by | Jul 5, 2024 | LawSite, legal matters
On today’s live Legaltech Week, we’ll be talking toilet paper — and what it signifies for life and legal tech. Also on the agenda: stories about legal ethics and AI, AI risk in legal research, surging billing rates, and more. The show is live at 3 p.m. E.T. If you...
by | Jul 5, 2024 | LawSite, legal matters
Three weeks after the death of its executive director Craig W. Weinlein, The Sedona Conference has named its longtime deputy executive director to step into that role. Kenneth J. Withers, who has been The Sedona Conference’s deputy executive director for 10 years and...
by | Jul 5, 2024 | LawSite, legal matters
Law.com Radar, a service that delivers AI-enhanced alerts of new lawsuits filed in more than 2,400 U.S. federal and state courts, is now tagging all new civil filings using the taxonomy developed by the SALI Alliance, a group working to standardize legal data across...
by | Jul 5, 2024 | LawSite, legal matters
This recent Reuters story caught my attention: “More than half of law schools now offer classes on AI,” it said, citing a new survey conducted by the American Bar Association. Other reports in the news and on LinkedIn sounded a similar takeaway. Indeed, the survey, AI...
by | Jun 20, 2024 | LawSite, legal matters
If you, like me, missed Legaltech Week last Friday, here is the recording. I was away, as were several of our other regulars, but panelists Victor Li, Isha Marathe, Joe Patrice, and Stephanie Wilkins held down the fort. Among the topics they covered: Robot lawyer...
by | Jun 19, 2024 | LawSite, legal matters
On Friday, I spoke to a group of trial lawyers on the use of generative AI in litigation. Many in the room were that increasingly rare breed of lawyer who actually go into court and try cases. Of several that I spoke to before and after my talk, they were proud of...