Guest Post: Unauthorized Help – A Contrarian UPL Analysis

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Technology that helps people do their own legal work should be against the law.

That at least is the view of some bar authorities, and the implication of regulatory proposals. Many lawyers think that any form of legal assistance not provided by a licensed attorney is unlawful. One notices the same instinct among law students.…

In First Ethics Ruling on Gen AI, ABA Says Lawyers Must Have Reasonable Understanding of the Technology, But Need Not Become Experts

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In its first major pronouncement on the ethics of using generative AI in law practice, the American Bar Association has issued an opinion saying that lawyers need not become experts in the technology, but must have a reasonable understanding of the capabilities and limitations of the specific generative AI technology the lawyer might use.

In…

Paxton AI Releases Benchmarking Data Showing 94% Accuracy Of Its Legal Research Tool; Also Releases New ‘Confidence Indicator’ Feature

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With hallucinations continuing to haunt applications of generative AI in the legal field, Paxton AI, a startup for contract review, document drafting and legal research, today released results of a benchmarking study that showed its product achieved 93.82% average accuracy on legal research tasks. 

Paxton also today released a new Confidence Indicator feature that…

Thomson Reuters Launches CoCounsel Drafting for Transactional Documents, with Litigation Docs Coming Later this Year

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In a further expansion of the CoCounsel AI legal assistant it acquired last year through its purchase of Casetext, Thomson Reuters today unveiled CoCounsel Drafting, a document drafting tool that works within Microsoft Word and that leverages both the generative AI capabilities of CoCounsel and the practical content of Practical Law.

Launching today in…

Exclusive: Law Practice Management Software LEAP Introduces Three AI Features – with A Unique Human-In-the-Loop Twist

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The law practice management company LEAP Legal Software is today introducing three artificial intelligence features built directly into its all-in-one practice management platform – including one with a unique human-in-the-loop twist.

“LEAP’s AI solutions are not here to replace lawyers or the work they do, but support and complement their expertise by allowing…

AAA Introduces APIs for Case Administration; Partners with LexPipe to Help Firms with Free API Installation

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The American Arbitration Association today announced the launch of a set of application programming interfaces (APIs) designed to enable parties with multiple arbitration cases to streamline their case administration.

The APIs will allow parties to send and receive documents, file new cases, and track case-related activities.

For firms that may not have robust technology…