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Tyler Technologies Acquires For The Record For $212M
Public sector software company Tyler Technologies announced Monday that it's set to acquire For The Record, a provider of digital recording within courtrooms, for $212.5 million.
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Ariz.'s Non-Atty Partnerships Help Small Firms Think Bigger
When Arizona-based digital marketer James Hansen met up for lunch with a local attorney in 2010 to discuss how to promote his everything-but-the-kitchen-sink solo practice, there was little he could offer aside from helping to build out a website and encouraging him to focus more exclusively on family law.
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Former Litera Exec Joins Jackson Lewis As CIO
Labor and employment firm Jackson Lewis PC hired Ed Empamano, formerly the global head of business development and alliances at legal technology solutions provider Litera, as its chief information officer, according to a LinkedIn post by Empamano on Monday.
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Eversheds Sutherland Goes With Harvey For AI Needs
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP said Tuesday that it has entered into a partnership with legal artificial intelligence company Harvey as it looks to speed up routine work for its lawyers.
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5 Key Topics To Watch At The ABA Midyear Meeting
The American Bar Association's policymaking body is expected to consider nearly 30 proposals at its semiannual meeting, including several pieces of legislation addressing the intersection of today's political unrest and the law.
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Plaintiff Pulls Data Breach Claims Against Brown Paindiris
The last remaining plaintiff in a proposed class action against Brown Paindiris & Scott LLP over a 2023 data breach and the law firm's response to it filed for voluntary dismissal Friday in Connecticut federal court.
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OpenText Sells Analytics Database Co. Vertica For $150M
Canada-based information management software company OpenText announced on Monday the sale of its subsidiary Vertica to Rocket Software Inc. for $150 million in cash before taxes and other fees.
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Amazon Shoppers' Counsel Admit To AI Errors In Motion
Lawyers representing Amazon customers in a proposed class action over supplement labeling have apologized to a Seattle federal judge for artificial intelligence hallucinations included in a recent filing, acknowledging "certain miscitations and misquotations" resulted from a Just Food Law PLLC attorney's use of the nascent technology and a failure by Boies Schiller Flexner LLP co-counsel to catch the errors.
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Amazon Legal Ops Manager Joins Davis Wright In New AI Role
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP said Monday that the former senior legal operations manager at Amazon has joined the firm as its first senior director of artificial intelligence programs.
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Bill Regulating Attorney AI Use Passes California Senate
A proposed California law that would regulate attorneys and arbitrators' use of generative artificial intelligence statewide has headed to the Assembly after the state Senate unanimously approved the measure.
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Amazon Says Shoppers' Labeling Suit Is Corrupted By AI Errors
In customers' latest filing in their proposed class action accusing Amazon of failing to make required disclosures on dietary supplement product pages, the e-commerce giant alleges that the plaintiffs have submitted a document riddled with errors derived from the use of generative text.
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Legal Tech Roundup: SpotDraft, Frontline Managed Services
A major technology company backing a legal technology provider tops this roundup of recent industry news.
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A Look At The Investors Focused On The US Legal Market
As investor interest in U.S. law firms picks up, a profile of the type of investors dipping their toes in is beginning to take shape.
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Berkeley Law Offers Training Program On Privacy And AI
The University of California, Berkeley School of Law announced this week the launch of the Chief Privacy Officer Program, a new advanced online training program for senior leaders on privacy law and artificial intelligence governance.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry marked the end of January with insight into law firm performance and news of a Hollywood adaptation. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Attacks Haven't Killed Judiciary's AI Rule, May Strengthen It
Federal judiciary advisers Thursday confronted the most extensive opposition yet in their campaign to ensure the reliability of evidence utilizing artificial intelligence, but the criticism appeared constructive, possibly upping the odds of a digital age addition to U.S. court rules.
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Cimplifi Appoints Ex-Epiq VP As Chief Revenue Officer
Integrated e-discovery services and contract analytics provider Cimplifi announced Wednesday the hiring of a former regional vice president of sales at legal technology company Epiq Systems Inc. as its chief revenue officer.
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Israeli Document Co. Factify Raises $73M, Opens In Pittsburgh
Israel-based startup Factify announced Wednesday the raising of $73 million in a seed round to build an alternative document type in hopes of replacing Adobe Inc.'s established portable document format file system.
