Law firms need to start focusing on teaching skills in addition to offering doctrinal courses if they want to prepare lawyers for the future.

From ChatGPT to the metaverse, legal professionals are diving head first into figuring out how these new innovations fit in the market.

Lawmakers appeared to support continued, limited use of video appearances in some court matters but electronic recording still faces significant opposition from court reporters and their labor unions.

The 2023 State of Corporate Legal Industry Report found that while many legal departments see a growing need for legal technology to help with a host of data challenges, tighter budgets and a lack of user-friendly tools still prevent them from growing their capabilities.

Ex-Uber security chief Joe Sullivan "is being punished for something that actually happens all the time, and for which we don't have good legal guidance," former Facebook security chief Alex Stamos said.

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"The intentional and egregious nature of plaintiff's conduct, which demonstrates a disregard of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and a willingness to commit fraud on the court to prevail and receive an award of monetary damages, not to mention the resultant material injurious effect upon defendant, shocked the conscience of the court—so much so that the court questioned whether it could, in good conscience, submit any of plaintiff's evidence or testimony to a jury," U.S. District Judge Julie R. Rubin wrote.

Wilson Sonsini's Neuron platform, which blends automation and legal customization, launched a software update to streamline SAFE financings for emerging companies.

Bitcoin and the Lightnight Network have the potential to transform the legal industry by introducing a new, decentralized and secure way of handling financial transactions.

2023 may be the year of privacy laws. Five states have new laws that go into effect this year, which will likely usher in a new era of consumer privacy protections in the United States.