October, 2024

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ChatGPT Exec Says AI Will Replace $2000/Hr Paralegals… Who Wants To Tell Her?

Above the Law - Technology

Tell me you don't understand this industry without telling me you don't understand this industry. The post ChatGPT Exec Says AI Will Replace $2000/Hr Paralegals… Who Wants To Tell Her? appeared first on Above the Law.

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THE PATH FROM PARALEGAL TO SOLICITOR

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Foreword by our site’s Founder, Gav Ward: In my travels in the legal sector, one of the most underrated legal professionals is the paralegal. I once heard a story when working with one of our clients at MLT Digital that there was a paralegal who did night classes to become a qualified Solicitor and then […] The post THE PATH FROM PARALEGAL TO SOLICITOR first appeared on WardblawG.

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Microsoft To Roll Out ‘Autonomous Agents’

Artificial Lawyer

Microsoft is rolling out ‘a new set of capabilities that enable you to build autonomous agents’, which will ‘understand the nature of your work and act on your behalf – providing support acro…

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Shoosmiths and Enzai launch AI compliance platform

Legal IT Insiders

UK top 100 law firm Shoosmiths and AI governance platform Enzai have launched AI Comply, which is designed to help businesses navigate the complex AI regulatory landscape. As the adoption […] The post Shoosmiths and Enzai launch AI compliance platform appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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Using AI in Case Management: The Perfect Early use Case for Your law Firm

LawSites

While the hype around artificial intelligence (AI) for legal has been present for years, many law firms and litigation departments are still in the early stages of assessing, adopting, and implementing AI solutions. As legal teams explore ways to incorporate AI, approaches and results vary.

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Small Firm Hourly Rates by State and Practice Area

Attorney at Work

Clio's annual Legal Trends Report is a treasure trove of data on hourly rates by state and by practice area. The post Small Firm Hourly Rates by State and Practice Area appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.

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Federal Court Tells Lawyer Something He Already Should Know: Facts Aren’t Defamation

Above the Law - Technology

From the real-estate-firm-GC-acting-like-it's-his-1st-day-on-the-job dept The post Federal Court Tells Lawyer Something He Already Should Know: Facts Aren’t Defamation appeared first on Above the Law.

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How Do We Train Junior Lawyers In The Age of AI?

Artificial Lawyer

The questions keep coming up: if genAI will increasingly be able to do process-level work, what happens to the most junior associates? What work will.

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Microsoft unveils autonomous AI agents at AI Tour London: Some reflections 

Legal IT Insiders

At the Microsoft AI Tour event in London this week (22 October), Microsoft announced that Copilot customers will be able to create autonomous agents with Copilot Studio, out in public […] The post Microsoft unveils autonomous AI agents at AI Tour London: Some reflections appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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Alexi Rolls Out Expansion of its AI Platform for Litigators and Details Plans to Further Expand Across More of the Case Lifecycle

LawSites

Following on the heels of its $11 million Series A raise last June, Alexi, a company that uses generative AI to produce detailed legal research memos for litigators, today announced a significant expansion of its platform with new tools for case management, document analysis and summarization, and more.

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How to Make Sure What Happened to TikTok Doesn’t Happen to Your Clients: Protect Your Reputation with Nextpoint Document Review

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The post How to Make Sure What Happened to TikTok Doesn’t Happen to Your Clients: Protect Your Reputation with Nextpoint Document Review appeared first on Nextpoint.

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LAPD Raids Medical Lab For (Nonexistent) Weed, Get Gun Stuck In An MRI Machine

Above the Law - Technology

From the keystone-kops-handling-the-Drug-War dept The post LAPD Raids Medical Lab For (Nonexistent) Weed, Get Gun Stuck In An MRI Machine appeared first on Above the Law.

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Ecomm and the Legal Industry: A Quick Look

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Imagine a world where law firm clients add your services to their shopping carts as easily as a new pair of shoes. E-commerce, or ecomm, has revolutionized how we buy everything from clothing to groceries. But, to date, the legal industry largely remains untouched. As more industries embrace online automation, the question whispered around the water cooler is: Will law firms follow suit?

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Why End-to-End Document Creation Is the Next Big Focus

Artificial Lawyer

By Judie Rahman, Senior Solutions Manager at BigHand. BigHand recently surveyed over 800 legal professionals and found 35% of participating law firms confirmed that reviewing.

