August, 2023

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Attorneys Know AI Will Have Significant Impact… Aren’t Sure What To Do About That

Above the Law - Technology

Latest survey from LexisNexis reveals a befuddled attorney population. The post Attorneys Know AI Will Have Significant Impact… Aren’t Sure What To Do About That appeared first on Above the Law.

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Why Do Lawyers Need to Keep Up with Legal Technology?

NSLT

Change is afoot in a legal sector known for its traditional working practices. The latest in legal technology may seem overstated to some. Others predict present trends will drastically disrupt the profession. However, it is abundantly obvious that many legal technology solutions are already significantly improving the lives of attorneys.

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The Voices of ILTACON 2023: Brief Chats with 12 of the Legal Tech Startups That Were There

LawSites

I am just back from Orlando, Florida, where I attended ILTACON, the annual conference of the International Legal Technology Association. Mic in hand, I recorded a series of brief interviews with some of the legal tech companies that were in attendance. Over the next two episodes of my LawNext podcast, I will share those interviews, starting today with the legal tech startups at ILTACON.

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AI-Pocalypse: The Shocking Impact on Law Firm Profitability

3 Geeks and a Law Blog

by 3 Geeks ( Ryan McClead , Greg Lambert , and Toby Brown ) This is part 3 in a 3 part series. Part 1 questions Goldman’s Sachs data showing that 44% of of legal tasks could be replaced by Generative AI. In Part 2, we find some better data and estimate an upper limit of 23.5% of revenue that could be reduced by Generative AI. All of our assertions and assumptions will be discussed in further detail in a free LVN Webinar on August 15th.

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As a Lawyer, Use AI in Business Development or Be the Victim of the Work AI Can Do to Replace You

Kevin O'Keefe

AI is a two edged sword for lawyers. Embrace AI in your business development to set yourself apart or possibly be the victim of the work AI can do to replace you. An article this week by Claire Cain Miller and Courtney Cox in The New York Times sheds light on the transformative power of AI, particularly large language models like ChatGPT and Google’s Bard.

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How the new Paralegal Apprenticeships Standard (launching Summer 2023) could help to open doors to a Paralegal Career

Ward Blawg

By Jane Robson, CEO, National Association of Licensed Paralegals With the overhaul of the Level 3 Paralegal Apprenticeship Standard being completed this year, is now the right time to take on, or become, a Paralegal Apprentice? Working in a legal profession has often been seen as something for the ‘elite’.

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Law Firms Struggling With Arcane Billing Guidelines Can Look To AI For Relief

Above the Law - Technology

AI may not be able to solve every legal problem, but it can get lawyers paid. The post Law Firms Struggling With Arcane Billing Guidelines Can Look To AI For Relief appeared first on Above the Law.

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Your Constitutional Protection Against Unreasonable Search and Seizure? It Ends at the Border

TechLaw Crossroads

Photo by Tingey Injury Law Firm on Unsplash Every time I turn around, there’s another astounding and confounding assault on our rights. This time, it was the Fifth Circuit stepping in to ensure that our right against unreasonable search and seizure stops cold at the border. On August 15, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals handed down a remarkable and scary decision limiting the rights of US citizens coming back into the country.

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Generative AI Could Reduce Law Firm Revenue by 23.5%

3 Geeks and a Law Blog

by 3 Geeks ( Ryan McClead , Greg Lambert , and Toby Brown ) This is part 2 in a 3 part series. The first part is here. Part 3 will come out tomorrow. The Big Idea: We found a much better dataset, though still small, from which to extrapolate actual effects of Generative AI on the legal industry. Key takeaways: We got anonymized and summarized data for 10 corporate legal departments from LexisNexis CounselLink The data showed that almost 40% of time entries, representing 47% of billings, could po

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4th Annual Legal Industry Collaboration Data Survey

Hanzo Blog

Our focus is to gain knowledge about any challenges that corporate legal teams encounter in relation to these new data types and their relationship with ediscovery and information governance. The adoption of collaboration tools such as Slack and Microsoft Teams in enterprises has experienced remarkable growth in recent years. These platforms offer a wide range of features that are specifically designed to enhance communication, collaboration, and productivity within organizations.

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Lawsuit Over Twitter Suspension Fails Again–Zhang v. Twitter

Eric Goldman

A Twitter user sued over his account suspension. The court dismissed the case without prejudice. Blog post coverage of that ruling here. The user tried again. Same result. Section 230. Twitter qualifies for the standard three-element test for 230: Twitter is an ICS provider. “Plaintiff seeks to hold Twitter liable for decisions regarding “information provided by another information content provider”—that is, information he and the third-party user, rather than Twitter, provided.” 

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The Future Of Law: ILTACON 2023’s Legal Tech Innovations

Above the Law - Technology

Ready Or Not, Generative AI Is Here. The post The Future Of Law: ILTACON 2023’s Legal Tech Innovations appeared first on Above the Law.

