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Days after the State Bar of California revealed it utilized artificial intelligence to develop some questions included in its embattled February 2025 exam, the state's Supreme Court released a statement demanding the bar association provide additional details.
This was another action-packed week for the legal industry as attorneys took on new roles and BigLaw firms expanded their offerings. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
In this era of economic volatility, most major companies are turning to their general counsel for a strategic response and are increasing their legal department budgets to do it, according to a global survey released Thursday.
San Diego-based Trust & Will, a digital estate planning platform, announced Tuesday that it had added on a $4.5 million investment from credit union collective Curql to its Series C funding round last month, which brought in $25 million.
Legal technology's ability to track and quickly analyze regulatory changes makes it a compelling solution for organizations that are abruptly navigating new tariffs, and experts say both vendors and law firms should quickly embrace these tools.
Legal practice management platform Filevine has acquired New York-based Parrot, which offers a tool that automatically transcribes the minutes of a deposition, expanding its reach into remote deposition services, transcript automation and medical record management.
The State Bar of California used artificial intelligence to develop certain multiple-choice questions that were included in the February exam, a revelation that left one law school assistant dean "shocked" and a move that the state bar said was "not clearly communicated" to its own leadership.
A Colorado federal judge on Wednesday ordered two attorneys for MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell to explain why she shouldn't refer them for discipline for a brief full of misquotes, miscited cases and references to cases that "do not exist," noting that it wasn't until she asked about artificial intelligence that one of the lawyers admitted to his use of it.
Most midsize law firms view artificial intelligence as high-value, according to a report published Wednesday by legal practice management software company Actionstep, with 36% of surveyed respondents using it for legal research, 33% for document drafting and 33% for workflow and task automation.
The tug-of-war over remote work is far from over, but the latest data from Law360 Pulse's March survey indicates law firms are more comfortable laying down rules requiring at least some office attendance — and lawyers, for the most part, are learning to live with them.
Financial services firm Andersen announced Wednesday it is welcoming five industry veterans to its leadership ranks, including the former general counsel at DXC Technology as head of its legal team.
Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP announced it has named three experienced attorneys as the new co-chairs of its artificial intelligence practice group.
Xayn AG, a Germany-based company that calls itself "Europe's first sovereign legal" artificial intelligence, changed its name to Noxtua SE and secured an €80.7 million (about $91.4 million) Series B investment on Wednesday.
While law firms continue to push return-to-office policies, recruiters say they have yet to see mass departures in response. The real friction point for associates, they noted, is with senior partners.
The general counsel at online legal services provider LegalZoom saw her compensation jump from $4 million to nearly $15 million in 2024, according to proxy documents filed Tuesday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
A 26-attorney Connecticut business litigation, intellectual property and employment law firm was hit with another proposed federal class action over a breach of the firm's computer systems.
A Puerto Rico judge on Friday declined to reconsider the disqualification of an attorney, and sanctions imposed for misusing artificial intelligence to fight the disqualification bid, in a lawsuit that accuses FIFA of antitrust violations.
A Lone Star State lawyer has admitted that, following internet searches, she listed phony cases in an appellate brief in a dispute over $1 million in jewelry her parents argued was gifted to their daughter and out of a creditor's reach.
Megan Ma, an associate director at Stanford Law School and its legal technology hub CodeX, announced in a LinkedIn post Monday that she will serve as co-founder and executive director of the newly formed Legal Innovation through Frontier Technology Lab.
First Legal, a provider of litigation support services throughout the country, announced Monday the hiring of a former chief executive at outsourced accounting services firm InfoSync and legal and contract management provider Integreon as its president.
The legal and compliance platform Norm Ai announced Tuesday it has added new leaders to its growing regulatory advisory board and formed a separate advisory committee to guide the company's advanced artificial intelligence offerings.
Florida-based national litigation funder US Claims Capital LLC failed to protect the personal data of users ahead of a January data breach, according to a proposed class action filed in federal court in Palm Beach on Monday.
Nikki Mehrpoo, a former workers' compensation judge and self-described "MedLegal Professor," was promoted to chief legal innovation strategist at Effingo Technology on Monday.
Earlier this month, Norway-based legal timeline builder Case Crafter, which started out as an educational app, tied for first place at the American Bar Association Techshow 2025 startup pitch competition.
An e-discovery startup that aims to simplify complex redactions for legal teams secured a $2.8 million seed funding round on Monday.