LawSites

MARCH 21, 2024

Ai.law , a legal technology startup that uses artificial intelligence to generate litigation documents, has added a new module that will draft the complaint to initiate a lawsuit. While Ai.law already had modules for litigation tasks such as answering a lawsuit, responding to discovery, and pulling summaries from medical records, this new module allows a user to input relevant information about a case and generate a complete complaint.

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The Paralegal Society

MARCH 7, 2024

Hey, Paralegals -- Is this thing on??? Alas, I am back from the long-lost intersection of “Where in the Heck Did Jamie Go?” and “Why isn’t she blogging for us anymore?

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ABA Journal

MARCH 28, 2024

The ABA Journal is read by half of the nation's 1 million lawyers every month. It covers the trends, people and finances of the legal profession from Wall Street to Main Street to Pennsylvania Avenue.

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MARCH 27, 2024

Yesterday, I reported here on a lawsuit filed March 20 in U.S. District Court in Manhattan by a legal tech executive who alleges her former company owes her over $1 million in stock and that her former boss sexually harassed her. As it turns out, just a week before she filed her lawsuit, her former company had sued her in federal court in Texas, seeking a declaratory judgment that it had terminated her for cause, and that, as a result, her stock option was also terminated.

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JURIST

MARCH 8, 2024

South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster signed a bill Thursday permitting concealed and open carry for firearms throughout the state. The so-called “constitutional carry” bill allows individuals who are 18 and above and legally able to own a firearm to carry that firearm either openly or concealed. The bill does not require any registration or training for a permit to do so.

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LawSites

MARCH 6, 2024

Hotshot , a learning platform for legal professionals, today released the first five courses in a planned series designed to teach lawyers and other legal professionals about artificial intelligence and its impact on law practice. The overall set of AI videos is designed to teach lawyers about the technology, its use cases for law practice, its risks and ethical considerations, its impact on different practice areas, and more.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 15, 2024

Share The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that public officials who post about topics relating to their work on their personal social media accounts are acting on behalf of the government, and therefore can be held liable for violating the First Amendment when they block their critics, only when they have the power to speak on behalf of the state and are actually exercising that power.

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Attorney at Work

MARCH 7, 2024

Jay Harrington | Constraints can inhibit your success or be a catalyst for high performance. The post Embrace Constraints to Build Your Legal Practice appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms & Lawyers.

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ABA Journal

MARCH 26, 2024

A sleep-deprived prisoner can show that his treatment constituted cruel and unusual punishment without proving that his health issues stemmed from the restricted bedtime hours,…

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JURIST

MARCH 16, 2024

Independent French reparations agency, Instance Nationale Indépendate de Reconnaissance et de Réparation (INIRR), reported that it has provided financial reparations to over 500 victims of sexual abuse perpetrated by clergy or leaders in the Catholic Church in 2023. INIRR’s 2023 report revealed that over 60 percent of victims are men, averaging an age of 61 years old.

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Above The Law

MARCH 28, 2024

This doesn't read like much of a win. The post Ron DeSantis Claims Victory Over Disney And All He Had To Do Was Give Disney Everything They Wanted appeared first on Above the Law.

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LawSites

MARCH 14, 2024

Just a few weeks ago, I wrote about two more cases of AI-hallucinated citations in court filings leading to sanctions , and now comes the case of a Florida lawyer suspended from practice after filing cases that were “completely fabricated.” On March 8, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida suspended attorney Thomas Grant Neusom from practicing in that court for one year, after which he will be eligible to apply for reinstatement.

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LLRX

MARCH 31, 2024

Marcus P. Zillman's guide is a selective listing of open Generative AI resources that includes current awareness reports, guides, research tools, resources and applications from the open metaverse and Chat GPT. These references include AI best practices to facilitate implementing AI technology in specific sectors and within critical areas that involve engaging subject matter. expertise to deliver internal and external client and customer services.

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Attorney at Work

MARCH 6, 2024

Law firms’ ability to leverage state trial court data brings their business and competitive intelligence capabilities to a new level. The post Primer on Using State Court Trial Data for Business and Competitive Intelligence appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms & Lawyers.

