Attorney at Work
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
Marc Lauritsen | We may not welcome artificial minds into our law societies, but they will grace our workplaces. The post Societies of Legal Minds: A Lens on AI appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.
Law Sites
FEBRUARY 24, 2025
Patlytics, an AI-powered patent workflow platform founded just last year, said today that it has closed a $14 million Series A round, on top of a $4.5 million seed round last April, bringing its total funding to $21 million, all within a nine-month span.
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E-Discovery LLC
FEBRUARY 26, 2025
In Li v. Merck & Co., Inc., 2025 WL 429013 (N.D. Cal. Feb. 7, 2025), the court addressed a number of discovery disputes in a lawsuit by a terminated employee against her former employer. I have written three detailed blogs about the case: Consulting an Attorney Did Not Trigger the Duty to Preserve E-Discovery LLC Spoliation Discovery Permitted E-Discovery LLC Court Reviews Document Unitization Dispute E-Discovery LLC One important holding of Li is that, on the somewhat unique facts presen
The Marshall Project
FEBRUARY 25, 2025
Texas plans to execute Wood in March. George Hall says police encouraged him to lie about Wood confessing six murders to him.
Speaker: Allison Mears, Adela Wekselblatt, and George Socha
Artificial intelligence is reshaping the legal industry, and paralegals are at the forefront of this transformation. As AI becomes more integrated into legal workflows, paralegals can streamline their daily tasks, enhance efficiency, and add greater value to their firms and organizations. But what exactly does AI mean for paralegals today—and how can you leverage it to your advantage?
Attorney at Work
FEBRUARY 24, 2025
Jordan Turk lays out four tangible strategies your firm can use to start feeling the benefits of AI without the stress. The post From AI Anxiety to Action: How to Overcome Transformation Fatigue in Your Law Firm appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.
Law Sites
FEBRUARY 25, 2025
You may have heard the news earlier this month that attorneys at plaintiffs law firm Morgan & Morgan the 42nd largest U.S. law firm by headcount were facing sanctions over their submission of court filings containing fake legal cases generated by artificial intelligence. Now, the Wyoming federal judge presiding over the case, U.S.
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Insurance Journal
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
A Florida appeals court has re-affirmed a major state Supreme Court decision, helping to answer lingering questions about whether the 2022 bad-faith litigation reform law can be applied retroactively.
Attorney at Work
FEBRUARY 28, 2025
Danielle DavisRoe | Use these law firm tech cleanup tips and clear the way for a more productive, profitable year. The post Law Firm Tech Cleanup: 6 Steps to Boost Efficiencyand Cut CostsNow appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.
Law Sites
FEBRUARY 26, 2025
A panel of five judges and a professor of law and computer science, all members of the Working Group on AI and the Courts of the American Bar Association’s Task Force on Law and Artificial Intelligence, have published recommended guidelines for the responsible use of artificial intelligence in judicial settings.
E-Discovery LLC
FEBRUARY 25, 2025
In Canales v. OPW Fueling Components LLC , 2025 WL 553623, at *3 (E.D. N. Cal. Feb. 19, 2025)(Emphasis added), the court wrote: Throughout his responses, Canales objects to OPWs requests on the ground that they are not reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence. OPW correctly notes that while this was once a valid objection, it has not been an appropriate basis to object to discovery for nearly a decade.
Speaker: Andrew Klein
Are there mysteries lurking in your family tree? 🕵 No, not a long-lost half-brother - I'm talking about a patent family tree! IP paralegals need fast and easy ways to verify and report on essential data about foreign equivalents of US assets. Join us to master the global scope of key assets to support prosecution, portfolio management, litigation, licensing, competitive monitoring and more!
Insurance Journal
FEBRUARY 25, 2025
Various media outlets have reported shots were fired into the home of the head of Oregon worker’s compensation insurer SAIF Corp. The outlets are reporting that the early-morning Feb.
The Marshall Project
FEBRUARY 22, 2025
Correctional officers complain of unsafe conditions, but critics say the protests were meant to deflect attention from a moment of reckoning.
Law Sites
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
LexisNexis Legal & Professional and OpenAI today announced plans to work more closely with each other to integrate OpenAI’s large language models and APIs across the LexisNexis product ecosystem. LexisNexis will incorporate OpenAI’s technology across its various products, including Lexis+ AI and the Protg personalized AI assistant.
E-Discovery LLC
FEBRUARY 24, 2025
In Li v. Merck & Co., Inc., 2025 WL 429013 (N.D. Cal. Feb. 7, 2025), the court addressed a number of discovery disputes in this lawsuit by a terminated employee against her former employer. Document unitization is the issue presented when a number of separate documents are presented as a single file, without natural breaks. If, for example, four separate documents are scanned as a single PDF, a search hit on any one of them will return all four of them, resulting in false positives that are
Speaker: Joe Stephens, J.D., Attorney and Law Professor
Ready to cut through the AI hype and learn exactly how to use these tools in your legal work? Join this webinar to get practical guidance from attorney and AI legal expert, Joe Stephens, who understands what really matters for legal professionals! What You'll Learn: Evaluate AI Tools Like a Pro 🔍 Learn which tools are worth your time and how to spot potential security and ethics risks before they become problems.
Insurance Journal
FEBRUARY 23, 2025
As consumer complaints have apparently mounted over unpaid hurricane losses, Florida’s top insurance regulator and some lawmakers are signaling new scrutiny on insurance carriers’ claims-handling and other practices.