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Linklaters launches GenAI training programme in collaboration with Kings College law school

Legal IT Insiders

Linklaters has launched a training course to provide its lawyers with technical and practical expertise in Gen AI, designed and prepared by Linklaters’ Gen AI Programme Team in collaboration with […] The post Linklaters launches GenAI training programme in collaboration with Kings College law school appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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Free Legal Research Platform descrybe.ai Rolls Out Major Upgrade, Including Spanish Search and Simplified Summaries

LawSites

descrybe.ai, a free legal research platform that uses artificial intelligence to provide enhanced access to the law, today rolled out a major upgrade that includes a redesign of its platform, more nuanced and accurate search results, summaries of judicial opinions in Spanish as well as English, and simplified, plain-language summaries in both English and Spanish.

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Managing eDiscovery Teams and Rampant Burnout

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Keli Maire | Working in eDiscovery is a pressure cooker. With the right approach, burnout can be managed and averted. The post Managing eDiscovery Teams and Rampant Burnout appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.

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How Global Law Firms Are Bridging Cultures With AI [Sponsored]

Above the Law - Technology

Frankie Williams of DeepL weighs in on AI-powered translation tools and the potential of emerging tech. The post How Global Law Firms Are Bridging Cultures With AI appeared first on Above the Law.

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What Are the Latest Google Updates & How Will it Affect My SEO?

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The Google core updates are nothing new. They happen a few times each year, and while they can lift website rankings to heavenly heights, they can just as quickly bring a site to its knees. If you’re new to following search engine result page (SERP) rankings, these updates could have previously gone unnoticed. Google updates aren’t solely a concern for law firms — they impact all businesses that seek a healthy web presence.

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Artificial Lawyer On Tour – Dates + Venues

Artificial Lawyer

It’s conference season and Artificial Lawyer and its founder, er…me…Richard Tromans, are on tour this October and November. Here are some of the upcoming speaking.

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LexisNexis product demonstration: Gen AI in your legal workflow

Legal IT Insiders

This product demonstration looks at the flow of data between generative AI research solution Lexis+ AI and Microsoft Word drafting tool Create AI, and how they fit within your workflow. […] The post LexisNexis product demonstration: Gen AI in your legal workflow appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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Aiming to Become Global Leader in Contract Standards, Law Insider Acquires oneNDA.org

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Law Insider, a company that provides what it says is the world’s largest public contracts database, has acquired oneNDA, developer of an open source contract standard for non-disclosure agreements that has been downloaded by thousands of organizations throughout the world. Through the acquisition, the oneNDA.

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Meet Marilyn Mulero, the Innocent Woman Who Was Wrongly Sentenced to the Death Penalty

Legal Talk Network

Justin Brooks, Co-Founder of the California Innocence Project and Exoneree Marilyn Mulero A 2017 study published by the American Psychological Association found that approximately 90% of people would prefer to not be informed of when and how they will die if a crystal ball or all-knowing source could reveal it. But for Marilyn Mulero, an Illinoisan mom who was wrongfully convicted of murder, she didn’t have a choice of whether or not she’d get a peek at her fate.

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Attention Legal Tech Startups: Applications Now Open for the 9th Annual Startup Alley and Pitch Competition at ABA TECHSHOW 2025

Above the Law - Technology

Ever since Startup Alley first launched in 2017, the pitch competition has helped catapult the success of a long list of legal technology startups and become a seminal event of the American Bar Association’s annual TECHSHOW.

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Cybersecurity for Law Firms: Protecting Sensitive Data in the Digital Age

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Cybersecurity is more critical now than ever before. Not only are law firms storing more data, but since the pandemic has forced us all to become increasingly mobile, keeping clients’ sensitive information safe is even more challenging. So, what can you do? It’s important to educate yourself and your colleagues on cybersecurity to ensure that your law firm data is properly managed (After all, you are only as strong as your weakest link.) 11 Tips for Effective Law Firm Data Protection As a law

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Lawyer Beats AI In Mock Trial Experiment

Artificial Lawyer

Given advances in generative AI, would a person in court assisted primarily by AI be able to outperform a regular human lawyer? Australian law firm, Lander & Rogers, decided to find out.

