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Appeals Court: Just Because Speech Provokes Negative Reactions Doesn’t Mean It’s Not Protected

Above the Law - Technology

From the maybe-address-the-people-that-are-handling-the-speech-poorly dept. The post Appeals Court: Just Because Speech Provokes Negative Reactions Doesn’t Mean It’s Not Protected appeared first on Above the Law.

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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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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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AI-Powered Contend Offers Affordable Legal Advice + Letter Drafting

Artificial Lawyer

For many years there have been efforts to create an easy to use, reliable and affordable legal AI system that will give people advice and even draft documents for them.

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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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Harvey AI To Move Out Of Early Access Phase, Release More Affordable Versions Of Its Custom AI Models

Above the Law - Technology

It has been a whirlwind year for the Open AI-backed, generative AI legal tech startup Harvey, which went from a $5 million seed round in November 2022 to a $21 million Series A in April 2023 to an $80 million Series B in December 2023 at a valuation of $715 million.

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A leap forward in legaltech innovation: GLTH launches the 'People & Culture' area

Global LegalTech Hub

In a groundbreaking event that exceeded all expectations, the Global Legaltech Hub (GLTH) proudly introduced its new People & Culture Area. Legaltech experts, legal advisors, and talent directors gathered at the Palacio de Santoña in Madrid for this significant occasion Leading the charge in this new venture are Blanca Rodríguez Lainz (CMS Albiñana), Nacho Escobar (Finsolutia), and Beatriz Hernández (Deloitte Legal).

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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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Hostile Takeover: How A Legal Copywriter Feels About AI

Above the Law - Technology

If you’re somebody who does content production for law firms, are you in your bunker right now? The post Hostile Takeover: How A Legal Copywriter Feels About AI appeared first on Above the Law.

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A legal dashboard tells a thousand words

Xakia

If a picture tells a thousand words, then an interactive legal dashboard can surely do the same. The work of a Legal Department involves the complexities of law, influenced and implemented by the most unpredictable and unquantifiable of things: people! Can you capture the nuances of legal work in a single dashboard? Yes. Can the legal dashboard communicate work to a non-legal audience?

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Empathy and Emotional Connectivity in the Legal Industry

Martindale-Avvo

Torts, contracts, criminal law – did you take a law school class on empathy? If you’re like the vast majority of legal professionals, the answer is no. There’s been buzz on the words “empathy” and “emotional connectivity” in the legal industry of late, as people in the profession have been rethinking the detached approach many take to legal practice.

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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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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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The Race To Keep Law Firms From Completely Screwing Up Generative AI With Disastrous Results

Above the Law - Technology

Behind the scenes, firm tech staff are working to keep the security threats you're all about to cause to a minimum. The post The Race To Keep Law Firms From Completely Screwing Up Generative AI With Disastrous Results appeared first on Above the Law.

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The Law Library of Babel: Exploring the Infinite Dimensions of Law and Technology

Colin S. Levy

On a Saturday morning in 2016, I found myself sitting in a brightly lit auditorium in my role as an advisor for the Campbell Law School Law Review unaware that my life would take an unexpected turn. As a representative from Lex Machina, a legal analytics company, took the stage, I had no idea that the journey I was about to embark upon would lead me to the very frontiers of human knowledge and understanding.

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Essential Lawyer Skills for a Successful Law Practice

Attorney at Work

Choose from this buffet of essential lawyer skills to plan your ascent to the heights of the legal profession. The post Essential Lawyer Skills for a Successful Law Practice appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.

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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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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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Mastering ChatGPT For Legal Content Creation

Above the Law - Technology

How to harness AI for help in crafting CLE materials, articles, LinkedIn posts, emails, and more. The post Mastering ChatGPT For Legal Content Creation appeared first on Above the Law.

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LawTech Hub Incubator Announces Its New Startup Cohort

Artificial Lawyer

Lander & Rogers has announced the new cohort of tech startups for its 2024 LawTech Hub incubator: Ask Lexi, Mary Technology, and Vici by OCRT Consulting.

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Moonbirds and CC0: Problems with NFT licensing and the public domain

TechnoLlama

It’s been a while since we talked about NFTs here at Llama Towers, this is mostly because not a lot has been happening, but it is also due to most of my attention being directed to artificial intelligence.

