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How The Pentagon Domesticated The Chatbot: 2024 In Review

Above the Law - Technology

This December, after 16 months of studies and experiments, the Department of Defense decided it had figured out enough guardrails for generative AI to start embracing the new technology wholesale. The post How The Pentagon Domesticated The Chatbot: 2024 In Review appeared first on Above the Law.

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Branding to Combat Pricing Pressure: Why Lowering Fees Isn’t the Answer for Law Firms

Attorney at Work

Law firms face increasing pressure to justify their fees as more price-sensitive clients turn to ALSPs or expand their in-house legal teams. Instead of engaging in a price war, the author of LinkedIn for the Savvy Executive: Promote Your Brand with Authenticity, Tact, and Power, says investing in law firm branding is a wiser strategy. Why […] The post Branding to Combat Pricing Pressure: Why Lowering Fees Isnt the Answer for Law Firms appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms

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Carlos García-Egocheaga: “Legaltech is not about rethinking, but improving”

Global LegalTech Hub

By Pablo Yannone Sancho , Journalist at GLTH Carlos is one of those Advisors who knows legal tech even from before it was known as that. Indeed, he has dedicated his life to one of the first legal tech solutions, which appeared in the 90s. He defines himself as a hardware designer at heart , since he studied two engineering degrees many years ago, and he dedicates part of his life to research and investigation within this field.

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AI & Search and How to Optimize Your Law Firm Website for the AI Search Era

Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

The search landscape is constantly evolving. Search engines always strive to give users the best experience by helping them find the most relevant information online. The next big change in search is driven by artificial intelligence (AI), specifically generative AI. Generative AI focuses on creating something new. In the context of search engines, generative AI refers to using artificial intelligence algorithms to create original content like text or images in response to user queries.

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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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Modernizing Legal Workflows: The Role Of AI, Automation, And Strategic Partnerships

Above the Law - Technology

A roadmap for law firms. The post Modernizing Legal Workflows: The Role Of AI, Automation, And Strategic Partnerships appeared first on Above the Law.

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Special Edition Today: Legaltech Week’s Year in Review – Our Panelists’ Picks of the Top Stories of 2024

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What were the most important stories of 2024 for legal technology and innovation? In a special edition of Legaltech Week today, our panel of journalists and bloggers will share their picks of the trends and developments that mattered most. The show is live today at 3 p.m. ET.

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UK Government publishes consultation on Copyright and AI

TechnoLlama

The UK government has published its latest consultation on AI and copyright.

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The Future Of Legal: Will Prompting Be A Core Skill? Insights From Laura Jeffords Greenberg.

Above the Law - Technology

Prompt engineering might just be the skill every lawyer needs to master. The post The Future Of Legal: Will Prompting Be A Core Skill? Insights From Laura Jeffords Greenberg. appeared first on Above the Law.

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IL Supreme Court’s New AI Policy Takes a Balanced Approach

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The Illinois Supreme Court has released its new policy on generative AI use in courts , effective January 1, 2025. The policy takes a balanced approach – acknowledging AI’s potential while setting clear boundaries for its use. Some notable elements of the policy: First, the policy opens with the phrase “Embracing the advancements of artificial intelligence” – signaling an intentionally forward-looking perspective.

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Artificial Intelligence, ABA Formal Opinion 512 And Access To Justice

LLRX

Jerry Lawson evaluates the American Bar Association's Formal Opinion 512, "Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools" as a mixed bag. Lawson states that the Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility took a significant step in the right direction by legitimizing the idea that it is appropriate for lawyers to use AI. Equally important, it suggests guardrails necessary for the safe use of artificial intelligence.

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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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A Lawyer’s Supporting Role Is Often the Strongest: Showing Up for Clients

Attorney at Work

Deb Feder | A solid book of business is built on honest, curious conversations that move your relationship with your client toward a 'thinking partnership.' The post A Lawyer’s Supporting Role Is Often the Strongest: Showing Up for Clients appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.

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Mindlessly ‘Deregulating’ U.S. Telecom Contributed to The Worst Hack In U.S. History

Above the Law - Technology

From the when-the-check-comes-due dept The post Mindlessly Deregulating U.S. Telecom Contributed to The Worst Hack In U.S. History appeared first on Above the Law.

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The Top 15 LawNext Podcast Episodes of 2024, and the Top 15 of All Time

LawSites

Every week (give or take), I get to be fascinated. Because every week (more or less), I get the opportunity to sit down for a conversation for myLawNext podcast with the people who are changing legal practice the innovators and entrepreneurs who are driving whats next in law, as we like to say.

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Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, December 28, 2024

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Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and online security, often without our situational awareness.

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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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New Strategies for Improving Search Rankings and Visibility

Martindale-Avvo

You need to stay current with search engine optimization (SEO) to attract Google traffic. An analysis of search results showed that nearly all searchers 99.37% clicked on results from page one. The number-one spot received 27.6% of clicks, and moving up one spot increased a site’s chances of a click by 2.8%. Ranking higher means someone who needs a lawyer is more likely to check out your site.

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The Name Of The Bowl Game Sure Sounds Familiar…

Above the Law - Technology

Maybe not as well known as the Pop-Tart Bowl, but lawyers know what's up. The post The Name Of The Bowl Game Sure Sounds Familiar… appeared first on Above the Law.

