Legal IT Insider

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Wolters Kluwer today (26 September) announced the launch of generative AI (GenAI) functionality for VitalLaw, the company’s legal research platform.

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CaseFox

MARCH 3, 2023

Legal professionals are often assumed to be tech lays. The big question is, will this new Artificial Intelligence (AI) tech make legal researchers obsolete? We went on multiple tests with ChatGPT for different legal operations, majorly legal research. Will ChatGPT replace Legal Research?

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Law Sites

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

A federal judge in Delaware has dismissed the claim by now-shuttered legal research startup ROSS Intelligence that Thomson Reuters violated federal antitrust law by unlawfully tying its search tool to its public law database in order to maintain its dominance in the overall market for legal search platforms.

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CaseFox

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

However, we tend to overlook that legal research forms the fundamental basis of practicing law. A lawyer with excellent legal research skills can build a strong case and is usually more successful in the legal world. To become a pro in the field, lawyers will need to understand how to do law research.

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CaseFox

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

However, we tend to overlook that legal research forms the fundamental basis of practicing law. A lawyer with excellent legal research skills can build a strong case and is usually more successful in the legal world. To become a pro in the field, lawyers will need to understand how to do law research.

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CaseFox

JULY 16, 2023

Wouldn’t it be nice to have all the legal research at your fingertips? If, as a lawyer or a legal professional. You are always looking for tools or ways to make your legal research process efficient. Today in this blog we are going to talk about top 9 free legal research tools for lawyers.

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Law Sites

JUNE 4, 2024

Last week, I reported here that researchers at Stanford University planned to augment a study they released of generative AI legal research tools from LexisNexis and Thomson Reuters, in which it found that they deliver hallucinated results more often than the companies say in their marketing of the products.

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E-Discovery Team

AUGUST 23, 2024

Bloomberg surveyed lawyers and found that 57% used generative AI for Legal Research. Drafting and templating communication came in at 46%, and legal contracts at 26%. Summarizing legal narratives and reviewing legal documents followed at 24% and 22% respectively.

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Law Sites

JUNE 4, 2024

Last September, two litigation-focused Canadian legal technology companies, CiteRight and Jurisage, announced their merger, with the promise of combining CiteRight’s litigation drafting program with Jurisage’s AI technology to create an integrated legal research and drafting solution.

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Law Sites

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

It started in June, when the company announced its $650 million acquisition of the legal research and AI company Casetext and the CoCounsel generative AI tool Casetext had developed in collaboration with OpenAI. Soon after that, it rolled out generative AI within Practical Law , its legal know-how product.

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Law Sites

AUGUST 22, 2024

ROSS Intelligence, in which TR is alleging that the now-shuttered legal research startup ROSS violated its copyrights by stealing content from Westlaw to build its own product. As I wrote here earlier this month, tomorrow was the scheduled start date for the trial in Thomson Reuters v.

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Law Sites

APRIL 16, 2024

The global legal research company vLex today announced the launch of Vincent AI Document Analyze, a new tool in its suite of generative AI features that enables legal professionals to analyze litigation and transactional documents and surface legal and factual information that they can use in preparing a response.

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Law Sites

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

My 2019 post detailed my visit to ROSS’s Toronto research and development office. But ROSS’s trajectory changed in 2020, when legal research giant Thomson Reuters filed a lawsuit against ROSS , alleging that it stole content from Westlaw to build its own competing legal research product.

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3 Geeks and a Law Blog

MARCH 9, 2023

He became interested in the future of legal education and how artificial intelligence will affect the profession, which led him to co-found Blue J , a legal technology company in Toronto. On the other hand, Abdi Aidid practiced as a commercial litigator in New York before becoming the Vice President of Legal Research at Blue J.

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Law Sites

JUNE 28, 2024

On today’s live Legaltech Week, we’ll be talking toilet paper — and what it signifies for life and legal tech. Also on the agenda: stories about legal ethics and AI, AI risk in legal research, surging billing rates, and more. The show is live at 3 p.m.

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Law Sites

MARCH 7, 2024

The project initially received financial support from legal research startup Ravel Law. The 20 Most Important Legal Technology Developments of 2018. New Legal Research Tool Taps Into Caselaw Access Project’s 6.7M It was a massive project that scanned 38.6 The goal was to make all published U.S.

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Lawmatics

JANUARY 23, 2024

Legal research: AI assists legal professionals in conducting comprehensive legal research. Advanced algorithms can quickly analyze vast legal information databases, statutes, and case law to provide relevant and up-to-date information. How Will AI Change the Legal Industry?

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Law Sites

MARCH 14, 2024

.” Based on this, the committee found that Neusom had not only failed to exercise the reasonable due diligence required of an attorney, but that his conduct went “beyond a lack of due diligence as some of his legal authorities were completely fabricated.”

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CaseFox

APRIL 10, 2023

Harvey is a legal AI startup that was founded in 2015 by a team of lawyers and computer scientists. Its main goal is to use AI technology to help lawyers perform legal research and discovery faster and more accurately than ever before. Why is OpenAI Invested in Harvey?

