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NY-Based Expert Institute Acquires Fellow Witness Search Co.
New York-based legal services provider Expert Institute, which connects litigants with expert witnesses and litigation intelligence, has announced its acquisition of ExpertConnect Litigation Support, LLC, an expert witness search and placement firm focused on regulatory, commercial and intellectual property disputes.
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3rd Circ. To Review AI Ruling In Fight Over Westlaw Data
The Third Circuit on Tuesday granted an interlocutory appeal from tech startup Ross Intelligence, which is challenging a ruling from a Delaware federal court that concluded it infringed copyrighted material from Thomson Reuters' Westlaw platform to create a competing legal research tool powered by artificial intelligence.
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What Happens When A Data Scientist Is Put In A Legal Dept.?
You won't find many data scientists in legal departments, as there is usually too little data to support the high cost. However, one legal operations leader brought in a data scientist anyway, and the payoff was a dramatically efficient contracting process.
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Clients Aren't As Happy With Lawyers As Lawyers Think
There's a striking disconnect between how lawyers who serve consumers perceive their client relationships and how clients truly feel, which could affect reputation, according to new survey results told exclusively to Law360 Pulse.
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Norton Rose Fulbright Says It Was Duped By Legal Tech Co.
Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP has accused the company behind a cloud-based legal workflow product of duping it into using its services and keeping client files without permission once their contract expired.
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Angeion Group Expands, Rebrands Its Bankruptcy Services
Philadelphia-based litigation support company Angeion Group, which provides legal administration and group litigation support services, announced Monday the hiring of two new executive vice presidents for its bankruptcy services division.
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Fla. Judge Denies Ethics Breach Over Fake Recording
A judge in Broward County, Florida, pushed back on ethics charges accusing her of publicly sharing a fabricated recording of a chief judge disparaging another judge in her 2024 election campaign, saying her actions did not violate the Code of Judicial Conduct.
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AI Legal Tool Co. Allegedly Misuses Litigants' Names For Ads
A group of litigants from California and Washington has filed a suit against legal technology firm UniCourt Research Inc. in federal court, alleging the company used details about their disparate case to promote its software subscription.
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Council On Criminal Justice, Rand Partner On AI Task Force
The Council on Criminal Justice, a nonpartisan think tank, announced Monday that it had struck a new partnership with the Rand Corp. to launch a national task force working to develop standards and recommendations for the integration and oversight of artificial intelligence in the criminal justice system.
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Microsoft Lifts Atty To Chief Privacy Officer Amid Legal Shifts
Microsoft has promoted an associate general counsel to the role of chief privacy officer as part of the recent changes in the company's legal department.
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Fragomen Appoints Longtime Partner As WorkRight US Chief
Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy LLP announced the appointment of a longtime partner in its Washington, D.C., office as chief executive officer overseeing WorkRight U.S., the firm's I-9 employee verification technology.
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Legal Tech Roundup: Qanooni, Limelight
Another artificial intelligence legal startup walked away with new early-stage funding this week.
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Weightmans Promotes 2 To Equity Partners, Hires IT Director
Weightmans LLP has promoted two attorneys to its equity partnership, increasing the firm's total equity partnership strength to 45 and the total partner count to 267.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry had another action-packed week as lawyers took on new roles and law firms expanded their practices. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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AI Governance Platform Trustible Raises $4.6M Seed Funding
Trustible, a startup offering an artificial intelligence governance platform, has announced the raising of $4.6 million in a seed funding round led by early-stage investment group Lookout Ventures.
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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.
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.