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    Seward & Kissel Continues Its Fully Remote Augusts

    Seward & Kissel LLP, which has offices in New York City and Washington, D.C., said in an email to Law360 Pulse on Friday that it would be continuing its policy to move to fully remote during the month of August, along with retaining the hybrid work model it's had in place since 2022.

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    ABA's 1st Generative AI Opinion Points Attys To Ethical Duties

    The American Bar Association ethics committee published on Monday its first formal opinion on attorney use of generative artificial intelligence tools, saying lawyers should consider their ethical obligations, including those related to model rules on competency, confidentiality and fees.

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    Defense Attys Fight Proposal To Favor Virtual Testimony

    A legal advocacy group of defense-side attorneys has come out against a proposal by several plaintiffs firms to allow live virtual testimony in civil trials, calling it a "thinly veiled attempt" to put CEOs and other top executives "on the stand in every federal trial."

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    Why Public Confidence In US Courts Is 'Withering'

    Public trust in the federal judiciary, and the U.S. Supreme Court in particular, has fallen in recent years, with fewer than half of Americans now expressing confidence in the federal courts, according to a study released Monday.

  • Legal Tech Biz Litera Acquires Data Management Co. FileTrail

    Legal technology giant Litera announced on Monday the acquisition of FileTrail, which offers information governance and records management services to law firms and companies.

  • Attys Face Sanctions For Fake Citations In Whistleblower Suit

    A Virginia federal judge has asked lawyers representing a plaintiff in a whistleblower case to defend why they should not be sanctioned for including seemingly fabricated case sources in a brief objecting to a protective order, questioning whether it was a case of "ChatGPT run amok."

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    Cadwalader Suing Lloyd's Over Cyberattack Coverage Denial

    Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP has filed suit against insurer Lloyd's of London in North Carolina state court, alleging the company has failed to reimburse the law firm for expenses related to a November 2022 data breach.

  • Bad Online Security Botched $800K Home Sale, Suit Says

    A five-attorney Connecticut law firm's "archaic" email and computer systems allowed hackers to infiltrate an approximately $800,000 home sale and divert cash to fake accounts, a new federal lawsuit against Hastings Cohan & Walsh LLP and one of its attorneys alleges.

  • Legal Tech Roundup: Aderant, Enty

    A technology innovator joining a legal business management software company tops this roundup of legal technology news.

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    Digital Guides And Plain Language Key To Court Accessibility

    Court forms should be designed with self-represented litigants in mind, researchers at the University of Ottawa said in a recent report, which implores judicial stakeholders to consider introducing guided pathways on digital forms and to massage legal jargon into easily understood, plain-language instructions.

  • Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz

    A shakeup in the presidential race kicked off another busy week for the legal industry as two BigLaw firms named leaders. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.

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    How Honigman Tested Harvey's AI Tool Without Use Cases

    While Honigman LLP has a history of wielding artificial intelligence tools from third-party vendors, its new partnership with the generative AI upstart Harvey was unique because the vendor reached out first to the firm, and the use cases — situations for using the software — were not identified until later.

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    Womble Bond Atty, NC Bar Leader, Talks DEI, Digital Courts

    The North Carolina Bar Association has welcomed a new president amid a year of major change, including an election in November with a host of judicial races; the continued push to prioritize diversity, equity and inclusion in the industry; and the massive undertaking of digitizing the state's court records system.

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    Cooley Adds 1st Chief Innovation Officer From Wilson Sonsini

    Cooley LLP announced Thursday that it expects to have its first-ever chief innovation officer in late August, hiring a Palo Alto attorney who held that same role at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC.

  • Foley Hoag Hit With Overtime Wage Suit By NY Support Tech

    A former support technician at Foley Hoag LLP accused the firm of "egregious violations of wage and hour laws" in a lawsuit filed Wednesday in New York federal court.

  • Elevate Services Nabs $20M Capital Commitment

    Software-based legal services company Elevate Services Inc. closed a $20 million commitment from Runway Growth Capital LLC, according to an announcement from the investment firm on Thursday.

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    How Law Firms Balance Internal E-Discovery And Outsourcing

    As law firms try to find the right fit between outsourcing some e-discovery services and having dedicated internal e-discovery teams, a group of panelists from top firms are focused on providing value and evaluating the next generation of e-discovery tools.

  • LexisNexis Opens General Access To Gen AI Tool In Canada

    LexisNexis Legal & Professional has made its generative artificial intelligence tool Lexis+ AI generally available for Canadian customers after a commercial preview in the region earlier this year, the company said Thursday.

  • Legal Tech Co.'s $1.3M Data Privacy Deal Gets OK'd

    A Kansas federal judge granted preliminary approval to a proposed $1.3 million settlement between a data and professional services company catering to law firms and a class of thousands of its customers and employees, who said their personal information was stolen in a March 2023 data breach that exposed 200 gigabytes of sensitive information.

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    Record Retrieval Co. Compex Discloses April Data Breach

    Compex Legal Services Inc., a record retrieval and litigation support services provider, said Wednesday it had a data breach in April that exposed the personal identifiable information of "certain individuals," and the company is currently conducting an investigation into the event.

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    US Market Fuels Clifford Chance Revenue Growth

    Clifford Chance LLP said Wednesday that revenue has climbed by 9% to £2.3 billion ($3 billion) in the financial year to April 30, fueled by a 28% growth in the U.S., where the firm enjoyed its best performance yet in the world's largest legal market.

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    Legal Ops Teams Feel Friction With In-House Legal Leaders

    Legal technology helps drive innovation and efficiency across the corporate law department, but many legal ops professionals often clash with in-house legal teams, according to survey results released Tuesday.

  • Texas Legal Services Biz Escapes Most Data Breach Claims

    A Texas federal judge has trimmed most claims in a proposed class action over a legal services company's data breach, leaving a negligence claim lodged by one plaintiff who alleges he was a victim of identity theft due to the breach.

  • How Law Librarians Are Teaching Ethical Use Of AI

    Law librarians are using several strategies to teach law students and lawyers how to ethically use generative artificial intelligence tools, including reading assignments, prompt exercises and mandatory training, according to a panel at the American Association of Law Libraries' annual conference

  • Legal AI Co. Harvey Becomes 'Unicorn' After $100M Series C

    The legal generative artificial intelligence tool Harvey reached the "unicorn" status of being a private company valued at more than $1 billion after securing a $100 million Series C on Tuesday.

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