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Two newer artificial intelligence programs, OpenAI o1 and Google Gemini 2.0, performed far better than other large language models when tested on legal questions, a recent Linklaters LLP report has found, but the law firm still does not recommend their use in English law advice without human supervision.
Mishcon de Reya LLP said Monday that it had teamed up with a legal artificial intelligence platform to give its lawyers a slew of new collaborative tools, as the firm hopes to embrace generative technology more widely.
Seeking to expand its footprint in corporate legal departments, the Big Four accounting firm PwC formed a global alliance with the legal technology platform Persuit on Monday.
A Texas lawyer could face a $15,000 personal sanction and other potential discipline for filing three separate briefs using generative artificial intelligence that included fake citations in an Indiana ERISA case, according to a report and recommendation by a federal judge in the Hoosier State.
London-based in-house legal software startup WilsonAI announced Monday the raising of $1.7 million in preseed funding to expand its AI Paralegal product.
The Philadelphia-based Magna Legal Services has joined forces with Texas-based Republic Services to expand its resources and stretch its footprint into the Lone Star State.
As law firms grow larger and more tech-driven, law firm leaders are shifting their focus more on embracing technology, refining communication strategies and building stronger personal brands to guide their firms through changes, an upcoming white paper found.
A pair of divestments tops this roundup of recent legal technology news.
Toronto-based legal technology company Dye & Durham Ltd. switched out its interim chief executive on Friday as a newly appointed board of directors continues its search for a permanent replacement.
The legal industry marked another action-packed week with a bevy of BigLaw hires and a new special spring bonus. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
Nearly 40% of surveyed legal professionals said in 2024 that their company has implemented an enterprise artificial intelligence solution like Microsoft Copilot, an increase from 20% of respondents in 2023, according to a new report.
A promotion to partner or election to practice group chair means a slew of new responsibilities and also lots of well-deserved recognition. Law360 reveals the list of attorneys whose commitment to legal excellence earned them highly coveted spots in the law firm leadership ranks. Find out if your old legal friends — or rivals — moved up in the fourth quarter of the year.
New Jersey's highest court has announced it will explore whether to adopt the Next Generation bar exam developed by the National Conference of Bar Examiners.
In a new opinion, the State Bar of Texas' ethics watchdog said lawyers shouldn't pay revenue percentages to nonlawyer-owned businesses that provide legal support services, though attorneys may own equity interests in such companies under certain conditions.
SingleFile, a legal and compliance technology company that helps businesses navigate complex regulatory environments, secured a Series A funding round on Wednesday.
Swedish legal artificial intelligence platform Leya, which raised over $35 million across two funding rounds last year, announced Wednesday it rebranded to Legora and has updated features for its generative software.
Seyfarth Shaw LLP has promoted two senior directors at the firm to the newly created positions of chief data and artificial intelligence officer and chief innovation and strategic design officer, the firm said Wednesday.
Law firms that are slow to invest in new legal technology will lose their competitive edge and could see lawyers leave if they fail to change their approach, a survey of the sector revealed Wednesday.
International arbitration law firm Three Crowns LLP is combining its legal expertise with the technical skill of Stanford University's legal technology hub CodeX to create a cross-examination training platform using generative artificial intelligence.
London-based Augmetec, which provides an investigations software tool, announced on Tuesday the raising of £2 million ($2.5 million) to grow its product and market.
Corporate risk and demand on the legal department will accelerate this year thanks in part to the growing number of emerging data sources, according to the results of a new survey report on Tuesday.
Luminance, which provides legal software using artificial intelligence, announced Tuesday the closing of a $75 million Series C funding round less than a year after it last raised capital.
Colorado's Presiding Disciplinary Judge Bryon M. Large announced the adoption of a searchable online database in partnership with Lexum's Decisia that offers the public access to disciplinary rulings dating back to 1999.
The State Bar of Texas' professional ethics committee has published a final opinion overviewing key ethical issues involved in the use of generative artificial intelligence in the practice of law, including technological competence, confidentiality, supervision and fees.