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Law Sites

MARCH 20, 2024

In its write-up, How Casetext is assigning every attorney an AI co-counsel , Fast Company says: “CoCounsel can generate — at a blazing speed — legal research memos, review thousands of documents to answer questions during discovery, and find specific contract items in vast databases of information.”

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My Shingle

APRIL 12, 2024

First up – a summary comparison of five gen AI platforms and their legal research… The post Some GenAI to Help Your New Law Firm appeared first on My Shingle. Are you interested in what generative Ai can do but haven’t had a chance to spend the time experimenting, or even sitting through an hour-long webinar?

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Law Sites

APRIL 11, 2024

ROSS was ahead of its time in striving to use artificial intelligence to empower legal research. But the outlook for ROSS changed almost overnight when it was sued by Thomson Reuters in 2020 on allegations that it surreptitiously stole content from Westlaw to build its own competing legal research product.

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Lawmatics

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Document Review AI-powered algorithms can quickly review and analyze large volumes of legal documents, contracts, and case law to obtain pertinent information, identify patterns, and flag potential issues. What are the challenges?

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Law Sites

APRIL 9, 2024

Furthering its expansion beyond legal research and into other products aligned with legal professionals’ day-to-day workflows, Bloomberg Law has acquired Dashboard Legal , a project management and collaboration platform specifically designed for the legal market. ” .” ”

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Lawmatics

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Some key trends and developments in the legal tech industry include: 1 Automation and AI Legal tech companies increasingly incorporate artificial intelligence (AI) and automation to streamline repetitive tasks, such as document review, contract analysis, and legal research.

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Attorney at Work

JANUARY 13, 2022

In fact, most lawyers already use AI daily in both their personal lives — via tools like Google and smartphone Face ID — and in their professional lives for tasks like legal research. Such fears often stem from a lack of education. Also, some people who were exposed to early AI tools at work had off-putting experiences.

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E-Discovery Team

AUGUST 12, 2024

AGI's incorporation in the legal industry can enhance predictive analytics, document review, legal research, judicial decision-making, client interaction, contract analysis, and legal compliance. AGI's potential abilities can significantly improve human capabilities, quality of life, and ethical fairness.

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Lawmatics

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Here are just some of the ways AI is currently in use in the legal industry: Client intake. Legal research. AI helps legal professionals find relevant case law, statutes, and precedents by searching and summarizing vast legal databases. Can AI predict the outcome of legal cases? Workflow automation.

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Complex Discovery

JULY 31, 2024

Editor’s Note: The American Bar Association’s (ABA) latest ethical guidelines mark a milestone moment for the legal profession. This opinion addresses the necessity for legal professionals to understand AI’s capabilities and limitations, emphasizing the need for accuracy, client confidentiality, and fair billing practices.

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Law Sites

MARCH 26, 2024

Called the Caselaw Access Project , it came about, starting in 2015, through an unusual partnership between Harvard Law School and a Silicon Valley-based legal research startup called Ravel Law. million published cases, some dating as far back as 1658.

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CaseFox

JUNE 26, 2023

Artificial intelligence is emerging as a game changer for various industries, and the legal industry is no exception. AI and automation can streamline the process of legal professionals and enhance the efficiency of firms. From legal research to virtual assistance, AI tools can do it all for legal professionals.

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MyCase

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Whether you’re brand new to practicing law or a seasoned pro, effective legal research is one of the cornerstones of being a successful lawyer. Throughout your career, legal research skills can help you stay abreast of evolving precedent. What is Legal Research? Why is Effective Legal Research Important?

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Attorney at Work

MARCH 1, 2022

” Please don’t display your … proclivities when you’re trying to teach us about legal research. .” But I am concerned about the — let’s call it a sculpture — between “Taxonomies of Beadwork Fasteners” and “Pokemon Go! Field Guide 2019.” I can’t pixel out your life choices. Wild Zoom Background Fails.

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Destination Articles Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2024

What Are the Big Opportunities for Legal Tech Startups? Legal tech startups are tapping into specific niches to address unique challenges within the legal industry. These include: Simplifying Legal Research Legal research is essential but time-consuming.

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MyCase

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Online legal resources. The legal research statistics from this year’s Report are particularly interesting, in part because legal research was one of the first law firm processes to be impacted by technology. Lawyers also obtain most of their daily legal news online from a variety of different sources.

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Lawmatics

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Extractive AI tools, which are applied to legal research and eDiscovery, carry inherent risks due to their reliance on the data they analyze. Careful scrutiny is necessary to ensure these technologies integrate smoothly into daily operations without compromising confidentiality or legal ethics.

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IP Watchdog

JUNE 6, 2024

They also provide technical and legal research and analysis with respect to matters pending before the U.S. They draft new patent applications, respond to Office Actions preparing substantive documents related to prosecution, and contribute to prosecution strategy.

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