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Legal Tech Roundup: Manatt, Curvestone AI
A former BigLaw artificial intelligence leader joining a law firm as a director tops this roundup of recent legal technology news.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry kicked off December with another action-packed week as BigLaw firms continued bonus season and announced partner promotions. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Fla. Judge Admits To Ethics Breach Over Bogus Recording
A Florida state judge has admitted to an unintentional violation of the state's judicial ethics code over her publicly sharing a fabricated recording of a chief judge disparaging another judge during her 2024 election campaign.
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Ropes & Gray Adds Ex-Meta Lead As AI Strategy Chief
Ropes & Gray LLP announced Thursday the hiring of a former senior manager at Meta and onetime attorney at the firm as its first chief of artificial intelligence strategy.
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SpotDraft Looks To Scale With Marketing Chief, CFO Hires
SpotDraft, a software provider for contract lifecycle management, has announced the appointment of a chief marketing officer and chief financial officer, as the company looks to scale globally after a fundraise earlier this year.
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Harvey's $160M Funding Fuels AI Disruption In Legal
As lawyers continue to embrace digital transformation, the legal artificial intelligence platform Harvey secured a $160 million Series F investment on Thursday, highlighting its pivotal role in reshaping the legal landscape.
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LA Atty Accused Of Using AI 'Hallucinations' Sanctioned
A California state appeals court has ordered an attorney accused of including artificial intelligence "hallucinations" in a client's opening brief to pay $7,500 to the court, saying in a published opinion that the attorney is subject to sanctions for inaccuracies, regardless of whether they were the result of AI.
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Women in eDiscovery Adds Region Director, Conference Lead
Women in eDiscovery, a nonprofit organization that provides networking and mentorship opportunities for women in legal tech, announced on Tuesday the appointment of a South Central regional director and a conference coordinator to its global leadership team.
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Dye & Durham Fights Back Against Suit From Former CEO
Dye & Durham confirmed on Wednesday that its former chief executive officer and his investment vehicle are suing the legal technology company two weeks after offering to buy it.
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Texas Firm Polunsky Beitel Hires Mortgage-Focused Tech Chief
Texas law firm Polunsky Beitel & Green LLP has announced the hiring of a former technology lead at Codvo.ai and Wells Fargo as its chief technology officer, as it seeks to expand its use of artificial intelligence and automation.
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As AI Reshapes Legal Tech, Vendor Loyalty Is Up For Grabs
Vendors in the expanding legal technology industry will inevitably lose customers, but how they prepare for that churn can determine whether they merely survive or continue to grow.
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Data Consultancy JMAN Group Names General Counsel
JMAN Group said Tuesday that it has taken on a new general counsel, bolstering its senior team to support its global growth.
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Kirkland Hires Experienced Business Consultant As CIO
Kirkland & Ellis LLP has chosen Matson Blocker, who was most recently managing director at business consulting firm Alvarez & Marsal, to be its new chief information officer, the firm recently told Law360 Pulse.
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Microsoft Associate GC Joins Agiloft As Legal Chief
A 15-year veteran of Microsoft's legal organization has been appointed the chief legal officer of the contract lifecycle management, or CLM, provider Agiloft, the company announced Tuesday.
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U. Of Chicago AI Lab Launches Tenant Rights Platform
The University of Chicago Law School announced Monday the launch of a free artificial intelligence tool designed by students to help renters understand their leases and legal rights.
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Legal Publisher Says AI Firm Made Improper Use Of Database
Legal publishing and research firm Fastcase hit legal AI tech firm Alexi with a lawsuit in D.C. federal court, claiming it breached a former business relationship and began making improper use of its legal data to become a direct competitor.
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Calif. Ban On Fee-Sharing With 'Alternative' Firms Challenged
A new law barring California lawyers and firms from sharing fees with out-of-state law firms owned by nonlawyers is unconstitutional and will harm the state's mass tort lawyers and their clients, according to a lawsuit filed last week.
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Farrer & Co. Hires IT Director, Head Of Innovation And AI
Farrer & Co. LLP announced on Monday the hiring of a former information technology director at Capsticks Solicitors LLP and a head of innovation and artificial intelligence previously at Macfarlanes.
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MatterAlert Parent Co. PaayaTech Rebrands CorpSync's Logo
The legal technology software company PaayaTech gave CorpSync, its flagship platform for enterprise contact synchronization and Outlook signature management, a new logo and a separate website on Monday.
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Litera Moves To New Chicago Office Amid Expansion
Legal technology solutions provider Litera is moving its Chicago office to a bigger space to support in-person collaboration among its product, finance, legal and client-facing teams, the company exclusively told Law360 Pulse recently.
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Blank Rome's Reelected Leader Sees Values As Key To Growth
As he prepares to begin a second four-year term as Blank Rome LLP's managing partner and chair, Grant Palmer said a commitment to longstanding values like teamwork and diversity have helped the firm navigate changes in the legal market since it launched in Philadelphia nearly 80 years ago.
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Tiger Eye Adds Ex-Morae Director To Lead Client Strategy
Legal technology consulting firm Tiger Eye is welcoming an iManage specialist who will become its first head of client strategy.
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Ropes & Gray Incentivizes AI Experiments With Billable Hours
Ropes & Gray LLP is encouraging first-year associates in the U.S. to experiment with generative artificial intelligence tools by letting them use 20% of their billable time for a pilot program launched last month.
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How Vendors Are Tackling Security Issues With Agentic AI
Many legal technology companies are releasing agentic artificial intelligence tools that can access law firms' sensitive internal data, raising concerns about information leaks, misuse or the agent going rogue. Here's how companies are taking steps to prevent those security risks.
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AI Jury Simulator Says Fired Co-Founder Stole Trade Secrets
Artificial intelligence jury simulator Juries.ai sued its recently fired co-founder, claiming he has refused to hand over control of a number of the company's accounts or return its source code and other confidential information, according to a complaint filed in California federal court.
Expert Analysis
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How Dynamic Project Management Can Help Law Firms
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Law firms looking to streamline matter management should consider tools that offer both employees and clients real-time access to documents, action items, task assignee information and more, overcoming many of the limitations of project communications via email, says Stephen Weyer at Stites & Harbison.
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How Firms Can Benefit From Creating Their Own ALSPs
As more law firms develop their own legal services centers to serve as both a source of flexible personnel and technological innovation, they can further enhance the effectiveness by fostering a consistent and cohesive team and allowing for experimentation with new technologies from an established baseline, say attorneys at Hogan Lovells.
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Keys To Digitizing Inefficient Contract Management Processes
Neville Eisenberg and Mark Grayson at BCLP explain how they sped up contract execution for one client by replacing email with a centralized, digital tool for negotiations and review, and how the principles they adhered to can be helpful for other law firms looking to improve poorly managed contract management processes.
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Law Firm Tips For Evaluating AI And Machine Learning Tools
Many legal technology vendors now sell artificial intelligence and machine learning tools at a premium price tag, but law firms must take the time to properly evaluate them as not all offerings generate process efficiencies or even use the technologies advertised, says Steven Magnuson at Ballard Spahr.
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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.