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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry marked mid-June with another action-packed week as BigLaw firms and legal departments appointed new leaders. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse’s weekly quiz.
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New Georgia Bar President Talks AI, Promoting Rule Of Law
Christopher "Chris" P. Twyman might have made history this month as the first African American man to become president of the State Bar of Georgia, but he wants the focus of his yearlong term to be on the organization's work as it tackles challenges like artificial intelligence and "constitutional literacy."
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Atty Told To Fix AI 'Train Wreck' In Multiple Fla. Courts
A Florida federal judge expressed outrage toward an attorney's reliance on artificial intelligence to draft filings with fake legal citations, ordering counsel in a fight over a $5 million Canadian judgment to submit supplemental briefs in order to fix a "train wreck" that spans several cases in multiple courts.
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California Bar Exam Woes Latest Chapter In Ongoing Scrutiny
Recent headline-grabbing blunders with the February California bar exam represent a stumbling block in a yearslong effort to reshape the exam, with an eye toward equity and accessibility for the more than 10,000 applicants who sit for the exam each year.
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Most Legal Teams Shrink As Tech Use Grows
Legal departments are increasingly turning to technology such as e-signature and e-billing tools to streamline operations, even as the average size of in-house teams shrinks, according to a new report.
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Flaster Greenberg The Latest To Launch AI Services
Flaster Greenberg PC has announced the firm expanded its privacy and cybersecurity group to include artificial intelligence matters, becoming the latest firm to formalize its legal services related to the technology.
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E-Discovery Co. Consilio Acquires AI Research Group TrueLaw
E-discovery and document review provider Consilio LLC has announced its acquisition of New York-based legal artificial intelligence solutions provider TrueLaw.
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LexisNexis, Harvey Partner For AI-Powered Legal Workflows
In a new partnership involving two legal technology heavyweights, LexisNexis Legal & Professional formed an alliance with the legal artificial intelligence platform Harvey on Wednesday.
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NY-Based Expert Institute Acquires Fellow Witness Search Co.
New York-based legal services provider Expert Institute, which connects litigants with expert witnesses and litigation intelligence, has announced its acquisition of ExpertConnect Litigation Support, LLC, an expert witness search and placement firm focused on regulatory, commercial and intellectual property disputes.
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3rd Circ. To Review AI Ruling In Fight Over Westlaw Data
The Third Circuit on Tuesday granted an interlocutory appeal from tech startup Ross Intelligence, which is challenging a ruling from a Delaware federal court that concluded it infringed copyrighted material from Thomson Reuters' Westlaw platform to create a competing legal research tool powered by artificial intelligence.
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What Happens When A Data Scientist Is Put In A Legal Dept.?
You won't find many data scientists in legal departments, as there is usually too little data to support the high cost. However, one legal operations leader brought in a data scientist anyway, and the payoff was a dramatically efficient contracting process.
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Clients Aren't As Happy With Lawyers As Lawyers Think
There's a striking disconnect between how lawyers who serve consumers perceive their client relationships and how clients truly feel, which could affect reputation, according to new survey results told exclusively to Law360 Pulse.
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Norton Rose Fulbright Says It Was Duped By Legal Tech Co.
Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP has accused the company behind a cloud-based legal workflow product of duping it into using its services and keeping client files without permission once their contract expired.
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Angeion Group Expands, Rebrands Its Bankruptcy Services
Philadelphia-based litigation support company Angeion Group, which provides legal administration and group litigation support services, announced Monday the hiring of two new executive vice presidents for its bankruptcy services division.
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Fla. Judge Denies Ethics Breach Over Fake Recording
A judge in Broward County, Florida, pushed back on ethics charges accusing her of publicly sharing a fabricated recording of a chief judge disparaging another judge in her 2024 election campaign, saying her actions did not violate the Code of Judicial Conduct.
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AI Legal Tool Co. Allegedly Misuses Litigants' Names For Ads
A group of litigants from California and Washington has filed a suit against legal technology firm UniCourt Research Inc. in federal court, alleging the company used details about their disparate case to promote its software subscription.
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Council On Criminal Justice, Rand Partner On AI Task Force
The Council on Criminal Justice, a nonpartisan think tank, announced Monday that it had struck a new partnership with the Rand Corp. to launch a national task force working to develop standards and recommendations for the integration and oversight of artificial intelligence in the criminal justice system.
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Microsoft Lifts Atty To Chief Privacy Officer Amid Legal Shifts
Microsoft has promoted an associate general counsel to the role of chief privacy officer as part of the recent changes in the company's legal department.
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Fragomen Appoints Longtime Partner As WorkRight US Chief
Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy LLP announced the appointment of a longtime partner in its Washington, D.C., office as chief executive officer overseeing WorkRight U.S., the firm's I-9 employee verification technology.
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Legal Tech Roundup: Qanooni, Limelight
Another artificial intelligence legal startup walked away with new early-stage funding this week.
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Weightmans Promotes 2 To Equity Partners, Hires IT Director
Weightmans LLP has promoted two attorneys to its equity partnership, increasing the firm's total equity partnership strength to 45 and the total partner count to 267.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry had another action-packed week as lawyers took on new roles and law firms expanded their practices. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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AI Governance Platform Trustible Raises $4.6M Seed Funding
Trustible, a startup offering an artificial intelligence governance platform, has announced the raising of $4.6 million in a seed funding round led by early-stage investment group Lookout Ventures.
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Consultancy ESentio Technologies Hires Governance Adviser
U.S.-based legal technology consulting firm eSentio Technologies has hired a director of information governance, particularly focused on generative artificial intelligence regulations.
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Pro Bono Platform Paladin Launches Tech For Law Students
Free legal assistance platform Paladin announced Thursday the launch of a new platform designed specifically for law school students and co-developed in collaboration with leaders at over 30 different institutions, including Harvard Law School, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law and the Georgetown University Law Center.
Expert Analysis
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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.