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LLRX August 2023 Issue

LLRX

Articles and Columns for August 2023 The Case For Large Language Model Optimism in Legal Research From A Law & Technology Librarian – The emergence of Large Language Models (LLMs) in legal research signifies a transformative shift. This article by Sean Harrington critically evaluates the advent and fine-tuning of Law-Specific LLMs, such as those offered by.

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Getting Automatic Paragraph Numbering Back on Track

Attorney at Work

Video | Deborah Savadra demonstrates a few quick tricks for making your automatic paragraph numbering behave. The post Getting Automatic Paragraph Numbering Back on Track appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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Fast, Smart, and Empathetic: How DISCO’s Culture Drives Legal Tech Innovation (TGIR Ep. 217)

3 Geeks and a Law Blog

This week on The Geek in Review, hosts Greg Lambert and Marlene Gebauer spoke with Katie DeBord and Kristin Zmrhal , two vice presidents from legal tech company DISCO. Greg kicked off the episode by discussing his recent work with a Houston nonprofit called Project Remix Ventures that helps at-risk youth. He took their leader on a visit to innovation hub The Ion to showcase reinventing old spaces for new purposes, like DISCO has done with legal tech.

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Legal Innovators UK – Where Great Conversations Happen!

Artificial Lawyer

Innovation is always about a meeting of minds, of new ideas, of needs – synthesised together to create real change. The landmark Legal Innovators UK conference on.

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When Should a Lawyer Hire a Private Eye?

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From Sherlock Holmes to Ace Ventura, private investigators have captured the imagination of American audiences. But when does a lawyer need a private investigator? Here are the types of cases private eyes commonly take on, 12 reasons lawyers hire private investigators, the types of lawyers that work with PIs, and the benefits of employing them. Types of Cases Private Eyes Commonly Take On Private investigators can work on numerous cases, but there are some cases they are more likely to be called

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Be Careful When Forwarding Emails To Counsel And Clients

Above the Law - Technology

Technology -- your work friend that could ruin your career in a keystroke! The post Be Careful When Forwarding Emails To Counsel And Clients appeared first on Above the Law.

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Relativity Branches Out Into Contract Analysis with New Relativity Contracts

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Today at ILTACON in Orlando, the e-discovery company Relativity announced the launch of Relativity Contracts , a tool for contract analysis and due diligence review integrated within RelativityOne, the company’s cloud platform. “Relativity Contracts allows users to glean actionable insights when analyzing agreements to meet changing regulatory requirements, realize business value and reduce legal risk,” the company said in its announcement.

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In-House Legal Workloads are Growing: Can Small Hacks Help?

Xakia

In-house lawyers are long on work and short on time, and that doesn’t seem to be changing anytime soon: In the latest edition of Thomson Reuters’ State of the Corporate Legal Department, nearly 60 percent of Legal Departments reported flat or decreasing budgets despite increasing matter volumes.

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BigHand integrates Digitory (now Impact Analytics) within matter pricing and budgeting

Legal IT Insiders

BigHand today (21 August) announces new AI-enabled functionality within its matter pricing solution by integrating functionality from BigHand Impact Analytics, formerly known as Digitory Legal, which BigHand acquired a year … BigHand integrates Digitory (now Impact Analytics) within matter pricing and budgeting Read More » The post BigHand integrates Digitory (now Impact Analytics) within matter pricing and budgeting appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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Who (If Anyone) Owns AI-Generated Content?

Pillsbury Law Internet and Technology blog

Whose content is it anyway? This is one of the questions that many hope will be answered by a federal court in Thaler v. Perlmutter. In June 2022, computer scientist Dr. Stephen Thaler sued the U.S. Copyright Office to redress the denial of his application to register copyright in his AI system’s visual output under the Office’s “Human Authorship Requirement.

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In trouble -- an easy and potentially life-saving shortcut

iPhone J.D.

The other day, my teenage son, who now has a driver's license and his own car, showed me an interesting shortcut that he created on his iPhone. With essentially one tap, he can alert me and my wife that he is in trouble and let us know exactly where he is located. He gave me permission to share his shortcut here because it might be something that you want to put on your own iPhone or the iPhone of one of your family members.

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Don’t Write That Confidential Email In Public! AI Can Now Snag Keystroke Sounds With 95 Percent Accuracy

Above the Law - Technology

And don't type anything you don't want the world to know about while using Zoom either. The post Don’t Write That Confidential Email In Public! AI Can Now Snag Keystroke Sounds With 95 Percent Accuracy appeared first on Above the Law.

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Survey Released Today Finds That 40% Of Legal Professionals Use Or Plan To Use Generative AI

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A survey out today of trends in litigation and e-discovery finds that 40% of legal professionals are already using generative AI tools or are planning to do so in the near future. The 2023 Ediscovery Innovation Report , compiled by Everlaw in partnership with the Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists (ACEDS) and the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA), surveyed 245 legal professionals in the U.S. across law firms, corporate legal departments, government agencies, and leg

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Legal Department Budgets: Practical Tips from the Front Lines

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For the in-house teams that operate on a calendar year, Q3 is the annual harbinger of two somewhat dreaded words: budget season. (For those of you on different fiscal years, rest assured, your time is coming.