Plaintiff Trial Lawyer Tips
FEBRUARY 26, 2025
Trial lawyers should investigate the concepts of NLP. NLP stands for Neuro Linguistic Programming and has been around since 1970s when its co-founders, Richard Bandler and John Grinder first modelled the therapists Milton Erickson, Gregory Bateson, Fritz Perls and Virginia Satir. Neuro Linguistic Programming enables us to better understand the way our brain (neuro) processes the words we use (linguistic) and how that can impact on our past, present and future (programming).
Law Sites
FEBRUARY 28, 2025
Are you still on the fence about whether generative artificial intelligence can do the work of human lawyers? If so, I urge you to read this new study. Published yesterday, this first-of-its-kind study evaluated the performance of four legal AI tools across seven core legal tasks.
E-Discovery LLC
FEBRUARY 23, 2025
In Li v. Merck & Co., Inc., 2025 WL 429013 (N.D. Cal. Feb. 7, 2025), the court addressed a number of discovery disputes in this lawsuit by a terminated employee against her former employer. The court permitted spoliation interrogatories. Defendants Interrogatory 20 asked: To the extent YOU deleted, destroyed, or threw away, directed anyone else to delete, destroy, or throw away, or are aware of anyone else deleting, destroying, or throwing away ANY DOCUMENTS called for by any of DEFENDANTS&#
Speaker: Andrew Klein
Patent due diligence processes take too long. The information you need is publicly available but accessing it is often tedious & inefficient, requiring you to wade through dozens of PTO websites or for-free tools to gather what you need. Plus, it frequently occurs late in the game, leaving professionals under pressure, sifting through chaotic 100-page PDFs, and frustrated with poorly formatted information & patent numbers.
Insurance Journal
FEBRUARY 28, 2025
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin sued General Motors and its subsidiary OnStar this week, alleging the car manufacturer deceived Arkansans by collecting and selling driver information to third parties, who then sold the data to insurance companies.
The 10b-5 Daily
FEBRUARY 25, 2025
Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court had the opportunity in the Facebook case to address the extent to which corporate risk disclosures can form the basis for securities fraud liability. After oral argument, however, the Court decided to dismiss the appeal as improvidently granted. That has left the door open for a wide range of potential decisions from the lower courts.
Law Sites
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
Intapp, a global company that provides cloud-based software tailored to legal, accounting and financial services firms, has unveiled DealCloud Activator, an AI-enabled growth platform designed to help professional services firms adopt and sustain successful business development practices.
E-Discovery LLC
FEBRUARY 22, 2025
In Li v. Merck & Co., Inc., 2025 WL 429013 (N.D. Cal. Feb. 7, 2025)(Hixson, J.), the court addressed a number of discovery disputes in this lawsuit by a terminated employee against her former employer. On the somewhat unique facts presented, the Court held that plaintiffs consulting an attorney to find out her rights is not necessarily the same thing as contemplating or anticipating litigation for purposes of triggering the common-law duty to preserve.
Advertiser: Trellis
Trellis AI leverages the largest repository of state trial court data to help litigators evaluate cases, automate brief drafting, suggest winning strategies, and more. Key components: Draft Arguments — Uses similar/successful motions in the Trellis database to generate arguments/citations for your motions seeking dismissal, summary judgment, etc. Case Assessment — Predict the likely outcomes of a case at any stage to help you decide to accept it, guide motion practice, make settlement offers, an
Insurance Journal
FEBRUARY 26, 2025
A Maryland woman pleaded guilty to defrauding USAA Insurance out of more than $58,000 in water damage claims by using faked invoices and photos.
The Marshall Project
FEBRUARY 28, 2025
JJ Velazquez served nearly 24 years for a murder he didnt commit. A unique prison arts program transformed him into an actor and activist.
Law Sites
FEBRUARY 24, 2025
When legal intelligence company vLex released a major upgrade to its Vincent AI last September, I wrote that it might just be the most capable generative AI assistant in the legal market.
IP Watchdog
FEBRUARY 26, 2025
Yesterday, a group of 1,000 UK musicians, including popular artists such as Imogen Heap, Kate Bush and Annie Lennox, released an album titled Is This What We Want? in protest to the UK governments announcement in December 2024 of a consultation on copyright and AI, which is considering exceptions to copyright infringement liability for some artificial intelligence (AI) purposes, including training AI models.
Speaker: Joe Stephens, J.D., Attorney and Law Professor
Get ready to uncover what attorneys really need from you when it comes to trial prep in this new webinar! Attorney and law professor, Joe Stephens, J.D., will share proven techniques for anticipating attorney needs, organizing critical documents, and transforming complex information into compelling case presentations. Key Learning Objectives: Organization That Makes Sense 🎯 Learn how to structure and organize case materials in ways that align with how attorneys actually work and think.
Insurance Journal
FEBRUARY 23, 2025
The business environment is constantly evolving, with each new development and innovation offering a unique variety of potential risks and rewards.
The Marshall Project
FEBRUARY 25, 2025
Under her tenure, the organization saw robust growth, developed news products for incarcerated audiences, and expanded into three cities.
Law Sites
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
In a historic development for the legal profession, KPMG LLP, the U.S.
Percipient
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
Legal teams deal with contracts every single day, but keeping them organized is another story. Between tracking deadlines, chasing approvals, and making sure everything is airtight, contract management can quickly turn into a headache. Thats why contract management software exists. It keeps everything in one place, automates the boring stuff, and helps legal teams move faster without missing key details.
Advertiser: Trellis
Law Firm Intelligence by Trellis aggregates state trial court data across the Trellis platform enabling users to: look up a particular metric related to a specific law firm (such as, how many cases a law firm had or has against another law firm), and see the actual dockets and documents supporting the metric. Trellis data is maximized in a revolutionary and unique way to provide users an exclusive look into a law firm litigating in state trial courts.
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