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Texas Bar Developing AI Tool Kit For Lone Star Lawyers
As part of its ongoing efforts to help Texas attorneys navigate how best to use artificial intelligence, a State Bar of Texas task force is busy designing a user-friendly online tool kit.
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Legal AI Co. Counsel Stack Raises $200K In Pre-Seed Funding
Generative artificial intelligence-enabled legal research and practice management platform Counsel Stack has raised $200,000 from venture capital fund Brown and White Ventures, marking the company's first pre-seed investment.
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Legal Research Startup Paxton Raises $22M In Series A
Legal research startup Paxton AI has announced it raised $22 million in a Series A funding round to help scale its artificial intelligence product and business worldwide.
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Law Reform Charity Maps Out Proposals To Safely Harness AI
Upholding the rule of law and human rights should underpin innovations around artificial intelligence technology to guard against ill-designed changes that could weaken the U.K. justice system, a law reform charity said in a report published Thursday.
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Compliance, Data Risks Top Of Mind For In-House Pros
Data security risks and adherence to new regulations stand out as the major concerns for in-house legal professionals heading into 2025, according to a new report from Summize, a provider of contract lifecycle management software.
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KPMG's US Law Firm Plan Still Under Review By Ariz. Justices
Accounting giant KPMG's bid to own a U.S. law firm remains unresolved after the Arizona Supreme Court held a scheduled meeting on the matter.
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Former LegalZoom Exec Must Arbitrate Discrimination Suit
A California appeals court on Tuesday reversed an order denying arbitration in a discrimination and wrongful termination case brought by LegalZoom's former head of corporate financial planning and analysis.
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Workflow Co. Onit Acquires Legal Files Software
Legal workflow company Onit Inc. announced on Tuesday its acquisition of Legal Files Software Inc., a provider of legal case and matter management solutions.
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'Transformative' System Coming To Ga. Courts, Justice Says
A new statewide case management system for Georgia's superior and state courts should be functional by the end of the year, the state's chief justice told legislators during his third State of the Judiciary address in Atlanta on Tuesday, amid warnings of judicial threats and court reporter shortages.
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GCs Told To Cut Costs Despite Growing Regulatory Risks
Over 40% of chief legal officers globally who responded to a recent survey received a cost-cutting mandate from their company in the past year, so it's not surprising that their top strategic initiative for 2025 is to operate more efficiently.
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Legal Tech Provider Helm360's Parent Co. Restructures
The parent company of the legal technology solutions provider Helm360 has changed its organizational structure to promote greater synergy across the business, the company said Tuesday.
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Elevate Services Acquires IP Research Co. Sagacious
Software-based legal services company Elevate Services Inc. on Tuesday announced its acquisition of intellectual property research company Sagacious IP and the absorption of its staff of 500.
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Berry Appleman, Ex-Tech Lead Resolve Disability Bias Suit
Berry Appleman & Leiden struck a deal to end a former software tech lead's suit claiming the global immigration firm fired him because side effects from new medication caused him to ask for a reprieve from his demanding workload, according to a filing in Texas federal court.
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KPMG Partner On The Ethics Of Its Arizona Law Firm
KPMG is on the verge of becoming the first Big Four accounting firm to have its own legal practice in the U.S. — a milestone that could potentially disrupt the traditional law firm model and also raises several ethical concerns. KPMG's Christian Athanasoulas spoke to Law360 Pulse about these concerns, as well as the role of AI in its legal practice and the broader impact across the legal profession.
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Judge Tosses Bias Suit Over Deadlines, AI-Generated Filings
A D.C. federal judge has dismissed the remaining age-discrimination claim in a lawsuit filed by former D.C. Department of Public Works employees after the remaining plaintiff failed to comply with discovery deadlines and submitted filings with inaccurate citations, further raising concerns about the use of AI-generated content.
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Casepoint Joins GovTech Co., Gets Thoma Bravo Investment
Data discovery company Casepoint merged with the government process management software provider Opexus on Monday and received an undisclosed majority investment from Thoma Bravo.
