Next week, I’m participating as a presenter in a unique legal conference. The conference is being put on by AffiniPay’s legal brands (AffiniPay is the parent company of LawPay, MyCase,Docketwise and CASEpeer). It’s been billed as a live webinar. Unlike traditional conferences, this one blends in-person and virtual elements: the presenters
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Practical AI for Litigators: Vincent is Closing Knowledge Gaps
As reported elsewhere, vLex, a legal research and database provider, recently announced significant enhancements to its AI tool, Vincent. These upgrades are designed to provide lawyers and legal professionals with enhanced practical solutions, address knowledge gaps, and offer valuable insights.
With the release, vLex is offering significant new workflows. The new features will be…
AI-Powered Arbitration: Is Arbitrus.ai the Future of Dispute Resolution?
In his 2019 book Online Courts and the Future of Justice, Richard Susskind explored the potential for AI to revolutionize dispute resolution. He posed an interesting question: Do litigants always want judicial decisions, or do they simply want their problems resolved swiftly, efficiently, and fairly? Susskind suggested that automated systems could, in the future,…
GenAI, Legal Ops, and The Future of Law Firms: A Wake-Up Call?
A new study from the Blickstein Group reveals some disturbing trends for law firms that represent businesses, particularly large ones. The Study is entitled Legal Service Delivery in the Age of AI. The Study was done jointly by FTI Technologies, a consulting group, and Blickstein. It looks at law department legal operations.…
descrybe.ai: Bridging the Access to Justice Gap One Piece at a Time With Democratized Legal Information
“Bad news is a headline, and gradual improvement is not.”Bill Gates
All too often, those of us in the legal tech writing community report on things that won’t happen but should, things that aren’t being adopted but should be, or things that are outright failures. This tendency is particularly true when it comes to access…
Quantum Computing: It Giveth. But May Taketh Away
As most of you know, I covered the world’s largest consumer products show, CES, in early January for Above the Law. I offered various stories on what I thought was important from a legal standpoint, which you can find here.
One thing I didn’t mention in my coverage was quantum computing. CES offered some…
Did Your Expert Use ChatGPT? You Might Want to Ask
We have all heard over and over again about lawyers who use Gen AI and fail to check the citations the tools provide. The dangers of hallucinations and inaccuracies when using Gen AI tools are well known, and a Court will likely have little sympathy for the lawyer who fails to check sources.
But what…
A Lawyer Goes to CES 2025: My Top 10 Takeaways
It’s a wrap. CES 2025 is finally over. Here’s my post for Above the Law summarizing my ten top takeaways in general. And the three things I think may most impact legal over the next year or so: the advent of AI agents, deepfakes and how AI will affect law firm managment and supervsion of lawyers…
AI, Gen AI and Agent AI: What Do They Mean for the Future of Legal Work?
A CES panel last week considered the future of work as AI becomes more and more engrained. Like most businesses, law firms need to think about what the AI tools mean for the future of legal work. What do law firms and, for that matter, lawyers and legal professionals need to do to prepare for…
Enough Already, CES: Just What Is Agentic AI And Why Should Lawyers Care?
Lots of talk at CES about agentic AI. What is it and what can AI agents do for lawyers and legal professionals? AI agents have the potential to improve efficiency and client satisfaction, but they may also raise some challenges. Here is my post for Above the Law on the issues.