Above the Law - Technology

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

At the American Bar Association’s Techshow this week in Chicago, the law practice management platform Smokeball will unveil its plan to deploy generative artificial intelligence within its platform across the client lifecycle, from intaking new clients to handling their matters to billing them for the work. It will launch the first set of these Smokeball AI features in beta in March in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia, with general availability around the middle of the year

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3 Geeks and a Law Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

For the entire history of human civilization, the ability to put words together intelligently, whether spoken or written, has indicated an underlying level of understanding and a general level of intelligence of the speaker or writer. The development of Generative AI may be a major milestone in the creation of artificial intelligence, but it also represents the decoupling of language from intelligence.

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Kevin O'Keefe

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Good morning from the ABA Techshow in Chicago. I have some exciting news for you. The ABA Journal and LexBlog, Inc. have come together to launch The American Legal Blogger , a brand-new publication aimed at spotlighting your legal insightful blogs, the dedication of lawyer authors, and the distinction of the firms publishing the blogs. As we celebrate twenty years of legal blogging, The American Legal Blogger stands as a tribute to the essential role of legal bloggers—our industry’s citizen jour

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

For all the discussion of how generative AI will impact the legal profession, maybe one answer is that it will weed out the lazy and incompetent lawyers. By now, in the wake of several cases in which lawyers have found themselves in hot water by citing hallucinated cases generated by ChatGPT, most notoriously Mata v. Avianca , and in the wake of all the publicity those cases have received, you would think most lawyers would have gotten the message not to rely on ChatGPT for legal research, at le

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TechLaw Crossroads

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

“If you want to show up and be seen in your life, you’re going to get your ass kicked.” Brene Brown I recently finished a book by Jeremy Utley and Perry Klebahn entitled Id eaflow: The Only Business Metric that Matters. The book talks a lot about ideas and their power. The authors go to great lengths to explore ways to nurture ideas, how to work in teams to enhance ideas, and how to turn ideas into reality.

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Attorney at Work

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Sally Schmidt | The service you provide is every bit as important as the services you provide. The post Walking in Your Client’s Shoes appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms & Lawyers.

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Above the Law - Technology

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

It was a bathroom break that inspired Bradley Neal , a 3L at The George Washington University Law School , to develop a product that uses generative AI to help law students better understand and brief cases. Returning to class after a visit to the bathroom, he had lost the thread of the case the professor was discussing. He had not actually read the case, only a summary, and when she asked a question about it, it involved something the summary had not covered. “I’m sitting there thin

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Kevin O'Keefe

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The evolution of artificial intelligence (AI) and Large Language Models (LLMs) is poised to revolutionize the way legal advice is sought and provided to the public, online. Moving away from the traditional search engine model of ranking multiple sources based on SEO metrics like keywords and backlinks, AI is shifting towards offering a singular, authoritative answer to user queries.

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

In the blur of activity that was last week, I attended two legal tech conferences, plus an adjacent legal technology summit. After starting the week in New York at the glitzy celebration of big law tech that is Legalweek , and ending it in Charlotte, N.C., at the Legal Services Corporation’s Innovations in Technology Conference devoted to tech for access to justice, I was both struck and troubled by the chasm between these two worlds and what it means for serving the legal needs of all.

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LLRX

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The thesis of Kyra Strick's instructive paper promotes a proactive approach to a rapidly increasing online security crisis. Strick states that in the dynamic landscape of cybersecurity, scam baiting has emerged as a captivating and unconventional approach to combating online fraud. Scam baiting is the practice of engaging with scammers to expose their tactics and disrupt their operations.

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Attorney at Work

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Bull Garlington | If you’re in your twenties or early thirties, there’s a good chance you are isolated as hell. The post Freemasonry Might Be the Cure for Gen Z Men’s Desperate Loneliness appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms & Lawyers.

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Above the Law - Technology

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

From the I-thought-this-was-America dept The post Immunity Denied To Cop Who Ticketed A Man For Telling The Cop To Turn On His Headlights appeared first on Above the Law.

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3 Geeks and a Law Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

In the latest episode of “The Geek in Review” podcast, co-hosts Greg Lambert and Marlene Gebauer continue their series of interviews from this year’s LegalWeek conference by engaging with Joshua Lenon from Clio. As Clio’s Lawyer in Residence, Lenon delves into the insights derived from the company’s Legal Trends Report , emphasizing the data-driven analysis of law firm practices and trends.

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Kevin O'Keefe

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Not until reading Gaya Gupta ’s story The New York Times, this morning, did I know that Aleksei Navalny’s life as an activist began as a blogger. Born on June 4, 1976, to parents who challenged Soviet rule, Navalny grew up to become a beacon of activism against corruption. His journey began with a simple yet powerful tool: a blog. Through his blog, Navalny not only shared insights but also mobilized a generation, challenging Russia’s elite with his investigative prowess.

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Editor’s note: The following guest post is a response to my recent post, The Justice Gap in Legal Tech: A Tale of Two Conferences and the Implications for A2J. It is written by Mark Chandler , former chief legal officer at Cisco Systems from 2001- 2021 and now a lecturer in law at Stanford Law School and a fellow at the Stanford’s Deborah L. Rhode Center on the Legal Profession , where he helps lead the Filing Fairness Project , and Jess Lu , a third year law student at Stanford and a civi

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TechnoLlama

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

A Commercial Court in Barcelona has made a ruling in a novel copyright dispute between fashion shop Mango and the Spanish collective society for artists VEGAP (text of the decision in Spanish here).

