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UK-Based IT Consultancy Lexio Lands River Capital Loan
Liverpool-headquartered Lexio Technologies Ltd., an information technology consultancy firm, announced Thursday that it secured a loan from local fund management company River Capital to help scale its newly founded business in Northern England.
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BigLaw's 'New Normal' Is Fewer Hours Per Lawyer
Lawyers are billing fewer hours, even as their rates soar, ushering in what appears to be a "new normal" for billable hours.
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Judges Admit AI Missteps After Grassley's Oversight Push
Federal judges in New Jersey and Mississippi admitted their staff used artificial intelligence in faulty orders they had to redo over the summer, according to correspondence released Thursday by Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, who is investigating the matter.
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AI Co. Eudia Acquires ALSP Out-House
California-based legal artificial intelligence startup Eudia announced Thursday the acquisition of alternative legal services provider Out-House, as well as its founder and attorney Lynden Renwick.
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AI Provider Matey Partners With SC Criminal Defense Assoc.
Matey, a legal technology startup that develops artificial intelligence tools for criminal defense, has partnered with the South Carolina Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as its exclusive AI partner for e-discovery, according to an announcement Tuesday.
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On-Premises Contracts Platform Syntracts Raises $5.3M
Syntracts, an on-premises contract intelligence platform that works with existing artificial intelligence tools, announced Tuesday that it raised $5.3 million in a seed round to bolster its sales efforts.
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The Questions In-House Attys Should Be Asking About AI
When it comes to the implementation and use of artificial intelligence, in-house lawyers should remember that they're attorneys for the business — not for the information technology departments at their companies, lawyers said during a panel Wednesday.
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Clients Are Driving The AI Revolution In Law Firms
The push for more widespread use of generative artificial intelligence in law firms is increasingly coming from clients.
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Companies Report Increasingly Gearing Up For AI Risks
More than a third of major public companies in a study cite AI as a risk factor in their annual financial filings, and 73% report they are aligning with external cybersecurity standards. Both numbers are significantly higher than last year.
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LA Entertainment Firm Adds Ex-Lionsgate VP To Nonlegal Arm
Los Angeles boutique Newell Law Group has hired an entertainment industry veteran in a new role bolstering its nonlegal television and film packaging and sales arm, the firm announced Monday.
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NY Atty Blames Another Lawyer For AI-Faked Case Citations
A New York attorney on Tuesday denied ever having used artificial intelligence in his law practice and said the fake, AI-hallucinated cases cited in a motion to dismiss a case against his client were prepared by another attorney.
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AI-Backed Immigration Startup Casium Raises $5M
Casium, a startup providing an artificial intelligence platform to help businesses manage visa and immigration compliance, announced Monday the raising of $5 million in seed funding to accelerate its product development.
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ASU Law Opens AI And Legal Tech Studio
As more law schools look to get ahead of the curve on artificial intelligence, the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University announced Monday that it has established an AI and Legal Tech Studio under the leadership of the University of Oklahoma College of Law's former director of Technology Innovation.
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What It Takes to Stay Elite As Legal Market Shifts
The law firm market has undergone unprecedented change in recent years, allowing for more upward mobility for some firms yet presenting risks for the longtime stalwarts of prestige. Here's how law firms navigate those shifting dynamics.
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The 2025 Law360 Pulse Prestige Leaders
Check out our Prestige Leaders ranking, analysis and interactive graphics to see which firms stand out for their financial performance, attractiveness to attorneys and law students, ability to secure accolades and positive legal news media representation.
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Prestige Leaders: The Firms In The Billionaires' Club
As BigLaw firms continue to post record-breaking revenues, we're highlighting the firms that reported more than $1 billion in gross revenue in the most recent calendar year.
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These Firms Are The 2025 Prestige Leaders
Clients gravitate towards firms with sterling reputations, and so does exceptional legal talent. Here are this year's Law360 Pulse Prestige Leaders — the 100 firms the industry recognizes for their prominence, power and distinction.
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LegalOn Acquires Munich-Based Governance Co.
Software contract company LegalOn Technologies announced Tuesday its first acquisition since launching in 2017, purchasing Fides Technology, a governance artificial intelligence company backed by Sequoia Capital.
