In a recent article from Legal IT Insider, Caroline Hill wrote about how “63% of all legal contracts are gender-biased” based on a report from Genie AI. We wanted to dive deeper into that topic, so we asked Caroline and Alex Denne, Genie AI’s Growth Marketing Lead, to come on at talk with us.
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Continue Reading Nearly Two-Thirds of Legal Contracts are Gender-Biased and Why That Matters – Alex Denne and Caroline Hill (TGIR Ep. 181)
Earlier this month, at the NetDocuments three-day Inspire 2022 conference for customers and partners, one of the speakers was Jeff Pfeifer, chief product officer for LexisNexis for Canada, the U.K., and the U.S. He was there to speak about a unique partnership between LexisNexis and NetDocuments called Highlights, which embeds LexisNexis case analysis and intelligence technology directly into the
Continue Reading LawNext Podcast: Jeff Pfeifer of LexisNexis on Partnering with NetDocuments to Enrich Law Firm Data
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One of the many reasons I blog is because of the technology. Ever since I first learned html back in the late ’90s, I’ve been fascinated with web publishing. For many years I ran my own web server. Then, four or five years ago, I finally committed to having someone else host it. It takes care
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It seems like it should be easy to prove that your company owns its intellectual property (IP)—but these days, it can be anything but.
Continue Reading Enterprise Challenges to Protecting Your Company’s Most Valuable Asset, Intellectual Property
As fall associates settle into the reality of legal practice, I am taking the opportunity to share a variety of research “best practices.” These rules can be applied across all environments: law firm, corporate, public service and government. New associates are facing the messy reality of needing to harness legal and factual issues that need to be addressed in real
Continue Reading JUST ASK: The Rules of Research for New Associates
Increasing cybersecurity concerns, worries around content moderation and potential reputational risks are only a few ways that Twitter’s takeover may affect legal professions who rely on the site.
Continue Reading 4 Ways Musk's Twitter Takeover Will Impact Legal Professionals
Heuristica Discovery Counsel lawyers claim Alberta rules violate their constitutional rights to work anywhere in the country.
Continue Reading E-Discovery Law Firm Suing Canadian Province Over Business Structure Limits
A U.S. Justice Department official said at a New York City Bar Association conference that he was excited by the scope and pace of international cooperation in the anti-corruption space.
Continue Reading DOJ FCPA Chief Promises New Guidance Soon for Third-Party Messaging Apps
A national judicial task force recently released State Courts Leading Change, a report and recommendations to assist state courts in responding to the needs of court users with serious mental illness.
The recommendations are based on a multi-year study conducted by the National Judicial Task Force to Examine State Courts’ Response to Mental Illness. The Task Force was created
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While the collapse of FTX is bringing new questions to bankruptcy courts, legal professionals note that bankruptcy laws are unlikely to change.
Continue Reading Will FTX Bankruptcy Law Questions Help Tame the Crypto Wild West?
In its six years so far, the Startup Alley competition at ABA TECHSHOW has helped catapult the success of a long list of legal technology startups. Now the competition is returning for its seventh year, and applications officially open today to enter for a spot at TECHSHOW 2023, which takes place in Chicago March 1-4.
Out of all the
Continue Reading Attention Startups: Applications Now Open for the ABA TECHSHOW 2023 Startup Alley and Pitch Competition
A report from our friends at Thomson Reuters will help you benchmark legal spend, find greater efficiency, and innovate for the future.
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A 25-person legal technology company in California is fighting back against one of the world’s largest law firms in a lawsuit over ownership rights to legislation-drafting software that each side says was its idea.
In October, the law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld filed a lawsuit against Xcential Legislative Technologies for misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of contract,
Continue Reading Small Tech Company Takes On Major Law Firm Over Ownership of Bill-Drafting Software
LexisNexis’ Fact & Issue Finder combines AI and human-assisted search to provide digestible, thorough results.
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We’ve come to that part of the calendar year known as the “holiday season.” Yes, there are the traditional holidays we all recognize, but there are others that may not be as well-known. Like Ediscovery Day!
Continue Reading Hanzo & ACEDS To Speak on Collaboration Data Benchmarking Report for Ediscovery Day
“In-house counsel have to understand this is another platform where they have to enforce and be vigilant over the use of their trademarks,” said Laura Ganoza, a Foley and Lardner partner.
Continue Reading From McDonald's to Walmart, Companies of All Stripes Race to File NFT Trademarks
