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These Firms Have The Most Women In Equity Partnerships
The legal industry still has a long way to go before it can achieve gender parity at its upper levels. But these law firms are performing better than others in breaking the proverbial glass ceiling that prevents women from attaining leadership roles.
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The 2024 Women in Law Report: How Firms Stack Up
Female attorneys have reached a new high in their share of law firm equity partnerships, but firms' progress simply hasn't been significant enough to shatter the longstanding glass ceiling in the industry.
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Legal Sector Doubles Down On AI Use Despite Concerns
The number of legal professionals reporting they have used artificial intelligence has doubled since 2023, yet security and trustworthiness concerns are holding others back from adopting the technology, according to a report released Tuesday.
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Ballard Spahr Adds Biz Development Exec From Norton Rose
Ballard Spahr LLP expanded its leadership team this week with the addition of a business development expert who joined the firm after more than nine years with Norton Rose Fulbright, the firm said Monday.
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Legal Tech Co. DocPro Raises $500K In Pre-Seed Funding
Hong Kong-based legal document template provider DocPro Ltd. has raised half a million dollars in pre-seed funding for artificial intelligence product development, staffing and marketing, the company said Monday.
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Flo Recruit Launches BigLaw Jobs Platform For Aspiring Attys
Legal recruiting software provider Flo Recruit Inc. has launched a career platform to make it easier for students to find jobs in BigLaw, the company announced on Monday.
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Gunster Aims To Erase Data Breach Suit In Florida
Gunster Yoakley & Stewart PA has asked a Florida federal court to toss a proposed class action related to a data breach in 2022, arguing that the former client failed to state actual damages sustained by the potential class due to the cybersecurity incident.
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Legal Tech Roundup: M-Files, Ironclad
From a majority recapitalization to the hiring of several new executives, a lot has happened in legal technology in the past few days.
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Demo To Rollout: How Law Firms Best Navigate New Tech
Law firms should carefully conduct a demo and pilot to successfully roll out new software to staff, experts tell Law360 Pulse. Failure to do so could result in glitches, defects, delayed launches and excessive costs.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
This was another action-packed week for the legal industry as BigLaw made big hires and Donald Trump's legal woes continued. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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KLDiscovery Inks Restructuring Deal, Lenders Gain Shares
E-discovery and managed review company KLDiscovery Inc. on Wednesday finalized a restructuring agreement announced in July, reducing its long-term debt and allowing lenders to gain company shares.
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Law Firms Reimagine Recruitment Amid AI Talent War
Law firms are taking a nuanced approach to fill new artificial intelligence-centric roles, including "testing" experienced professionals as consultants and thinking about potentially having data scientists work remotely, a panel of experts said Thursday.
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ContractPodAi GC Says AI Can Give Attys An Edge Over Peers
The general counsel at legal tech company ContractPodAi doesn't believe lawyers need to be masters in AI. But they must take the steps to learn, understand and become knowledgeable about the developments taking place — or risk being left behind by other attorneys who are embracing innovation.
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LegalZoom Financial Chief Takes On COO Role
Legal technology company LegalZoom has chosen Noel Watson, who joined the company in 2020 as chief financial officer, to be its chief operating officer, according to a recent corporate filing.
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NC Court Defers Ruling To Unseal Cadwalader Coverage Suit
The North Carolina Business Court on Monday did not outright reject a bid by a Lloyd's of London syndicate looking to unseal a complaint by Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP seeking coverage for a November 2022 data breach, though the judge did admonish the syndicate for failing to consult with Cadwalader's counsel before filing the motion.
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Darrow Expands Plaintiff Search Tool With Mass Arbitration
Venture-backed startup Darrow, which has a legal violation detection platform for plaintiffs lawyers, announced Wednesday the expansion of its client vetting platform to include mass arbitration matters.
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How To Get Attys Excited — Not Scared — About Innovation
Food and beverage gatherings, demos during meetings and statements from passionate advocates are just some ways law firms are getting attorneys excited about new technologies, a panel of leaders said Tuesday.
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Berkeley Law To Launch AI Law And Regulation Degree In '25
The University of California, Berkeley School of Law has announced it will launch its first law degree focused on artificial intelligence in 2025, and it is now accepting applications for the new master of laws degree program.
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DOJ Gets Crash Course In AI As Attys Brace For Crackdown
The U.S. Department of Justice is working to keep pace with the swift rise of the tools known as artificial intelligence, investigating potential fraud as its Criminal Division learns the nuances of the technology — an unsettling dynamic for some defense lawyers.
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AI, Vendor Consolidation Reshape Law Firm Profitability
As more law firms track data to achieve profitability, vendor consolidation and the rise of generative artificial intelligence are forcing some to change how they protect profitability, a panel of law firm leaders said this week.
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AdvoLogix Offers AI-Based Financial Software Suite
Enterprise legal management provider AdvoLogix announced Tuesday the launch of an all-in-one platform to allow legal teams to more easily manage both financial operations and legal cases using artificial intelligence functionalities.
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ABA's President-Elect On Navigating Changing Legal Industry
Law360 Pulse caught up with Michelle Behnke, the American Bar Association's new president-elect, to discuss the challenge of keeping up with changes in the legal profession.
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Tech Is Helping Law Firm Trainers Boost Learning Programs
Creating a successful learning program depends on finding the right tool at the right price to properly train users within a law firm, a panel of experts said during a discussion on Monday.
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The 'Colorful' 11th Circ. Judge Behind Unusual Use For AI
Eleventh Circuit Judge Kevin C. Newsom said judges should consider using artificial intelligence to analyze the ordinary meaning of terms in legal disputes, a proposal that comes as no surprise to attorneys who know him as an innovative jurist, a committed textualist and talented writer who pens "colorful" and "vibrant" opinions.
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NJ Bar Aims To Nix Opinion Allowing Atty Keyword Search
The New Jersey State Bar Association is urging the state Supreme Court to overturn an ethics advisory opinion allowing attorneys to purchase other attorneys' names to use as keywords in online searches in order to redirect web traffic to their website.