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Litigation Support Cos. Expand Nationwide Reach In Merger
The Philadelphia-based Magna Legal Services has joined forces with Texas-based Republic Services to expand its resources and stretch its footprint into the Lone Star State.
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Law Firms Chart New Leadership Paths In Changing Times
As law firms grow larger and more tech-driven, law firm leaders are shifting their focus more on embracing technology, refining communication strategies and building stronger personal brands to guide their firms through changes, an upcoming white paper found.
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Legal Tech Roundup: StructureFlow, Sedgwick
A pair of divestments tops this roundup of recent legal technology news.
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Dye & Durham Appoints Ex-Equifax Executive As Interim CEO
Toronto-based legal technology company Dye & Durham Ltd. switched out its interim chief executive on Friday as a newly appointed board of directors continues its search for a permanent replacement.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry marked another action-packed week with a bevy of BigLaw hires and a new special spring bonus. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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AI Adoption Nearly Doubled In Legal Sector After 1 Year
Nearly 40% of surveyed legal professionals said in 2024 that their company has implemented an enterprise artificial intelligence solution like Microsoft Copilot, an increase from 20% of respondents in 2023, according to a new report.
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Law360 Names Attys Who Moved Up The Firm Ranks In Q4
A promotion to partner or election to practice group chair means a slew of new responsibilities and also lots of well-deserved recognition. Law360 reveals the list of attorneys whose commitment to legal excellence earned them highly coveted spots in the law firm leadership ranks. Find out if your old legal friends — or rivals — moved up in the fourth quarter of the year.
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New Jersey Courts To Explore Adoption Of NextGen Bar Exam
New Jersey's highest court has announced it will explore whether to adopt the Next Generation bar exam developed by the National Conference of Bar Examiners.
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Texas Bar Forbids Revenue Sharing With Non-Atty Companies
In a new opinion, the State Bar of Texas' ethics watchdog said lawyers shouldn't pay revenue percentages to nonlawyer-owned businesses that provide legal support services, though attorneys may own equity interests in such companies under certain conditions.
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Compliance Co. SingleFile Adds $9M Series A, New Execs
SingleFile, a legal and compliance technology company that helps businesses navigate complex regulatory environments, secured a Series A funding round on Wednesday.
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Swedish Legal AI Co. Leya Rebrands To Legora
Swedish legal artificial intelligence platform Leya, which raised over $35 million across two funding rounds last year, announced Wednesday it rebranded to Legora and has updated features for its generative software.
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Seyfarth Fills 2 New Innovation-Focused C-Suite Roles
Seyfarth Shaw LLP has promoted two senior directors at the firm to the newly created positions of chief data and artificial intelligence officer and chief innovation and strategic design officer, the firm said Wednesday.
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Law Firms Slow On AI May Drive Lawyers Away, Study Says
Law firms that are slow to invest in new legal technology will lose their competitive edge and could see lawyers leave if they fail to change their approach, a survey of the sector revealed Wednesday.
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Three Crowns, Stanford's CodeX Build Trial Training Tool
International arbitration law firm Three Crowns LLP is combining its legal expertise with the technical skill of Stanford University's legal technology hub CodeX to create a cross-examination training platform using generative artificial intelligence.
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Compliance Software Provider Augmetec Raises £2M
London-based Augmetec, which provides an investigations software tool, announced on Tuesday the raising of £2 million ($2.5 million) to grow its product and market.
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GCs Face More Compliance Risk As Data Sources Multiply
Corporate risk and demand on the legal department will accelerate this year thanks in part to the growing number of emerging data sources, according to the results of a new survey report on Tuesday.
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Legal AI Company Luminance Raises $75M In Series C Fund
Luminance, which provides legal software using artificial intelligence, announced Tuesday the closing of a $75 million Series C funding round less than a year after it last raised capital.
