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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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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ABA TECHSHOW

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Voting has now closed and your votes have been tallied to pick the 15 legal tech startups that will get to participate as finalists in the ninth-annual Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW 2025 , taking place April 2-5 in Chicago. All 15 also get to exhibit in a special Startup Alley portion of the TECHSHOW exhibit hall.

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Above the Law - Technology

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Help pick the 15 legal tech startups that will get to compete at the eighth-annual Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW 2024. Below are summaries of the semifinalists, who have been selected by a panel of judges from all applications submitted. Voting is now open! 14-17, 2024, in Chicago. Please review them. 29, 2023, AT 11:45 P.M.

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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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Above the Law - Technology

JUNE 28, 2023

Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Michael Boudin and as an associate at law firm Ropes & Gray. On one hand, we know that providing West’s and Thomson Reuters’ world-class content database behind our legal research capability is going to make that dramatically better, including when CoCounsel does legal research activities for you.

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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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TechLaw Crossroads

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

In the Bloomberg Law 2022 Legal Ops and Tech Survey , 86% of the survey participants agreed that legal tech significantly impacts their firm’s ability to meet client demands. These tools offer unparalleled access to extensive databases of legal information, precedents, and case law.

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LawSites

OCTOBER 19, 2021

The integration is between Docket Alarm , a Fastcase -owned product that mines federal and state court dockets to provide litigation alerts and case-prediction analytics, and Courtroom Insight , a knowledge management platform that captures key information about expert witnesses, arbitrators, judges and attorneys. ”

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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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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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LawSites

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Lawyers and legal professionals using the AI-powered document drafting tool Clearbrief to create a legal brief or document will now be able to seamlessly view any case law they cite thanks to a partnership with the legal research and intelligence company Fastcase , the companies announced today.

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3 Geeks and a Law Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Then I’m sure the judge is saying sorry, doesn’t cut it. And I, you know, was trying to weave together the evidence that we had, but from the moment that we walked in, the judge was extremely grumpy. So you can, you know, it’s not about my advocacy, it’s about putting the evidence in front of that judge and letting it speak for itself.

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

The ballots are closed and the votes are counted: Your votes have determined the 15 legal tech startups that will get to participate as finalists in the seventh-annual Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW 2023 , taking place March 1-4 in Chicago. Learn more about this company at the LawNext Legal Tech Directory.

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Dewey B Strategic

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The conversion of legal research from print to online moved though law firms like slow rolling train. Lexis, the first commercial online legal research product launched in 1970. Analytics in legal research provided dramatic new insights into the behavior of judges, courts, attorneys and clients.

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Legal Tech Monitor

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. “As As 2023 draws to a close with breathless predictions about the future of Artificial Intelligence, some may wonder whether judges are about to become obsolete,” he wrote. “I

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Legal Tech Monitor

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

“As a law clerk, if the artificial intelligence tools can enable you to do what might have taken 100 hours of legal research in five or 10, that helps your judge. That helps the court get to the right answer,” said Peter Torcicollo, managing director at Gibbons in Newark.

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LawSites

MARCH 18, 2024

Harvard professor Jonathan Zittrain and l were sitting down with Daniel Lewis and Nik Reed , the founders of a legal research startup named Ravel Law, along with lawyers from Harvard’s Office of General Counsel, Debevoise & Plimpton and Gundersen Dettmer. This was early 2015, on my commute to Cambridge, Mass., We decided not to.

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Legal Tech Monitor

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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Legal Tech Monitor

JUNE 15, 2023

There are 49 that I found, and together they offer an overview of how a legal tech startup evolves into a mature company. While its focus has changed over the years, one characteristic has not: From the very start, Casetext was an innovator, always pushing the envelope for what a legal tech product and company should look like.

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Clio

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

A law clerk is a legal professional who supports attorneys, judges, or legal departments by conducting legal research, analyzing cases, and preparing legal documents. Law clerks often carry varying degrees of responsibility based on the court, judge, law firm, or company they work for.

