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Consultancy ESentio Technologies Hires Governance Adviser
U.S.-based legal technology consulting firm eSentio Technologies has hired a director of information governance, particularly focused on generative artificial intelligence regulations.
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Pro Bono Platform Paladin Launches Tech For Law Students
Free legal assistance platform Paladin announced Thursday the launch of a new platform designed specifically for law school students and co-developed in collaboration with leaders at over 30 different institutions, including Harvard Law School, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law and the Georgetown University Law Center.
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Calif. Justices OK More Bar Exam Proposals After Fiasco
The California Supreme Court on Wednesday approved more measures to address the widespread problems that arose during the administration of the February bar exam, which includes a provisional license program for applicants who failed or withdrew from the exam.Â
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AI Reasoning Model Aces Maryland Law School's Final Exam
Newer artificial intelligence reasoning models such as OpenAI's o3 got higher grades than older model versions when tasked with taking law school final exams, according to professors at the University of Maryland's Francis King Carey School of Law.
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AI-Powered Tools Redefine Contract Management Work
Automation is reshaping contract management as new artificial intelligence-powered tools promise to streamline document review and drafting, as shown through new product announcements from Ivo and DraftWise on Wednesday.
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Ontra Secures $70M In Financing For Product Development
Ontra, an artificial intelligence-powered contract automation platform for private markets, has secured $70 million in debt financing to expand its AI offerings and automate more workflows in the fund lifecycle, bringing its total funding to about $325 million.
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TLT Rolls Out AI Platform Legora For Lawyers In UK
TLT LLP said Wednesday that it has rolled out Legora's artificial intelligence platform across the firm to automate routine tasks and enable lawyers to spend more time delivering strategic legal advice.
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Judiciary Panel Advances New Rules On Amici, AI, Subpoenas
The federal judiciary's top policy panel Tuesday propelled revamped rules regarding numerous hot legal topics, including artificial intelligence, "dark money" groups bankrolling amicus briefs and the subpoena powers of courts and defense counsel.
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Orrick-Led AI Time Tracking Co. Nabs $100M In Funding
Artificial intelligence time tracking company Laurel, advised by Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, has raised $100 million in Series C funding, the company announced Tuesday.
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Pactum Raises $54M Series To Scale Its AI Procurement Tech
Pactum, a California-based company with a platform that uses artificial intelligence to automate contract negotiations for businesses, announced Monday the raising of $54 million in a Series C funding round to help scale its agentic AI capabilities.
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AI Helping Legal Professionals Tackle Feelings Of Burnout
The majority of surveyed legal professionals think that using AI has helped reduce feelings of burnout at work, according to contract management platform Ironclad's second annual State of AI in Legal report released Tuesday.
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2nd Circ. Affirms Dechert's Victory Over Hacking Suit
The Second Circuit on Monday refused to revive a North Carolina trade executive's lawsuit alleging hacking by a private investigator on Dechert LLP's behalf, ruling in a nonprecedential opinion that a district judge's failure to review disputed portions of a magistrate judge's recommendation to dismiss the suit was ultimately harmless.
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NJ One Step Closer To Adopting 'Next Generation' Bar Exam
An ad hoc committee for the New Jersey Supreme Court is recommending the state adopt the "Next Generation" bar exam in July 2028, following several other states that are planning to roll out the new exam that summer.
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Law Firm Data Breaches Hit New High As Threats Escalate
Despite years of warnings and heavy cybersecurity spending, law firms remain prime targets for cybercriminals, with breaches hitting record highs in 2024, according to a Law360 Pulse analysis that found even top firms struggling to contain the fallout.
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EY Expert Urges GCs To Help Build AI Governance
General counsel need to be playing a strong role in helping build their company's governance over artificial intelligence, and they need to maintain that role for the long term, according to one expert.
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Early Support Key To Fixing Legal Profession's Diversity Gap
A lack of early support and systemic barriers continue to block underrepresented students from entering the legal profession, attorneys and legal educators warned at a Friday panel, calling for expanded investment in pipeline programs despite recent legal challenges to diversity initiatives.
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Definely Raises £30M Series B To Expand
Definely, a London-based provider of legal document software, announced Monday the closing of a £30 million (around $40 million) Series B funding round aimed at accelerating its global expansion and artificial intelligence product roadmap.
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High Court Says Software Glitch Led To Early Order List Drop
An "apparent software malfunction" caused the U.S. Supreme Court's order list to be issued early Friday, orders in which the justices granted certiorari in four cases and refused to take up a long list of other ones, including cases centered on Pennsylvania's election system and the Obama Presidential Center.
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Calif. Bar Hires Investigator To Review Exam Snafu
The State Bar of California's board of trustees voted to approve a $185,000 contract with a nonprofit to review "exam scoring irregularities and testing accommodations" from its fraught February 2025 bar exam.
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Legal Marketing Heads Share Their Leadership Strategies
Being a good listener yet having your own vision are some of the attributes that those looking to move up the ranks in the legal industry should look to have, said several marketing leaders during a recent discussion in New York.
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Counsel Press Acquires Process Serving Co. Legalex
Counsel Press Inc., a legal services platform and appellate services provider, has announced its acquisition of Legalex LLC, expanding its capabilities in the realm of process serving.
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Legal Tech Roundup: KLDiscovery, Cornerstone Research
Leadership teams for legal technology companies underwent changes in the past week, including the appointment of a new CEO at an e-discovery company.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry began June with another action-packed week as BigLaw firms expanded their presence and offerings. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse’s weekly quiz.
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Conn. Atty Seeks Digital Data To Unmask Alleged ID Thief
Claggett Sykes & Garza LLC partner Andrew Garza told a Connecticut state court judge Thursday that someone used his identity to open bank accounts and file a fraudulent registration for his former law firm with the Secretary of the State's office, and he needs the court to order U.S. Bank and other companies to give him information that could reveal the perpetrator.
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Most Legal Departments Aren't Hiring ALSPs
In-house lawyers' use of the Big Four accounting firms and other alternative legal service providers remains low, with less than one-third of departments participating in a recent survey saying they outsourced matters to those types of companies, according to findings released Thursday by Wolters Kluwer.
Expert Analysis
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Learning How To Code Can Unleash New Potential In Lawyers
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.
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The Importance Of Client Engagement In Law Firm Innovation
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.
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A Scientific Path For Improving Diversity At Law Firms
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.