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Calif. Lawmakers Advance Bill To Curtail PE Role In Litigation
A California bill to ban corporate investors from influencing litigation strategy is heading to the state Senate, backed by bipartisan support from the Assembly.
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Files Of 10 Jones Day Clients Breached In Cyberattack
Jones Day is the latest law firm to be hit by a cyberattack, the firm confirmed Monday, revealing that an unauthorized party accessed files of 10 clients.
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LegalShield Hires Ex-Vector Growth Labs Director As CFO
Online legal services company LegalShield announced Monday the hiring of Anthony Conte as its chief financial officer, as it continues to bolster its executive suite.
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Arnall Golden Elevates 4 To Chief Officer Roles
Atlanta-based Arnall Golden Gregory LLP has named four new chief officers, which the firm said Monday has primarily been done to reflect its focus on integrating artificial intelligence technology and future growth plans.
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IMS Legal Strategies Sold To PE Firm Uplift Investors
IMS Legal Strategies, which offers litigation consulting and expert witness placement, was acquired by newly formed private equity firm Uplift Investors, the company announced Monday.
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Law Firms Weigh ChatGPT As New Advertising Platform
New advertising options on the artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT have piqued the interest of some law firms, but most are still in a wait-and-see mode as a pilot ad program remains in testing.
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6th Circ. Axes Atty For 'Inexcusable' AI 'Transgressions'
An attorney committed "inexcusable transgressions" by relying on Westlaw's internal CoCounsel artificial intelligence platform for appellate filings and by failing to catch erroneous AI-generated content, the Sixth Circuit said Friday and removed the lawyer from further representing a man who pled guilty to drug trafficking charges.
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Law360 Announces The Members Of Its 2026 Editorial Boards
Law360 is pleased to announce the formation of its 2026 Editorial Advisory Boards.
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AI Demand Pro Hires Ex-Oculus Publishing Director As CEO
AI Demand Pro, which develops an artificial intelligence platform for personal injury law firms, announced the appointment of Aaron Davies, who was a lead at Meta's virtual reality subsidiary Oculus, as its chief executive officer.
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Legal Tech Roundup: Legal Ready, SCOREalytics
An acquisition in the litigation management software market tops this roundup of recent legal technology news.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry kicked off April with another busy week of BigLaw hires and insights about how attorneys use artificial intelligence. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Legora, Harvey Lead Subpar Q1 Of Legal Tech Funding
Legora and Harvey accounted for nearly half the funding that legal technology companies received in the first quarter of 2026, creating a tale of two markets in which legal artificial intelligence assistants had the upper hand.
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California Bar Exam Class Claims Paused For Mediation
A California federal judge has agreed to stay pending claims a proposed class of California bar applicants are pursuing against the proctor of the disastrous February 2025 California bar exam, after the two sides reported they are soon to be engaged in mediation.
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AI IP Co. Solve Intelligence Acquires Palito.ai
Solve Intelligence, an artificial intelligence platform for intellectual property law and patents, has announced its acquisition of Munich-based startup Palito.ai.
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Swedish Legal Tech Co. Lawline Appoints CEO
Lawline, a Swedish legal technology company moving further into artificial intelligence, announced Wednesday the appointment of Jenny Hammarberg, formerly its business-to-business growth and strategic development lead, as its new chief executive officer.
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Law Firm Not Insured By Cyber Policy After $158K Email Scam
Two cyber insurers don't owe coverage to a Mississippi law firm after a fraudster used a false identity to hoodwink the firm out of more than $158,000 by procuring legal services to secure an owed debt that turned out to be fake, a federal court has ruled.
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5 Ways Legalweek Has Changed Over The Years
The evolution of Legalweek over the last decade has included changing its name, location, attendance and purpose.
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AI Analytics Co. 9fin Raises $170M Series C At $1.3B Valuation
9fin, an analytics platform using artificial intelligence for debt capital markets, announced on Tuesday the raising of $170 million in Series C funding at a $1.3 billion valuation.
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Shopify Lawyer Says Clients Should Insist Firms Embrace AI
As top corporate lawyers face increasing pressure to control outside counsel spending — while continuing to deliver high-quality legal work — they should ensure that law firms have "met the moment" by leveraging artificial intelligence in smart ways and allowing for client feedback, according to a Shopify lawyer who spoke during a webinar Tuesday.
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Crosby Raises $60M Series B To Expand Hybrid AI Law Practice
Crosby, a hybrid AI law firm that combines technology with lawyers in reviewing contracts, has announced the raising of a $60 million Series B funding round as it aims to expand its platform.
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Skadden's Tech Chief Exits Firm After 38 Years
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's chief artificial intelligence and technology officer Harris Tilevitz is leaving the firm after 38 years and will serve as an adviser to legal AI company Harvey, which he helped the firm roll out over the last 18 months.
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Attys Suing NBA's Suns Sanctioned For Fake Case Citations
An Arizona federal judge has sanctioned two attorneys mounting a workplace harassment and discrimination suit against the NBA's Phoenix Suns, slamming the lawyers for using artificial intelligence to cite fake cases to strengthen their arguments.