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Navigating the Evolving Legal Landscape: The 2023 AALL Conference and the Brave New World

TechLaw Crossroads

One of my favorite legal tech Conferences is put on by the American Association of Law Librarians , better known as AALL. I attend every year and write about what I observe. My articles on previous shows can be found here , here , here and here. This year’s Show was July 15 through 18. Unfortunately, it was sandwiched in the middle of my lengthy travel schedule.

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Displaying and Evidencing Contract Terms in a Post-Visual Era

Dennis Kennedy

The Michigan State Law Review Forum has published my article titled “ Displaying and Evidencing Contract Terms in a Post-Visual Era.” In this article, I explore the challenges that come with the increasing use of non-visual transactions, interfaces, and devices in today’s contracting landscape. I’ve been thinking about these issues from my days at Mastercard and appreciated the opportunity to capture some of my analysis and tentative conclusions in this article, along with some action steps.

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SEC Issues Final Cybersecurity Rules Enhancing and Modifying Disclosure Requirements: Companies will want to Measure Twice and Cut Once

Technology Law Dispatch

On July 26, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted new rules specifying enhanced disclosure regarding cybersecurity risk management, strategy governance, and incident disclosure. The SEC first proposed new cybersecurity rules back in March 2022. The agency’s comments to the final rule suggest greater disclosure and improved consistency of disclosures will benefit investors.

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Innovative Thinker: Colin Levy Of Malbek

Above the Law - Technology

The company's chief lawyer weighs in on his career path, the future of the legal industry, and what he would change about the practice of law. The post Innovative Thinker: Colin Levy Of Malbek appeared first on Above the Law.

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Citing ‘Political Challenges,’ ABA Innovation Center Cancels Op-Ed Advocating Regulatory Reform; In An Exclusive, We Have the Piece They Wouldn’t Publish

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Citing “political challenges” within the American Bar Association, and reportedly out of fear of budget cuts or even its own shutdown, the ABA’s Center for Innovation canceled publication of an op-ed arguing in favor of regulatory reform, only notifying its authors on the day it was to have been published this week. This comes as the ABA convenes its 2023 annual meeting this week in Denver, where the Center faces both budget-review meetings and a change in the composition of th

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In-house legal resourcing – where size matters

Xakia

Nobody wants to time record, particularly if you work in an in-house corporate Legal Department. Much has been said about the merits (or otherwise) of time recording in law firms, but less has been written about how this does or does not work for in-house legal teams.

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Agiloft launches AI Trainer to deliver “fully individualised AI contract analysis”

Legal IT Insiders

Legal IT Insider speaks to Agiloft’s chief product officer Andy Wishart about the new release Contract lifecycle management vendor Agiloft today (15 August) announced the release of AI Trainer, which … Agiloft launches AI Trainer to deliver “fully individualised AI contract analysis” Read More » The post Agiloft launches AI Trainer to deliver “fully individualised AI contract analysis” appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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Why Effective Legal Ops Management Makes Business Sense and Frees Up Lawyers to Practice Law

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“You can have the best tool in the world, but if nobody’s using it, it’s a failure.” That’s just one of many insights from UpLevel Ops Founder Stephanie Corey and COO Liz Lugones on the latest episode of the Technically Legal Podcast. Stephanie and Liz explain why a good legal operations program is a crucial to managing the business side of law, so lawyers can focus on practicing law.

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Federal Judge in North Carolina Deals Big Blow to Innovative Docket Workflow Efficiency Tools Including PacerPro

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Anyone who has had to manage the internal redistribution and filing of daily docket updates from dozens of courts for hundreds of cases in a large law firm, celebrated on the day that automated docket management tools from companies such as PacerPro and ECFX hit the market. Yet, today a federal judge issued a stunning order which could impact lawyers ability to benefit from these tools.

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On Day After Their Acquisition By Reveal, Some Employees At Logikcull and IPRO Get Layoff Notices

Above the Law - Technology

Yesterday, I reported here on the acquisition by global e-discovery company Reveal of two other leading e-discovery companies, Logikcull and IPRO , in a deal valued at more than $1 billion. Today, some of the employees of those acquired companies began receiving layoff notices. A Reveal spokesperson declined to provide the number of employees impacted, but said that the majority of both companies’ employees are staying on.

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BriefCatch Raises A $3.5M Seed Round to Expand Its Legal Editing Software and Add AI-Powered Features

LawSites

LawCatch, Inc., developer of the BriefCatch legal editing software, has raised $3.5 million in an oversubscribed seed round. Lead investor in the round is TIA Ventures , which will take a seat on the LawCatch board. Other participants included RiverPark Ventures, C2 Ventures, and Wilson Sonsini Investments Co. BriefCatch founder Ross Guberman said that the company will use the investment to: Launch a suite of related products.