InHouseBlog
MARCH 21, 2023
Changing the legal industry is typically something that takes decades or more of time. But the proliferation of AI tools in daily life and business settings is set to change all that. Many were concerned about job-stealing robots years ago , but it has taken some time for AI to evolve into more useful and practical tools that even the most ardent Luddite lawyer could understand and use on a day-to-day basis.
Attorney at Work
MARCH 22, 2023
Wendy Merrill | The easiest way to break down the management styles and needs of Boomers, Xers and Millennials is through this thirst analogy. The post It’s Time to Address and Eliminate Generational Friction in Your Law Firm appeared first on Attorney at Work.
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Above The Law
MARCH 21, 2023
The items go on sale later this week. The post Items From The Murdaugh Double Murder Estate To Be Auctioned appeared first on Above the Law.
Patently O
MARCH 21, 2023
by Dennis Crouch Petitioners in Thaler v. Vidal ask the Supreme Court one simple question: Does the Patent Act categorically restrict the statutory term ‘inventor’ to human beings alone? Thaler Petition for Writ of Certiorari. Only a court with substantial hubris would be willing to take-on this case, but I’m confident that the Supreme Court is up for the task.
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A Synergistic Approach to eDiscovery In the space of eDiscovery, the convergence of document summarization, sentiment analysis, and chatbots represents a significant change in how legal professionals navigate and manage electronic information. These technologies not only expedite the review process but also empower legal teams with deeper insights into the emotional context and key information within electronic documents.
Above The Law
MARCH 22, 2023
This flavor of misrepresentation by churches and politicians is not going to be prosecuted. The post Churches And Politicians Lie To People To Get Money When For Anyone Else, That Would Be Fraud appeared first on Above the Law.
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Intelligize Blog
MARCH 23, 2023
The implosions of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank this month may have come as a surprise to KPMG LLP, one of the so-called Big Four accounting firms. Both banks collapsed within two weeks of KPMG signing off on their audits. In the wake of the failures by SVB and Signature, the firm has defended […] The post SEC Taking an Interest in Accounting Enforcement appeared first on Intelligize.
Attorney at Work
MARCH 22, 2023
How can your website remain relevant and stand out from the competition? Karin Conroy points to the biggest law firm website design trends of the year. The post Top Law Firm Website Design Trends for 2023 appeared first on Attorney at Work.
JURIST
MARCH 20, 2023
In honor of the International Day of Francophonie, this dispatch is published first in French. An English translation is available here. Lisez l’entrevue complète ici. En l’honneur de la journée internationale de la francophonie, j’ai eu le privilège d’interviewer le professeur François Larocque , professeur titulaire en droit linguistique à la faculté de droit de l’université d’Ottawa dans le programme de common law en français, dans lequel je suis élève de deuxième année.
SCOTUSBlog
MARCH 21, 2023
Share What water the United States owes the Navajo Nation under the 1868 Treaty of Bosque Redondo formed the crux of the argument in Arizona v. Navajo Nation. The treaty, known by the Navajo people as the Naal Tsoos Sani , or the Old Paper, established the Navajo Reservation as a “permanent home” for the Nation. The justices on Monday wrestled with the scope of the government’s responsibility to ensure that the reserved land has enough water.
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Selecting and implementing CLM technology can be daunting, leading to underutilization or abandonment. Factors like provider differentiation, inadequate planning, and lack of user training contribute to these failures. Recognizing these pitfalls is crucial for successful adoption, ensuring organizations harness the full potential of CLM for streamlined contract management.
Above The Law
MARCH 24, 2023
But did then they get high? That's a better explanation than the arguments in the complaint. The post Cops Sue Afroman For Sharing Video Of Their Unfounded Raid Of His House appeared first on Above the Law.
My Shingle
MARCH 24, 2023
Six and a half years after arguing that women’s success in legal doesn’t matter if they don’t work at Biglaw, Vivia Chen is back with this interview with Beth Wilkinson, who left biglaw at Paul Hastings back in 2016 to launch her own firm. Reading the interview, you can tell that Chen still doesn’t get… The post Big Law Still Isn’t Big Enough for Women Who Want to Make It Big appeared first on My Shingle.
JURIST
MARCH 23, 2023
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) Wednesday released statistics demonstrating 3,697 antisemitic incidents in the US during 2022, a 36 percent increase from the 2,717 incidents recorded in 2021. This is the third year in five years that the number of antisemitic incidents has been higher than the year previous, save for a slight dip in 2020 during stay-at-home orders for COVID. 2022 saw an average of seven antisemitic incidences a day.