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McDermott and Akin become latest US law firms to hire directors of AI 

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US law firms McDermott Will & Emery and Akin both announced yesterday (30 September) that they have appointed directors of AI, becoming the latest firms to create and fill this […] The post McDermott and Akin become latest US law firms to hire directors of AI appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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How Does Ngage Live Chat Work?

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Offering your website visitors the ability to engage in a live chat sets you apart from the competition. It can reduce your website bounce rates, improve conversion rate, and lets visitors access immediate service 24/7/365. Ngage Live Chat, part of the Martindale-Avvo portfolio of legal marketing services, is a simple addition to your site that can double the number of leads you get from your website compared to a standard contact form.

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Embracing the Future of Legal Tech: Insights from Clio, AI, and the Power of Legal Transformation

Colin S. Levy

The legal profession is at a critical inflection point. The forces of technology, particularly AI, are fundamentally reshaping how law is practiced and experienced. I had the privilege of sitting down with Jack Newton , Founder and CEO of Clio , at the Innovate Legal Summit 2024 in London for a special recording of the Legally Speaking Podcast. Our discussion illuminated the role AI is playing in transforming the legal profession—and why it’s crucial for firms of all sizes to embrace this shift

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Clio Releases Clio Duo, Generative AI Built Directly Into Its Law Practice Management Platform

Above the Law - Technology

Calling it a major first step in its wider AI product roadmap, the law practice management company Clio today released Clio Duo, a generative AI product built directly into the Clio Manage law practice management platform.

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News and Notes From Google Local Services Ads: September 2024

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Google Local Services Ads (LSAs) have become an indispensable tool for lawyers. They offer prime visibility at the top of Google search engine results pages (SERPs) and the prestigious “Google Screened” badge to enhance credibility. In the dynamic landscape of online marketing, LSAs consistently provide value by ensuring top placement and connecting legal professionals with a diverse audience of potential clients, even appearing before other paid ads and organic results.

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Product Walk Through: Steno – GenAI Transcript Analysis

Artificial Lawyer

This week’s Product Walk Through is with Steno and its Transcript Genius capability, which leverages genAI to provide a range of court transcript analysis features.

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Charting Change in Legal Podcast Episode 31 – Listen Here!

Legal IT Insiders

In this 31st episode of Charting Change in Legal, Caroline Hill, editor and publisher of Legal IT Insider, and industry analyst Ari Kaplan discussed ClioCon; the importance of putting culture before technology; […] The post Charting Change in Legal Podcast Episode 31 – Listen Here! appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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Key Insights from Wolters Kluwer’s Future Ready Lawyer Survey Report

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On October 24, 2024, Wolters Kluwer, an information services company, released the 2024 Wolters Kluwer Future Ready Lawyer Survey Report. This annual report, now in its sixth year, surveys hundreds of law firms across the U.S. and Europe. In this blog post, we’ll explore the key insights from this report alongside our earlier findings from the latest Legal Trends Report to reaffirm the pressing issues facing today’s lawyers—and what the future of the legal profession holds for them.

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Expert Witness Used Generative AI to Prepare His Report. It Didn’t Go Well–In re Weber

Eric Goldman

This case involves real property on Cat Island in the Bahamas. After the death of Michael S. Weber , the property passed into his trust. Susan, his sister, is the trustee, and his son Owen is a trust beneficiary. Owen may have difficulty managing his money. When asked what happened to a $319k trust disbursement, he said “that he attempted to start a business, had drug addiction, and ‘I blew — blew that money.'” Owen nevertheless thinks Susan should have sold the Cat Island prop

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Trump’s Likely FCC Boss, Brendan Carr, Tries To Undermine Popular Infrastructure Bill Broadband Improvements

Above the Law - Technology

States are poised to receive $42.5 billion in broadband grants thanks to the 2021 infrastructure bill. While a lot of this money will be going to the usual entrenched monopoly incumbents, a lot of it is also going to a growing list of popular cooperatives, municipalities, and city-owned utilities to expand affordable fiber. This Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) program is going […] The post Trump’s Likely FCC Boss, Brendan Carr, Tries To Undermine Popular Infrastructure Bill B

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AI in Finance and Banking, October 31, 2024

LLRX

This semi-monthly column by Sabrina I. Pacifici highlights news, government reports, NGO/IGO papers, industry white papers, academic papers and speeches on the subject of AI’s fast paced impact on the banking and finance sectors. The chronological links provided are to the primary sources, and as available, indicate links to alternate free versions.