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Regulators Should Establish AI Limits In Law, Law Prof Says
The legal industry needs to actively engage in regulating artificial intelligence hand in hand with the companies behind the software, according to a University of Akron law professor who recommended that regulators create a uniform rule for what an autonomous actor can do within the legal space.
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Orrick, Okla. Atty Deny Violating MOVEit MDL Judge's Orders
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP and an Oklahoma attorney have denied violating court orders in multidistrict litigation over a 2023 data breach involving Progress Software's MOVEit file transfer tool, telling a Massachusetts federal court they were allowed to settle similar state litigation against a payroll software provider outside the federal action.
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Experienced Legal Industry Exec Joins UnitedLex As IP VP
Law firm-focused data and professional services company UnitedLex announced that an experienced legal industry executive who has spent more than 20 years working for a wide range of technology companies was appointed its new executive vice president of intellectual property.
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AI Co. Wordsmith Appoints Farfetch Atty As Lead Lawyer
Wordsmith, which developed an artificial intelligence workplace for in-house lawyers, has hired the former head of a British e-commerce company as its general counsel, the AI startup said Wednesday.
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Holland & Knight Sued Over Client Info In Ex-Partner's Divorce
Holland & Knight LLP and former partner Patrick McCabe are facing a lawsuit in Pennsylvania court filed by a former client of the law firm who claims McCabe and two employees who reported to him unlawfully accessed the client's confidential documents in order to gain an upper hand in his contentious divorce.
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Why BigLaw Firms Are Investing In E-Discovery Expertise
Bolstered by technological advancements, BigLaw firms are relying more on specialized e-discovery attorneys who can provide more focused legal guidance and technical support.
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A Winding Path: How Lawyers' Career Aspirations Shift
The road for many lawyers to their final career destination is winding. What a person thinks they want in law school may change once, twice or more in the following decades. Here, Law360 presents four stories about the winding path of lawyer career aspirations.
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Supio, An AI Platform For Personal Injury Law, Raises $25M
Supio, an artificial intelligence startup focused on the personal injury and mass tort law sectors, announced on Tuesday its emergence from stealth to reveal an oversubscribed $25 million Series A funding round.
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Priori Legal Adds NBC, Capital One Execs To Advisory Board
Priori Legal Inc. announced Tuesday that it has expanded its customer advisory board to include 10 new members from Fortune 500 companies in media, financial services, technology and more.
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Approach The Bench: Justice Earls On Speaking Out
North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls still believes in the importance of informing the public about the judiciary, but these days she's a little more careful about what she says.
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CLE Co. Accused Of Sharing Subscriber Data With Facebook
A proposed class of legal professionals has hit Lawline with a putative class action in New York federal court, accusing the continuing legal education company of violating the Video Privacy Protection Act by sharing subscribers' information, including services and video viewing history, with third parties such as Facebook for targeted advertising purposes.
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Cadwalader Fears Unsealing Financial Info May Harm Firm
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP has argued in North Carolina Business Court that unsealing financial details related to a November 2022 data breach and its insurance policy with a Lloyd's of London syndicate would put the firm at further risk from competitors and bad actors.
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Law Firm Revenue Rose At 'Historic' Rate In 2024's First Half
U.S. law firm revenue was up 11.4% during the first half of 2024 compared to this time last year, marking one of the industry's best first halves in memory, second only to 2021, according to survey results released Monday by Wells Fargo Private Bank.
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New Jersey Cases Attorneys Are Watching In 2024
Jersey City is fighting the Garden State's cannabis legalization law and argues it conflicts with federal gun control legislation, while the bankrupt former chief financial officer of McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP is facing civil claims he defrauded the firm and paid himself millions in unauthorized salary.
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LegalShield Used AI To Record Clients, Suit Says
Online legal service company LegalShield has been letting a call center software company use artificial intelligence to intercept, analyze and record its customer calls and chats, according to a lawsuit recently pulled into California federal court.
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Client Says Negligence Led To NJ Firm's Ransomware Attack
A client of The Wacks Law Group LLC hit the New Jersey firm with a proposed class action claiming that its negligence in properly securing its data storage led to the theft of hundreds of clients' personal information in a March cyberattack.
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SurePoint CEO On How Law Firms Can Modernize With AI
Eric Thurston, chief executive of practice management solutions provider SurePoint Technologies, sees legal technology, particularly artificial intelligence, as key to modernizing the legal space. Here, Law360 Pulse speaks to him about the company's recent acquisition, its approach to AI and what trends he sees emerging in the legal tech space.
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Troutman Pepper's Generative AI Assistant One Year Later
Since Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP launched its generative artificial intelligence assistant Athena a year ago, the firm has added several capabilities and features, including the ability to upload documents for query and analysis, a mobile app and image creation abilities.
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Legal Tech Roundup: ModelOp, Elite
A Series B investment for a governance software platform tops this roundup of recent legal technology news.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry had another action-packed week as BigLaw firms expanded practices, shook up partnership models, and outlined new policies on office attendance. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Execo Adds Ex-DXC Technology GC To Advisory Board
Alternative legal services provider Execo announced on Thursday the appointment of a veteran general counsel in legal technology to its advisory board.
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Judge Delays AI Trial In Thomson Reuters, ROSS IP Row
A Delaware federal judge on Thursday delayed the first trial involving an artificial intelligence product, postponing a highly anticipated clash in which Thomson Reuters is accusing tech startup ROSS Intelligence of creating an AI legal research platform using copyrighted material from the media company's Westlaw database.
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Wilson Sonsini-Backed Legal AI Startup Hires CLO
Dioptra.ai, which sells generative artificial intelligence aimed at contract review, has hired technology and legal operations veteran Laurie Ehrlich as its chief legal officer, according to an announcement Wednesday.
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Spellbook CEO Aims For AI To Cut Junior Associate Drudgery
A legal technology company known for its artificial intelligence contract drafting and review software is releasing a new AI copilot on Thursday to help legal teams become more efficient.
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How AI Could Shake Up Federal Evidence Rules
Judges, lawyers and academics say it's only a matter of time before the breakneck development of artificial intelligence collides with a cautious, slow-moving judicial system and gives rise to a thorny array of evidentiary issues. They're just not sure what to do about it.