In a previous article in the Newsletter, “The Post Office Horizon scandal: the law says computers are reliable”, I set out an outline of the facts leading up to the second trial against the Post Office by Justice for Subpostmasters Alliance set up by Sir Alan Bates, recently and deservedly appointed a Knight
DeepJudge raises $10.7m seed funding and launches gen AI Knowledge Assistant
Legal IT insider reports Swiss-founded legal tech startup DeepJudge has raised $10.7m in an oversubscribed seed funding round led by New York private equity firm Coatue. Additionally, the company today (18 June) announced the availability of DeepJudgeKnowledge Assistant, a generative AI interface for law firms and legal departments to access their document knowledge base. Founded by AI researchers and
Highlights from the 2024 Legal Trends for Solo and Small Law Firms Report
Since 2016, legal professionals have relied on Clio’s annual Legal Trends Report for an impartial and comprehensive analysis of trends within the legal field.
As the most extensive analysis of the legal industry, the Legal Trends Report compiles essential data on law firm performance and identifies key factors driving changes in legal practice.
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Mid-Size Law Firms and Gen AI: Is a Paradigm Shift On the Horizon?
“My dear, here we must run as fast as we can, just to stay in place. And if you wish to go anywhere you must run twice as fast as that.”
The Queen of Hearts in Lewis Carroll’s, Alice in Wonderland
I have written before about the uncertainty many lawyers and legal professionals in
Idea Therapy: Strategic Innovation Counseling for Law Departments
My friends and colleagues have been referring to me as an “idea therapist.” I hear this when they mention an idea or innovation project and I help them reshape it into something for which they can see a much clearer path than before. They describe what I do as idea therapy and think it is
Tech Snippets Today – CahillNXT at Consensus with Joseph Raczynski
What impact might current legislation have on digital assets? How can someone navigate through the complexities of cryptocurrency rules and regulations? This was an insightful conversation with two gurus of digital assets from CahillNXT, at the law firm Cahill. I met with Samson A. Enzer and Lewis Rinaudo Cohen at Consensus in Austin recently. They
Handout from my AI Prompting Workshop at the Great Lakes Legal Conference
I had a great time presenting about AI at the 2024 State Bar of Michigan’s Great Lakes Legal Conference last week. It was cool to have four Michigan Supreme Court Justices in one of the sessions.
As part of my ongoing effort to help make the Michigan legal community leaders in AI and law, I
Linked – Have the Right Expectations Regarding Artificial Intelligence
Sharlyn chalks this up to AI still learning, but I don’t believe that’s correct. I don’t think Generative AI tools can come up with anything new. That’s not the way it works. Large language models are developed by ingesting and analyzing tons of existing data. Based on that data, they then mathematically conjure up the
Press Release: Lexsoft Harnesses Gen AI to Make Knowledge Management Capability Accessible for Small and Medium-Sized Law Firms
Launches new, ready-to-deploy, light-touch generative AI knowledge management solution London, U.K. – 17 June 2024 – Lexsoft Systems, a provider of IT and business process solutions, today announced the availability of a new, ready-to-deploy, light-touch version of its T3 GenAI knowledge management (KM) solution for small and growing law firms. Leveraging generative AI technology, this new
The AltFee Startup: Scott Leigh
Hey there Legal Rebels! 👋This is the ninth episode of the 2024 season of the LawDroid Manifesto podcast, where I will be interviewing key legal innovators to learn how they do what they do.If you want to understand the transformation of legal billing and the benefits of alternative fee arrangements, you need to listen to