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Fla. High Court Steps Up Cybersecurity Efforts
The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday issued new cybersecurity standards across the state's court system, including the establishment of a committee that will oversee governance of the policy in the judicial branch.
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Conn. Firm, Former Client End Cybersecurity Dispute
A Connecticut personal injury firm and its former client have reached a joint stipulation of dismissal in a federal court dispute over the firm's hacked email system and a fraudulent email that resulted in the wiring of nearly $730,000 in closing costs on a residential property.
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Dye & Durham Sues Ex-CEO To Enforce Truce
Legal technology company Dye & Durham said Monday it brought a lawsuit against its former chief executive and his investment vehicle in a Canadian court to enforce the terms of a previously announced settlement resolving a longstanding dispute.
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Law School Bulletin: AI Partnerships, Grants and New Clinics
This week across higher education, a legal tech company hopes to have more lawyers from Pacific Northwest legal deserts through a partnership with Seattle University, an artificial intelligence startup will offer its software to law students in South Carolina, Columbia University will name a newly renovated library after an alum who made a $15 million donation, and Cardozo School of Law will transform its clinic hub in Manhattan through a $6 million donation from a graduate.
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Liberty Mutual Attys Face Sanctions Bid Over Citation Errors
A St. Louis federal court is weighing whether to sanction Liberty Mutual Personal Insurance Company's lawyers after they submitted a motion containing citation errors and then, after a warning, "somehow" submitted a second motion with the same types of mistakes.
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Legal Tech Firm's NJ Outpost Lays Groundwork For Growth
The legal technology and artificial intelligence company Litera opened a location in New Jersey this week at the Bell Works office campus in Holmdel, in a push to expand operations and drive more in-person work.
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Legal Tech Roundup: Lexitas, TCDI
Two legal technology companies expanded leadership teams with new appointments this week.
Expert Analysis
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The Winners And Losers Of AI In The Legal Services Industry
Artificial intelligence in the legal services industry will unlikely eradicate law firms, but it will still undoubtedly test their resilience — especially big firms, says Santiago Rodríguez at Arias SLP.
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The Last Lawyer: The Evolution And Ethics Of Legal AI Tools
Chatbots represent a powerful but provisional tool, but lawyers must exercise caution and use only vetted, properly guardrailed silicon advocates, scalable for future services, say Marty Robles-Avila at Berry Appleman and Michele Carney at Carney & Marchi.
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Talking Mental Health: Tackling Stress As A Practice Leader
Constance Rhebergen at Bracewell discusses how she handles the stress of being a practice chair, how sources of stress have changed in the legal industry over the past decade and what law firms can do to protect attorney mental health.
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Legal Tech And Lawyer Workflow: Enhancing, Not Replacing
When selecting from an increasing pool of legal technology capabilities, think about micro moves with macro effect, as the most successful tools will be those that feel like a natural extension of how lawyers are already accustomed to working, says Ilona Logvinova at Cleary.
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How Firms Can Effectively Evaluate Their Summer Associates
One of the most effective ways firms can ensure their summer associate programs are a success is by engaging in a timely and meaningful evaluation process and being intentional about when, how and by whom feedback should be provided, say Caroline Cimei and Erica Fine at Shutts & Bowen.
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Talking Mental Health: Life As A Lawyer With OCD
Kelly Hughes at Ogletree discusses what she’s learned in the 14 years since she was diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder, recounting how the experience shaped her law practice, what the legal industry and general public get wrong about the disorder, and how law firms can better support employees who have OCD.
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'Blind Spots' Pose Major Hurdle To AI Adoption In Legal Tech
Legal tech circles have been focused on how to eliminate large language model hallucinations, but blind spots, or inaccuracies through omissions, are a rarely discussed shortcoming that pose an even larger risk in the legal space, says James Ding at DraftWise.
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3 Innovative Ways AI May Be Used In Legal Practice
Excerpt from Practical Guidance
Artificial intelligence tools will increasingly be used by outside counsel to better predict the outcomes of litigation — thus informing legal strategy with greater precision — and by clients to scrutinize invoices and evaluate counsel’s performance, says Ronald Levine at Herrick Feinstein.
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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.