, Feedly. Newspaper articles, trade journal stories, blog posts, academic pieces and more, all filtered into folders for easy reading. Over the last twenty years I have read stories, articles and posts to learn, for blogging and sharing on social media. By doing so, I am confident I have made a difference in other’s lives.

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M-Files Recognized as a 2023 Gartner Peer Insights™ Strong Performer for Content Services Platforms

Legal IT Professionals

M-Files, a global leader in information management, announced today that the company has been recognised by customers on Gartner Peer Insights™ as a Strong Performer in the June 2023 Gartner Peer Insights ‘Voice of the Customer’: Content Services Platforms report.

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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