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It's Not Your Imagination, SDNY Attys: PACER Really Is Slow
Recent mid-morning slowdowns of the federal courts database known as PACER in the Southern District of New York are caused by a profusion of data miners that ply their trade around the same time each day, a district official confirmed Tuesday.
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Are Law Firms Losing Money On Generative AI?
How to leverage generative artificial intelligence to enhance the bottom line is still a question mark for the vast majority of law firms, with many making massive investments in the technology without much of a plan for how to monetize it, law firm consultants say.
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5 King & Spalding E-Discovery Attys Jump To Hilgers Graben
Hilgers Graben PLLC announced Tuesday that it has gained a five-member e-discovery team in Atlanta and St. Louis from King & Spalding LLP, adding five female lawyers to the women-owned firm's roster.
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Maryland State Bar Latest To Offer Smokeball Tool For Free
Legal practice management software provider Smokeball marked its seventh free product partnership with a state bar association on Tuesday, announcing it would offer its trust accounting billing software to members of the Maryland State Bar Association for free.
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Pocketlaw Raises New Capital, Appoints Music Exec To Board
Contract creation and automation platform Pocketlaw Ltd. announced last week both the closing of a new funding round and the appointment of Kobalt Music Group founder Willard Ahdritz, one of its latest investors, as a board member.
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Linklaters Looks To Step Up AI Use With New 'Sandbox'
Linklaters LLP announced Monday that it has launched an "artificial intelligence sandbox" to quickly bring to life ideas from within the legal business about how AI can be used to improve the way work is being done for clients.
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Ex-Skadden Chair Retiring And Joining Legal Tech Boards
Eric Friedman, who led Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP for 15 years as chair and executive partner, is retiring from the firm at the end of the year and joining the boards of two legal tech companies.
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Defense Firms Race To Close Gap As Plaintiff AI Tools Surge
Plaintiff lawyers are boosting production through new specialized generative artificial intelligence offerings, leaving the litigation defense side shorthanded, experts say.
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More Law Firm Business Staffs See Discretionary Bonuses
Law firms' administrators and staff have reported more discretionary bonuses, longer parental leave, increasing work-from-home policies and an overall decline in turnover rates, according to the latest annual report produced by the Association of Legal Administrators.
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How AI Chatbots Can Be Used To Quiz Law School Students
Law school professors overseeing courses in artificial intelligence should consider quizzing students via conversational chatbots, argued the director of technology innovation at the University of Oklahoma in an article published earlier this month.
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Wilson Sonsini Tech Unit Releases Employment Law Data
SixFifty, a tech subsidiary of law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC, has released more than 4,000 summaries covering more than 100 employment law topics across every state and major locality in the U.S. that users can explore using filters and generative artificial intelligence-powered search.
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What Do You Know About BigLaw's Associate Bonus Plans?
BigLaw has ushered in another busy bonus season as law firms announce extra compensation for associates. Test your legal news savvy with a special Law360 Pulse quiz on what firms have announced so far.
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The Case For Co-Regulation Of Justice Tech Platforms
Digital platforms for legal services should be co-regulated between lawmakers and professional bar associations as a means of promoting access to justice while steering away from potential restrictions on advertising, unauthorized practice of law and referrals, according to a recent Denver Law Review Forum paper.
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Texas Atty Sanctioned For Citing Bogus Cases After Using AI
A Texas lawyer pursuing a wrongful termination lawsuit against Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. has been sanctioned for submitting a brief that included citations to nonexistent cases generated by an artificial intelligence tool, a Texas federal judge ordered this week.
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Litera Acquires London-Based Document Software Provider
Legal technology giant Litera announced Tuesday the acquisition of London-based Office & Dragons, which provides a legal document editing platform that also incorporates generative artificial intelligence.
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Legal Services Corp. Awards $5.9M In Tech Grants In 22 States
Continuing a program first launched in 2000, the Legal Services Corp. is awarding $5.9 million in Technology Initiative Grants to organizations using tech to help deliver legal services across 22 states, the group announced Tuesday.
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Social Media Poses Client Confidentiality Risks, NJ Attys Told
Ethics experts have a warning for New Jersey lawyers about social media: It's a bigger part than ever of the modern practice of law, but it can be like wading through a minefield of client confidentiality issues.
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Latham & Watkins Adds Tech Transactions Course To Forage
Latham & Watkins LLP has expanded its offerings on the virtual work experience platform Forage to include a data and technology transactions course, marking the firm's 10th program on the platform.
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Legal Operations Consortium Names Executive Director
The Corporate Legal Operations Consortium, a member-run organization for in-house legal professionals worldwide, has found its new executive director in an experienced executive and general counsel.
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AI-Driven Document Tool Macro Raises $12M In Series A
The CEO of Macro, an artificial intelligence-powered document tool for legal and other professionals, announced that the company has raised $12 million in a Series A funding round, surpassing its 2023 numbers.
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Clarilis Teams Up With Addleshaw Goddard On VC Tool
Legal document automation company Clarilis has launched an automated document suite for early-stage venture capital transactions in the U.K. that was developed in partnership with its law firm client Addleshaw Goddard LLP, the company said Monday.
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Legal Tech Company Can't Arbitrate Sex Harassment Claims
A former executive of a Texas legal tech company needn't arbitrate her sexual harassment claims outside court, a New York federal judge determined on Thursday, though he also dismissed some of her claims.
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Ironclad's New GC Drawn To Mission-Driven Companies
Ironclad's new general counsel Jasmine Singh is a former litigator who moved in-house to solve legal problems before they happen and be a part of mission-driven companies like 24 Hour Fitness and Pinterest.
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Marketer Asks Judge To Rethink OK'ing Text Solicitation Ban
Pennsylvania's statewide ban on the use of text messages to solicit potential legal clients would cause irreparable harm to a company that specializes in digital marketing technology by preventing it from raising revenue while fighting the rule, according to a recent motion filed in Pittsburgh federal court.
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Legal Tech Roundup: Anaqua, Haiku
This roundup of recent legal technology news includes a private equity investor buying a majority stake in an intellectual property tech company.