May, 2024

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SmarterDx Rakes In $50M For Its AI That Helps Hospitals Capture More Revenue

Above the Law - Technology

SmarterDx — an AI startup that provides clinical review and quality audits for medical claims — closed a $50 million Series B funding round, bringing its total funding to date to $71 million. The post SmarterDx Rakes In $50M For Its AI That Helps Hospitals Capture More Revenue appeared first on MedCity News.

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You Be the Judge: Should Public Perception of Impartiality Influence Judicial Recusal?

Trellis.Law Blog

Over the past few weeks, the national media has been rife with stories of the ongoing Karen Read murder trial taking place in Massachusetts and presided over by Judge Beverly J. Cannone. In July 2023, the defense argued for Judge… Continue reading → The post You Be the Judge: Should Public Perception of Impartiality Influence Judicial Recusal?

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GLTH announces the appointment of Simonetta Buccellato and Diana Vaccaro as Alliance Ambassadors in Europe

Global LegalTech Hub

Both are lawyers and co-founders of LexTranslate, a legal translation company that transcends borders and languages, providing its services to international law firms, entities, courts, companies, multinationals corporations, universities, and European Union institutions. Simonetta has worked as a lawyer in law firms in Milan and Brussels, as well as at the Court of Justice of the EU and the European Commission.

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American Arbitration Association Acquires ODR.com and Mediate.com to Expand Online Dispute Resolution

LawSites

In a move designed to expand its products for online dispute resolution, the American Arbitration Association has acquired ODR.com, a company that builds ODR systems, and its parent company, Resourceful Internet Solutions Inc. (RIS), which also owns Mediate.com, Arbitrate.com and Ombuds.org.

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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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Is the Goal of Becoming a Solicitor the Exclusive Focus for Paralegals?

Ward Blawg

By Amanda Hamilton, Patron of the National Association of Licensed Paralegals (NALP) Paralegals play a vital role in law firms, providing essential support to solicitors and barristers. Their responsibilities may include legal research, drafting documents, client communication, and assisting with case preparation. And working as a paralegal is often a useful stepping stone to becoming […] The post Is the Goal of Becoming a Solicitor the Exclusive Focus for Paralegals?

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X Corp. v. Bright Data is the Decision We’ve Been Waiting For (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

by guest blogger Guy Rub , The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law A Web Scraper Beats a Platform: The Same Story, but Different It seems like we’ve been here before, and not that long ago. A platform sues a web scraper in the Northern District of California for (among others) a breach of its Terms of Service (ToS) —and the platform loses.

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Chamber of Commerce Files Lawsuit Against FTC Over Noncompete Ban

Trellis.Law Blog

Last week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) finalized a rule prohibiting noncompete agreements, except those with senior executives. Legal action ensued as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other business groups filed a lawsuit challenging the rule in a U.S.… Continue reading → The post Chamber of Commerce Files Lawsuit Against FTC Over Noncompete Ban first appeared on Trellis.Law Blog.

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El algoritmo mató al expediente académico

Global LegalTech Hub

Beatriz Hernández, Blanca Rodríguez y Nacho Escobar, Líderes del área Culture & People del GLTH. El primer video que emitió la MTV el 1 de agosto de 1981 fue la canción de The Buggles, “ Video killed the radio star ” pero todos sabemos ya que, aunque el video no ha matado a la estrella de la radio, Spotify está en ello… ¿Hemos cambiado mucho? Para ser una estrella en el mundo de la abogacía hasta no hace mucho tiempo, lo que primaba era la capacidad técnica que, en el caso de los recién titu

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How AI Can Reshape Legal Education + Lawyer Training

Artificial Lawyer

AI will change not just legal work, but legal education and lawyer training – here are five examples of how. AI’s application to the law also raises key questions about evaluating legal work.

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Real or fake? New guide will help judges assess digital open-source evidence in legal cases

Ward Blawg

In the digital age of deepfakes and AI, a timely new guide – launched today – will help judges assess whether open-source images presented in evidence are authentic, credible and reliable. Open-source information has become increasingly vital in legal proceedings and fact-finding missions, in pursuit of accountability and justice. This is particularly so in the […] The post Real or fake?

