Tag: Technology

CounselLink is also introducing work intake features designed to facilitate the submission and management of legal requests coming in to the legal department from anyone within the company.

* Regulators tell Elon Musk that he can’t start putting chips in people’s brains. GAH! Kill a monkey (or 1500) and suddenly the bureaucrats in Washington won’t let you do anything anymore. [Reuters]

* “Murdaugh Committed Murders As Career Spiraled” should be every attorney’s defense to a rough month… “I know I just considered taking my book of business to Jones Day, but I could’ve done a double murder.” [Law360]

* Biden administration plans to shift the liability for hacks to software manufacturers. This policy seems stupid but at least the president is trying to address the harms of massive data breaches instead of having public fever dreams about drag story time. America is broken. [Bloomberg Law News]

* After securing abortion restrictions, the new right-wing legal mission is advocating for strict voting restrictions. [ProPublica]

* Legal technology made the national news! Our coverage was better. [MSNBC]

* Let the battle for AI supremacy in Biglaw begin! [Legaltech News]

Casetext's Co-Counsel thinks like a good junior lawyer, which is exactly what lawyers need from AI.

AI-generated content and LLMs are in their infancy. New policies, guidelines, and styles will need to be developed for AI-generated content.

* When the Trump administration used COVID as a rationale to unilaterally rewrite immigration laws, the Supreme Court thought that was fine. Today, the same justices will scream bloody murder at the idea of the Biden administration using the COVID economic slump to justify forgiving $20K worth of student loans the same way the government forgave millions in PPP loans. Because… reasons. [Reuters]

* Law firms get conservative on legal technology amid recession fears. I guess this means they aren’t trying to bring in tech to reduce attorney ranks. [Legaltech News]

* Rupert Murdoch acknowledges in testimony that Fox News lied about the election. Did these people even have in-house counsel in 2020? [Law360]

* Merrick Garland’s appearance on Capitol Hill tomorrow will very much suck for him. [Esquire]

* The ongoing Neil Gerrard scandal will go to court next week to find out just how much Dechert owes one of its former clients. [Bloomberg Law News]

* Florida court denies the habeas petition a pregnant detainee filed on behalf of her fetus. As always “Life Begins At Conception… Some Terms and Conditions Apply.” [The Guardian]

If you learn to delegate tasks, it will help junior attorneys build specific expertise.

For many law firms, live chat is a critical link in converting prospective clients to actual clients.

Much of Biglaw has overshot the needs of, and therefore become overpriced for, many -- but not all -- of its clients. 

Somehow, people seem legitimately confused that they can't avoid laws with pictures.

That's not how any of this works.

It’s like the Spider-Man pointing meme, but legal!

There are many ways to dive into the platform to grow your network and legal career opportunities.

And, of course, the latest from Trump World!

The firm lost its bid to dismiss four of five counterclaims filed by Xcential Legislative Technologies in a lawsuit over ownership rights to legislation-drafting software that each side says was its idea.

* Another effort to strike “non-lawyer” from the industry vernacular. Deploying the phrase to denigrate other professionals is bad, but… it’s pretty important for a host of ethical reasons that folks know if their law firm contact is a lawyer or not. [Law.com]

* Shocking absolutely no one, when faculty met to discuss an effort by some Christian law students to get official recognition for new clubs to exclude LGBTQ students, the meeting was recorded and leaked to Fox News. Because the whole point for these initiatives is to get on Fox News. But now police are involved and students are getting a crash course in the difference between one- and two-party consent states. [NHPR]

* Alex Murdaugh’s lawyer pulled a gun on the prosecutor? Meh, seems par for this course. [Intelligencer]

* Even if Section 230 survives, it won’t shield ChatGPT. [Lawfare]

* Regulators are starting to think billion-dollar crypto deals might be a problem. Welcome to the party. [Reuters]

The things the algorithm puts in your recommended videos can be baffling.

Musk's legal team cites landmark Property case to undermine SEC settlement agreement.