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Magna Legal Services Acquires Litigation Support Co. E-Legal
National litigation support services company Magna Legal Services inked its second tie-up of the month, announcing Monday the acquisition of California-based e-Legal.
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Thomson Reuters Tells 3rd Circ. AI Fair Use Appeal Is Too Early
Thomson Reuters on Thursday urged the Third Circuit to reject tech startup Ross Intelligence's bid for a quick appeal focusing on two key questions from a trial court decision concluding it infringed the Westlaw platform to create an artificial intelligence-backed competing legal research tool.
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AI Startup GC With Google Ties Talks Future Of Tech
Tim Hwang was working as a software engineer in 2010 when he sensed that tech, especially artificial intelligence, was about to take on a major role in law. So he enrolled in law school.
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Attorney Ignites Curiosity With Family-Run History Podcast
They didn't start the fire — but this former BigLaw partner and her family hope to ignite curiosity with their children's history podcast inspired by the Billy Joel tune.
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Drake University Launches AI Law Certificate Program
Des Moines, Iowa-based Drake University announced Thursday the launch of an artificial intelligence law certificate program offered through its law school, joining other colleges in working AI into its curriculum.
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How A Musical Theater Kid Became A Legal Tech Co. Founder
Earlier this month, Jacqueline Schafer, founder and CEO of Clearbrief, a generative artificial intelligence-powered legal drafting platform, returned to the American Bar Association Techshow startup pitch competition stage to sing a parody of "Defying Gravity" from "Wicked."
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Legal Tech Roundup: Reducto, ClauseBase
A $24.5 million Series A investment for a growing document tool built for the artificial intelligence age tops this roundup of recent legal technology news.
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Calif. High Court Wants Answers On Bar Exam AI Use
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.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
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.
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Legal Chiefs Boosting Budgets To Tackle Global Uncertainty
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.
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Credit Union Group Curql Invests $4.5 Million In Trust & Will
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.
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Tariffs Are 'A Compelling Event' For Legal Tech Adoption
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.
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Filevine Acquires AI-Backed Deposition Service Parrot
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.
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California Bar Says It Used AI To Craft Some Exam Questions
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.
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Judge Orders MyPillow Attys To Explain AI Use, Fake Citations
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.
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More Midsize Law Firms Say They're Adopting AI
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.
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The Office Is Back, But Are Lawyers On Board?
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.
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Andersen Names Ex-DXC GC As Its New Legal Chief
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.
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Constangy Names Atty Trio To Co-Lead AI Practice Group
Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP announced it has named three experienced attorneys as the new co-chairs of its artificial intelligence practice group.
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CMS And Dentons Back Noxtua's Series B Investment Round
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.
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Associates Feel Partners' Absence In Return To Office
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.
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LegalZoom CLO's Compensation Jumps By $10M In 2024
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.
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Conn. Firm Hit With Another Data Breach Lawsuit
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.
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Puerto Rico Soccer Org. Loses Bid To Soften Sanctions
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.
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CORRECTED: Texas Atty Says Bogus Rulings Came From Internet Searches
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.