Above the Law - Technology
MARCH 24, 2023
Feel free to craft your own 'in a pickle' joke. The post Middle School Sued After Getting Stupid About ‘Justice For Lil Pickle’ T-Shirts Worn By Students appeared first on Above the Law.
Future Lawyer
MARCH 16, 2023
GPT-4 Unleashed. Open AI has introduced the next iteration of its ground breaking AI, and Kevin O'Keefe (My Internet Guru) cites this PC World article this morning, that discusses the changes and improvements over 3.5. The biggest one, for me, is the ability to create documents with 25,000 words. This thing can write papers and books. Amazing. It is 80% more accurate, and obvious errors are far less likely.
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LawSites
MARCH 6, 2023
As the person who plans and emcees the Startup Alley pitch competition at ABA TECHSHOW, I was pretty sure that I knew how the 90 minutes would unfold when the event kicked off TECHSHOW in Chicago last week. But in the final moments, after the pitches were done and just as I had invited the audience to cast their votes for the winning startup, I was thrown for a loop.
TechnoLlama
MARCH 4, 2023
If you’ve been following the AI scene, you may have seen a video by Corridor Crew entitled Anime Rock, Paper, Scissors.
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!
Eric Goldman
MARCH 14, 2023
This case involves an article that allegedly defamed Dr. Janet Monge. Dr. Deborah Thomas, a Penn professor, forwarded the article to an email list run by the American Black Anthropologists. Dr. Monge sued Dr. Thomas (and many other defendants). For more background on this complex case, see this opinion. In this ruling, Dr. Thomas successfully invoked Section 230.
Ward Blawg
MARCH 4, 2023
As a legal professional, you know how challenging it can be to present a case in court and make sure that the judge and jury fully understand your argument.
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Future Lawyer
MARCH 8, 2023
As many of my readers know, I write poetry in free verse, in a conversational style. People have been asking me about ChatGPT's ability to write poetry. The Open AI people obviously have not trained the bot in the arts. Here is a recent colloquy, in which ChatGPT fails to understand "no rhyming, please". This kind of sing song doggerel gives poetry a bad name: write a poem in conversational free verse with no rhyming. "I can do that, my dear friend I'll weave some words, and let them ble
LawSites
MARCH 14, 2023
Remember earlier this year when two legal scholars and scientists had GPT 3.5 take the multiple-choice portion of the bar exam and it failed to pass? Well, the second time’s a charm, as GPT has now passed not only the multiple-choice portion, but also the essay portion, and scored around the top 10% of test takers. Only this time, it was the just-released GPT-4 taking the exam, the latest AI model from OpenAI that the company says “exhibits human-level performance on various professi
Attorney at Work
MARCH 22, 2023
How can your website remain relevant and stand out from the competition? Karin Conroy points to the biggest law firm website design trends of the year. The post Top Law Firm Website Design Trends for 2023 appeared first on Attorney at Work.
Eric Goldman
MARCH 28, 2023
by guest blogger Kieran McCarthy Last year, the most important case in the history of web scraping— hiQ Labs, Inc. v. LinkedIn Corp. —settled. After two trips to the 9th Circuit, a remand from the Supreme Court, and nearly six years of motions and posturing, the outcome of the litigation was a permanent injunction against hiQ, a win for LinkedIn, and insolvency for scraper hiQ Labs.
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Inside Privacy
MARCH 21, 2023
On March 15th, the Iowa legislature passed S.F. 262 (the “ICDPA”), making it the sixth U.S. state to pass a comprehensive state privacy statute. The Iowa statute most closely resembles the Utah Consumer Privacy Act (“UCPA”), though it also shares some similarities with the approaches adopted in Virginia, Colorado, and Connecticut. The statute will next go to the governor’s desk for signature.
Above the Law - Technology
MARCH 7, 2023
ABA TECHSHOW kicked off in Chicago last week with its traditional opening event, the Startup Alley pitch competition, in which 15 legal tech startups present three-minute pitches in pursuit of top honors. The winners of the competition (which I organize and emcee) are selected by popular vote of those in attendance in the audience, which votes registered via an app.