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Legal IT Professionals

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

LexisNexis ® Legal & Professional, a leading global provider of information and analytics, today released results from a survey of senior leadership at top U.S. law firms and legal professionals at Fortune 1000 companies. The survey was conducted to better understand the business impact of generative AI technology on the legal industry and how it is redefining itself.

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Above the Law - Technology

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

An efficiency expert shares the tools he's using in his own practice on the Non-Eventcast podcast. The post How AI Can Help You Find More Time To Think appeared first on Above the Law.

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Martindale-Avvo

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

To many, February is the month to celebrate love. And when there is love, there are thoughts of marriage. And when divorce lawyers think about marriage, they often think about prenuptial agreements. For those unfamiliar with a prenuptial agreement (known as a prenup), it is an agreement between marrying parties that serves to protect each party in the event of divorce or death.

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Legal IT Insiders

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

So, Clifford Chance has set the cat among the pigeons with its announcement that it is rolling out Copilot and Viva Suite to its 7,000+ employees. After a number of law […] The post The Orange Rag Newsletter is Here! appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

A common pain point for law firms is failing to track and invoice all reimbursable client expenses, resulting in losses to firm profits. A first-of-its-kind product being unveiled today by AffiniPay , the parent company of LawPay and MyCase , aims to solve that problem for smaller firms by marrying a business credit card for law firms to software that directly channels client-related expenses into the associated matters and invoices within the MyCase law practice management platform.

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Attorney at Work

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Editing GenAI documents is like eating cotton candy. Here's a quick tip. The post First Rule for Writing With GenAI appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms & Lawyers.

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Relativity

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Read about TCDI's Military Spouse Managed Review program, the people involved, and how it can inspire you to find ways to support military families in your own organization.

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Above the Law - Technology

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

'Prompt engineering' is a hot topic, but what if every generative AI tool has a different vision of what amounts to a good prompt? The post Artificial Intelligence Prompts And When The Source Of The Error Is NOT Between The Keyboard And The Chair appeared first on Above the Law.

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Martindale-Avvo

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

We’re proud to announce the launch of our Connect Experience , an innovative new marketing platform that seamlessly integrates our marketing services, giving attorneys and law firms a competitive edge. The Connect Experience takes our featured offerings: ProVantage , WebVantage , and AdVantage. This powerful combination of services enables attorneys to effectively establish, grow, and elevate their firms – all while leveraging unparalleled opportunities to expand visibility and reach to c

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

As I’ve previously written, for many years after the DMCA passed, everyone assumed that 17 USC 512(a) completely shielded Internet access providers from liability for subscribers’ copyright infringements. Then, about a dozen years ago, the rightsowners coerced Internet access providers to adopt the “ Copyright Alert System ,” which treated rightsowners as trusted flaggers (whether or not they deserved that status) and required Internet access providers to deploy a “

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Law practice management company Clio said today that Lawyaw, the document automation software it acquired in 2021, will now be called Clio Draft. The new name reflects a deepened integration of products and services since the acquisition, Clio says. “Uniting under the Clio banner gives us a clear focus on delivering value to our customers,” said Clio founder and CEO Jack Newton. “It also sets us up to enhance the future capabilities of legal document innovation by consolidating and c

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Attorney at Work

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Checklists are great for making sure you are completing routine processes in your practice without mistakes. The post Five Checklists to Make Your Law Practice More Efficient and Profitable appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms & Lawyers.

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Relativity

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Following conversations with our peers, partners, and customers, we wanted to share some of the takeaways we brought back to the office after Legalweek. Check out some reflections from the Cellebrite Enterprise Solutions team.

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Above the Law - Technology

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use. The post Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace appeared first on Above the Law.

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Artificial Lawyer

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

We are delighted to announce some of our speakers for the landmark Legal Innovators California conference on June 4 and 5, in San Francisco. The two-day.

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Inside Privacy

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

U.S. policymakers have continued to express interest in legislation to regulate artificial intelligence (“AI”), particularly at the state level. Although comprehensive AI bills and frameworks in Congress have received substantial attention, state legislatures also have been moving forward with their own efforts to regulate AI. This blog post summarizes key themes in state AI bills introduced in the past year.

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

This was just passed along to me from someone at the Washington State Bar Association. If you are interested, act fast. The deadline is tomorrow. I am posting the notice verbatim. In March 2024, the WSBA Board of Governors (BOG) will consider the formation of a Technology Task Force. If approved, the Task Force will 1) assess the legal technology landscape, identifying threats and opportunities across various sectors, and 2) make recommendations that support and strengthen the use of technology

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Attorney at Work

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Ari Kaplan interviews Paulo Varnieri, a corporate partner at Holland & Knight, and Ross Guberman, founder and CEO of Law Catch. The post Taking Advantage of AI-Empowered Drafting and Legal Tech Tools for High-Stakes Transactions appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms & Lawyers.

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Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Join us for our upcoming Justia Webinar with Jake Rheaume as he guides you through the intricacies of loan transactions, from documents regarding the home-buying process to SBA loans for small businesses. You do not need to be a financial advisor or finance attorney as this webinar will simplify the complex loan transaction documents sitting on your desk to easily digestible content that you can tackle.

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Above the Law - Technology

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Coming up with productivity improvements may need to be measured from the perspective of staying competitive in a changing environment or for helping acquire new clients. The post How Will You Measure Your AI? appeared first on Above the Law.

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

This is one of the many pending “Pixel” cases. If you don’t recall, a “pixel” is a 1×1-pixel image file that is imperceptible to web visitors. A website adds code to its web page that summons the pixel from a third-party source. By delivering the pixel and related items like cookies, the third party can independently and automatically gather information about the web visitor.

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