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Legora Adds New CFO Amid Growth Plans
Legal AI platform Legora said Thursday that it has appointed a new chief financial officer who has spent three years in the same role at AI management startup Vanta, as the Swedish firm supercharges its international expansion.
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From TikTok To The Courtroom, The Rise Of Lawfluencers
A growing group of legal influencers with huge followings say social media use is helping them expand their practices along with their brands and offering marketing lessons that even BigLaw can learn from.
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Dye & Durham Expands Board, Appoints GTD President
Toronto-based legal technology company Dye & Durham Ltd. announced Tuesday that it has temporarily increased the number of directors on the board to eight and appointed Allen Taylor, president of consulting and advisory firm GTD Partners and a prior observer to the board.
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Baretz & Brunelle Launches Standardized AI Survey Initiative
Legal industry advisory firm Baretz & Brunelle LLC announced an initiative focusing on better understanding the commercial impact of generative artificial intelligence in legal services, with inaugural partners that include the Ford Motor Co., Microsoft and CrowdStrike.
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Checkbox Eyes 'Legal Front Door' Image With $23M Series A
Checkbox, a legal technology company that developed intake and matter management software for in-house teams, secured a $23 million Series A funding round on Wednesday.
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Law360 Seeks Members For Its 2026 Editorial Boards
Law360 is looking for avid readers of our publications to serve as members of our 2026 editorial advisory boards.
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2 Attys Sanctioned For AI Citations In Pa. Copyright Suit Filing
A federal judge in Pennsylvania has reprimanded two attorneys in a copyright infringement suit for filing a motion to dismiss that contained at least eight false case citations generated by artificial intelligence.
Expert Analysis
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Future Lawyers Expect DEI Commitments Beyond Recruiting
To attract future lawyers from diverse backgrounds, firms must think beyond recruiting efforts, because law students are looking for diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that invest in employee professional development and engage with students year-round, says Lauren Jackson at Howard University School of Law.
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How Law Firms Can Innovate Amid Rising Client Demands
As clients increasingly tell law firms to integrate new legal technologies, firms should consider service delivery advancements that directly address the practice of law and can truly distinguish them — both from a technology and talent perspective, say members of Axiom Consulting.
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The Case That Showed Me The Value Of E-Discovery Plans
Robert Keeling at Sidley reflects on leading discovery in the litigation that followed the historic $85 billion AT&T-Time Warner merger and how the case highlighted the importance of having a strategic e-discovery plan in place.
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What Litigators Can Expect From The Metaverse
As virtual reality continues to develop, litigators should consider how it will affect various aspects of law practice — from marketing and training to the courtroom itself — as well as the potential need for legal reforms to ensure metaverse-generated data is preserved and available for discovery, says Ron Carey at Esquire Deposition Solutions.
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The Future Of Legal Ops: Time To Get Serious About Data
Most corporate legal departments collect surface-level data around their operations, such as costs and time to resolution, but legal leaders should explore more in-depth data gathering to assess how effective an attorney was, how efficiently legal work was performed, and more, says Andy Krebs at Intel.
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Why You Should Leverage AI For Privilege Review
While many lawyers still believe that a manual, document-by-document review is the best approach to privilege logging, certain artificial intelligence tools can bolster the traditional review process and make this aspect of electronic document review more efficient, more accurate and less costly, say Laura Riff and Michelle Six at Kirkland.
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Tips For Evaluating Machine Learning For Contracts Review
Law firms considering machine learning and natural language processing to aid in contract reviews should keep several best practices in mind when procuring and deploying this nascent technology, starting with identifying their organization's needs and key requirements, says Ned Gannon at eBrevia.
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Collaborative Tech Will Dictate Future Law Firm Success
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Law firms need to shift their focus from solving the needs of their lawyers with siloed solutions to implementing collaboration technology, thereby enabling more seamless workflows and team experiences amid widespread embrace of hybrid and remote work models, says Kate Jasaitis at HBR Consulting.
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Roundup
Ask A Mentor
As the legal profession undergoes a dramatic period of change, experts answer questions on career and workplace conundrums in this Law360 guest article series.
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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.