Try our Advanced Search for more refined results
Legal Tech
-
Locke Lord Adds Insurance, Privacy Partners In Chicago
Locke Lord LLP announced on Wednesday that two partners formerly of Sidley Austin LLP and Thompson Coburn LLP have joined the firm's insurance and cybersecurity practices out of Chicago.
-
2023 Worst Year Yet For Cyberattacks On Law Firms: Study
Last year was the worst on record in terms of cyberattacks on law firms, according to an industry study published Thursday that found there were 45 known attacks, 1.6 million records affected and an average ransomware demand of $2.47 million in 2023.
-
Compliance Co. Gets $3.6M In Funding To Build Legal AI
SafeGuard Privacy, a compliance privacy platform used by in-house counsel and other corporate teams, closed a $3.6 million funding round on Wednesday.
-
E-Discovery Firm Tanenholz & Marr Adds Ex-Sandline COO
Maryland-based boutique Tanenholz & Marr has announced the hiring of the former chief operating officer at e-discovery services provider Sandline Global as its counsel and director of legal technology and artificial intelligence.
-
Calif. Bar Says Atty Can't End Billing Scandal's Hacking Claim
A San Fernando Valley attorney cannot escape an ethics charge alleging he plotted to hack the email and phone of a judge overseeing a public utility class action, the California Bar has told the State Bar Court, urging the court to reject the attorney's argument that merely "discussing plans" for a hack is not an offense.
-
Innovate UK Awards £585K Grant To Contract Co. Definely
Definely, a London-based provider of legal document software, announced on Wednesday a third injection of capital into the company this year, with the country's national innovation agency Innovate UK awarding the company a £585,000 grant (about $750,000).
-
Legal Experts Co. Harbor Hires Ex-Reuters Marketing VP
Legal expert services provider Harbor has announced the hiring of a former marketing vice president at Thomson Reuters to lead its proposition marketing and strategy.
-
Cadwalader Can't Cloak Cyberattack Coverage Suit, Court Told
A Lloyd's of London syndicate wants to unseal a complaint by Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP seeking coverage for a November 2022 data breach, saying it was never given a chance to oppose, and the firm otherwise failed to show why the suit should stay under wraps.
-
Winston & Strawn Adds Chief Information Officer From Cooley
The longtime chief information officer at Cooley LLP has taken on the same role at Winston & Strawn LLP.
-
How Associates Can Navigate Risks Of Social Media
Experts say associates should use social media with extreme caution, weighing any benefits against the impact that their online presence may have on their law firms, practice, clients and future employment.
-
DC Startup DecoverAI Raises $2M For Litigation Tech
Legal tech startup DecoverAI said Tuesday that it raised $2 million in a seed funding round led by venture firm Leo Capital.
-
'AI Is Here To Stay,' Co-Editor Of New ABA Book Says
The American Bar Association has released a book on artificial intelligence, addressing a wide range of topics involving the technology including intellectual property, employment and privacy. Here, one of the book’s co-editors spoke with Law360 Pulse about the project and key takeaways.
-
Baker McKenzie Names IT Vet As Chief Information Officer
The chief digital and technology officer at Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy LLP has joined Baker McKenzie as its new chief information officer, the firm announced Monday.
-
Approach The Bench: Judge Dillard Boosts Ga. Court Access
From cameras in the courtroom to explanatory law review articles to posts on social media, Judge Stephen Dillard uses every tool at his disposal to improve transparency at the Georgia Court of Appeals.
-
GTC Law Group Hires Squire Patton Atty To Bolster Data Team
Intellectual property and mergers and acquisitions boutique GTC Law Group PC & Affiliates welcomed a former Squire Patton Boggs LLP counsel focused on privacy and cybersecurity as the firm aims to serve as a destination for clients to develop an integrated data strategy.
-
Seward & Kissel Continues Its Fully Remote Augusts
Seward & Kissel LLP, which has offices in New York City and Washington, D.C., said in an email to Law360 Pulse on Friday that it would be continuing its policy to move to fully remote during the month of August, along with retaining the hybrid work model it's had in place since 2022.
-
ABA's 1st Generative AI Opinion Points Attys To Ethical Duties
The American Bar Association ethics committee published on Monday its first formal opinion on attorney use of generative artificial intelligence tools, saying lawyers should consider their ethical obligations, including those related to model rules on competency, confidentiality and fees.
-
Defense Attys Fight Proposal To Favor Virtual Testimony
A legal advocacy group of defense-side attorneys has come out against a proposal by several plaintiffs firms to allow live virtual testimony in civil trials, calling it a "thinly veiled attempt" to put CEOs and other top executives "on the stand in every federal trial."
-
Why Public Confidence In US Courts Is 'Withering'
Public trust in the federal judiciary, and the U.S. Supreme Court in particular, has fallen in recent years, with fewer than half of Americans now expressing confidence in the federal courts, according to a study released Monday.
-
Legal Tech Biz Litera Acquires Data Management Co. FileTrail
Legal technology giant Litera announced on Monday the acquisition of FileTrail, which offers information governance and records management services to law firms and companies.
-
Attys Face Sanctions For Fake Citations In Whistleblower Suit
A Virginia federal judge has asked lawyers representing a plaintiff in a whistleblower case to defend why they should not be sanctioned for including seemingly fabricated case sources in a brief objecting to a protective order, questioning whether it was a case of "ChatGPT run amok."
-
Cadwalader Suing Lloyd's Over Cyberattack Coverage Denial
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP has filed suit against insurer Lloyd's of London in North Carolina state court, alleging the company has failed to reimburse the law firm for expenses related to a November 2022 data breach.
-
Bad Online Security Botched $800K Home Sale, Suit Says
A five-attorney Connecticut law firm's "archaic" email and computer systems allowed hackers to infiltrate an approximately $800,000 home sale and divert cash to fake accounts, a new federal lawsuit against Hastings Cohan & Walsh LLP and one of its attorneys alleges.
-
Legal Tech Roundup: Aderant, Enty
A technology innovator joining a legal business management software company tops this roundup of legal technology news.
-
Digital Guides And Plain Language Key To Court Accessibility
Court forms should be designed with self-represented litigants in mind, researchers at the University of Ottawa said in a recent report, which implores judicial stakeholders to consider introducing guided pathways on digital forms and to massage legal jargon into easily understood, plain-language instructions.