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7th Circ. Scolds Ex-Judge For Citing Fake Cases In Brief
A Seventh Circuit panel admonished an attorney and former chief federal immigration judge for submitting a brief citing two nonexistent cases and a false quotation, saying while such errors can be "tell-tale signs" of AI hallucinations, her denial she used AI is "plausible" and the court won't consider further sanctions.
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Ga. Prosecutor Suspended Over AI Errors In Murder Case
A county prosecutor in Georgia has been suspended from her role in the district attorney's office after filing a document that contained fabricated case citations reportedly caused by generative artificial intelligence amid a criminal defendant's bid for a new trial following a criminal murder conviction, according to a letter prosecutors filed Tuesday.
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Majority Of Federal Judges Using AI For Work, Study Says
A majority of federal judges surveyed by Northwestern University researchers reported using at least one artificial intelligence tool in their judicial work, though only 17% use the technology weekly and just 5% reported daily use.
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Former Minn. Chief Justice Instructs On Writing Better Briefs
Former Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Lorie Gildea, now at Greenberg Traurig, offers strategies on writing more effective appellate briefs from her time on the bench.
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Spartan Arbitration Tactics Against Well-Funded Opponents
Like the ancient Spartans who held off a numerically superior Persian army at the Battle of Thermopylae, trial attorneys and clients faced with arbitration against an opponent with a bigger war chest can take a strategic approach to create a pass to victory, say Kostas Katsiris and Benjamin Argyle at Venable.
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General Counsel And Legal Ops Must Work Together
It is critical for general counsel to ensure that a legal operations leader is viewed not only as a peer, but as a strategic leader for the organization, and there are several actionable ways general counsel can not only become more involved, but help champion legal operations teams and set them up for success, says Mary O'Carroll at Ironclad.
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How Generative AI's Growing Memory Affects Lawyers
A new ChatGPT feature that can remember user information across different conversations has broad implications for attorneys, whose most pressing questions for the AI tool are usually based on specific, and large, datasets, says legal tech adviser Eric Wall.
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A Model For Optimal Legal Tech Investment Strategy
Legal organizations struggling to work out the right technology investment strategy may benefit from using a matrix for legal department efficiency that is based on an understanding of where workloads belong, according to the basic functions and priorities of a corporate legal team, says Sylvain Magdinier at Integreon.
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Personality Tests And Machine Learning Applications In Law
Mateusz Kulesza at McDonnell Boehnen looks at potential applications of personality testing based on machine learning techniques for law firms, and the implications this shift could have for lawyers, firms and judges, including how it could make the work of judges and other legal decision-makers much more difficult.
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AI Is Reshaping Lawyering: What To Expect In 2024
The future of lawyering is not about the wholesale replacement of attorneys by artificial intelligence, but as AI handles more of the routine legal work, the role of lawyers will evolve to be more strategic, requiring the development of competencies beyond traditional legal skills, says Colin Levy at Malbek.
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How AI Legal Research Tools Are Shifting Law Firm Processes
Although artificial intelligence-powered legal research is ushering in a new era of legal practice that augments human expertise with data-driven insights, it is not without challenges involving privacy, ethics and more, so legal professionals should take steps to ensure AI becomes a reliable partner rather than a source of disruption, says Marly Broudie at SocialEyes Communications.
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Data Source Proliferation Is A Growing E-Discovery Challenge
With the increased usage of collaboration apps and generative artificial intelligence solutions, it's not only important for e-discovery teams to be able to account for hundreds of existing data types today, but they should also be able to add support for new data types quickly — even on the fly if needed, says Oliver Silva at Casepoint.
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Bracing For A Generative AI Revolution In Law
With many legal professionals starting to explore practical uses of generative artificial intelligence in areas such as research, discovery and legal document development, the fundamental principle of human oversight cannot be underscored enough for it to be successful, say Ty Dedmon at Bradley Arant and Paige Hunt at Lighthouse.
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Why I Use ChatGPT To Tell Me Things I Already Know
The legal profession is among the most hesitant to adopt ChatGPT because of its proclivity to provide false information as if it were true, but in a wide variety of situations, lawyers can still be aided by information that is only in the right ballpark, says Robert Plotkin at Blueshift IP.
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How ALSPs And Generative AI Can Work Together
Alternative legal service providers can marry the best attributes of artificial and human intelligence to expedite turnarounds and deliveries for contract review, e-discovery and legal research, says Tariq Hafeez at LegalEase Solutions.
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How Firms Can Stop Playing Whack-A-Mole With Data Security
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In order to achieve a robust client data protection posture, law firms should focus on adopting a risk-based approach to security, which can be done by assessing gaps, using that data to gain leadership buy-in for the needed changes, and adopting a dynamic and layered approach, says John Smith at Conversant Group.
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How To Thrive As A New Legal Operations Manager
To make their first 90 days on the job a success, new legal operations managers should focus on several key objectives, including aligning priorities with leadership and getting to know their team, says Ashlyn Donohue at LinkSquares.
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Resume Gaps Are No Longer Kryptonite To Your Legal Career
Female attorneys and others who pause their careers for a few years will find that gaps in work history are increasingly acceptable among legal employers, meaning with some networking, retraining and a few other strategies, lawyers can successfully reenter the workforce, says Jill Backer at Ave Maria School of Law.