Future Lawyer
MARCH 26, 2023
Taking effect tomorrow is a new tort liability statute that makes substantial changes in Florida's legal system dealing with negligence. Previously, a claim for negligence carried a four year statute of limitations. Florida now provides that negligence claims be brought within two years. For decades, Florida has been a comparative negligence state, in which a Plaintiff could collect damages based upon its jury determined percentage of fault, even if less than fifty per cent (50%).
LawSites
MARCH 6, 2023
At ABA TECHSHOW in Chicago last week, it struck me that it is conceivable that an attendee could be the third generation within a family to have been to a TECHSHOW. After all, the conference was first held nearly four decades ago, way back in in 1987. That means that, in a multi-generational family of lawyers, an attendee this year could well have had a parent and grandparent attend in some prior year.
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Attorney at Work
MARCH 28, 2023
Paul Burton | The world is a noisy place. Is it best to just give up and swim in the ocean of distraction? Nope. The post Focusing Better Throughout the Day appeared first on Attorney at Work.
Eric Goldman
MARCH 22, 2023
by guest blogger Elizabeth Townsend Gard [Eric’s note: this is the first of a three-part series from Prof. Gard looking at the Copyright Claims Board and some of its outcomes.] CCB respondents may opt out of a proceeding within 60 days of service. This was a big question for people — why wouldn’t a respondent opt out? Could a system that is voluntary even work?
TechLaw Crossroads
MARCH 17, 2023
Lots of questions and unease surround the use of ChatGPT in the classroom and education. The issue may be particularly acute for law schools and professors. Law schools are charged with teaching core legal concepts that (should) equip students to practice law. Many law school professors reportedly question how they can do that if students can have the concepts laid out for them by ChatGPT.
Above the Law - Technology
MARCH 28, 2023
Please take a minute to share your thoughts. Or else we’ll just ask ChatGPT, and that would be awful. The post Do You Believe The AI Hype? appeared first on Above the Law.
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Future Lawyer
MARCH 30, 2023
You won't ever see me on cable news. You won't ever see me doing a perp walk with a new client. You won't see me pretending to be a legal expert on TV. I will be in my office, counseling ordinary people about ordinary problems. I will be enhanced by artificial intelligence computers, and new technology. I may be advising and counseling in an RV somewhere.
LawSites
MARCH 9, 2023
Zuva , the company that spun off from Kira Systems after Kira was acquired by Litera in 2021, is offering a completely free version of its AI-powered contract review technology, which can be used by anyone just by uploading contracts to Zuva’s website. “Contracts AI is typically pretty expensive,” Noah Waisberg , Zuva’s CEO and cofounder and the original cofounder of Kira, told me. “We’ve had people pay us literally millions of dollars to use a different versi
Internet for Lawyers
MARCH 30, 2023
As an experiment, we asked Google's Artificial Intelligence engine, Bard, to compose an article to answer the question "Does AI have a place in Continuing Legal Education?" This is what it came up with. Artificial.
Eric Goldman
MARCH 12, 2023
Amuze is an online clothing retailer. Consumers left negative reviews of Amuze at the Better Business Bureau of Greater Maryland (BBB-GM) website. ( This page ?) Amuze sued BBB and BBB-GM for defamation and IIED. The BBB entities successfully invoked NY’s anti-SLAPP law. Issues of Public Interest in Public Forum. “the reviews and complaints posted to BBB and BBB-GM profiles concern issues of public interest because such posts are intended to provide otherwise unavailable information
Attorney at Work
MARCH 31, 2023
Danielle DavisRoe | Here are some common keyboard shortcuts every lawyer should know. The post 15 Keyboard Shortcuts to Boost Your Productivity appeared first on Attorney at Work.