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Apple offers to settle ‘snooping Siri’ lawsuit for an utterly incredible $95M

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Even the sound of a zip could be enough to start the recordings, according to claims Iain Thomson Apple has filed a proposed settlement in California suggesting it will pay $95 million to settle claims that Siri recorded owners’ conversations without consent and allowed contractors to listen in. The class-action case, Lopez et al v. Apple Inc , was brought after a whistleblower at Cupertino alleged in 2019 that Siri was listening in on audio conversations without the requisite “Hey S

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Yes, I am a human’: bot detection is no longer working – and just wait until AI agents come along

LLRX

Welcome to the strange battle between bot detection and AI, which is set to get even more complicated in the coming years as technology continues to improve. Professors Irfan Mehmood and Kamran Mahroof describe what the future after Captcha may look like.

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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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Cyber Threat Intelligence Review: Preparing for 2025

Accellis Technology Group

As we step into 2025, the cybersecurity landscape is evolving at an unprecedented pace. Cyber threats are becoming increasingly sophisticated, targeting vulnerabilities across industries and geographies. Organizations must adopt proactive and strategic approaches to Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) to defend against these evolving risks. Here, we review the key trends, challenges, and actionable strategies to.

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How To Build Your Law Firm’s Online Profile

Above the Law - Technology

If your web presence is sort of. absent get yourself together by listening to this episode of the Non-Eventcast podcast. The post How To Build Your Law Firms Online Profile appeared first on Above the Law.

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Digital Identification: Increased Convenience with Uncertain Legal Guardrails

Berkley Technology Law Journal

By Liam Roche, LLM 2025 Introduction On the 29th of August 2024, residents of California gained the ability to add their Drivers licenses to Googles Wallet platform for use on mobile devices as an alternative to presenting a physical document. A few weeks later, Apple followed suit , and enabled the capability on its wallet application platform. With this, California joins 13 other states and territories in allowing people to digitize their drivers licenses, passports and other forms of document

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LLRX December 2024 Issue

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January 1, 2025 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1929 are open to all, as are sound recordings from 1924 – On January 1, 2025, thousands of copyrighted works from 1929 will enter the US public domain, along with sound recordings from 1924. They will be free for all to copy, share, and build upon.

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Bridging the Financial Literacy Gap: Carla Hoppe’s Journey from Law to Wealthbrite – S8 E43

Legally Speaking

Can financial literacy be the key to a lawyers success? This week, Im joined by Carla Hoppe, Founder and CEO of Wealthbrite, a platform transforming how we understand money.

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Judge orders Trump to be sentenced in hush money case on Jan. 10, but says he won’t be incarcerated–NBCNews.com

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By Dareh Gregorian and Tom Winter The judge presiding over the hush money case against President-elect Donald Trump on Friday denied his bid to dismiss the case and said he’ll sentence him on Jan. 10, ten days before his inauguration as the 47th president. Judge Juan Merchan said Trump can appear in person or virtually for the sentencing, and that he won’t order Trump jailed.

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CloudNine – 2024 Year in Review

CloudNine

As 2024 concludes, the eDiscovery and legal technology sectors have experienced significant advancements, particularly in the realms of modern data management and generative artificial intelligence (AI). In this article, we will explore what we have learned this year at the various thought leadership and industry conferences, how our innovations have benefited legal teams and how our partnerships allow our clients to have a fully streamlined experience with their eDiscovery and investigation cha

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What Lawyers Need to Know About the Bluesky Social Media Platform

LLRX

Catherine Reach discusses how for lawyers, Bluesky represents an opportunity for lawyers on the platform to stand out in the fledgling space before it becomes overcrowded. You can establish your firms brand early, getting the best handle without cluttering your usernames with numbers and underscores, and stand out while shaping the platforms culture.

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Celebrate Quietly

Above and Beyond KM

Celebrate your achievements and then analyze them to squeeze all the learning you can from them. This is a sure path to success in 2025. This is the time of year for celebration. In the northern hemisphere, we counteract the lack of sunlight with feasts and festivals that bring candlelight and Christmas tree light into our dark days. If your family is anything like mine, these are days for cozy gatherings with loved ones — often with joyous singing and lots of laughter.

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Unresponsive iPhone? How to Force Restart or Reset Your Apple Device

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Whether you’ve got an iPhone 16 or an earlier model, here’s how to fix your frozen device. Abrar Al-Heeti All great tech fails every now and then, and thankfully there are ways to easily bring devices back to life when they freeze up. If your iPhone isn’t responding and you’re not able to power it off and then on again, you can force restart it to hopefully fix the issue.

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After Hurricane Helene, survivors have been in a race against time to protect family heirlooms, photographs and keepsakes

LLRX

The total damage from Hurricane Helene to North Carolina be it physical, psychological or economic is difficult to quantify. But the numbers reported by the Office of State Budget and Management are harrowing: over 100 deaths, $59.6 billion in damages and thousands of homes destroyed, as of Dec. 13, 2024. This interview with disaster experts Leah Bright and Brian Michael Lione identifies resources for survivors and explains how to salvage damaged belongings.

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AI in Finance and Banking, December 31, 2024

LLRX

This semi-monthly column by Sabrina I. Pacifici highlights news, government documents, NGO/IGO papers, conferences, industry white papers and reports, academic papers and speeches, and central bank actions on the subject of AIs 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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