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Jackson Lewis Hosts First Prompt-A-Thons With Microsoft
Jackson Lewis PC has begun a series of prompt-a-thons, virtual competitions where participants explore generative artificial intelligence use cases and craft AI prompts using Microsoft Copilot applications.
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Ex-McDermott Attys Head New Legal Services Platform
Holding company LSS Strategic Partners has launched a new platform to match vetted lawyers with businesses requiring legal expertise on a temporary basis, the company announced Thursday.
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Mayer Brown, 4 Others Win NY State Cybersecurity Contract
Mayer Brown LLP, Venable LLP and three other law firms were awarded a five-year New York state contract for cybersecurity legal services including planning for cyberattacks, incident response and creating data protection policies, according to the New York State Office of General Services.
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Legal Tech Roundup: The L Suite, Qumis
It's still only January and one company in legal technology has already made two acquisitions in 2025.
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Language Services Biz Launches IP Division For Int'l Patents
A London-based translation services provider has begun rolling out a new division that aims to use artificial intelligence technology to help companies secure patents worldwide and manage their global patent portfolios.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry had another busy week as BigLaw firms shuffled practices and President Donald Trump began his second term with a flurry of policy changes and appointments. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Dechert Partner On How Firm Is Challenging The Status Quo
Dechert LLP has started multiple visionary programs since creating an Innovation Task Force eight years ago. Devin Swaney, New York-based innovation partner at Dechert, talked to Law360 Pulse about how innovation is in the firm’s blood.
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FisherBroyles, Pierson Ferdinand See Growth In Year Since Split
One year after nearly half of the partners at FisherBroyles LLP left to form the breakaway firm Pierson Ferdinand LLP, both firms have grown their headcount and reported a successful 2024, and industry observers say it demonstrates the appeal of their offbeat model as partner-only and fully remote.
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Many Attorneys Not Meeting ABA's 50-Hour Pro Bono Goal
While most attorneys have volunteered pro bono services at some point in their career, many lawyers are not meeting the American Bar Association's goal for every lawyer to provide 50 hours of pro bono work every year, and lack of time was the biggest discouraging factor, according to a recent report.
Expert Analysis
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How Dynamic Project Management Can Help Law Firms
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Law firms looking to streamline matter management should consider tools that offer both employees and clients real-time access to documents, action items, task assignee information and more, overcoming many of the limitations of project communications via email, says Stephen Weyer at Stites & Harbison.
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How Firms Can Benefit From Creating Their Own ALSPs
As more law firms develop their own legal services centers to serve as both a source of flexible personnel and technological innovation, they can further enhance the effectiveness by fostering a consistent and cohesive team and allowing for experimentation with new technologies from an established baseline, say attorneys at Hogan Lovells.
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Keys To Digitizing Inefficient Contract Management Processes
Neville Eisenberg and Mark Grayson at BCLP explain how they sped up contract execution for one client by replacing email with a centralized, digital tool for negotiations and review, and how the principles they adhered to can be helpful for other law firms looking to improve poorly managed contract management processes.
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Law Firm Tips For Evaluating AI And Machine Learning Tools
Many legal technology vendors now sell artificial intelligence and machine learning tools at a premium price tag, but law firms must take the time to properly evaluate them as not all offerings generate process efficiencies or even use the technologies advertised, says Steven Magnuson at Ballard Spahr.
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Learning How To Code Can Unleash New Potential In Lawyers
Every lawyer can begin incorporating aspects of software development in their day-to-day practice with little to no changes in their existing tools or workflow, and legal organizations that take steps to encourage this exploration of programming can transform into tech incubators, says George Zalepa at Greenberg Traurig.
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The Importance Of Client Engagement In Law Firm Innovation
As clients increasingly want law firms to serve as innovation platforms, firms must understand that there is no one-size-fits-all approach — the key is a nimble innovation function focused on listening and knowledge sharing, says Mark Brennan at Hogan Lovells.
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A Scientific Path For Improving Diversity At Law Firms
Law firms could combine industrial organizational psychology and machine learning to study prospective hires' analytical thinking, stress response and similar attributes — which could lead to recruiting from a more diverse candidate pool, say Ali Shahidi and Bess Sully at Sheppard Mullin.