It was a wild week for funding in legal technology, including a Series A round for a justice technology company and a pre-seed round for an in-house artificial intelligence tool.
The future of lawyering is not about the wholesale replacement of attorneys by artificial intelligence, but as AI handles more of the routine legal work, the role of lawyers will evolve to be more strategic, requiring the development of competencies beyond traditional legal skills, says Colin Levy at Malbek.
Although artificial intelligence-powered legal research is ushering in a new era of legal practice that augments human expertise with data-driven insights, it is not without challenges involving privacy, ethics and more, so legal professionals should take steps to ensure AI becomes a reliable partner rather than a source of disruption, says Marly Broudie at SocialEyes Communications.
With the increased usage of collaboration apps and generative artificial intelligence solutions, it's not only important for e-discovery teams to be able to account for hundreds of existing data types today, but they should also be able to add support for new data types quickly — even on the fly if needed, says Oliver Silva at Casepoint.
With many legal professionals starting to explore practical uses of generative artificial intelligence in areas such as research, discovery and legal document development, the fundamental principle of human oversight cannot be underscored enough for it to be successful, say Ty Dedmon at Bradley Arant and Paige Hunt at Lighthouse.
The legal profession is among the most hesitant to adopt ChatGPT because of its proclivity to provide false information as if it were true, but in a wide variety of situations, lawyers can still be aided by information that is only in the right ballpark, says Robert Plotkin at Blueshift IP.
Alternative legal service providers can marry the best attributes of artificial and human intelligence to expedite turnarounds and deliveries for contract review, e-discovery and legal research, says Tariq Hafeez at LegalEase Solutions.
In order to achieve a robust client data protection posture, law firms should focus on adopting a risk-based approach to security, which can be done by assessing gaps, using that data to gain leadership buy-in for the needed changes, and adopting a dynamic and layered approach, says John Smith at Conversant Group.
To make their first 90 days on the job a success, new legal operations managers should focus on several key objectives, including aligning priorities with leadership and getting to know their team, says Ashlyn Donohue at LinkSquares.
Female attorneys and others who pause their careers for a few years will find that gaps in work history are increasingly acceptable among legal employers, meaning with some networking, retraining and a few other strategies, lawyers can successfully reenter the workforce, says Jill Backer at Ave Maria School of Law.
ChatGPT and other generative artificial intelligence tools pose significant risks to the integrity of legal work, but the key for law firms is not to ban these tools, but to implement them responsibly and with appropriate safeguards, say Natalie Pierce and Stephanie Goutos at Gunderson Dettmer.
To safeguard against the many risks posed by generative artificial intelligence legal tools, in-house counsel should work with their information security teams to develop new data security questions for prospective vendors, vet existing applications and review who can utilize machine guidance, says Diane Homolak at Integreon.
Opinion
We Must Continue DEI Efforts Despite High Court HeadwindsThough the U.S. Supreme Court recently struck down affirmative action in higher education, law firms and their clients must keep up the legal industry’s recent momentum advancing diversity, equity and inclusion in the profession in order to help achieve a just and prosperous society for all, says Angela Winfield at the Law School Admission Council.
Law firms that fail to consider their attorneys' online habits away from work are not using their best efforts to protect client information and are simplifying the job of plaintiffs attorneys in the case of a breach, say Mark Hurley and Carmine Cicalese at Digital Privacy and Protection.
Corporate legal departments looking to implement new technology can avoid hiccups by taking steps to define the underlying business problem and to identify opportunities for process improvements before leaping to the automation stage, say Nadine Ezzie at Ezzie + Co., Kenneth Jones at Xerdict Group and Kathy Zhu at Streamline AI.
A recent data leak at Proskauer via a cloud data storage platform demonstrates key reasons why law firms must pay attention to data safeguarding, including the increasing frequency of cloud-based data breaches and the consequences of breaking client confidentiality, says Robert Kraczek at One Identity.