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"The exclusion of damages caused by hostile or warlike action by a government or sovereign power in times of war or peace requires the involvement of military action," stated Judge Heidi Willis Currier. "The exclusion does not state the policy precluded coverage for damages arising out of a government action motivated by ill will."

The story of how a chance meeting in Ireland between the California Innocence Project and Canada-based legal tech company Clio led to a fruitful, long-term relationship that led to several exonerations, and now a podcast telling the stories of those exonerees.

Are AI tools going to erase the need for marketing experts and content writers in legaltech? The simple answer is no.

Emerging Company and Venture Capital (ECVC) practices aren't just boosting firms bottom line. In many cases, they're also growing their tech maturity.

It could take three years before the impact of any legislation takes full effect. Meanwhile, companies can do whatever they want with a technology that, in the words of one Big Law partner, "poses an existential threat."

"Legal innovation should capitalize on highly enriched, modeled data sets by producing advanced functionality and workflow solutions that anticipate what a client needs to stay out of litigation," says Nicole Stone; Director, New Product Development Content Strategy at Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S.

Fewer firms were leveraging technology to deliver more effective legal services in 2022 than in 2021, according to the Legal Pricing and Project Management (LPPM) Survey Report created by the Blickstein Group and the Legal Value Network in collaboration with Intapp. Here's why that could be.

Corporate legal departments are slow to come to terms with generative AI technology, yet vendors are keen to get a headstart on incorporating the disruptive tech into their offerings. Finding a middle ground will require disclosure and communication.

In this week's episode, WilmerHale's Gary Born discusses how wrote his fiction thriller, "The File," while maintaining a busy international arbitration practice.

"There's a lot of unpredictability right now. There's a lot of head-scratching about what's going to come next—what sectors are going to get hit with the next emergency directive, for example," said Megan Leef Brown, a partner with Wiley Rein.

Traverse Legal managing partner Enrico Schaefer discusses how and why the firm built its new client intelligence tool, and how it navigates accuracy and privacy concerns with OpenAI's models.

The perception that Big Law is not ideally situated for servicing start-ups continues to fuel new aspirants into this space. One of the latest is Rains Law, launched by former Davis Polk and Simpson Thacher associates with tech world experience.