Valerie Pennacchio, Practice Innovation Advisor at Kirkland & Ellis, discusses the role mentorship plays in combatting sexism in the workplace, the surprising amount of candor around legal technology among peer law firms, and how she came to realize that her current job is the table she wants to be at.
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Technology Made Privilege Logging Unwieldy. Can AI Fix It?
When it comes to privilege review and automating the drafting of privilege logs, AI is facing some steep challenges.
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AI Risks Are Evolving—And Organizations May Not Be Keeping Up
Focusing on defining AI or taking on unnecessary burdensome vendor oversight obligations may no longer be the most effective strategies to mitigating AI risks, Debevoise & Plimpton attorneys said during a Monday webinar.
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AI in Law: Navigating the Tightrope Between Innovation and Ethics
By remaining vigilant about potential risks, adhering to established best practices, and continually applying independent judgment, lawyers can effectively harness AI’s capabilities while responsibly managing associated liabilities.
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Exclusive: Microsoft CLO Nowbar on AI, His 'Immigrant Journey' and Why He Refuses to Play It Safe
“Technology is inevitable. How it pushes our culture to evolve is inevitable. Instead of denying it and just expecting things to catch up with you, you can apply ownership to it,” Microsoft Chief Legal Officer Hossein Nowbar said.
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'Not Generative AI': Investors, Customers Call Out Legal Tech's 'AI Washing'
AI washing isn’t new to the legal tech industry, but legal tech customers and investors say the practice has exacerbated in the age of generative AI, from providers repackaging decade-old offerings to others launching tools that are essentially “ChatGPT wrappers.”
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Romancing With AI? Suit Claims Bots Pose as Suitors on Tinder
The developer of the CupidBot app that uses AI to let human users screen, rate and talk to women in their place repeatedly denied the activity was affecting Match Group sites, the complaint asserts.
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Once Ignored by Investors, Justice Tech Market Sees New Opportunity
Maya Markovich, justice tech executive at Village Capital, sees the justice tech market exploding at a faster rate than the general legal tech sector. The reasons range from social catalysts to growing awareness.
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Supreme Court Sets Social Media Test for Public Officials
“A post that expressly invokes state authority to make an announcement not available elsewhere is official, while a post that merely repeats or shares otherwise available information is more likely personal,” Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote for a unanimous court.
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Inside the EU AI Act's Risk Classes, Liability Placement and Enforcement
The EU AI Act brings some answers around liability between providers and users, as well as what enforcement in Europe could look like post-GDPR.
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Donald Trump Seeks to Dismiss Case on Grounds of E-Discovery Violations
Should Justice Juan Merchan decline to dismiss the indictment, defense counsel is asking that he preclude the trial testimony of Michael Cohen and Stormy Daniels and delay the trial by at least 3 months. Prosecutors say no violations have occurred.
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Latin American Law Firms Slowly Warm to Artificial Intelligence
Pilot programs are starting to roll out in the region, where lawyers are looking to early adopters in the U.S. and Europe for guidance.
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DraftWise Announces $20 Million Investment, Plans to Expand Its Gen AI Contract Platform
The new investment comes less than a year after DraftWise, which offers a generative AI-powered contract drafting, knowledge and collaboration platform, announced $5 million in seed funding.
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Too Big, Too Slow: Unpacking the Challenges of Scaling Gen AI Models
During a webinar, engineers from Macro, a suite of productivity software, noted that the company ran into several scalability issues as they were building out their LLM-powered solutions. “It is much different from just building a toy demo,” said Jacob Beckerman, founder and CEO at Macro.
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EU Passes AI Act, World's First Comprehensive AI Law, By Overwhelming Majority
The first-ever legal framework on artificial intelligence, the AI Act, could set the tone for AI regulation around the world.
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