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Colorado Partners With Decisia For Online Disciplinary Portal
Colorado's Presiding Disciplinary Judge Bryon M. Large announced the adoption of a searchable online database in partnership with Lexum's Decisia that offers the public access to disciplinary rulings dating back to 1999.
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Texas Bar Adopts Legal Ethics Guidance For Generative AI
The State Bar of Texas' professional ethics committee has published a final opinion overviewing key ethical issues involved in the use of generative artificial intelligence in the practice of law, including technological competence, confidentiality, supervision and fees.
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Legal Tech Roundup: JustPoint, Aracor AI
It was a wild week for funding in legal technology, including a Series A round for a justice technology company and a pre-seed round for an in-house artificial intelligence tool.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry had another action-packed week as BigLaw firms expanded their practices and President Donald Trump flexed his executive power with new appointments and policies. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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FiscalNote's CEO Discusses Policy, AI And His New Role
At the start of this year, FiscalNote elevated Chief Operating Officer and President Josh Resnik into the CEO role. He talked with Law360 about his career, the development of artificial intelligence at his company, and the trajectory of legal tech in 2025.
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4 Takeaways From 1st Opinion On AI Training And Fair Use
A Delaware federal court's rejection of a company's fair use defense for using copyrighted material to train an artificial intelligence program is a key moment in the clash between copyright law and AI development, as both intellectual property owners and tech companies seek favorable judicial guidance.
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Lawsuit Trimmed Over Holland & Knight Atty's File Access
A Pennsylvania federal judge on Thursday trimmed most of a lawsuit that one Philadelphia law firm had filed against another over an attorney's alleged unauthorized access to confidential files as part of his divorce.
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In-House Legal AI Co. Eudia Raises Up To $105M In Series A
Eudia, an artificial intelligence platform for in-house legal teams, officially launched on Thursday after 18 months operating in stealth and announced the raising of up to $105 million in a Series A funding round.
Expert Analysis
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Tips For Evaluating Machine Learning For Contracts Review
Law firms considering machine learning and natural language processing to aid in contract reviews should keep several best practices in mind when procuring and deploying this nascent technology, starting with identifying their organization's needs and key requirements, says Ned Gannon at eBrevia.
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Collaborative Tech Will Dictate Future Law Firm Success
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Law firms need to shift their focus from solving the needs of their lawyers with siloed solutions to implementing collaboration technology, thereby enabling more seamless workflows and team experiences amid widespread embrace of hybrid and remote work models, says Kate Jasaitis at HBR Consulting.
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How Dynamic Project Management Can Help Law Firms
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Law firms looking to streamline matter management should consider tools that offer both employees and clients real-time access to documents, action items, task assignee information and more, overcoming many of the limitations of project communications via email, says Stephen Weyer at Stites & Harbison.
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How Firms Can Benefit From Creating Their Own ALSPs
As more law firms develop their own legal services centers to serve as both a source of flexible personnel and technological innovation, they can further enhance the effectiveness by fostering a consistent and cohesive team and allowing for experimentation with new technologies from an established baseline, say attorneys at Hogan Lovells.
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Keys To Digitizing Inefficient Contract Management Processes
Neville Eisenberg and Mark Grayson at BCLP explain how they sped up contract execution for one client by replacing email with a centralized, digital tool for negotiations and review, and how the principles they adhered to can be helpful for other law firms looking to improve poorly managed contract management processes.
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Law Firm Tips For Evaluating AI And Machine Learning Tools
Many legal technology vendors now sell artificial intelligence and machine learning tools at a premium price tag, but law firms must take the time to properly evaluate them as not all offerings generate process efficiencies or even use the technologies advertised, says Steven Magnuson at Ballard Spahr.
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Learning How To Code Can Unleash New Potential In Lawyers
Every lawyer can begin incorporating aspects of software development in their day-to-day practice with little to no changes in their existing tools or workflow, and legal organizations that take steps to encourage this exploration of programming can transform into tech incubators, says George Zalepa at Greenberg Traurig.
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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.