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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.

  • 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.

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    How Law Firms Are Rethinking Their Data Functions

    The role of data managers and stewards in law firms has evolved in the past few years to help make data more accessible for staff, and they will play an important role in the adoption of generative tools, a panel of legal industry experts said Monday.

  • UniCourt Adds AI Features To Its Litigation Database

    Legal data and analytics platform UniCourt, which provides real-time court data, announced on Monday the launch of an artificial intelligence platform that allows users to search a database of litigation data, attorneys, law firms, parties and judges throughout the United States.

  • Willkie Farr Sued Over $350K In Unpaid Legal Tech Bills

    Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP was sued in New York state court by a debt collection agency over an alleged unpaid balance of more than $350,000 in fees to legal technology company TransPerfect Legal Solutions.

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    Legal Writing Biz Adds Longtime Tech Atty To C-Suite

    Legal writing and editing tool BriefCatch announced on Monday the hiring of a longtime legal technology executive and consultant as its chief operating officer.

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    Goodwin Hires Former Ironclad, Google Exec As COO In Calif.

    Goodwin Procter LLP has hired contract software giant Ironclad Inc.'s chief community officer as its Silicon Valley-based chief operating officer, the firm said Monday.

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    A Look At Cooley's Generative AI Chatbot For Startups

    International law firm Cooley LLP recently launched a generative artificial intelligence chatbot called Cooley GObot to make it easier for startups to access online resources provided by the firm about building a company.

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    LexisNexis Launches New AI Assistant After Henchman Buy

    LexisNexis Legal & Professional is offering a new generative artificial intelligence assistant called Protégé on the third-generation of the Lexis+ AI platform for law firms to test out through a U.S. commercial preview program, the Law360 parent company said Monday.

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    Open-Source Dataset Aims To Make Legal AI More Accurate

    A large collection of data that includes examples of judges citing passages of precedent along with context, such as the court and the time of the precedent, will be released on Monday at a natural language processing conference, a researcher from MIT told Law360 Pulse.

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    Cyber Litigation Pro Joins Pierson Ferdinand In Ohio

    A cyber litigation specialist has moved from leading his own practice for over a decade to the rapidly expanding Pierson Ferdinand LLP in Ohio, the firm said Thursday.

  • Legal Tech Roundup: Box, K2 Services

    The acquisition of a document processing platform tops this roundup of recent legal industry news.

  • Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz

    The legal industry had another action-packed week as BigLaw firms hired new talent and the American Bar Association held its annual meeting in Chicago. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.

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    Harvey Promises Greater Transparency After Years Of Mystery

    Harvey, the OpenAI-backed legal technology startup, is becoming more transparent about its uses and products after nearly two years of operating with little promotion, its CEO, Winston Weinberg, tells Law360 Pulse.

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    Litigators Leaning On Ethical Rules To Navigate AI Orders

    Litigators are being mindful of their ethical obligations when using artificial intelligence tools by double-checking AI outputs in light of a smattering of standing orders that judges have issued on the topic.

  • Litify Launches AI-Based Document Management Product

    Legal operations platform Litify LLC announced Thursday the launch of its artificial intelligence product, Litify AI, which it argued would reduce the time used during case and document management.

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    LegalZoom Cuts Staff 15% In Second Round Of Layoffs

    LegalZoom Inc. is trimming its staff by 15% in its second layoff in less than a year, a month after installing a new CEO, the online legal technology company disclosed Tuesday.  

  • LegalZoom Seeks Arbitration Of Unauthorized Practice Claims

    LegalZoom has asked a New Jersey federal court to force arbitration of proposed class claims that the company engaged in the unauthorized practice of law, arguing the named plaintiff entered into a binding arbitration agreement by clicking "agree and pay now" when he purchased services from the online platform.

  • Ex-Exec Says Texas Law Firm Can't Arbitrate Harassment Suit

    A former executive of a Texas legal tech company has asked a New York federal judge not to let her former law firm force her to arbitrate sexual harassment claims against the firm and its legal technology partner, ClaimDeck.

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    5 Things To Know About The ABA's New President-Elect

    Michelle Behnke, a business law attorney with more than 35 years of experience, became president-elect of the American Bar Association this week, setting her up to become the president of the organization next summer.

  • Relativity Adds AI Product To Its Justice For Change Program

    E-discovery and legal software provider Relativity announced Wednesday that its social impact program Justice for Change will now include free access to its generative artificial intelligence product aiR for review beginning in September.

  • Cobb County Superior Court Under Judicial Emergency

    A software conversion that has caused confusion and dysfunction within the Cobb County Superior Court led the court's highest judge to declare a judicial emergency Wednesday that will be in effect for the next 30 days.

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    Portugal-Based Legal Drafting Startup Legau Launches In US

    Portugal-based legal drafting company Legau is kicking off its international expansion in the U.S. this week at the International Legal Technology Association's annual conference, ILTACON.

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    A New Take On 'Presumed Innocent' With Scott Turow

    A staple of the legal thriller genre for nearly 40 years, Scott Turow’s bestselling novel and blockbuster movie "Presumed Innocent" returned to the screen this year as an eight-episode miniseries on Apple. In a spoiler-free conversation with Law360, the author discusses evolving his characters for their television debut and the lasting legacy of his most famous work.

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    What It Will Take For More State Bars To Address AI

    On the heels of the American Bar Association's first ethics guidance for lawyers using artificial intelligence, questions loom about when more state bar associations will build on the ABA recommendations.

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