Try our Advanced Search for more refined results
Legal Tech
-
Thompson Coburn Hit With Suit Over Healthcare Data Breach
Thompson Coburn LLP was hit with a proposed class action Tuesday in Missouri federal court alleging the firm did not do enough to safeguard data provided to a healthcare provider client, resulting in a data breach that compromised individuals' personal information.
-
Dye & Durham Nominates 7 To Board Amid Proxy Fight
The legal technology company Dye & Durham Ltd. on Tuesday introduced a slate of seven nominees, a blend of returning members and fresh candidates, for its board of directors election.
-
E-Discovery Co. Consilio Opens 2 Data Centers In Australia
E-discovery and document review company Consilio LLC announced Monday that it has further expanded into Australia with the completion of two new data centers in Sydney and Melbourne, along with the establishment of a local team led by its Asia-Pacific regional director.
-
Fed. Circ. Won't Revive Billable Hours Patent Against RELX
The Federal Circuit won't undo a New York federal judge's finding that a Realtime Tracker Inc. patent for tracking billable hours was invalid as an abstract idea, backing a win for LexisNexis parent company RELX.
-
Law360 Names Attys Who Moved Up The Firm Ranks In Q3
A promotion to partner or election to practice group chair means a slew of new responsibilities and also lots of well-deserved recognition. Law360 reveals the list of attorneys whose commitment to legal excellence earned them highly coveted spots in the law firm leadership ranks. Find out if your old legal friends — or rivals — moved up in the third quarter of the year.
-
Legal Payments Startup Talli Emerges With $4M Seed Round
A startup that developed a digital payments platform for the legal industry secured a $4 million seed funding round on Monday.
-
Texas Bar Eyes Ban On Revenue Sharing With Non-Atty Cos.
A proposed ethics opinion from the State Bar of Texas says lawyers shouldn't pay revenue percentages to nonlawyer-owned businesses that provide legal support services, though attorneys may own equity interests in such companies under certain conditions.
-
Judiciary Advisers Back Development Of AI Evidence Rules
The federal judiciary's advisory panel for evidentiary issues agreed Friday to develop rules aimed at strengthening scrutiny of testimony and materials derived from artificial intelligence systems, saying AI-generated information should meet the same reliability standards that apply to expert witnesses.
-
Fla. Law Firm Gunster To Pay $8.5M Over 2022 Data Breach
Florida corporate law firm Gunster has agreed to shell out $8.5 million to resolve a proposed class action alleging it failed to properly safeguard the personal information of nearly 10,000 clients, employees, and other individuals from cybercriminals, according to a motion to preliminarily approve the deal filed in Florida federal court.
-
Attys Ask 11th Circ. To Affirm Arbitration Denial In ERISA Case
The American Association for Justice has urged the Eleventh Circuit to find that a legal technology company's arbitration clauses are unenforceable, arguing that the company should face workers' Employee Retirement Income Security Act suit in court.
-
Legal Nonprofit Accuses AI Startup Of Wrongly Using Its Work
Artificial intelligence-powered legal research startup Caseway wrongfully downloaded work from the nonprofit Canadian Legal Information Institute's website in bulk and is selling it for a monthly subscription fee, according to a lawsuit filed by CanLII, a nonprofit that provides free legal information.
-
UK Firm Browne Jacobson Appoints Tech Director As COO
Nottingham, England-based Browne Jacobson LLP promoted its technology and operations director Abby Ewen to the role of chief operating officer.
-
Legal Tech Roundup: Disco, Com Pro
The addition of a new sales chief at an e-discovery software company tops this roundup of recent legal technology news.
-
Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry had another action-packed week as BigLaw firms named new leaders and Donald Trump became president-elect. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
-
Dell, Lattice Semiconductor Attys Work Through AI Risks
A Dell in-house attorney picked up errors artificial intelligence made in his daughter's math homework, while a Lattice Semiconductor attorney was surprised that a rough translation AI provided was actually accurate, leading them to encourage a room of patent attorneys on Thursday to be cautious.
-
Canada's Competition Bureau Seeks Dye & Durham Docs
Canada's Competition Bureau announced Thursday that it obtained a court order to gather information and advance an ongoing investigation into alleged anti-competitive conduct by legal technology company Dye & Durham Ltd., which has been scrutinized over the past year by activist investors and other national regulatory bodies.
-
Ross Fights Thomson Reuters Bid To Toss Fair Use Defense
Ross Intelligence pushed back on Thomson Reuters's renewed bid to block it from claiming fair use in a suit alleging that Ross ripped off the Westlaw research platform for its artificial intelligence product, saying in a filing unsealed Wednesday that the output of its tool "did not contain or depend on" any copyright materials claimed by Thomson Reuters, the owner of Westlaw.
-
Kutana+Brochet Adds Contract Drafting Through Acquisition
A U.K.-based document life cycle technology provider that serves legal and corporate clients announced Wednesday that it has acquired a majority stake in the contract software company Contract Genetica.
-
Fed. Circ. Mulls Whether Billable Hour Tech Can Be Patented
The Federal Circuit is set to decide whether a LexisNexis program that helps attorneys track their billable hours is stepping on another company's intellectual property or if that company is simply trying to patent the noninventive concept of keeping time using a computer.
-
Federal Courts Warn Attys Of Case Management Email Scam
The federal courts on Wednesday warned attorneys to beware of emails appearing to be official court filing notifications that try to convince recipients to click on a link to a "malicious website" filled with computer viruses.
-
The Legal Work Awaiting Attys During Trump's Second Term
Former President Donald Trump's return to the White House following his election victory on Tuesday is sure to bring a series of policy changes that will keep lawyers busy, particularly attorneys working in international trade, immigration, tax and antitrust.
-
CEO For Data Management Co. Cellebrite Steps Down
Data management and intelligence company Cellebrite DI Ltd. announced to investors Wednesday that CEO Yossi Carmil will step down from his role and membership from the board by the end of the year.
-
Latham Adds Deputy Chief Of SDNY's Criminal Division In NY
Latham & Watkins LLP expanded its capabilities in complex investigations and proceedings with the addition of the deputy chief of the criminal division in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York.
-
It's Too Early To Say Gen AI Will Kill The Billable Hour
Recent surveys are — again — saying the billable hour is about to go the way of the dodo. This time the predictions forecasting the billable hour's impending doom are because of the rise of generative artificial intelligence in law firms.
-
Firm Alleges Damage From Holland & Knight's File Breach
Hitting back at arguments that it had suffered no harm as a result of an ex-Holland & Knight LLP attorney's alleged unauthorized accessing of a client's confidential files, a Philadelphia personal injury firm countered Monday that it had been saddled with litigation costs and increased cybersecurity insurance premiums.