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ABA Journal

MARCH 13, 2024

The ABA Journal is read by half of the nation's 1 million lawyers every month. It covers the trends, people and finances of the legal profession from Wall Street to Main Street to Pennsylvania Avenue.

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JURIST

MARCH 13, 2024

CBC reported Wednesday that India blocked access on YouTube and X to a Canadian investigative documentary focused on the alleged involvement of the Indian government in the murder of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, who was killed last June in British Columbia, Canada. The CBC Fifth Estate documentary, released last Friday, connects Nijjar ‘s death to a murder-for-hire plot by the Indian government and notes India’s current and past targeting of Sikh Canadians.

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Above The Law

MARCH 5, 2024

No, it's not the end of the logic games -- there's another major change coming. The post Another Major Change Coming To The LSAT This August appeared first on Above the Law.

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LawSites

MARCH 29, 2024

In Los Angeles, the legal services organization Bet Tzedek has long run regular in-person legal clinics designed to help self-represented individuals better understand and navigate the sometimes complex process of conservatorship, by which a court appoints a person to manage the personal and financial affairs of someone who cannot make decisions for themself because of an illness or disability.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 3, 2024

Share On Monday, March 4, we will be live blogging as the court releases opinions in one or more argued cases from the current term. Click here for a list of FAQs about opinion announcements. The post Announcement of opinions for Monday, March 4 appeared first on SCOTUSblog.

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Attorney at Work

MARCH 20, 2024

Whether you’re a law firm owner or an individual attorney, it’s likely you’ll find yourself managing client funds at some point — including advance payments, settlement checks and expenses. As a fiduciary for your clients, you must carefully manage these funds, including implementing proper controls and keeping accurate records, to ensure you are being ethically […] The post How to Successfully Manage Client Funds — and Mitigate Accounting and Legal Risks appeared first on Articles, Tips a

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ABA Journal

MARCH 12, 2024

The ABA Journal is read by half of the nation's 1 million lawyers every month. It covers the trends, people and finances of the legal profession from Wall Street to Main Street to Pennsylvania Avenue.

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JURIST

MARCH 16, 2024

The European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) published Saturday a new legal assessment of the Russian attack on the Mariupol Theater in Ukraine, claiming that the attack was a “war crime” and deliberately done by the Russian Air Force to target Ukrainian civilians who sought refuge in the theater. The Center for Spatial Technologies collaborated with the ECCHR to analyze the attack on the Mariupol Drama Theater.

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Above The Law

MARCH 17, 2024

The U.S. Department of Justice has reportedly recently launched an antitrust investigation of UnitedHealth Group, which begs the question of whether the healthcare giant should be broken up. Experts have varying opinions.

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LawSites

MARCH 20, 2024

Fast Company is out with its annual ranking of the world’s most innovative companies , and of the 606 companies that made the list, just four are from legal tech. “The 606 organizations that we honor as Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies of 2024 have met our high bar for demonstrating innovation and the impact of those innovations on business and industry,” the publication says. “They lead their fields and are transforming the world.” Here are the four legal t

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 19, 2024

Share The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that a lawsuit filed by an Oregon man who was placed on the No Fly List can go forward even after the government has removed him from the list and pledged not to return him to it “based on the currently available information.” In a unanimous decision authored by Justice Neil Gorsuch , the justices rejected the government’s argument that the case is moot – that is, no longer a live controversy.

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Attorney at Work

MARCH 27, 2024

Meghan Cole | Tips for distilling large amounts of information into comprehensible and accessible reports. The post 4 Tips for Attorneys Struggling to Manage Large Case Dockets appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms & Lawyers.

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ABA Journal

MARCH 14, 2024

Updated: A federal appeals court saw a need for a civility lesson when it granted a new trial to a civil-fraud plaintiff because of a “barrage of personal attacks” made by opposing lawyers in a closing argument.

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JURIST

MARCH 19, 2024

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Tuesday blocked enforcement of Texas’s law criminalizing illegal entry into the state from other countries, hours after a divided US Supreme Court allowed the law to go into effect. The appeals court will hear oral arguments regarding whether a lower court’s injunction against the law should stay in place Wednesday at 10:00 am Central Time.

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