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SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Is AI, or more specifically generative AI, eating legal tech? That is the question posed by sector expert Zach Abramowitz of Killer Whale Strategies. The.

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Kevin O'Keefe

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

OpenAI announced , yesterday, new functionalities for its ChatGPT platform, expanding the interface to include voice and image capabilities. Aimed at enhancing user interaction, these features will be rolled out to Plus and Enterprise users over the coming weeks. Users may now engage in back-and-forth voice conversations with ChatGPT, via a feature powered by OpenAI’s new text-to-speech model.

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Above the Law - Technology

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

From the the-5th-circuit-is-lawless dept The post 5th Circuit Does It Again: Puts Yet Another Law Already Deemed Unconstitutional Into Effect With No Explanation appeared first on Above the Law.

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TechnoLlama

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

On September 12, several French lawmakers from the Assemblée nationale presented a law proposal to the Presidency which has the objective of reform some norms in existing copyright law (text of the proposal here).

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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!

Legal IT Insiders

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Amazon and Anthropic this week announced a strategic collaboration that will see Amazon invest up to $4bn in the gen AI startup, massively accelerating the development of its future foundation … The legal industry reacts to Amazon investing up to $4bn in Anthropic Read More » The post The legal industry reacts to Amazon investing up to $4bn in Anthropic appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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Kevin O'Keefe

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Education and working with a trusted partner may be the best answer in assuring you as a lawyer or law firm are acting in an ethical and secure fashion when using AI in legal blogging. Large law firms began blogging twenty years ago, not without ethical and security concerns. LexBlog, having brought the concept of blogging to lawyers and law firms, addressed as many of these concerns as anyone.

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Attorney at Work

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Law firm website branding is more than just a logo. Learn how various elements of your website tell the story of your law firm.

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Eric Goldman

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Two years ago, I covered the introduction of the SHOP SAFE Act, which would create a new species of trademark liability for online marketplaces. My 5,000 word post deconstructed the bill in detail so check it out to see what all the fuss was about. This week, Sens. Coons and Tillis reintroduced the SHOP SAFE Act with only minor changes from its 2021 incarnation.

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Kevin O'Keefe

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Adam Liptak of The New York Times reports that the Supreme Court agreed on Friday to decide whether Florida and Texas may prohibit large social media companies from removing posts based on the views the posts express, setting the stage for a major ruling on how the First Amendment applies to powerful tech platforms. Trade groups like NetChoice and the Computer & Communications Industry Association oppose the laws, arguing they violate First Amendment rights by requiring private companies to

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Above the Law - Technology

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

It has been a while since I have written about the copyright lawsuit by legal research giant Thomson Reuters against the no-shuttered legal research startup Ross Intelligence, in which TR alleges that Ross stole copyright content from Westlaw to build its own completing legal research product. But today, the judge overseeing the case, 3 rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Stephanos Bibas, sitting by designation in the U.S.

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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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LawSites

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

At its Relativity Fest user conference in Chicago today, the e-discovery company Relativity announced the forthcoming release of Relativity aiR for Review, the first of a planned series of products that will use generative artificial intelligence to help legal professionals in their work. Built on Microsoft Azure OpenAI Services, aiR for Review will enable user to more quickly locate data that is responsive to a discovery request, material relating to different legal issues, and key documents, R

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Eric Goldman

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Earlier this week, TechFreedom (led by Corbin Barthold and Andy Jung) and I filed an amicus brief with the Second Circuit against N.Y. General Business Law Section 394-ccc, the 2022 law that requires social media platforms to disclose their editorial policies towards “hateful conduct.” A New York federal district court preliminarily enjoined the law on constitutional grounds, and the case is now on appeal to the Second Circuit.

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Kevin O'Keefe

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Microsoft wil start selling its AI software, CoPilot, on November 1. CoPilot will be priced at $30 a person per month, which comes on top of the price for the legacy Office 365 suite. Will Feuer of the The Wall Street Journal reports , The Copilot software is designed to help employees with building PowerPoint presentations, managing their Outlook inbox and creating Word documents, among other uses.

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Above the Law - Technology

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

New research sheds light on large firms' use of data to win business. The post Industry Insights On Am Law Marketing And Business Development appeared first on Above the Law.

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Advertiser: Trellis

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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LawSites

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

As generative AI sweeps through the legal profession, lawyers face challenges in learning to use it responsibly and properly. This summer, one of the world’s largest law firms, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe , began to address that challenge by partnering with the legal skills training company AltaClaro to develop a training program for its summer associates on prompt engineering and the responsible use of generative AI.

