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AI-Powered Cyberattacks Are A Problem For Law Firms
Generative artificial intelligence has reduced the costs and barriers of deploying a cyberattack, leaving law firms vulnerable to both novice and sophisticated cybercriminals.
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Hotshot Creates AI Advisory Board With Firm, School Leaders
Leaders from Crowell & Moring LLP, Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian LLP, Jackson Walker LLP and Suffolk University Law School are among those who are joining Hotshot's inaugural artificial intelligence advisory board.
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Fed. Judiciary Tackles Design, Need For AI Evidence Rules
Federal judiciary members wrestled Wednesday with the appropriate parameters of a proposed rule that would govern machine-generated evidence, while questioning the need for another proposed rule dealing with so-called deepfake evidence.
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GitLaw Raises $3M For AI-Based Legal Doc Database
GitLaw, a startup offering free templates for contracts, announced Wednesday the raising of $3 million in pre-seed funding to back the launch of an artificial intelligence assistant for the software.
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Ex-Employees Agree To Return Data To Palantir In IP Case
Palantir has reached a stipulated temporary restraining order with two former employees accused of misusing company information, requiring them to return data, carry out forensic imaging and avoid working for rival Percepta AI.
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Why Major Legal Tech Vendors Are Offering 'Free' AI
Three legal technology heavyweights last month made parts of their premium generative artificial intelligence offerings available as part of standard products at no additional cost. If more legal tech vendors follow, it will remove a significant barrier to AI adoption.
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Ruli.ai Raises $6M In Seed Funding, Hires Ex-Pinterest GC
Amid the current race to invest in artificial intelligence-powered legal technology, legal intelligence platform Ruli.ai announced Tuesday that it has raised $6 million in seed funding, bringing its total funding to $8 million in a little more than a year.
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BU Law Will Start Offering AI Certificate In Fall 2026
Boston University School of Law will begin offering a certificate in artificial intelligence for law practice in fall 2026 to prepare students for using the technology in their legal careers.
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DeepJudge Gets $41.2M Investment As Freshfields Signs Up
DeepJudge, which provides precision artificial intelligence search capabilities for legal teams, is eyeing international expansion after securing a $41.2 million Series A funding round Tuesday.
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OpenAI Sets Policy Against Legal, Medical Advice
OpenAI has updated its user policy across its artificial intelligence platforms, including ChatGPT, saying its products can't be used by individuals to provide any legal or medical advice.
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Fla. Law Firm Escapes Data Breach Class Suit
A Florida federal judge Monday tossed a proposed class action suit claiming Miami-headquartered national law firm Zumpano Patricios PA failed to protect sensitive information prior to a data breach, ruling that a threat of misuse of the information was not enough to confer standing for the plaintiffs.
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LegalTech Biz TrialView Raises $4.1M In Fund Raise
TrialView, a startup offering a litigation platform backed by artificial intelligence, announced Monday the raising of $4.1 million in a growth funding round to expand its product and global footprint.
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PwC UK, ContractPodAi Launch Innovation Lab For Leah AI
Big Four accounting firm PwC and contract management software provider ContractPodAi, which offers an automated legal assistant called Leah, announced last week the launch of an innovation lab and center for excellence around the legal tech company's AI solution.
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Goodwin Requiring 4 Days In Office, But Removes Tracker
Goodwin Procter LLP will stop using certain technology to monitor in-office attendance while joining a growing list of BigLaw firms requiring U.S. attorneys to work in person at least four days a week, according to a memo obtained by Law360 Pulse.
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Law Firms Cite 'Value' In Staffing Up On AI Expertise
Law firms are creating more internal roles to bring on professionals to lead their artificial intelligence implementation, including a push to develop AI agents. But the competition to secure such skilled personnel is stiff.
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AccessLex, Southwestern Law Join Up To Study Admissions
Legal education nonprofit AccessLex Institute has announced that Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles will be the first school to go through its Admission Innovation Project, which supports and funds efforts by universities to implement and assess new approaches to selecting first-year law students.
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Practising Law Institute Launches Legal Innovation Council
The Practising Law Institute announced Friday that it is launching its first-ever Innovation Council, which will offer guidance on the integration of emerging technological innovations into the legal industry.
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Israeli Forensics Co. Cellebrite Hires New GC
Israeli data management and intelligence company Cellebrite has announced it hired a new general counsel and chief compliance officer who previously led the legal team at credit-building company Self Financial.
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Texas Atty Sanctioned For Not Disclosing AI Use
A Texas federal judge has sanctioned a Dallas-area attorney for failing to disclose that he used artificial intelligence to prepare a summary judgment response that included inaccurate information in a wrongful termination case.
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Legal Tech Roundup: Harvey, Elevate
A report announcing a new $150 million capital raise for a legal technology giant tops this roundup of recent industry news.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry marked the end of October with another action-packed week as BigLaw firms announced partner promotions and expanded their practice offerings. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Palantir Says Ex-Engineers Stole IP To Build Copycat AI Biz
Palantir Technologies hauled two former employees into New York federal court Thursday, accusing them of absconding with its confidential intellectual property and exploiting its customer relationships to stealthily create a competing copycat artificial intelligence platform.
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Robin AI's Woes May Run Deeper Than Workforce Cuts
Scores of reported layoffs at contract intelligence provider Robin AI are a symptom of the growing discrepancy between the company's promise of an artificial intelligence platform and the reality that it might rely too heavily on human labor, according to third-party legal tech experts.
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Sydney-Based Nuix CEO Exits, Interim CEO Named
Sydney, Australia-based Nuix this week announced the departure of its chief executive officer, Jonathan Rubinsztein, at the end of the month and the appointment of John Ruthven, formerly of Integrated Research Ltd.
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E-Discovery Co. Consilio Adds BlueLinx GC As CLO
Global legal technology company Consilio LLC has brought on the general counsel and corporate secretary of BlueLinx Corp. as its next chief legal officer, the company announced Thursday.
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.