DeepJudge, developer of an AI-powered search platform for internal law firm data, has launched AI Workflows, a new feature of its product that allows law firms to deploy AI agents and applications across their internal firm data. The feature provides built-in AI workflows and also allows firms to create custom AI applications via a low-code/no-code interface.
The feature, the…
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At a time when some courts are still questioning or even banning the use of generative artificial intelligence, a recent decision from the District of Columbia Court of Appeals is notable for the fact that both the majority and dissenting opinions openly discussed their use of ChatGPT in their deliberations.
The decision, issued Feb. 20 in the case Ross v. …
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The e-discovery company Merlin Search Technologies has launched Alchemy, a “document intelligence platform,” driven by generative artificial intelligence, that is designed to transform unstructured data into actionable intelligence for legal teams.
The Alchemy platform succeeds the previous version of Merlin’s platform, which was called DiscoveryPartner, and introduces several architectural innovations aimed at redefining how legal professionals interact with complex…
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There has been a significant increase in the adoption of artificial intelligence-based tools among law firms, with 30% of respondents now using AI technology compared to just 11% in 2023, according to the just-released 2024 edition of the American Bar Association’s Legal Technology Survey Report.
It finds that time savings and increased efficiency remain the dominant perceived benefits of…
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This week on How it Works, Jacqueline Schafer, the founder and CEO of Clearbrief, along with Tim Parker, account executive at Clearbrief, walk me through the software.
Clearbrief is a software that has been covered extensively on this blog and on LawNext podcast since it placed as a Startup Alley finalist in 2022.
Clearbrief is a truly unique product that…
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Just last week, I wrote about a first-of-its-kind benchmarking study of legal AI tools, and now comes another, much-different study, that is also the first of its kind.
This time, in a randomized controlled trial, researchers have found that the latest generation of AI technologies can significantly enhance both the quality and efficiency of legal work, potentially transforming how lawyers…
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“My dear Miss Glory, the Robots are not people. Mechanically they are more perfect than we are; they have an enormously developed intelligence, but they have no soul.”
With that quote from R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots), a 1920 science fiction play by Czech writer Karel Čapek, U.S. District Judge Kai N. Scott, in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, eases us…
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The alternative legal services provider QuisLex today announced the appointment of Sirisha Gummaregula as its president and chief executive officer, succeeding former CEO Ram Vasudevan.
“This leadership transition underscores the company’s continued commitment to delivering innovative, high-quality legal and compliance solutions to clients around the globe,” the company said in a statement.
Gummaregula cofounded QuisLex in 2004 and has been…
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LexisNexis Legal & Professional said today that it has launched CaseMap+ AI, a new version of its platform for managing litigation matters and evidence that incorporates generative artificial intelligence to enhance the review of deposition transcripts and documents.
“CaseMap+ AI integrates cutting-edge AI capabilities to empower litigators with efficient tools for organizing, analyzing, communicating, and presenting case information,” the company…
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After building his career as an engineer at Facebook and as a venture capitalist at Lightspeed Venture Partners, Jay Madheswaran and his cofounders spotted an opportunity to deploy cutting-edge AI to transform what they saw as an underserved segment of the legal market, launching Eve, an AI platform purpose-built for plaintiffs’ law firms. Eve has quickly gained traction, recently…
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In yet another case involving the use — and misuse — of generative AI in legal research, a federal district court judge has declined to impose sanctions on an experienced attorney who submitted a brief containing miscited and misquoted cases generated by artificial intelligence.
Although the attorney, Thad M. Guyer, acknowledged using gen AI tools in preparing his appellate brief,…
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BriefCatch, a legal technology company whose Microsoft Word add-in helps legal professionals improve their writing, has unveiled two new features that use generative artificial intelligence to enhance legal document preparation: AI-driven Bluebook citation correction and a context-aware writing advisor.
These features, introduced as part of BriefCatch’s release of version 4 of its software,  mark the company’s first major foray…
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Are you still on the fence about whether generative artificial intelligence can do the work of human lawyers? If so, I urge you to read this new study.
Published yesterday, this first-of-its-kind study evaluated the performance of four legal AI tools across seven core legal tasks. In many cases, it found, AI tools can perform at or above the level…
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