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Legal Tech Monitor

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The conversion of legal research from print to online moved though law firms like slow rolling train. Lexis, the first commercial online legal research product launched in 1970. Analytics in legal research provided dramatic new insights into the behavior of judges, courts, attorneys and clients.

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CEE Legal Tech

JANUARY 20, 2023

Q: How can ChatGPT help legal innovation? ChatGPT: ChatGPT can help with legal innovation in a few ways. One is by providing automated legal research and document generation, which can save time and improve accuracy. It can also help with legal language translation. Q: Will ChatGPT ever replace lawyers?

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Law Technology Today

MARCH 1, 2023

An annual favorite, this startup competition will showcase 15 innovative legal startups. Happening in Grand Ballroom EF, the 15 startups will face off in a bracketed pitch competition – judged by TECHSHOW attendees – to pick the most innovative startup. Learn more about this company at the LawNext Legal Tech Directory.

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Attorney at Work

JULY 14, 2021

Successful legal recruiting is key to establishing a solid presence — especially when a firm seeks to establish a new foothold across state lines. With litigation data, for example, firms can target respected lawyers who have real courtroom experience in key areas and have appeared before critical judges.

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Legal Tech Monitor

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 23, 2023

Help pick the 15 legal tech startups that will get to compete at the seventh-annual Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW 2023. In past years, the judges narrowed the ballot to 25 semifinalists. Learn more about this company at the LawNext Legal Tech Directory. We have listed 40 companies on the ballot as semifinalists.

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LawSites

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Michael Sander , the founder of Docket Alarm , a product that mines federal and state court dockets to provide litigation alerts and case analytics, has left the company, seven months after its acquisition by legal research company vLex in April. These developments are creating a perfect storm of innovation opportunity in legal tech.”

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Legal Tech Monitor

AUGUST 1, 2023

Of course, this pattern started long before I entered the world of legal technology. PCs, faxes, the internet, online legal research, and email were met with wariness, skepticism, and sometimes even outrage. The use of generative AI in litigation has been prohibited by some judges. In one instance, Judge Brantley D.

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LawSites

JANUARY 17, 2022

From all the entries we received, a panel of judges narrowed down the applications. Note: The ballot was supposed to list 25 companies, but because of a tie in the initial round of voting by judges, 26 companies are listed.). In December, we issued a call for entries. Now your votes will select the final 15. FIND THE BALLOT HERE. .

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Lawmatics

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Surprisingly, the survey found that legal tech, data literacy, and legal operations don't enjoy the same level of recognition and importance." Perhaps these established attorneys assume that law students and newly-minted lawyers learn what they need to know about tech in law school, but this is not typically the case.

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MatterSuite

AUGUST 28, 2023

This blog examines AI’s impact on the legal field, empowering legal teams to lead. It also underscores the role of legal tech. The Need for Speed and Precision The legal realm deals with complex documentation and research demands. By staying at the forefront of AI integration and legal tech adoption.

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Legal Tech Monitor

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

In the Bloomberg Law 2022 Legal Ops and Tech Survey , 86% of the survey participants agreed that legal tech significantly impacts their firm’s ability to meet client demands. These tools offer unparalleled access to extensive databases of legal information, precedents, and case law.

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Lawmatics

JANUARY 23, 2024

Legal research: AI assists legal professionals in conducting comprehensive legal research. Advanced algorithms can quickly analyze vast legal information databases, statutes, and case law to provide relevant and up-to-date information. Risk management: AI is useful for assessing and managing legal risks.

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Legal Tech Monitor

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.” Technology Incompetence?

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Legal Tech Monitor

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Michael Sander , the founder of Docket Alarm , a product that mines federal and state court dockets to provide litigation alerts and case analytics, has left the company, seven months after its acquisition by legal research company vLex in April. These developments are creating a perfect storm of innovation opportunity in legal tech.”

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Legal Tech Monitor

JANUARY 3, 2024

I have been amazed at the knee-jerk and head in the sand reaction of many courts to the use of Gen AI by lawyers appearing before them and the use by judges. Several judges have demanded that lawyers disclose the use of Gen AI and, if so, verify the accuracy of the citations that have been used. It emphasizes education over edicts.

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