SCOTUSBlog
MARCH 24, 2023
Share For four years, Helaman Hansen falsely promised undocumented immigrants that they could, for a substantial fee, become U.S. citizens through “adult adoption.” Although Hansen persuaded more than 450 people to pay him for his services, the program was a ruse that would not lead to citizenship. On Monday, in United States v. Hansen , the Supreme Court will consider whether 8 U.S.C. §1324(a)(1)(iv) , the federal law that criminalizes “encouraging or inducing unlawful immigration,” violates th
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CLM tools have always strived to push contract management into the digital age for almost 30 years. But the complexities of digitising a legal document are numerous. The current scenarios in business development have shown that having a fully automated CLM has become a mandate for every law firm and in-house legal department. To determine if you need a CLM system, it's essential to clearly identify the on-ground business challenges you aim to solve.
Above The Law
MARCH 24, 2023
Feel free to craft your own 'in a pickle' joke. The post Middle School Sued After Getting Stupid About ‘Justice For Lil Pickle’ T-Shirts Worn By Students appeared first on Above the Law.
ABA Journal
MARCH 21, 2023
Rare is the client who looks to litigators, alternative dispute resolution specialists or even corporate counsel as the “go to” persons for providing services that…
JURIST
MARCH 24, 2023
UK charity organisation Refugee Action Thursday reported that the UK’s asylum housing system is “cruel by design,” and outlined the poor conditions and systems of racialised segregation towards the asylum seekers. The report chronicles one hundred interviews with asylum seekers situated in hotels in London, Manchester, West Midlands and Bradford.
LawSites
MARCH 21, 2023
Few legal professionals are using or planning to use generative AI tools in their legal work, according to a survey conducted March 15-16 and published this week by LexisNexis Legal & Professional. The survey finds that legal professionals — the survey polled 1,176 U.S. lawyers and 1,239 law students — are generally more aware than the general public of generative AI tools such as ChatGPT, with 88% of legal professionals having heard of them compared to 57% of consumers.
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Above The Law
MARCH 24, 2023
Twitter fingers turn into employment law cases. The post Elon Musk Isn’t The Only One Getting In Trouble For Firing People Over Tweets appeared first on Above the Law.
ABA Journal
MARCH 20, 2023
Husband-and-wife lawyers Jared and Elizabeth Lee Beck have filed a breach of contract suit in a bid for reinstatement to Twitter that is based on…
JURIST
MARCH 23, 2023
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) Wednesday held its first hearing in Beatriz v. El Salvador , a case addressing abortion access in El Salvador. Beatriz, whose real name is witheld for privacy, was denied an abortion in El Salvador despite risks to her health. In early 2013, Beatriz was informed by doctors that her fetus was anencephalic, developing without a brain or skull, and the fetus would not survive more than a few hours after birth.
Attorney at Work
MARCH 20, 2023
Nothing But the Ruth | You worked your butt off and the client refuses to pay. Should you hire a collections attorney? The post Artificial Intelligence is Changing the Legal Industry: Interview with AI Expert Paul Roetzer appeared first on Attorney at Work.
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Above The Law
MARCH 23, 2023
Conducted by researchers at the University of Colorado medical school, the new report is the latest to gauge the extent of a costly problem that federal regulators are working to solve: Information about doctors varies from provider directory to provider directory.
ABA Journal
MARCH 23, 2023
Stanford Law School is requiring its students to attend an educational session on free speech following students’ “disruptive heckling” of a conservative federal appeals judge…
JURIST
MARCH 19, 2023
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Friday issued a report about the well-being of children in the central Sahel Region. The report claims that 10 million children in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger are in urgent need of humanitarian aid, and an additional 4 million are in danger as a result of the conflict spreading to nearby nations. According to the report: In the early years of the crisis, the armed groups focused their attacks on security infrastructure and personnel and largely spared chil
SCOTUSBlog
MARCH 21, 2023
Share The Supreme Court on Tuesday revived a deaf student’s lawsuit against a Michigan school district that failed to provide him with a qualified sign-language interpreter. In a unanimous opinion by Justice Neil Gorsuch, the justices ruled that federal education law did not require the student, Miguel Luna Perez, to fully pursue his claims against the school district in administrative proceedings before going to federal court.
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