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Calif. Bar To Weigh New Virtual Bar Exam To Cut Costs
The State Bar of California's board of trustees is expected to consider replacing the National Conference of Bar Examiners' exam and new licensing test with its own state bar exam that could be taken remotely in order to cut up to $4.2 million in costs annually, according to a memo posted online in advance of this week's board meeting.
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Legal Insurers See 'All-Time High' In Price Tag Of Claims
Some of the nation's largest legal insurance companies are reporting an unprecedented rise in "claim severity," according to survey data released Tuesday, with 11 of 13 insurers reporting paying claims in excess of $100 million in the past two years.
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Legal Ops Co. Aerial Raises $2M Pre-Seed Funding
Seattle-based legal operations platform Aerial said it has raised $2 million in pre-seed funding to help startups organize corporate data in anticipation of investor showcases.
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Steno Launches Transcript Analysis Service, Raises $46M
Legal support services provider Steno Agency Inc. announced Tuesday the securing of $46 million in funding along with the launch of a transcription tool backed by generative artificial intelligence.
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Tech Biz Helm360 Launches Legal Partner Alliance Program
Helm360, an American legal IT provider, has launched a program offering law firms a one-stop shop for "essential" products, services and expert knowledge.
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Jus Mundi Announces AI Arbitration Tool, Training Program
Jus Mundi, a France-based search engine that helps lawyers involved with international arbitration gather vital data quickly, said Monday it is launching a six-month training program on the use of artificial intelligence in the legal profession, which will include guidance using its new arbitration-focused software.
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Patent Pro, Litigation Atty Launch IP And AI Shop In Nashville
A boutique law firm that specializes in intellectual property, artificial intelligence and high-stakes litigation has opened in Nashville.
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Associate Sparks Idea For Small Law Firm's $20K Startup Tool
Wright Squared PLLC, a Kansas City-based law firm with just three attorneys, developed a tool to help startup founders raising capital understand how potential company growth and stakeholder value evolve.
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Legal Tech Co. IDocket Settles $5M Claim With IT Co. IncluIT
Government case management and court record search provider iDocket.com has asked a Texas bankruptcy court to approve a settlement between itself and Florida software company IncluIT concerning a disputed claim of $5.3 million.
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University Of Dundee Receives £1.1M For Legal Tech Center
Scottish law firm Thorntons announced in collaboration with the University of Dundee on Friday a government-derived award of £1.1 million ($1.38 million) to fuel education in law and technology at the school.
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Legal Tech Roundup: DraftWise, Lexitas
A growing legal technology startup expanded its C-suite this week with a new leader.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
This was another action-packed week for the legal industry as BigLaw made new hires across offices and practices. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Morris Manning's AI Head On Coming 'Regulatory Sea Change'
When it comes to generative artificial intelligence, Morris Manning & Martin LLP partner Matt San Roman said the technology is evolving much faster than the efforts by regulators and lawmakers to put guardrails around it.
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Access Legal Acquires UK Mobile App inCase
U.K.-based legal tech company Access Legal, which is part of software company The Access Group, announced on Thursday the acquisition of inCase, a mobile communication platform for legal professionals and clients.
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Maples Group Appoints Innovation Leader In Dublin
Maples Group has announced the hiring of a head of innovation based out of its Dublin office, the firm's largest location outside its headquarters in the Cayman Islands.
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In-House Leaders On Where Legal Ops Stands And Its Future
Even though legal operations has gained footing in many corporate legal departments, the practice is different across organizations and not well understood by C-suite leaders or attorneys, panelists said at the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium's annual conference in Las Vegas.
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Law Firm, Corporate Leaders Introduce Legal Data Framework
Leaders from CrowdStrike, Moderna and Winston & Strawn LLP are among the founding members of a new industry framework launched Thursday to help legal professionals tackle data challenges.
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Robins Kaplan File Flub Bad Look For Both Sides, Panel Says
A Manhattan appeals panel expressed concern Wednesday that Robins Kaplan LLP had poked through an opposing party's Dropbox database that was accidentally shared in investor litigation, while also criticizing the other side for failing to catch the error.
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ABA Directs Attys To Avoid Sharing Client Info On Listservs
It is in the best interest of clients for their legal counsel to avoid sharing information related to representation while seeking advice in an online listserv forum, if the comments or questions could be connected to a client's identity, according to American Bar Association guidance published Wednesday.
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ABA Will Study Rape Questions' Necessity For Bar Applicants
An American Bar Association commission will issue a report and recommendations by August on the practice of requiring would-be lawyers to disclose and discuss their experiences of sexual violence during the attorney licensure process.
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NC Court Clerks, Administrators Escape Digital Courts Suit
Plaintiffs in a proposed class action have voluntarily dropped North Carolina court administrators and clerks from a lawsuit alleging that flaws in the state's electronic court filing system led to unlawful arrests and longer jail stays.
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DLA Piper Taps Danske Bank Officer For New AI Leader Role
Global law firm DLA Piper has brought on the former group chief data officer for Danske Bank A/S — Denmark's largest bank — as its inaugural chief data and artificial intelligence officer, making it the latest BigLaw firm to have created an AI-related leader role to focus on the emerging technology.
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Contract Tech Company Definely Closes $7M Funding Round
Definely, a London-based provider of legal document software, announced on Wednesday the closing of a $7 million Series A funding round to expand its market and technical team.
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These Law Schools Are The Tops For BigLaw
The law schools at Georgetown, Harvard and Columbia are renowned for effectively serving as training grounds for BigLaw. But while they may consistently send the most graduates, other law schools are sending a higher percentage of their grads to larger firms.
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Top Law Schools For Legal Industry Careers: By The Numbers
Despite a growing interest in alternative career paths, most law students still gravitate towards joining private law firms, according to the American Bar Association's latest data. Find out which schools came out on top for job placements in BigLaw, federal and state court clerkships, public interest and more.
Expert Analysis
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The Importance Of Client Engagement In Law Firm Innovation
As clients increasingly want law firms to serve as innovation platforms, firms must understand that there is no one-size-fits-all approach — the key is a nimble innovation function focused on listening and knowledge sharing, says Mark Brennan at Hogan Lovells.
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A Scientific Path For Improving Diversity At Law Firms
Law firms could combine industrial organizational psychology and machine learning to study prospective hires' analytical thinking, stress response and similar attributes — which could lead to recruiting from a more diverse candidate pool, say Ali Shahidi and Bess Sully at Sheppard Mullin.