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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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Law Firm Marketing: A Comprehensive Guide

Clio

Law firm marketing is the practice of attracting new potential clients to your firm. A law firm marketing plan may cover a mix of digital marketing, SEO, blogging, print, and digital ads. It may also include other tactics, such as harnessing technology like Clio Grow to streamline your marketing efforts. You can even hire a legal marketing company to help you.

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ABA Issues Ethics Opinion on 30-Year-Old Technology whose Use Is Waning. My Question: Why Now?

Above the Law - Technology

When the American Bar Association’s ethics panel finally got around to issuing an opinion on lawyer blogging in 2018 — a full two decades after lawyers had started blogging — it conjured for me the image of Rip Van Winkle, who fell asleep in 1769 and awoke 20 years later, having slept through the Revolution.

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Elon Musk’s Gifts to Web Scrapers (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

By Kieran McCarthy Elon Musk may have done more to open the Internet to web scraping than any person or public interest advocacy group. Not that he meant to do this, mind you. He was trying to do the opposite. But by providing a foil in litigation against both the Center for Countering Digital Hate (“CCDH”) and Bright Data (the world’s largest seller of scraped data), he’s given judges in the most important district court in the country for tech legal issues, the Northern District of Calif

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On LawNext: Epiq’s Global Legal Solutions Leader Roger Pilc on How AI Is Transforming Legal Services

LawSites

In recent months, Epiq, a global company providing technology-enabled legal services, has announced new artificial intelligence and analytics features built using the AI capabilities of Amazon Web Services.

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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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Lawyers With AI Skills Can Get ‘Up to 49% Higher Pay’ – PwC

Artificial Lawyer

The new AI Jobs Barometer report by Big Four firm PwC has found that lawyers in roles where ‘AI skills’ are a key factor are able to get a pay premium of 49% in the US and 27% in the UK.

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Foley Mansfield goes live with Verify from Zero Systems for gen AI pre-bill review

Legal IT Insiders

US national defense law firm Foley Mansfield has gone live with generative AI pre-bill verification tool Verify and today (15 May) joined the team from Zero Systems on stage at […] The post Foley Mansfield goes live with Verify from Zero Systems for gen AI pre-bill review appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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Lawyer Depression: Recognizing the Signs and Dealing With It

Clio

Depression in the legal profession is widespread, with far-reaching impacts. For attorneys struggling with lawyer depression, the illness can have devastating personal and professional repercussions—but it also affects clients, partners, staff, and business. Depression affects a significant portion of the general population, with 7.1% of all adults in the United States—17.3 million adults—having suffered a major depressive episode in 2017.

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Nominations Open for 2024 American Legal Technology Awards, to be Presented at Gala Dinner in October

Above the Law - Technology

In what has become an annual tradition, nominations have now opened for the American Legal Technology Awards, which honor exceptional achievement in various aspects of legal technology.

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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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Affordable Legal Help: How a Non-Profit Law Firm is Answering the Call (Kamron Graham, Executive Director, The Commons Law Center)

Technically Legal

Studies determined that at least one litigant does not have a lawyer in 75% of civil cases in the United States. The number is even higher when it comes to family law, domestic violence, housing, and small claims matters. But organizations like Oregon’s Commons Law Center are doing something about it. On this episode, Kamron Graham, the Law Center’s Executive Director, talks about the not for profit law firm’s efforts to provide affordable legal assistance to people that make too much to qualify

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Building On Last Year’s Seed Round, BriefCatch Adds Three Legal Tech Veterans To Its Management Team

LawSites

Legal editing software company BriefCatch has expanded its management team with the hiring of three legal technology veterans to key positions. The hires follow the company’s raise last year of $3.5 million in an oversubscribed seed round.

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Jake Heller Interview With Artificial Lawyer: ‘We Never Planned For This’

Artificial Lawyer

Last year, Jake Heller, the co-founder of legal research pioneer Casetext, sold the business to Thomson Reuters for $650m in an all-cash deal. At the.

