As legal professionals increasingly explore the use of generative AI to assist with research, drafting, and other legal tasks, a significant challenge emerges: the strict duty of confidentiality that governs lawyers’ practice is at odds with the needs of large language model (LLM) training.
For AI to effectively understand and respond to the nuances of
Humanizing Legal Tech: A Chat With Judge Victoria Pratt
As legal technology advances at an astonishing pace, it’s easy to overlook the most crucial element of its success: people.
At the 2024 Clio Cloud Conference, we sat down with Judge Victoria Pratt, a passionate advocate for criminal justice reform. Her message? While technology plays a central role in shaping the future of
The Importance of Legal Docketing for Law Firms Explained
In many industries, deadlines are flexible and calendaring is an informal process—but not in the legal industry. As legal professionals know, any missed deadline or event could sink a legal matter—not to mention the legal practice that makes the mistake.
This is why legal docketing is top priority for any law firm that wants to succeed
Do you think it’s a good idea for the US to curb investment in AI in China?
Computerworld.com reported that “The US government has announced new rules restricting investments in China’s AI and other tech sectors deemed threats to national security, expanding the existing restrictions that were so far limited to exports. They focus on three critical areas: semiconductors and microelectronics, quantum information technologies, and certain AI systems.” The October 29, 2024
Recorded Live At #ClioCon: A Deep Dive into the 2024 Clio Legal Trends Report, with Joshua Lenon, Clio’s Lawyer in Residence
At the recent Clio Cloud Conference in Austin, Texas, Clio released its ninth annual Legal Trends Report, a report that uses both survey responses and anonymized data from Clio users to paint a picture of key trends in law practice and legal technology. This year’s report has some intriguing findings on lawyers’ adoption of AI
Unlocking AI and Sourcing
In a recent webinar forming part of DLA Piper’s ‘Digital Evolution in conversation with’ series, Technology Transactions and Sourcing partner Lauren Hurcombe caught up with Gareth Stokes and Jeanne Dauzier, DLA Piper’s International Co-Chairs of the AI Practice, to discuss the opportunities and challenges posed by navigating AI from a sourcing perspective.
Contracting for AI
Akin’s AI Law & Regulation Tracker
(California) – Akin has launched its AI Law & Regulation Tracker, a platform focused on key trends affecting artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technologies to keep readers ahead of the curve. Akin’s AI Tracker is led by an international, cross-practice AI industry team in the fields of policy, national security, intellectual property, data privacy, and health,
Wickard AI Partners With Law School to Bring Legal AI Training to Ethiopian Law Students
On Monday, legal AI training and education startup Wickard AI announced it will be teaching a two-day AI training program in Ethiopia at the Addis Ababa University Law School in November. The partnership aims to advance legal education in the country as Ethiopia moves to bolster its local legal industry. It was only in 2021
The Three Principles of Responsible AI Development, and Other Takeaways from the Everlaw Summit
At the Everlaw Summit in San Francisco last week, the annual customer conference of the e-discovery company Everlaw, founder and CEO AJ Shankar delivered a keynote address in which he announced the general availability of three generative AI features the company first introduced last year and had been developing in beta ever since. In the
Tech Boom: Generative AI Ignites Future Legal Business Opportunities
¡Hola! my ever-advancing legal innovators! You’re the pioneers charting the new, undiscovered world of generative AI and the law. 🔭🗺️And for those just joining our adventure, never fear – we’ll explore the latest data, unearth the hidden truths behind AI adoption, and discover the transformative treasures it holds for the legal profession! 📊💡