Practice Technology

How fully remote work has enabled me to thrive in the face of adversity

My daughter was diagnosed with cancer on Nov. 2, 2020. She had just turned 3 months old. I was visiting my family in Idaho while on maternity leave from my BigLaw job in Washington, D.C., when we got the news. Devastated and confused, we took her to St. Luke’s Children’s Cancer Institute in Boise and barely emerged for months.

Nov 27, 2023 11:28 AM CST

The convergence of e-discovery, compliance, data privacy and cybersecurity

Ari Kaplan recently spoke with Eric Robinson, the vice president of global advisory services and strategic client solutions at software company KLDiscovery.

Nov 20, 2023 1:38 PM CST

Lawyers learn too late that chatbots aren’t built to be accurate; how are judges and bars responding?

At least two lawyers who apparently used artificial intelligence chatbots to write legal documents ended up losing their jobs after the output included phony case citations.

Nov 17, 2023 2:11 PM CST

Thomson Reuters announces new AI initiatives and CoCounsel integration

Thomson Reuters announced Wednesday several new generative artificial intelligence products to aid in legal research while promising additional tools in 2024.

Nov 15, 2023 11:07 AM CST

CS Disco announces partnership with vLex to use law library in case management software

Legal technology company CS Disco has entered into a long-term licensing agreement with vLex company Fastcase to use the company’s large law library for “end-to-end” software for the practice of law.

Nov 9, 2023 1:28 PM CST

DOJ will connect with pro bono tech platform

Updated: The U.S. Department of Justice has partnered with technology platform Paladin Partners to boost DOJ attorneys’ engagement with pro bono work, the company announced Monday.

Oct 24, 2023 3:45 PM CDT

Navigating the future of knowledge and know-how with generative AI

Ari Kaplan recently spoke with Kelly Lake, the CEO and executive director for CEB: Continuing Education of the Bar, a California-focused provider of legal research and continuation legal education.

Oct 23, 2023 8:58 AM CDT

Streamlining Legal Billing: An overview of online payment-processing tools

Updated: This article is the third in a series that explores legal tools for law firms to increase profitability. Previously, we discussed time-tracking software for lawyers and legal billing software.

Oct 23, 2023 8:19 AM CDT

Hip-hop star seeks new trial over lawyer’s alleged use of artificial intelligence to draft closing argument

Prakazrel “Pras” Michel, a member of the hip-hop group Fugees, has said he is entitled to a new trial partly because his former lawyer used an experimental artificial intelligence program to draft an inadequate closing argument.

Oct 18, 2023 12:53 PM CDT

How generative AI is already changing contract review

The potential is there for lawyers to save tons of time when it comes to contract drafting, review and analysis. And as the technology continues to improve, who knows what it might be capable of?

Oct 18, 2023 8:10 AM CDT

vLex releases new generative AI legal assistant

Legal technology company vLex rolled out an upgrade to its Vincent AI software Tuesday, announcing a new generative artificial intelligence chatbot that can create first-draft research memos, legal arguments and quick summaries of documents.

Oct 17, 2023 9:39 AM CDT

Wrongfully convicted man urges criminal justice reform at final day of Clio Cloud Conference

More than 20 years ago, Brian Banks was wrongfully convicted of rape, delaying his dream of becoming a professional football player. At his keynote address at the Clio Cloud Conference on Tuesday morning, Banks urged the audience of lawyers and legal professionals to embrace reforms to create a fairer and more just system for people entangled in the criminal justice system.

Oct 10, 2023 1:04 PM CDT

Unauthorized ‘rummaging’ through opponent’s Dropbox leads to sanction against this law firm

A trial-level judge in New York has sanctioned Robins Kaplan for “rummaging” through the Dropbox of its litigation opponent after a third-party vendor accidentally revealed the link in discovery.

Oct 9, 2023 3:55 PM CDT

Clients more optimistic about AI than legal professionals, says Clio’s 2023 Legal Trends Report

While generative artificial intelligence will transform legal work, there are key differences in how legal professionals and clients are thinking about AI, with clients more optimistic about the tech, according to Clio’s eighth annual Legal Trends Report, which Clio founder and CEO Jack Newton introduced Monday.

Oct 9, 2023 2:18 PM CDT

Some attorneys are using ChatGPT to help them practice more efficiently

Attorneys across the globe are tapping into a not-so-secret resource that is saving them time, money and brain expenditure. They’re using generative artificial intelligence—specifically, large language models such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT—to perform a range of tasks.

Oct 1, 2023 3:30 AM CDT