Kevin O'Keefe

JANUARY 7, 2024

Increased Access to Justice : AI has the potential to greatly expand access to legal information and resources, particularly for individuals with limited means. It can provide guidance on basic legal questions, help with court forms, and offer directions on presenting cases to judges.

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Above the Law - Technology

AUGUST 22, 2024

ROSS Intelligence, in which TR is alleging that the now-shuttered legal research startup ROSS violated its copyrights by stealing content from Westlaw to build its own product. But today the judge overseeing the trial, 3rd […]

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Legal Talk Network

OCTOBER 21, 2024

These dedicated professionals are responsible for conducting thorough legal research and managing extensive paperwork, playing a critical role in the operational success of law firms. Attorneys and judges who bear ultimate responsibility for paralegals’ work put significant trust in their expertise and efficiency.

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Above the Law - Technology

MARCH 14, 2024

.” “Whereas we understand that artificial intelligence is becoming a new tool for legal research, it can never take the place of an attorney’s responsibility to conduct reasonable diligence and provide accurate legal authority to the Court that supports a valid legal argument,” the committee wrote.

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LawSites

MARCH 3, 2025

In yet another case involving the use and misuse of generative AI in legal research, a federal district court judge has declined to impose sanctions on an experienced attorney who submitted a brief containing miscited and misquoted cases generated by artificial intelligence. Although the attorney, Thad M.

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Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

MARCH 14, 2025

Fast Legal Research: Use a chatbot to pinpoint relevant cases and statutes with precision. Simply ask your legal question in plain language, and the chatbot will deliver targeted results. Accessible Legal Education: Have you encountered an unfamiliar legal term or concept? ” The more context, the better. .

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Above the Law - Technology

JANUARY 3, 2024

From all the entries we received, a panel of judges narrowed the applications down to 25, which we posted on Dec. BriefCatch BriefCatch empowers lawyers and judges to edit legal documents to the highest standards while helping their clients win, boosting their writing skills, and enjoying expert explanations, models, and examples.

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APRIL 26, 2022

But ROSS countered that the databases TR maintains of public law and its legal search tools are, in fact, separate products, and that TR conditions access to the databases on purchase of the search tools. Judge Leonard P. Stark — who previously presided over the case as a U.S.

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Above the Law - Technology

JUNE 15, 2023

2013 New Legal Research Site Combines Case Law with Crowdsourcing. 2014 Two Sites Offer Platforms for Crowdsourced Legal Research. 2017 Legal Research Company Casetext Closes on $12 Million in Funding. Casetext Expands Its CARA Research Assistant, Adding Suggestions Of Relevant Briefs.

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3 Geeks and a Law Blog

MARCH 9, 2023

He became interested in the future of legal education and how artificial intelligence will affect the profession, which led him to co-found Blue J , a legal technology company in Toronto. On the other hand, Abdi Aidid practiced as a commercial litigator in New York before becoming the Vice President of Legal Research at Blue J.

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LawSites

JANUARY 2, 2024

used his year-end report to weigh in on the impact of artificial intelligence on the legal profession, saying he does not believe AI will replace human judges. ” He drew a contrast to professional tennis, where line judges have been replaced with optical technology to determine whether 130 miles-per-hour serves are in or out.

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lennyesq

JUNE 2, 2023

BY DEBRA CASSENS WEISS A federal judge in New York City has ordered two lawyers and their law firm to show cause why they shouldn’t be sanctioned for submitting a brief with citations to fake cases, thanks to research by ChatGPT. District Judge P. Senior U.S. Schwartz of Levidow, Levidow & Oberman.

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Kevin O'Keefe

JUNE 14, 2023

They blamed ChatGPT for tricking them into including fictitious legal research in a brief supporting a personal injury claim against Avianca Airlines. From Larry Neumeister and the Associated Press: “Schwartz told Judge P. Can we agree that’s legal gibberish?” the Judge asked.

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JUNE 7, 2021

The product, Compose , introduced in February 2020 by legal research company Casetext , helps attorneys automate the creation of the first draft of a litigation brief. CARA has since spawned a generation of similar products from other legal research companies. Casetext says it can cut brief-writing time by 76%.

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Legal Talk Network

JUNE 26, 2019

State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting 2019: ‘Get Paid and Have a Life’ with Judge Audrey Moorehead. Judge Audrey Moorehead joins guest hosts Sally Pretorius of Kooners Fuller and Baili Rhodes of West Webb Allbritton & Gentry to talk about the importance of getting paid, having a life, and joining your local or specialty bar.

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Above the Law - Technology

JULY 19, 2023

Over the years, the list has included a diverse selection of lawyers, legal technologists, policymakers, judges, law librarians, bar association executives, and people from all walks of life who are innovating in the legal profession. (I I was honored to be in the inaugural Fastcase 50 class in 2011.

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LawSites

MAY 30, 2023

We may know more after June 8, the date on which the judge in the case, Mata v. Avianca , has scheduled a hearing to allow the lawyers to show cause for why they should not be sanctioned for what the judge called “an unprecedented circumstance” of a brief “replete with citations to non-existent cases.”

