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Initially labeled as administrative support, legal operations leaders explained to a group of peers on Wednesday how they transformed their jobs to become a key business ally for their legal departments.
Global asset management firm Arcapita Group Holdings Ltd. this week has acquired a majority stake in tech-enabled legal services provider Trustpoint.One based in Atlanta, Georgia.
Anytime AI, a startup offering a legal assistant powered by artificial intelligence, recently announced a new strategic partnership with New Jersey-based Stark & Stark PC that will see the law firm adopt the latest version of its automated litigation workflow platform.
More law school students are finding that a position at a law firm is their preferred landing place after graduation. Here's a look at the choices students are making and the schools that are sending the highest percentage of their students directly to BigLaw.
Want to know which schools are sending the highest percentage of graduates to BigLaw? How big a slice are landing those prized clerkships in federal or state courts? Explore the ins and outs of law school graduate placement in our interactive graphic.
A law degree opens up a range of job opportunities, in private law firms, government, business and beyond, the ABA's data shows. Find out which schools came out on top for job placements in BigLaw, federal and state court clerkships, public interest and more.
We have entered the age of developing artificial intelligence tools for specific practice areas in legal, with intellectual property emerging as a leading field of activity.
Legal operations teams are leaning on clear and realistic communications to get the most out of partnerships with law firms and legal technology vendors, experts said during a panel at the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium's Global Institute conference in Las Vegas on Tuesday.
Sydney-based Nuix announced Tuesday that it will withdraw its previously estimated annualized contract revenue, along with strategic targets related to revenue growth and underlying cash flow, citing the "uncertainty in the geopolitical landscape."
Nordic private equity firm Norvestor announced on Monday its acquisition of PSA Solutions AS, a Norwegian legal technology provider and advisory firm.
Weiss Serota Helfman Cole & Bierman PL is launching a new Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technology practice group and added a seasoned attorney in the public sector and tech law to bolster it.
The solicitors' watchdog said Tuesday it has approved the first legal services provider powered entirely by an artificial intelligence large language model, rather than human lawyers, describing it as a significant step toward enhancing access to justice.
Initially trailing other departments, Workday's legal team claims it emerged as a leader in adopting a new artificial intelligence platform by the end of 2024, crediting extensive staff training for the turnaround.
The State Bar of California on Monday sued the vendor it used to administer the February bar exam after "chaos ensued" as a result of pervasive technical glitches, saying the vendor misrepresented its ability to proctor the exam, and it won't hand over data that could shed light on what went wrong.
Marveri, a legal technology startup that developed an artificial intelligence-based platform for conducting corporate due diligence, publicly launched Monday with a $3.5 million capital raise.
Data analytic firm Justice Bid LLC announced Monday that it's secured a $4 million strategic investment from OnDean Forward, a legal investment vehicle backed by the founder and executive chairman of legal software company Relativity ODA LLC, along with other former executives.
Legal technology platform Persuit on Monday announced the acquisition of legal spending management software provider Apperio Ltd. in the hope of creating a fully end-to-end recruitment platform from intake to invoice approval and payment.
In an en banc ruling, the California Supreme Court approved adjustments to the passing score for the state bar's embattled February bar exam in line with a formal request by the California Bar Association, resulting in the highest passing rates for the exam in close to five years.
FIFA is demanding attorney fees from plaintiffs for misusing artificial intelligence in an antitrust suit against the soccer federation in Puerto Rico, with a formatting error revealing that it is seeking more than $50,000 for work performed by Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP and a local firm, according to court documents.
The leader of the State Bar of California, who oversaw the problem-plagued rollout of this year's state bar exam, will be leaving the organization when her contract expires in July, the bar announced Friday.
The acquisition of a legal technology company tops this roundup of recent industry news.
The legal industry began May with another action-packed week as BigLaw firms established new executive roles and added talent across the country. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
Attorneys turned legal tech company founders each have unique reasons for starting their own businesses, but these founders shared with Law360 Pulse similar motivations and characteristics that unite them, making them "birds of a feather."
Harbor Global, a legal technology services provider, announced Thursday the relocation of its Chicago headquarters to new office space in the city.
The Association of Corporate Counsel has released this week an artificial intelligence toolkit, developed in collaboration with Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, that gives in-house attorneys practical information for assisting their organizations in implementing this technology.
Robert Keeling at Sidley reflects on leading discovery in the litigation that followed the historic $85 billion AT&T-Time Warner merger and how the case highlighted the importance of having a strategic e-discovery plan in place.
As virtual reality continues to develop, litigators should consider how it will affect various aspects of law practice — from marketing and training to the courtroom itself — as well as the potential need for legal reforms to ensure metaverse-generated data is preserved and available for discovery, says Ron Carey at Esquire Deposition Solutions.
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The Future Of Legal Ops: Time To Get Serious About DataMost corporate legal departments collect surface-level data around their operations, such as costs and time to resolution, but legal leaders should explore more in-depth data gathering to assess how effective an attorney was, how efficiently legal work was performed, and more, says Andy Krebs at Intel.
While many lawyers still believe that a manual, document-by-document review is the best approach to privilege logging, certain artificial intelligence tools can bolster the traditional review process and make this aspect of electronic document review more efficient, more accurate and less costly, say Laura Riff and Michelle Six at Kirkland.
Law firms considering machine learning and natural language processing to aid in contract reviews should keep several best practices in mind when procuring and deploying this nascent technology, starting with identifying their organization's needs and key requirements, says Ned Gannon at eBrevia.
Law firms need to shift their focus from solving the needs of their lawyers with siloed solutions to implementing collaboration technology, thereby enabling more seamless workflows and team experiences amid widespread embrace of hybrid and remote work models, says Kate Jasaitis at HBR Consulting.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.