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FiscalNote's CEO Discusses Policy, AI And His New Role
At the start of this year, FiscalNote elevated Chief Operating Officer and President Josh Resnik into the CEO role. He talked with Law360 about his career, the development of artificial intelligence at his company, and the trajectory of legal tech in 2025.
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4 Takeaways From 1st Opinion On AI Training And Fair Use
A Delaware federal court's rejection of a company's fair use defense for using copyrighted material to train an artificial intelligence program is a key moment in the clash between copyright law and AI development, as both intellectual property owners and tech companies seek favorable judicial guidance.
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Lawsuit Trimmed Over Holland & Knight Atty's File Access
A Pennsylvania federal judge on Thursday trimmed most of a lawsuit that one Philadelphia law firm had filed against another over an attorney's alleged unauthorized access to confidential files as part of his divorce.
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In-House Legal AI Co. Eudia Raises Up To $105M In Series A
Eudia, an artificial intelligence platform for in-house legal teams, officially launched on Thursday after 18 months operating in stealth and announced the raising of up to $105 million in a Series A funding round.
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84% Of Legal Teams Surveyed Plan To Use AI Within 2 Years
The adoption of artificial intelligence in corporate law departments has nearly doubled since 2023, with 84% of legal teams surveyed planning to use it in the next two years, according to a new report released Wednesday.
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Mishcon De Reya Invests In Legal Tech Startup Ctrl AI
Mishcon de Reya has said it has made an investment in Ctrl AI, a legal technology start-up, joining the trend for corporate legal departments to turn to cutting-edge tools to streamline tasks that demand a large amount of resources.
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Harvey Hits $3B Valuation With $300M Series D
The generative artificial intelligence platform Harvey became one of the most valued legal technology companies on Wednesday after securing a $300 million Series D investment.
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Talent Co. Legal Innovators Hires Ex-Hogan Lovells Director
Legal Innovators, a talent agency for law firms and corporate legal departments, announced Tuesday the hiring of a former director at Hogan Lovells as its vice president of learning, leading development of new learning initiatives for aspiring attorneys.
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Advisory Firm Aprio To Combine With Radix Law In Arizona
Atlanta-based advisory and accounting firm Aprio is planning to combine with full-service law firm Radix Law as an alternative business structure under the name Aprio Legal LLC in Arizona, the firms said Wednesday.
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SpotDraft Lands $54M Series B For AI Contract Platform
SpotDraft, a software provider for contract lifecycle management, secured a $54 million Series B funding round on Wednesday.
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DC Courts To Adopt NextGen Bar Examination In Early 2028
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals Committee on Admissions will administer the Next Generation bar exam developed by the National Conference of Bar Examiners beginning February 2028.
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Legal Lags Behind AI Adoption, Except With Translations
Legal's adoption of artificial intelligence trails other industries, but a new survey released Wednesday also reveals that legal is taking a leading role in a specific use of AI.
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Legal Tech Startup Alexi Inks $4.5M Debt Facility With TD Bank
Canada-based legal technology startup Alexi announced on Monday the securing of a $4.5 million debt facility from TD Innovation Partners, a division of TD Bank.
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Approach The Bench: Judge Frederic Block On Resentencing
New York federal Judge Frederic Block has been on a campaign lately, arguing that state court judges should enjoy the same discretion he does to reconsider the sentences of people condemned to spend decades in prison.
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LegalZoom Acquires Formation Nation, Posts $30M Profit
Online legal services provider LegalZoom Inc. has acquired small business services company Formation Nation for around $49 million cash and an estimated $20 million in common stock.
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Judge Backs Thomson Reuters In 1st AI Ruling On Fair Use
Tech startup ROSS Intelligence infringed copyrighted material from Thomson Reuters' Westlaw platform to create a competing legal research tool powered by artificial intelligence, a Delaware federal court said Tuesday in a highly anticipated opinion that is the first to rule on whether infringement in AI training is protected by fair use.
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Smokeball Now Offers Half A Million US Attys Free Access
Smokeball, the legal practice management software provider, shared Tuesday its milestone of reaching half a million U.S. attorneys through free access programs provided through partnerships with state associations.
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Injury Attys Admit 'Embarrassment' Of AI-Hallucinated Cites
Morgan & Morgan PA and the Goody Law Group expressed "great embarrassment" Monday when they told the Wyoming federal judge overseeing a personal injury lawsuit against Walmart over an allegedly defective hoverboard that the pretrial motions they filed did, indeed, contain case law hallucinated by artificial intelligence.
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Arbitration Proceedings Increasingly Adopting AI Tools
Breakthroughs in artificial intelligence led to expanded adoption of the technology among international arbitrators, according to an annual report from Freshfields LLP published last week.
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Thomson Reuters Launches New $150M Corp. VC Fund
Thomson Reuters' venture capital arm initiated its second corporate venture fund, valued at $150 million, on Monday.
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Injury Attys In Hot Water Over Possible AI-Hallucinated Cites
Morgan & Morgan PA and the Goody Law Group on Friday withdrew pretrial motions in a personal injury lawsuit against Walmart over an allegedly defective hoverboard after a Wyoming federal court ordered the firms to explain why the filings contained what appears to be case law hallucinated by generative artificial intelligence.
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NYU Law Professor On His AI-Powered Tenants' Rights Bot
New York City tenants routinely face uphill battles when prodding their landlords to make repairs in their rented homes. A recently launched AI chatbot designed by an NYU law professor could help turn things around.
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Sidley Joins Other Firms In Hiring AI Chief
Sidley Austin LLP announced the hiring of a chief data and artificial intelligence officer, joining a growing wave of firms over the past year to fill such a director position amid technological advances and client expectations.
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Legal Tech Roundup: Deel, Lawpath
A secondary market transaction tops this roundup of recent legal technology news.
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Founders Of 'AI Judge' Arbitrus On Arbitration Tech's Promise
In an interview, the creators of a new so-called AI judge for arbitration discuss how the tool ensures accuracy and fairness, how they plan to convince parties to trust the tool, and the future of dispute resolution.
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.