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Attorney at Work

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Teddy Snyder | Let's test your attorney grammar skills with a communication quiz! Figure out if these sentences are fine or if you can make them better. The post Quiz: Anything Wrong With These Sentences? appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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Kevin O'Keefe

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

In a recent conversation on the use of AI by legal professionals, Ed Sohn , the SVP of Product & Solutions at Factor Law, brought us back to ground with what’s most important. [A] lot of people are talking about horsepower and the number of use cases they have and the kind of what’s under the hood, [the] technical explanation. [But] we have found that people have not been as vocal about what this means for the human—the challenges on the team—and we think that’s a really important dimension.

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Above the Law - Technology

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

eDiscovery Assistant , a legal research platform for e-discovery case law and resources, is today introducing AI-generated case law summaries. The feature uses ChatGPT to deliver one-paragraph summaries of court decisions, with the goal of enabling legal professionals to more quickly gauge the relevance and implications of a decision. “By incorporating AI-generated summaries, we’re providing our users with immediate insights, ensuring they don’t have to wade through extensive decisio

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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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LLRX

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Hallucinations in generative AI are not a new topic. If you watch the news at all (or read the front page of the New York Times), you’ve heard of the two New York attorneys who used ChatGPT to create fake cases entire cases and then submitted them to the court. After that case, which resulted in a media frenzy and (somewhat mild) court sanctions, many attorneys are wary of using generative AI for legal research.

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Xakia

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Whether you need to make cuts pronto, or you're over budget (again), here are some productivity hacks that can help you quickly make sense of your legal budget.

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Kevin O'Keefe

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

I was blessed to catch a CNN interview with Former Google CEO and Executive Chair, Eric Schmidt , earlier this year. With what seems like the majority of folks, including the CNN reporter, focusing on the dangers of AI, Schmidt sees its benefits. Schmidt’s take is an important one for lawyers and law firms, who and the people they serve – including the society at large have so much to gain through is AI.

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Above the Law - Technology

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Acquire some clarity with this new episode of the Non-Eventcast. The post Do You Have A Hide-And-Seek Doc Management System? appeared first on Above the Law.

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Attorney at Work

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

With flex payments, clients benefit from a secure and simplified payment process, with real-time financial insights. The post Why Client-Focused Firms Are Choosing Flex Payments appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Death seems distant to most people in their 20s and 30s. They usually don’t think much about putting together a will or another type of estate planning instrument for their property in case they pass away. Legendary musician Jimi Hendrix was no different. On September 18, 1970, two days before his 28th birthday, Hendrix died from an overdose of alcohol and sleeping pills.

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Artificial Lawyer

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

‘We are in a new legal era and it’s thrilling!

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Above the Law - Technology

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

If you're living on the razor's edge of perfectionism, this episode of the Non-Eventcast is for you. The post Yes, Lawyers Can Make Mistakes (And Actually Learn From Them) appeared first on Above the Law.

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Attorney at Work

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Gray Robinson | Try these techniques to shut down your warrior brain and practice law from a calmer and easier place. The post Calming a Lawyer’s Warrior Brain appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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Trellis.Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Catch the latest episode of The Law of Tech podcast subseries ‘LegalTech Startup Spotlight’, to zoom in on some of the amazing LegalTech companies across the globe and the incredible minds behind them. You’ll hear from our CEO and co-founder… Continue reading → The post Trellis CEO Dishes on Company Origin & Current LegalTech Developments — Law of Tech Podcast first appeared on Trellis.Law Blog.

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Rocket Matter

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

ChatGPT and similar adaptive Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies have the potential to change the way we work forever. While these technologies can’t—and shouldn’t—replace most of the very sensitive work legal staff do for their clients, ChatGPT can save your team much-needed time to maximize billable hours. By streamlining tasks, including marketing and client communications (which any lawyer knows can take up more time than expected), law firms that leverage AI can increase their prof

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Above the Law - Technology

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

A subtle shift in how we describe legal tech. The post Moving Beyond Supporting A Practice Into Creating New Lines Of Business appeared first on Above the Law.

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Attorney at Work

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Sasha Berson | Effective law firm owners become true CEOs of their firms, embracing delegation and outsourcing to focus on high-value activities. The post Law Firm Owners: Work Less, Make More appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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Legal IT Professionals

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The legal industry is entering its automation era. This month, Lord Justice Birss shared that he had used ChatGPT to write part of a judgement - the first known use by a British judge. Earlier this year, Allen & Overy introduced an AI chatbot to help draft contracts and a Thomson Reuters Institute survey found that 82% of the lawyers it surveyed said they believe ChatGPT and generative AI can be readily applied to legal work, with 51% saying it should be applied.

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Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Justia Ask A Lawyer is our free forum where consumers can seek real answers to basic legal questions directly from licensed attorneys! The platform connects individuals with legal questions to knowledgeable lawyers. All users need to do is anonymously submit their questions. Then, lawyers in our directory can provide a basic answer that helps the user better understand the law.

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