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ABA's Education Section Endorses Alternative Atty Licensing
The American Bar Association's national accrediting arm for law degree programs announced during a council meeting Friday the adoption of a report that effectively recognizes alternative methods of attorney licensing outside the bar exam.
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Legal Tech Owners Struggle To Obtain Women-Owned Biz Cert
Some legal tech founders value getting their company certified as a women-owned business, but they have found it challenging to obtain certification while trying to run successful enterprises, juggle other responsibilities and navigate investor opportunities.
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Courts' 'Wait And See' On Deepfake Rule Gets Mixed Reviews
A new evidentiary rule for dealing with artificial intelligence-generated deepfakes is unnecessary right now, according to a federal judiciary committee, but the courts' "wait and see" approach may be too cautious, some experts told Law360 Monday.
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New Alvarez & Marsal Service Offers Back Office Outsourcing
Professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal announced Monday the launch of a new outsourcing service, offering law firms management and consulting services to address "back-office functions."
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NJ Lawmakers Advance Measures Tackling Deepfakes
The New Jersey Assembly Judiciary Committee approved measures Monday to head off the rise of "deepfakes," including the establishment of a $2 million unit under the Office of the Attorney General to help law enforcement and the state judiciary verify evidence.
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Calif.'s Top Judge Launches Task Force To Probe AI Uses
California Supreme Court Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero has created a new task force to look into how generative artificial intelligence could benefit the court system and its users, while also evaluating its potential risks, the court announced Friday.
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Microsoft Outlines AI Global Governance Goals
As Microsoft homes in on policies around artificial intelligence, the company published a report Friday featuring external perspectives and its own views on goals and frameworks for global AI governance.
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Legal Tech Roundup: Nuix, Fynk
A leading executive leaving a legal technology company tops this roundup of recent industry news.
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Quinn Emanuel Adopts AI Litigation Analytics Tool Pre/Dicta
International law firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP is adding artificial intelligence litigation analytics platform Pre/Dicta to its repertoire of litigation tools, the firm and company announced this week.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The middle of May marked another action-packed week for the legal industry as former President Donald Trump's hush money trial continued and BigLaw firms expanded their reach in the U.S. and abroad. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Calif. Bar Halts Plans To Develop New Bar Exam
The State Bar of California has shelved a plan to develop its own online bar exam, a shift that could save the cash-strapped organization up to $4 million per year, but drew opposition from law school deans concerned about its ambitious rollout timeline.
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Deepfake Rule Proposals Navigate 'Perfect Evidentiary Storm'
As federal judiciary officials explore how to handle evidence faked by artificial intelligence, attorneys are divided over the need to change evidence rules, with some worried that current rules are not up to the challenges posed by deepfakes, and others fearful that altering them might do more harm than good.
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EBrevia Co-Founders On Buying Back Co. And Their AI Plans
Contract review software company eBrevia Inc. recently launched its first new product since the business was bought back by its co-founders Adam Nguyen and Jake Mundt. Here, the co-founders spoke with Law360 Pulse about why they repurchased eBrevia and their plans for the company.
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SurePoint Acquires Legal Data Co. Leopard Solutions
Practice management solutions provider SurePoint Technologies announced on Thursday the acquisition of legal intelligence firm Leopard Solutions.
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Swedish AI Legal Assistant Leya Secures $10.5M Seed Round
Leya, an artificial intelligence-powered legal assistant that pulls public legal sources and proprietary data from law firms, raised a $10.5 million seed round on Thursday.
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Buchalter Starts Fintech And AI Practice With New Seattle Hire
Buchalter PC announced that it hired the former chief legal officer at mortgage-focused fintech company Sagent as a Seattle-based shareholder and chair of its newly launched fintech and artificial intelligence practice group.
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Goodwin Expands Partnership With Funds Co. Passthrough
Goodwin Procter LLP announced this week the launch of Goodwin Embark, an investor onboarding service developed in partnership with software company Passthrough.
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Faegre Drinker Partners With Analytics Co. For Client Insights
International law firm Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP is partnering with Chicago-based artificial intelligence predictive analytics platform Orgaimi Inc. to gain more insights from the firm's existing data to better serve clients.
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Senators Release 'Road Map' For Crafting Federal AI Policy
A bipartisan group of senators on Wednesday laid out a "road map" for artificial intelligence policy that calls for increased AI innovation funding, testing of potential harms posed by AI and consideration of the technology's workforce implications.
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How Immediation Went From Collapse To Comeback
Immediation, an Australia-based legal technology company that reached insolvency at the end of 2023, is back in business.
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Gunster Data Breach Affected 9K Clients' Data, Suit Says
A former client of Gunster Yoakley & Stewart PA has filed a proposed class action in Florida federal court, alleging the law firm's weak cybersecurity systems allowed outsiders to access clients' personal and sensitive health information and that the firm waited over a year to inform those affected.
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Calif. Bar To Weigh New Virtual Bar Exam To Cut Costs
The State Bar of California's board of trustees is expected to consider replacing the National Conference of Bar Examiners' exam and new licensing test with its own state bar exam that could be taken remotely in order to cut up to $4.2 million in costs annually, according to a memo posted online in advance of this week's board meeting.
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Legal Insurers See 'All-Time High' In Price Tag Of Claims
Some of the nation's largest legal insurance companies are reporting an unprecedented rise in "claim severity," according to survey data released Tuesday, with 11 of 13 insurers reporting paying claims in excess of $100 million in the past two years.
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Legal Ops Co. Aerial Raises $2M Pre-Seed Funding
Seattle-based legal operations platform Aerial said it has raised $2 million in pre-seed funding to help startups organize corporate data in anticipation of investor showcases.
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Steno Launches Transcript Analysis Service, Raises $46M
Legal support services provider Steno Agency Inc. announced Tuesday the securing of $46 million in funding along with the launch of a transcription tool backed by generative artificial intelligence.
Expert Analysis
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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.