In what appears to be a first for a state bar association, The Florida Bar is providing each of its 110,000 members with free access to legal trust accounting software – a move its new president believes will help attorneys better comply with trust accounting requirements and better protect the public from trust violations.…
Court Imposes Sanctions On Lawyers Who Filed Bogus Cases After Relying On ChatGPT For Legal Research
A federal district judge has imposed monetary and other sanctions on the two lawyers who filed a brief laden with bogus cases they found when they relied on ChatGPT for legal research.
In the case of Mata v. Avianca, the judge ordered the lawyers, Peter LoDuca and Steven A. Schwartz, as well as the law…
Between Bogus Cases and Bears, Was This The Funniest Legaltech Week Ever? Plus, the Full Chat Transcript
“This episode is one for the record books.” – Stephanie Wilkins, editor-in-chief of Legaltech News.
“This has been a honey pot of a session!” – Michelle Spencer, lead product marketing manager, NetDocuments.
Between skewering the poor lawyer who filed bogus cases in court that he found on ChatGPT and pondering the grizzly question of…
New Visalaw.ai/AILA Product Uses GPT-4 for Immigration Law Research, Drafting and Summarization
A new generative AI product for immigration lawyers announced today is designed to help them conduct research, draft and summarize complex legal documents, and engage with potential clients through a chat interface.
Called Visalaw.ai Gen, the product has been developed as a collaboration between the company Visalaw.ai, the technology affiliate of the immigration law…
ECFX, Platform for Distributing and Managing Electronic Court Notices, Raises $7 Million Growth Investment
ECFX, a company that automates the downloading and distribution of filings in federal and state court cases, has taken a $7 million minority growth investment led by Growth Street Partners, with additional participation from The LegalTech Fund, which specializes in investing in innovative legal technology companies, Cove Fund, and other existing investors.…
On LawNext: Novus Law Cofounder Ray Bayley On Using Process Management And Tech To Find The Story In Legal Matters
Every great trial lawyer will tell you that the key to success in litigation is finding the story in a case. But when a case involves mountains of digital evidence, finding that story isn’t always easy or economical. That’s the problem the global legal services firm Novus Law aims to address.
Marking its…
How A Startup Evolves: As Casetext Marks 10th Year Anniversary, Here’s Its History Through 50 Blog Posts
The legal technology company Casetext celebrates its 10th anniversary today. In a blog post the company published today, it describes itself as “a ten-year overnight success.” That sums it up well. Like many startups, its path to success has taken it on detours along the way. The company it started as in 2013…
LawToolBox-NetDocuments Integration Unifies Lawyers’ Calendars Across Outlook, Teams and NetDocuments
Time and advice, Abraham Lincoln famously said, are a lawyer’s stock in trade. If so, then the two most important tools in a law practice may just be the calendar and the document management system. Through the calendar, the lawyer manages time, and through documents the lawyer dispenses and memorializes advice.
Given this, the recently…
On LawNext: Checkbox CEO Evan Wong on Why Workflow Automation Beats CLM for Many Legal Departments
One of the hottest sectors of the legal tech market these days is contract lifecycle management, or CLM. But Evan Wong believes that, for many inhouse legal teams, CLM is not necessarily the best route for them to streamline workflows. Rather, he believes workflow automation is often the better way for legal teams…
Legal Tech Veteran Derek Miller, Former inData CEO Who Oversaw Trial Director, Joins Lit Software to Help Drive Enterprise Growth of Its Litigation Suite
Derek Miller, a veteran legal technology executive who, as president and CEO of inData Corporation, oversaw Trial Director, one of the most widely used trial-presentation software products ever, has joined Lit Software, the developer of a suite of litigation apps for iPad and Mac, as a strategic advisor and director of…
With Mission to Level the Playing Field in PI Cases through Generative AI, EvenUp Raises $50.5M Series B and Launches AI Legal Assistant
EvenUp, a company that uses AI to turn medical documents and case files into demand packages for personal injury lawyers, has raised $50.5 million in a Series B funding round led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with participation from Bain Capital Ventures, Behance founder Scott Belsky, and Clio Ventures, the investment…
Law Students Are Reluctant To Use ChatGPT, Survey Finds. The Question Is, Why?
A recent survey of the legal profession confirms what may already be obvious to many, which is that the use of ChatGPT and other large language models by lawyers continues to grow, even as many remain concerned about the rate at which it is being adopted.
Not so obvious, however, is that one group that…