3 Geeks and a Law Blog

JULY 3, 2023

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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MatterSuite

JULY 31, 2023

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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Above the Law - Technology

JULY 7, 2023

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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Kevin O'Keefe

JULY 11, 2023

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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TechnoLlama

JULY 8, 2023

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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LawSites

JULY 6, 2023

Barely a week before the American Association of Law Libraries descends on Boston for its annual convention , a survey out today of legal professionals views on generative AI finds finds that a majority of them believe that librarians and others involved in knowledge management and research are at risk of obsolescence. In the survey of 275 legal professionals conducted by Wolters Kluwer and Above the Law, Generative AI in the Law: Where Could This All Be Headed?

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Attorney at Work

JULY 7, 2023

Lee Rosen | I have not always been good to the people who work for me. Here are a few things I learned from my misbehavior. The post Easy Ways to Make Your Assistant Happy appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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Above the Law - Technology

JULY 6, 2023

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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Kevin O'Keefe

JULY 20, 2023

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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Legal IT Insiders

JULY 5, 2023

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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Legal Tech Monitor

JULY 6, 2023

Here is a recent Daily Record column. My past Daily Record articles can be accessed here. ** Driving Law Firm Efficiency: Proven Productivity Tips In today’s ever-evolving world, technology has become a key differentiator for lawyers, driving productivity and profitability in a highly competitive market. According to a recent report, the correlation between technology adoption by law firms and increased efficiency is undeniable.

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3 Geeks and a Law Blog

JULY 11, 2023

In this episode of The Geek in Review podcast, host Marlene Gebauer and co-host Greg Lambert discuss cybersecurity challenges with guests ⁠ Jordan Ellington ⁠ , founder of ⁠ SessionGuardian ⁠ , ⁠ Oren Leib ⁠ , Vice President of Growth and Partnership at SessionGuardian, and ⁠ Trisha Sircar ⁠ , partner and chief privacy officer at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP.

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Attorney at Work

JULY 9, 2023

Jay Harrington | Even if you're a brand-new associate, it's never too early to think about business development. The post This Is How You Build a Book of Business appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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Above the Law - Technology

JULY 11, 2023

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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Legal Tech Blog

JULY 31, 2023

Everlaw , the cloud-native investigation and litigation platform, announced its Everlaw AI portfolio with newly released generative AI features available in a beta program to give legal teams an instant leg-up in text-based work and greater productivity across legal workflows within its trusted and highly secure platform. Everlaw unveiled three videos to outline the news and add greater context.

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Legal IT Insiders

JULY 3, 2023

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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TechnoLlama

JULY 2, 2023

I’m putting some finishing touches on my AI liability article, and need a place to link to some parodies made with ChatGPT, Bard, and MidJourney. I’m discussing the caricature, parody, and pastiche copyright exceptions in a part of the article and do not want to reproduce these ones.

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3 Geeks and a Law Blog

JULY 31, 2023

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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Attorney at Work

JULY 5, 2023

Nothing But the Ruth | Here's what I really want to say in my client engagement agreements. The post Client Engagement Agreements: Blunt Terms I Wish I Could Include appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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Above the Law - Technology

JULY 6, 2023

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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Eric Goldman

JULY 28, 2023

This case involves Ryan Cohen, who made a fortune running Chewy.com and then switched his interests to meme stocks. He bought a 9% interest in the failing retailer Bed Bath and Beyond, hyped the stock, and then liquidated his position, pocketing $68M in profits. BBB stockholders sued him for securities law violations. In particular, in response to a negative story about BBB, Cohen tweeted: If you don’t recognize the emoji, it’s the “ full moon face ” emoji.

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Xakia

JULY 27, 2023

Your in-house legal team use iManage to wrestle documents and emails, so you have leading legal document management software – check. But you’re missing something – a place to track all your legal work for visibility over legal requests , deadlines, and capacity. To perfectly complement your document management system, you need legal matter management software.

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Dewey B Strategic

JULY 23, 2023

My prior post suggested that librarians are the logical candidates for the emerging role of “Prompt Engineer.” Anthropic which recently released an AI enabled tool called Claude agrees with me and they are searching for a Prompt Engineer/Librarian. In the job posting , Anthropic describes itself as an “AI safety and research company that’s working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.

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LLRX

JULY 24, 2023

Nicole A. Cooke , Augusta Baker Endowed Chair and a Professor at the School of Library and Information Science, at the University of South Carolina, identifies the significant and socially charged work of librarians who are defending the rights of readers and writers in the battles raging across the U.S. over censorship, book challenges and book bans.

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Attorney at Work

JULY 26, 2023

Explore digital marketing for personal injury law firms with social media, SEO strategies, and local advertising to boost success. The post Digital Marketing Strategies for Estate Planning Attorneys appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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Above the Law - Technology

JULY 10, 2023

Before you can supervise AI, you must understand how those in your company use it. The post Lawyers, Don’t Fight AI. Supervise It To Enhance Your Value. appeared first on Above the Law.

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Martindale-Avvo

JULY 21, 2023

Building a new website for your business is a great step towards acquiring new clients, but it’s not enough to stop there if you want potential clients AND to have Google find you on the internet. Yes Google! If Google can’t find your website, how will consumers be able to find it? It takes time for Google to find and rank a brand-new website in its search results, so if you recently launched your website, we can safely say we know the reason why you’re not showing on search engine r

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Xakia

JULY 24, 2023

In-house legal budgets are tight and getting tighter. Unfortunately, there is not a commensurate drop in legal demands within an organization to match the falling legal budget : whether it be privacy, pandemics or generative AI, the regulatory landscape continues to get more complex, and the legal response must match the demand, both in quality and speed.

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Dewey B Strategic

JULY 13, 2023

On July 6th Wolters Kluwer and Above the Law released a survey Generative AI in the Law: Where Could This All Be Headed? The survey queried lawyers and other business professionals in the legal industry to assess the expected impact of Generative AI on the Legal Profession. It seems that every day there is a survey or a webinar offering to answer the big question – can AI replace lawyers and other allied legal business professionals?

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Legal IT Insiders

JULY 12, 2023

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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Attorney at Work

JULY 25, 2023

Sasha Berson | If you want to improve your law firm intake and sales process, track these KSFs and fix what’s broken. The post Fix Your Law Firm Intake and Maximize Your Income appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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Above the Law - Technology

JULY 6, 2023

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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Eric Goldman

JULY 18, 2023

by guest blogger Prof. Guy Rub , The Ohio State University Michael E. Moritz College of Law The copyright – contract tension Stewart Brand famously said that information wants to be free. We know, however, that many laws limit free access and use of information goods, most prominently copyright law (and IP law generally). But copyright law isn’t limitless; it leaves many intangible goods, especially factual data, unprotected, and it allows many uses of protected works.

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Xakia

JULY 3, 2023

The Association of Corporate Counsel defines “small” as an in-house legal team with no more than ten lawyers. Writing in its Value Challenge Practices for the Small Law Department guide, the organization listed a number of challenges these teams face in legal budget management and the pursuit of value. Chief among them: With fewer lawyers, small Legal Departments are crunched to focus on “business as usual” work, so it’s hard to devote time to big-picture budgeting and value alignment projects.

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