Above the Law - Technology
MARCH 28, 2023
Wait, are there now two legal AI companies named Harvey? And how is it they both involve a Winston? And why did one disappear overnight? It’s a legal tech mystery. Last November, a GPT-powered legal AI startup called Harvey came out of stealth mode , revealing it had raised $5 million in funding led by the startup fund of OpenAI, the developer of GPT.
Future Lawyer
MARCH 30, 2023
When you get to be older, many things become possible. For instance, you are more inclined to splurge on things when you realize that you will be dead sooner rather than later. Life is short. So, I upgraded our seats for this season, and the small market Rays still have a chance to make the Series one more time before the inevitable. St. Petersburg, Florida, is the place where America welcomes Springtime, and the boys of summer will be beginning another season this afternoon.
LawSites
MARCH 23, 2023
This week marked the annual Legalweek show in New York, one of the world’s largest and most prominent legal technology conferences. Although COVID kept me from attending, it is not keeping me from covering the news coming out of the show. Previously, I posted part one of my roundup of Legalweek news, featuring news from Reveal-Brainspace, Casepoint, DISCO, ContractPodAi, Haystack ID and the newly launched Repario.
Law Technology Today
MARCH 3, 2023
Our Panelists: Alexander Paykin (AP) , Allison Johs * (AJ) , Chris Fortier (CF) , Debra Bruce (DB) , Joann L. Hathaway (JH) , Lance Johnson (LJ), Reid Trautz (RT) , Sharon Nelson (SN) * Allison used ChatGPT to answer the roundtable questions in addition to her own answers. 1. You can’t turn around without hearing about ChatGPT and Open.ai these days.
Eric Goldman
MARCH 10, 2023
Daniels goes by the name “Young Pharaoh.” [An aside: how do you feel about the “pharaoh” invocation? Their empires relied upon slavery, so it seems troubling to me.] He claims YouTube shadowbanned and demonetized him because of MAGA-ish content. Represented by lawyers Maria Cristina Armenta and Credence Elizabeth Sol (who keep expanding their oeuvre of failed lawsuits against Internet services), Daniels claimed YouTube had to comply with 1983 because YouTube became a stat
Attorney at Work
MARCH 8, 2023
Meyling Ly Ortiz | Most young lawyers aren’t prepared to supervise coworkers. Here is some much-needed advice on leading teams — and gaining their respect. The post Ready, Boss? Tips for Leading Your Team as a New Attorney appeared first on Attorney at Work.
Above the Law - Technology
MARCH 14, 2023
Can we admit that the bar exam is a bad test now that robots can outperform humans? The post New GPT-4 Passes All Sections Of The Uniform Bar Exam. Maybe This Will Finally Kill The Bar Exam. appeared first on Above the Law.
Future Lawyer
MARCH 27, 2023
Lawyers Who Resist AI Are Like Dinosaurs Before The Day The Meteorite Hits. Even though BigLaw, in the main, gets what a sea change AI and Chatbots are bringing to the practice of law, the beauty of Big Data and ChatGPT is that it can be used by every lawyer, even the solos. I am already using it as an assistive technology, and I can save hours of painstaking research by generating content with it, and, after the conversation, apply my own take to the content, and use it as an assistive.
LawSites
MARCH 13, 2023
[Editor’s note: This is the introduction to an article published in the free resource directory on the LawNext Legal Technology Directory. It is written by Marc Lauritsen , president of Capstone Practice Systems.] You probably haven’t heard enough yet about ChatGPT and related developments. Let me bring you up to speed. Just kidding! We’ve been drowning in coverage and commentary about “large language models” (LLMs; not to be confused with master of law degrees).
TechLaw Crossroads
MARCH 8, 2023
Last week was the ABA TECHSHOW 202 3 in Chicago. I am partial to this show–it’s my favorite of the legal technology shows I attend. It’s my favorite not only because it’s put on by the ABA Law Practice Division , of which I am the current Chair (Yes, I know. I can’t be impartial about this). But it was my favorite even before I became Chair or commenced a leadership position in the Division.
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