Artificial Lawyer

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Is AI, or more specifically generative AI, eating legal tech? That is the question posed by sector expert Zach Abramowitz of Killer Whale Strategies. The.

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TechLaw Crossroads

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

They tie up heavy, cumbersome loads and put them on other people’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them. Matthew 23:4 Like so many things, whether you love or hate remote work depends on how you look at it. Do you look at the remote work phenomenon and see multiple problems? Do you pine for the days when everyone had to come to the office?

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Above the Law - Technology

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Discover how the synergy of legal tech and recruitment expertise is shaping the future of legal operations, with insights from Lateral Link and haistack.ai. The post Legal Tech Meets Recruitment: Navigating Tomorrow’s Legal Landscape appeared first on Above the Law.

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Kevin O'Keefe

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

OpenAI announced , yesterday, new functionalities for its ChatGPT platform, expanding the interface to include voice and image capabilities. Aimed at enhancing user interaction, these features will be rolled out to Plus and Enterprise users over the coming weeks. Users may now engage in back-and-forth voice conversations with ChatGPT, via a feature powered by OpenAI’s new text-to-speech model.

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3 Geeks and a Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

This week we are joined by Brandon Wiebe , General Counsel and Head of Privacy at Transcend. Brandon discusses the company’s mission to develop privacy and AI solutions. He outlines the evolution from manual governance to technical solutions integrated into data systems. Transcend saw a need for more technical privacy and AI governance as data processing advanced across organizations.

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LawSites

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Finalists have been named for the 2023 American Legal Technology Awards , which honor exceptional achievement in various aspects of legal technology. Winners will be announced at a gala dinner at Gaylord Opryland Resort in Nashville on Oct. 8, the night before the Clio Cloud Conference starts at the same venue. Use this link for a special discount code ($75 off) for LawSites readers.

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TechnoLlama

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

On September 12, several French lawmakers from the Assemblée nationale presented a law proposal to the Presidency which has the objective of reform some norms in existing copyright law (text of the proposal here).

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Above the Law - Technology

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

From the 'hey at least we're trying something' department. The post Push To Strip Fox’s Broadcast License Over Election Lies Gains New Momentum appeared first on Above the Law.

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Kevin O'Keefe

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Blogging with an AI powered publishing assistant may best be done as a conversation. Poet and professor of English in the Professional Writing program at the University of North North Carolina Wilmington, Lance Cummings shares , Wish I could have said it half as well. Over the last few month, I have been doing more and more of my thinking and writing in the ChatGPT app on my iPad.

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Attorney at Work

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Mark C. Palmer | Q: "How can I show my firm that using generative AI shouldn’t be intimidating and can be done within ethical guidelines?" The post Harnessing ChatGPT: A Primer for Lawyers appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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LawSites

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Way back in the early days of the pandemic, when we were all still adjusting to a world of working from home and meeting via Zoom, we launched Legaltech Week, a weekly show in which a panel of journalists and bloggers gets together and discusses the top stories in legal tech and innovation. Tomorrow, we are celebrating the 100th episode of that show, and I hope you will join us for a special gala edition, in which I’ve invited back everyone who has ever been a panelists.

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Legal IT Insiders

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

UK-headquartered startup Wexler uses large language models to help lawyers (and eventually consumers) extract and organise key data from documents relevant to their case. Here the founders give us all … Startup Corner: Wexler, your AI copilot for legal disputes Read More » The post Startup Corner: Wexler, your AI copilot for legal disputes appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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Lawyerist

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

You aced your law exams, mastered the intricacies of legal practice, and can argue a case with finesse. But nobody told you that running a law firm would feel like navigating a maze without a map. You didn’t go to business school, and now, the complexities of managing a firm, from financial planning to marketing, leave you feeling overwhelmed and lost along the way.

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Above the Law - Technology

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Intelligence analysts need to be especially cautious about artificial intelligence ‘hallucinations’ or other false outputs, said the CIA’s Chief Technology Officer — but AI can also generate genuinely useful insights out of left field. The post Treat AI As Your ‘Crazy Drunk Friend,’ Not Like ‘Peanut Butter’: CIA Tech Chief appeared first on Above the Law.

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Kevin O'Keefe

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Education and working with a trusted partner may be the best answer in assuring you as a lawyer or law firm are acting in an ethical and secure fashion when using AI in legal blogging. Large law firms began blogging twenty years ago, not without ethical and security concerns. LexBlog, having brought the concept of blogging to lawyers and law firms, addressed as many of these concerns as anyone.

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Attorney at Work

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Danielle DavisRoe | Learn to use Word's built-in compare feature to redline legal documents and you'll know exactly what changes are made by reviewers. The post How to Quickly Redline Legal Documents With Word’s Built-In Compare Feature appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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LawSites

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Businesses spend significant time, money and effort negotiating that most-common of contracts – the non-disclosure agreement. With the goal of simplifying and standardizing those business dealings, the non-profit organization oneNDA developed an open-source NDA that, since its launch in 2021, has been adopted by more than 1,000 companies, including American Express, Google, Novartis and Panasonic.

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Legal IT Insiders

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Amazon and Anthropic this week announced a strategic collaboration that will see Amazon invest up to $4bn in the gen AI startup, massively accelerating the development of its future foundation … The legal industry reacts to Amazon investing up to $4bn in Anthropic Read More » The post The legal industry reacts to Amazon investing up to $4bn in Anthropic appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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Lawyerist

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Clients have many options for contacting their attorney: phone, email, text, client portal, and more. This situation creates more places to check, eating time and delaying responses for the firm. Case Status solves this problem with tools to channel client communication through a focused mobile app. How does this differ from a practice management client portal?