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Section 230 Applies to Publication of Court Documents–Medina v. Microsoft

Eric Goldman

In 2014, Medina sued Microsoft. Microsoft’s filings made some unredacted disclosures about Medina that were repeated in an unredacted court opinion, and those documents appeared on several websites that publish court documents. In 2020, Medina got the disclosures from the 2014 case sealed. He then sued the court document repository websites (and other defendants) for defamation, false advertising, and more.

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How Lawyers Can Use Code Words to Combat Client Voice Cloning and Deepfakes

Attorney at Work

In an era of deepfakes and digital deception, a simple shared code word may be your strongest shield. The post How Lawyers Can Use Code Words to Combat Client Voice Cloning and Deepfakes appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.

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OpenAI Made ChatGPT Sound Like Scarlett Johansson… But Is There Any Legal Problem With That?

Above the Law - Technology

OpenAI didn't name the new ChatGPT voice 'ScaRleTt JoHAnsSoN' but might as well have. The post OpenAI Made ChatGPT Sound Like Scarlett Johansson… But Is There Any Legal Problem With That? appeared first on Above the Law.

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Litera announces go-to-market partnership with Microsoft and Copilot integration under development 

Legal IT Insiders

Litera announced today (1 May) that it is partnering with Microsoft to bring new tools to market, including developing a Microsoft Copilot integration in collaboration with Microsoft. Whereas Litera is […] The post Litera announces go-to-market partnership with Microsoft and Copilot integration under development appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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Understanding Large Data Sets: 6 Strategies for Modern Litigators

Nextpoint

eDiscovery expert Tom O'Connor shares 6 essential strategies for tackling big data in the litigation landscape.

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Product Walk Through: AutoNDA – OneNDA + SimpleDocs

Artificial Lawyer

This week’s Product Walk Through is about AutoNDA and oneClick, presented by Preston Clark, the co-founder and CEO of contract automation startup SimpleDocs. Ahead of the.

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Supreme Court Fixes One Problem with the Copyright Statute of Limitations, But Punts Another — Warner Chappell Music v. Nealy (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

By Guest Blogger Tyler Ochoa Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court held 6-3 that assuming a copyright infringement claim is timely under the discovery rule of accrual, meaning that it was filed within three years of the date “when a plaintiff discovers or should have discovered an infringement,” there is no separate time limit on the amount of damages that a copyright owner may recover for the infringement.

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How to Reverse the Effects of Stress

Attorney at Work

Gray Robinson | The effects of stress can be reversed by focusing on some simple countermeasures throughout the day. The post How to Reverse the Effects of Stress appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.

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Stanford Will Augment Its Study Finding that AI Legal Research Tools Hallucinate in 17% of Queries, As Some Raise Questions About the Results

Above the Law - Technology

Stanford University will augment the study it released last week of generative AI legal research tools from LexisNexis and Thomson Reuters, in which it found that they deliver hallucinated results more often than the companies say, as others have raised questions about the study’s methodology and fairness.

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Agiloft launches Gen AI Prompt Lab including ‘bring your own LLM’ capability 

Legal IT Insiders

Contract lifecycle management vendor Agiloft today (2 May) announced the launch of its Generative AI Prompt Lab, which includes pre-configured prompt templates that can leverage customer’s own data – and […] The post Agiloft launches Gen AI Prompt Lab including ‘bring your own LLM’ capability appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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MacroAgility Systems Introduces Uplift: The Premier Tool for On-Prem to iManage Cloud Migration

Legal IT Professionals

MacroAgility Systems proudly introduces Uplift, an advanced component within the iSyncKit suite, designed to simplify the migration of documents from an on-premises infrastructure to the iManage cloud. Uplift is new standard for document migration, combining a user-friendly interface with powerful automation to ensure a smooth and reliable transition.

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What Addleshaw Goddard Has Learned From Its GenAI Journey (So Far)

Artificial Lawyer

Addleshaw Goddard is a UK-based law firm that was quick off the mark when it came to genAI.

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