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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.
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NJ Judges, Attys Brace For Tech 'Evolution' In Litigation
With technology like artificial intelligence poised to reshape the legal industry, New Jersey litigation experts and judges are forecasting an "evolution" in how parts of the practice law, from meet and confers to evidentiary hearings, will be handled, according to a panel discussion broadcast Wednesday.
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L&F Brown Launches Practice Dedicated To Legal Tech
L&F Brown PC announced Wednesday that it is launching what it calls "the first dedicated legal tech practice group at any law firm in the United States," with a California-based team of two firm founders and two new hires, most of whom previously worked in the C-suite of online legal services giant LegalZoom.
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AI Startup FirmPilot Adds LexShares Founder To Board
Legal technology provider FirmPilot, which developed a marketing tool for law firms that uses artificial intelligence, announced on Tuesday the appointment of LexShares' founder and former chief executive to its board of directors.
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Thomson Reuters Buys AI Biz Started By A&O Trainee
Thomson Reuters said on Wednesday that it has acquired an artificial intelligence company which was founded by a trainee solicitor at Allen & Overy LLP more than two years ago.
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Stanford-LA County Court Judicial Access Project Gets Grant
Stanford Law School announced it has received a grant to bolster an ongoing partnership with the Superior Court of Los Angeles County that aims to implement new approaches to lower the barrier to participate in the judicial process across the county.
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Deloitte Legal Tech Tool Spins Out, Raises VC Funds
Amsterdam-based Moonlit.ai, which runs a legal research and monitoring platform in European jurisdictions, announced Tuesday it received an investment from Curiosity VC and is spinning out from Deloitte, becoming an independent company.
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A Deep Dive Into Law360 Pulse's 2024 Women In Law Report
The legal industry continues to see incremental gains for female lawyers in private practice in the U.S., according to a Law360 Pulse analysis, with women now representing 40.6% of all attorneys and 51% of all associates.
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Representation In The Ranks: How Firms Are Faring
The Law360 Pulse Women in Law Report provides a data-driven view of U.S. law firms at the end of 2023. Here, we look at the representation of women at all levels of a typical law firm, from associates to equity partners.
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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.