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Above the Law - Technology

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Yesterday, I attended the Harvard Law AI Summit organized by the Library Innovation Lab at Harvard Law School. It was a fairly intimate, invitation-only gathering of roughly 65 people, held under the Chatham House Rule, meaning that participants were free to use the information we received, but we agreed not to disclose the identity or affiliation of the speakers or participants.

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Kevin O'Keefe

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Adam Liptak of The New York Times reports that the Supreme Court agreed on Friday to decide whether Florida and Texas may prohibit large social media companies from removing posts based on the views the posts express, setting the stage for a major ruling on how the First Amendment applies to powerful tech platforms. Trade groups like NetChoice and the Computer & Communications Industry Association oppose the laws, arguing they violate First Amendment rights by requiring private companies to

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Attorney at Work

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Jamie Spannhake | Prioritization for lawyers can be difficult. 5 strategies you can implement to boost productivity and deliver exceptional legal services. The post The Art of Prioritization for Lawyers: Identifying and Focusing on What Matters Most appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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LawSites

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Mark Smolik , chief legal officer at DHL Supply Chain Americas, will be the keynote speaker on the second day of the Knowledge Management & Innovation for Legal Conference taking place in New York City Oct. 12 and 13. In his talk, “Winning Strategies for Winning New Business: Insights on Innovation from a Chief Legal Officer,” he will share his insights on how embracing innovation and effective knowledge management can drive new business.

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LLRX

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Hallucinations in generative AI are not a new topic. If you watch the news at all (or read the front page of the New York Times), you’ve heard of the two New York attorneys who used ChatGPT to create fake cases entire cases and then submitted them to the court. After that case, which resulted in a media frenzy and (somewhat mild) court sanctions, many attorneys are wary of using generative AI for legal research.

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Hanzo Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

In today's fiercely competitive business landscape, financial services companies, like their counterparts in other industries, rely on advertising and digital marketing strategies to create brand recognition, promote their products and services to potential customers, and engage with their existing client base. According to a comprehensive market analysis conducted by Statista , digital advertising expenditures in the financial services sector in the United States surged to a staggering $21 bill

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Above the Law - Technology

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Is he trying to put the Bad Legal Takes account out of business? The post Elon Musk Seeks Galaxy Brain Defamation Lawsuit Against Anti-Defamation League For… Not Defamation appeared first on Above the Law.

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Kevin O'Keefe

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

We catalogue and syndicate a heck of lot of legal blog content on and through the LexBlog and Open Legal Blog Archive sites and systems. And we receive a lot of inquires as to what content is eligible to be included in the LexBlog and Archive “libraries.” In general, and I am not the chief librarian, we look for credible legal insight and commentary with a defined author.

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Attorney at Work

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The problem of the shortage of rural lawyers now has a label. Areas with few or no lawyers are now called "legal deserts." The post The Problem of Too Few Rural Lawyers appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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LawSites

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

At its Relativity Fest user conference in Chicago today, the e-discovery company Relativity announced the forthcoming release of Relativity aiR for Review, the first of a planned series of products that will use generative artificial intelligence to help legal professionals in their work. Built on Microsoft Azure OpenAI Services, aiR for Review will enable user to more quickly locate data that is responsive to a discovery request, material relating to different legal issues, and key documents, R

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Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Death seems distant to most people in their 20s and 30s. They usually don’t think much about putting together a will or another type of estate planning instrument for their property in case they pass away. Legendary musician Jimi Hendrix was no different. On September 18, 1970, two days before his 28th birthday, Hendrix died from an overdose of alcohol and sleeping pills.

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Artificial Lawyer

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

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

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Above the Law - Technology

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Is AI coming for fashion jobs? Maybe — but it will also create new ones. The post How Generative AI Is Changing The Fashion Workplace appeared first on Above the Law.

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Legal Tech Blog

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

American Bar Association President Mary L. Smith announced the creation of the ABA Task Force on Law and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to examine the impact of AI on law practice and the ethical implications for lawyers. The AI Task Force will explore: Risks (bias, cybersecurity, privacy, and uses of AI such as spreading disinformation and undermining intellectual property protections) and how to mitigate them Emergent issues with generative AI Utilization of AI to increase access to justice AI g

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Attorney at Work

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Teddy Snyder | Let's test your attorney grammar skills with a communication quiz! Figure out if these sentences are fine or if you can make them better. The post Quiz: Anything Wrong With These Sentences? appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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LawSites

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

As generative AI sweeps through the legal profession, lawyers face challenges in learning to use it responsibly and properly. This summer, one of the world’s largest law firms, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe , began to address that challenge by partnering with the legal skills training company AltaClaro to develop a training program for its summer associates on prompt engineering and the responsible use of generative AI.

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OpenText

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

I’ve been working within the legal industry in one role or another since the early 1990s. When I first started, legal departments collected only paper for legal discovery purposes. While there obviously were underlying electronic files and email represented in all that paper, it wasn’t generally exported to digital format for review back then. Obviously, … The post Evolution of the in-house legal department: Today’s greater challenges appeared first on OpenText Blogs.

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Xakia

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

In-house legal teams communicate with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders at any given point, so email remains the platform from which they can quickly and easily jump between legal matters and read, disseminate and respond to messages within seconds.

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