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Workday Legal Team's 'Secret Sauce' Boosts An AI Rollout
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.
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Calif. Bar Sues Administrator Over February Exam 'Chaos'
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.
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Ex-MoFo Atty's Startup Raises $3.5M To Refine Due Diligence
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.
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Outside Counsel Selection Platform Justice Bid Raises $4M
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.
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Persuit Acquires Legal Spending Software Co. Apperio
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.
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Calif. Justices Adjust Bar Exam Passing Score Amid Turmoil
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.
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FIFA Seeks Fees After Citation Mistakes In Antitrust Case
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.
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Head Of Calif. State Bar To Step Down After Botched Exam
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.
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Legal Tech Roundup: Legal Benchmarking Group, ClaimScore
The acquisition of a legal technology company tops this roundup of recent industry news.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
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.
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'Birds Of A Feather': Why Attys Launch Legal Tech Startups
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."
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Legal Tech Provider Harbor Opens New Global HQ In Chicago
Harbor Global, a legal technology services provider, announced Thursday the relocation of its Chicago headquarters to new office space in the city.
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New AI Toolkit Offers Guidance To In-House Counsel
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.
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Dentons Taps Former EY Legal Leader For New Tech Launch
Dentons announced Thursday that it has hired a retired global managing partner of EY's legal practice to lead a new group that will focus on deploying cutting-edge technology to enhance the firm's competitive advantage.
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Richard Susskind On What Attys Should Do In The Age Of AI
Author Richard Susskind, who has a new book out about artificial intelligence, discusses how legal institutions are not ready for AI and what it will take for lawyers to recognize their potential vulnerability to being replaced by it.
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Calif. Bar Seeks Credits, Lower Pass Score After Exam Fiasco
The California Bar has asked the state's supreme court to help it account for rampant technical difficulties on the February 2025 bar exam by approving a lower passing score and allowing the bar to give test-takers credit for some questions they left blank.
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Exec Says MyPillow Attys Can't Use AI Mistakes To Delay Trial
A former Dominion Voting executive said MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell shouldn't be allowed to delay a June defamation trial because his attorneys face potential sanctions for a brief that used artificial intelligence, arguing recent executive orders against law firms suggest the defamation claim would face "extreme prejudice" from a delay.
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Judge Orders Mediation In Riley Pope Data Breach Suit
A South Carolina federal judge on Tuesday ordered parties in a proposed class action over a 2024 cyberattack impacting the employees of law firm Riley Pope & Laney LLC's clients to conduct mediation ahead of trial — one day after the firm asked the court to toss the case, claiming the plaintiff has not alleged any actual misuse of his personal information.
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Clyde & Co. Picks Up Ex-Kennedys AI Partner
A former partner of artificial intelligence strategy and delivery at Kennedys Law LLP shared on his LinkedIn Wednesday that he would be joining Clyde & Co. LLP as a partner of global innovation.
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Tyler Tech Says NC Digital Court System 'Works As Designed'
Facing a civil rights class action filed by North Carolina residents who say the state's new digital court system subjected them to wrongful arrests and extended jail time, the software provider that licensed the program told a federal court that it cannot be held responsible for the way its product is used because it is merely a vendor.
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In-House Attys Eye Contract Management First For AI Boosts
Contract management is the most likely legal function to transform through artificial intelligence in the next three years, according to a report published Wednesday by SpotDraft.
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Just One Year In, Plaintiff Law Tool Supio Gets $60M Series B
Supio, a legal technology startup that developed an artificial intelligence platform for personal injury and mass tort plaintiff law firms, secured a $60 million Series B investment on Wednesday.
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Large Law Firm Revenues Climb Despite Dip In Demand
Even as the demand for legal services fell short of industry expectations, U.S. law firms entered 2025 on solid financial footing, with steady rate hikes fueling an 11.3% jump in first-quarter revenues, according to survey results released Tuesday by Wells Fargo Private Bank.
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Kennedys' AI Tool Partners With Analytics Co. Solomonic
The client-facing technology division at U.K.-based law firm Kennedys, which operates a tool that uses artificial intelligence to concur fully auditable risk analysis for the insurance market, announced on Tuesday a new partnership with litigation analytics company Solomonic to explore the use of litigation data within the insurance industry.
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Axiom Launches 24/7 Digital Legal Talent Finder For GCs
Legal services provider Axiom has launched a new service that allows in-house legal teams to find and onboard talent themselves quickly, according to a Tuesday announcement.