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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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Google March 2024 Core Update Rollout Successfully Completed on April 19th

Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

Google started the rollout of its first core update and algorithm update of the year, named the March 2024 core update, on March 5, 2024. Today we announced the March 2024 core update & new spam policies that, in combination, are designed to show less content made to attract clicks and more content that people find useful. Learn more: [link] — Google Search Central (@googlesearchc) March 5, 2024 Google’s documentation warned that this update was more complex, enhancing their core

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Enough About The Future Of AI… What Can Legal Do (Responsibly) With It Right NOW?

Above the Law - Technology

Someday these tools may work magic, but most people aren't even using the existing products to their full potential. The post Enough About The Future Of AI… What Can Legal Do (Responsibly) With It Right NOW? appeared first on Above the Law.

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ALTA Launches Women’s Legal Tech Directory

Artificial Lawyer

The Women of ALTA group, a division of the Australian Legal Tech Association, has launched a directory focused on women.

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Misjoinder Dooms SAD Scheme Patent Case–Wang v. Schedule A Defendants

Eric Goldman

35 U.S.C. § 299 limits joinder in patent cases to defendants who infringe using “the same accused product or process.” Congress enacted this requirement to restrict patent trolls who were filing lawsuits against defendants who had nothing in common but the allegation that they were infringing the same patent. Section 299 should cast a long shadow over SAD Scheme patent cases, which routinely attempt to join defendants who are engaging in parallel but independent acts of alleged infri

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7 Tips to Reduce Lawyer Stress Levels

Clio

Lawyer stress levels are through the roof. Over two-thirds of lawyers endure mental health issues , an estimated 93% of junior lawyers feel stressed at work, while 40% say they’ve become more stressed since the onset of the pandemic. Unfortunately, lawyer burnout is more prevalent than ever. This is perhaps unsurprising. Lawyers have a reputation for working long hours and handling important work.

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‘Legal Tech Lists’: 5 Ways Generative AI Will Change Legal Marketing

Above the Law - Technology

Opportunities abound. The post ‘Legal Tech Lists’: 5 Ways Generative AI Will Change Legal Marketing appeared first on Above the Law.

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Herbert Smith Freehills Launches Global Digital Legal Delivery Practice

Artificial Lawyer

Global law firm, Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF), has today formally launched its Digital Legal Delivery Practice, a multidisciplinary group bringing together its ‘most inventive legal.

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Ninth Circuit Upholds “Sign-in-Wrap”–Keebaugh v. Warner Bros.

Eric Goldman

This is a false advertising lawsuit again the mobile app game Game of Thrones: Conquest. The account formation process included a screen where a user could proceed only by clicking on the “play” button: Warner Bros. sought to send the case to arbitration. The district court disagreed. Warner Bros. gets a more favorable response on appeal to the Ninth Circuit.

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Violence Against Women and International Law, April 2024

LLRX

Sabrina I. Pacifici is identifying and documenting pertinent sources for researchers on the October 7, 2023 terrorist attack and violence against women and girls. This is the April 2024 update to the first installment of the guide, published on November 23, 2023. The initial guide had 8 pertinent sources on this topic comprising government reports, academic papers, reviews of UN/NGO programs, news, databases, analysis and commentary.

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Lawyer Writes Best Ever Response To Cease & Desist Letter

Above the Law - Technology

LOL. Brave response. The post Lawyer Writes Best Ever Response To Cease & Desist Letter appeared first on Above the Law.

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Sales Group LexFusion Brings in LegalBillReview to Its Stable

Artificial Lawyer

LexFusion, the legal tech sales group, has brought LegalBillReview into its stable of companies, which it helps to market to potential buyers. In this case.

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Justia Webinars: Retirement Planning Strategies for Law Firm Owners

Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

You know the ins and outs of law in your practice area, helping clients day-in and day-out for years to achieve the happy ending to their cases, but now it’s time for you to settle down for your happy ending too. However, there are many multifaceted considerations to think about as a law firm owner when you retire: the financial decisions, the business planning, the ethical and regulatory elements, and more.

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AI in Finance and Banking, April 30, 2024

LLRX

This semi-monthly column by Sabrina I. Pacifici highlights news, government documents, 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.

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TikTok Has A High Hurdle To Jump In Court

Above the Law - Technology

The Constitution should reign supreme, but Congress has a lot of sway. The post TikTok Has A High Hurdle To Jump In Court appeared first on Above the Law.

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What If Your Law Firm Had A Blank Page For Legal Tech?

Artificial Lawyer

By Anthony Widdop If law firms had a blank page for legal technology and innovation, what would they do?