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Clio

MARCH 6, 2025

A motion for a change of venue is a legal request where a case is transferred from one court jurisdiction to another to ensure a fair trial and avoid bias or undue influence. Prejudice or bias : If you are able to show that the judge holds strong biases that could impact the trial’s outcome, a change of venue may be granted.

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

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 least not without checking the results. As to that last point, the court, in an opinion written by Presiding Judge Kurt S.

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MARCH 7, 2022

In a major update to its platform being released today, Fastcase is beginning to deliver on that promise with the first of several planned Judicata-based product offerings — analytics showing how often federal motions are granted and how long different judges take to rule. How long will it take?” “How

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Debevoise Data Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Thomson Reuters offers one of the leading legal search engines on the market, Westlaw, which contains not only copies of cases, statutes, and other legal materials but also content created by Westlaw itself to assist in legal research. some creative spark. Feist Publications, Inc. 340 (1991).

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TechLaw Crossroads

JUNE 15, 2023

I would guess that he wouldn’t have read cases supplied by online legal research. He wouldn’t have read the cases found by manual legal research and cited by his associates in a memorandum. But a bigger problem than the blame being heaped on ChatGPT instead of the lazy lawyer is the knee-jerk reaction by some judges.

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Bigfork Tech

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Old school tools such as legal research software and document management systems are designed to automate routine tasks, enabling attorneys to focus on strategic thinking and client engagement. These insights help legal teams formulate more effective strategies and anticipate the actions of their opponents.

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Legal Tech Monitor

JUNE 22, 2023

A federal district judge has imposed monetary and other sanctions on the two lawyers who filed a brief laden with bogus cases they found when they relied on ChatGPT for legal research. The judge ordered the lawyers, Peter LoDuca and Steven A. District Judge P.

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Percipient

JANUARY 20, 2025

It can also help with legal research, finding relevant case laws or statutes quickly without endless hours of manual searching. AI-Powered Legal Research Tools AI legal research tools take the hassle out of finding case law, statutes, and precedents. The good news?

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Legal Tech Monitor

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.

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LawSites

JULY 12, 2021

This year’s group of honorees is composed of a diverse array of lawyers, legal technologists, law librarians, judges, legal researchers, innovators, and people who are committed to reforming and automating the law. (Disclosure: I was listed in the inaugural group in 2011.). Tapia , Shareholder, Tiffany & Bosco.

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Kevin O'Keefe

MAY 31, 2023

You’ve probably heard about the case of ChatGPT providing a New York lawyer a number of cases the lawyer used in a brief, cases that no one could find, including the judge. Lawyers may be able use legal research products that have deployed AI. That was because ChatGPT had invented everything.

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Legal Tech Monitor

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Our Commissioner Spotlight series highlights the judges, lawyers, and educators from across Illinois who serve as our Commissioners. This Commissioner Spotlight highlights Judge Bonita Coleman , a judge in the First Judicial Subcircuit of Cook County. As judges, we make decisions that affect the lives of these people each day.

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Legal Tech Monitor

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

We’re trying to solve a longstanding problem in the legal field, and that is that judges only write judicial opinions for 3% of rulings,” Ovbiagele said. “So He distinguished Bench IQ from legal analytics companies such as Lex Machina or Pre/Dicta. What we offer are explanatory insights into judges’ rulings.”

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Trial Technology

APRIL 2, 2023

Bard: Here are the top 5 areas in legal work that cannot be replaced by AI: Legal research. AI can help lawyers with legal research by providing them with access to vast amounts of data and by helping them to identify relevant cases and statutes. Legal advocacy.

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LawSites

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Rather, they were about ransomware attacks, regulatory reform, industry news, and new legal research tools. Longtime Competitors Fastcase and Casemaker Merge, Reshaping the Legal Research Landscape (Jan. MyCase Quietly Makes Two Key Acquisitions Of Legal Tech Companies (July 6, 2021). 25, 2015).

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Attorney at Work

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

There was no effective way to perform practical legal research on state trial court records. The names of judges, attorneys and law firms are subject to change, a fact that makes it hard — if not impossible — to track legal entities across any given data set. It all starts with a judge dashboard. Case outcomes.

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TechnoLawyer

DECEMBER 16, 2018

Today's TL NewsWire Hot Product enables you to analyze the historical record of experts and judges to inform your case strategy, including an expert's track record on Daubert challenges and citations your judge prefers (see article below). But it's not a good idea when it comes to the expert witnesses and the judges in your cases.

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CaseFox

MARCH 19, 2023

One such AI, breaking the ground rules in legal tech, is ChatGPT. An OpenAI software capable of helping legal professionals in legal research, reviewing contracts to list a few. Precisely this can be attained analyzing the past cases, related parties, on-stake legal issues, and whoosh! From Past to Present!

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LawSites

MAY 19, 2021

Today, the law firm Eversheds Sutherland and the legal research company Fastcase are releasing what they say is a first-of-its-kind tool designed to assess this risk. “Being able to see with a few clicks, in any jurisdiction across the U.S.,

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LawSites

JANUARY 25, 2023

Legal research. In the example you see above of using Copilot for legal research, the lawyer asks for the leading U.S. As of yet, Copilot does not directly integrate with any legal research database. case on privacy. But Martin sees the possibility for that on the horizon. Simple summary.

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