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  • Cadwalader Slams Lloyd's For 'Needless' Disclosure, Mockery

    Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP has opposed a bid by a Lloyd's of London syndicate to unseal the law firm's complaint seeking $1 million of coverage for a November 2022 data breach, telling the North Carolina Business Court that Lloyd's has chosen to "mock and insult their own customer" while exposing confidential information in its filing to the court.

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    Legal Service Co.'s Template Misused Identity Of Fla. Atty

    Tampa Bay attorney Matthew Weidner has shared his work online before to help self-represented litigants, but a copy-paste error following a legal service company using his old pleading as a template recently led to his identity being misused in a Sixth Circuit case.

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    ABA Tells States To Nix Rape Disclosures For Bar Applicants

    The American Bar Association unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday that calls on state admission authorities to stop asking would-be lawyers to disclose their experiences of sexual violence and harassment during the attorney licensure process.

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    ABA: Ease State Licensing Barriers For Military Spouse Attys

    The American Bar Association's policymaking body on Tuesday passed a resolution urging all state supreme courts and bar associations to accommodate the unique needs of military spouse attorneys who must move frequently to support the nation's defense.

  • UK Law Firm Gets Cash Injection For AI Contract Software

    A U.K. law firm has secured more than half a million pounds in funding from Reward Finance Group for its new artificial intelligence software focusing on contract law, with the funder saying the new product will be able to create, review, manage and electronically sign contracts.

  • Legal AI Regulatory Compliance Tool Gets Investment

    Graceview, a regulatory compliance platform that uses artificial intelligence, secured an AUS$1.5 million (about $976,000) funding round on Monday.

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    ABA House Of Delegates Votes Against NDAs In Employment

    The American Bar Association's policymaking body has recommended against including nondisclosure agreements as a condition of employment, and for legislation to be enacted that protects patients' access to "gender-affirming care."

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    Goodwin Adds Prudential Cybersecurity CLO As Partner

    Goodwin Procter LLP announced Monday the hiring of the former chief legal officer in charge of cybersecurity, data privacy and artificial intelligence at Prudential Financial as a partner in its New York office.

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    Paul Weiss Hosts First Summer Associate Hackathon In NYC

    International law firm Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP hosted its first summer associate hackathon last month at its New York City office with technical support from the legal generative artificial intelligence startup Harvey.

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    Epiq Lands Ex-Baker McKenzie Legal Operations Pro

    Legal technology business Epiq announced Monday that its legal business advisory practice will be led by an attorney who formerly served as Baker McKenzie's first global director of legal operations and who has held in-house posts at companies such as PwC, Aon and tech developer 273 Ventures.

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    ABA: Few Latino Attys May Lead To Less Civic Engagement

    The relatively low percentage of Latinos in the legal industry may be part of the reason the ethnic group sees less engagement in civic activities nationwide and is underrepresented in civic leadership roles, according to a new American Bar Association report released Saturday.

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    Bar Exam Rape Disclosure Among ABA Resolutions To Watch

    This coming week at its annual meeting in Chicago, the American Bar Association's policymaking body is expected to discuss the "traumatic" practice of requiring would-be lawyers to disclose and discuss their experiences of sexual violence during the attorney licensure process.

  • Akin Debuts AI Law & Regulation Info Tracker

    Global BigLaw firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP launched a tracker to help monitor changing policies related to artificial intelligence in various fields including intellectual property, data privacy, health and national security.

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    Ill. Magistrate Judge Fuentes Talks Pulling Back AI Order

    Almost a year after issuing a standing order on generative artificial intelligence, Illinois Magistrate Judge Gabriel A. Fuentes has pulled back that order, finding it no longer necessary and slightly burdensome, the judge recently said at a panel during the American Bar Association's annual meeting in Chicago.

  • Legal Tech Roundup: Cellebrite, Elite

    Several companies in legal technology expanded their C-suites this week with new leaders.

  • Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz

    The legal industry marked the end of July with another action-packed week of news as BigLaw made hires across the country. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.

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    Locke Lord Adds Insurance, Privacy Partners In Chicago

    Locke Lord LLP announced on Wednesday that two partners formerly of Sidley Austin LLP and Thompson Coburn LLP have joined the firm's insurance and cybersecurity practices out of Chicago.

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    2023 Worst Year Yet For Cyberattacks On Law Firms: Study

    Last year was the worst on record in terms of cyberattacks on law firms, according to an industry study published Thursday that found there were 45 known attacks, 1.6 million records affected and an average ransomware demand of $2.47 million in 2023.

  • Compliance Co. Gets $3.6M In Funding To Build Legal AI

    SafeGuard Privacy, a compliance privacy platform used by in-house counsel and other corporate teams, closed a $3.6 million funding round on Wednesday.

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    E-Discovery Firm Tanenholz & Marr Adds Ex-Sandline COO

    Maryland-based boutique Tanenholz & Marr has announced the hiring of the former chief operating officer at e-discovery services provider Sandline Global as its counsel and director of legal technology and artificial intelligence.

  • Calif. Bar Says Atty Can't End Billing Scandal's Hacking Claim

    A San Fernando Valley attorney cannot escape an ethics charge alleging he plotted to hack the email and phone of a judge overseeing a public utility class action, the California Bar has told the State Bar Court, urging the court to reject the attorney's argument that merely "discussing plans" for a hack is not an offense.

  • Innovate UK Awards £585K Grant To Contract Co. Definely

    Definely, a London-based provider of legal document software, announced on Wednesday a third injection of capital into the company this year, with the country's national innovation agency Innovate UK awarding the company a £585,000 grant (about $750,000).

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    Legal Experts Co. Harbor Hires Ex-Reuters Marketing VP

    Legal expert services provider Harbor has announced the hiring of a former marketing vice president at Thomson Reuters to lead its proposition marketing and strategy.

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    Cadwalader Can't Cloak Cyberattack Coverage Suit, Court Told

    A Lloyd's of London syndicate wants to unseal a complaint by Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP seeking coverage for a November 2022 data breach, saying it was never given a chance to oppose, and the firm otherwise failed to show why the suit should stay under wraps.

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    Winston & Strawn Adds Chief Information Officer From Cooley

    The longtime chief information officer at Cooley LLP has taken on the same role at Winston & Strawn LLP.

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