Try our Advanced Search for more refined results
Legal Tech & AI
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
Law Libraries Hoping To Attract Attorneys To The Profession
Staffing levels at U.S. law libraries now average nearly seven full-time equivalent positions — the highest reported in nearly a decade, according to a new American Association of Law Libraries report.
-
Legal Workflow Co. Onit Acquires LawBase
Legal workflow company Onit Inc. announced Tuesday its acquisition of case management and matter management platform LawBase.
-
Calif. Personal Injury Law Firm Sued Over Ransomware Attack
A former Adamson Ahdoot LLP client lodged a proposed class action in California state court on Friday over a Nov. 3 ransomware attack, alleging the law firm failed to protect his personal information despite touting on its website that it follows industry standards to do so.
-
Luminance Partners With 3 Law Schools For AI Certification
Luminance, which provides legal software using artificial intelligence, announced Monday an academic certification program for AI, which will be launched by the University of Law in the U.K., King's College in London, and Vanderbilt University in Nashville.
-
Smith Anderson Hires First Chief Innovation Officer
Smith Anderson Blount Dorsett Mitchell & Jernigan LLP announced last week the hiring of Erik Mazzone, a longtime director at the North Carolina Bar Association and practice management consultant, as its first chief innovation officer.
-
Linklaters Launches 20-Strong Global AI Team
Linklaters said on Monday that it has established a 20-strong global team of lawyers focused on artificial intelligence to help its practice groups get the most out of the new technology.
-
Dye & Durham Confirms Buyout Offer Amid Board Shake-Up
Dye & Durham confirmed on Friday that it has received an offer to take the legal technology provider private, a day after the Toronto-based company reshuffled its board of directors.
-
NJ Experts Warn Of Evolving AI Pitfalls At Bar Symposium
Lawyers today are facing new and more nuanced ethical challenges around the use of artificial intelligence at the same time that the penalties for misusing AI are growing more severe, New Jersey experts warn.
-
Atty Had 6 AI Tools Check Each Other, Yet Fakes Still Cited
A California federal judge has sanctioned a solo practitioner representing the plaintiffs in a proposed wage and hour class action against clothing brand Vuori Inc. after he admitted to using about a half-dozen artificial intelligence tools to prepare a motion.
-
Ex-Gordon Rees Atty Reprimanded For Mistakes Blamed On AI
An Alabama bankruptcy judge won't sanction Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLC for a filing submitted by one of its former lawyers that contained mistakes blamed on artificial intelligence, but has reprimanded the attorney and ordered her to notify her clients about the reprimand.
-
Legal Tech Roundup: Tyler Technologies, Miller Thomson
The acquisition of an electronic warrant provider 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 kicked off year-end bonus season and announced partner promotions. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
-
Thomson Reuters Balks At AI Co.'s Fair Use Appeal
Thomson Reuters wants the Third Circuit to back a district court's decision that an artificial intelligence-powered legal search engine's use of Westlaw headnotes did not constitute fair use, saying the AI company "pilfered" copyrightable content to make a competing business.
-
Juristat Receives Advantage Capital Backing, Expands In Conn.
Juristat, a St. Louis-based startup that sells patent technology, announced on Thursday that it secured a growth investment from Advantage Capital, enabling it to expand its product development and market presence.
-
In-House v. Associate Life: Who's Really Got It Better?
Most in-house counsel who responded to Law360 Pulse's survey cited factors such as shaping business strategy and the absence of billable hours as motivations for joining corporate legal departments. Law360 Pulse spoke with in-house counsel and law firm associates about the pros and cons of their respective roles and the facets of their legal peers' positions that are, or are not, appealing.
-
A Deep Dive Into In-House Counsel Pay
Total compensation packages for in-house counsel at different levels of the typical corporate legal department can vary significantly. Find out how corporations are leveraging salaries, bonuses and other incentives to attract top talent.
-
For In-House Attys, Bonuses Come Easy, But Equity Less So
The vast majority of in-house counsel at all levels received pay bonuses in 2024, while a smaller share — but still a majority — received long-term incentives, according to a new survey.
-
Norm Ai Raises $50M From Blackstone, Launches Law Firm
Legal and compliance startup Norm Ai announced Thursday that one of its prior financial backers, private equity giant Blackstone, has invested an additional $50 million into the company as it eyes an expansion of its legal offerings.
-
GSA, Perplexity Strike 'First' Direct-To-Gov't AI Deal
The U.S. General Services Administration struck a "first-of-its-kind" direct deal with Perplexity to provide federal agencies access to the artificial intelligence company's flagship enterprise AI product for just 25 cents per agency, GSA announced Wednesday.
Expert Analysis
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.