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Law Librarians Play Central Role In Legal Tech Adoption And Use, AALL ‘State Of The Profession’ Report Shows
Whether they work in law firms or corporate legal, academia or government, law librarians play a central role in testing, recommending and deploying legal technology, according to the American Association of Law Libraries’ 2023 State of the Profession report, an exhaustive 252-page survey of the legal information landscape. This is the third time AALL has …
Morning Docket: 05.03.23
- Twilight of the screamer: Attorneys who cling to the toxic Biglaw management style are losing out. Which probably makes them mad. American Lawyer
- The Third Circuit is going ahead with its humane filing deadline proposal over vocal dissent. If they hate it so much, they're free to file a complaint... during regular business hours. Bloomberg Law News
- Trump will not testify in the E. Jean Carroll trial. A bold move to rely on that cross. Law360
- Will artificial intelligence finally end the billable hour? Probably not. The Recorder
- Elon Musk doesn't really have a plan B if a new lawsuit successfully shuts down SpaceX's half-baked launchpad. Reuters
- An update on Harvey, the AI tool deployed by Allen & Overy. Business Today
- John Quinn opines on AI and intellectual property. Forbes The post Morning Docket: 05.03.23 appeared first on Above the Law.
Morning Docket: 05.02.23
- Leonard Leo used his Federalist Society contacts to secure $1.6 billion donation, which Politico suggests might "raise questions about its nonpartisan, non-political status." Nope. We had no questions. Politico
- Joe Tacopina's second day of cross-examination somehow managed to be worse according to Mitchell Epner. Daily Beast
- Though he may not be around for long, as eyes turn toward whether or not Joe Tacopina is conflicted out of the Donald Trump case because of past interactions with Stormy Daniels. What are the odds this is all heading toward some half-baked mistrial motion? I'm guessing around 1 in... 1. Law360
- All that Zooming and Teamsing (yet another reason Teams sucks -- no good way to convert the product name into an activity) during the pandemic left the Justice Department a treasure trove of material. Bloomberg Law News
- Hollywood writers go on strike. Now you're stuck with all the online journalists for your entertainment needs. Reuters
- Midsized law firms are embracing emerging companies practice while bigger firms grow more cautious. American Lawyer
- UK regulators investigating the abuse of NDAs. LegalCheek The post Morning Docket: 05.02.23 appeared first on Above the Law.
On LawNext Podcast: The Four Founders of vLex and Fastcase on the Merger Of Their Two Companies
It was major news April 4 when the legal research and technology companies Fastcase and vLex announced their merger, creating a single entity that they say now has the world’s largest subscriber base of lawyers and law firms and a legal research library of more than 1 billion documents from more than 100 countries. It …
Ironclad’s AI Contract Redlining Tool ‘AI Assist’ Comes Out Of Beta, New Using GPT-4
As the contract lifecycle management company Ironclad is today releasing its AI redlining tool AI Assist out of beta, is has revealed that the tool is powered by OpenAI’s GPT-4, making it what Ironclad says is the first contract redlining application powered by the latest version of Open AI’s generative AI. “The results with AI Assist …
On LawNext: Revisiting the Fastcase Origin Story: Ed Walters and Phil Rosenthal on How Their Company Came To Be
With the news last week of the merger of legal research companies Fastcase and vLex, it seemed a good time to revisit our 2019 interview with the founders of Fastcase, Ed Walters and Phil Rosenthal. The occasion of this interview was the company’s 20th anniversary, and we recorded it live, on the exhibit hall floor, at the annual conference of the American Association …
