Despite the infusion of generative artificial intelligence into e-discovery tools, ethics and quality control questions loom about the use of this technology and a contrary judicial decision could set the industry back many years.
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E-Discovery's 'Black Box' Worry: Is This AI Prompt Privileged?

By Steven Lerner

Despite the infusion of generative artificial intelligence into e-discovery tools, ethics and quality control questions loom about the use of this technology and a contrary judicial decision could set the industry back many years.

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Keesal Young Drops Part Of Stradley Ronon Poaching Suit

By Madison Arnold

Keesal Young & Logan wants to drop part of its California state court lawsuit alleging Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young LLP unlawfully recruited 10 of its attorneys.

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Sidley Adds Williams & Connolly Mass Torts Trial Atty In DC

By Alison Knezevich

A trial attorney who spent more than two decades at Williams & Connolly LLP has moved to Sidley Austin LLP to help lead its product liability and mass torts practice.

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Federal Courts Not Subject To FOIA, DC Judge Rules

By Jake Maher

The conservative litigation group America First Legal Foundation cannot demand documents from the federal Judicial Conference of the U.S. and the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts under the Freedom of Information Act because they are not executive agencies, a D.C. federal judge ruled Thursday.

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Law360 Pulse Spotlight On Mid-Law Work

By Emma Cueto

Foley Hoag's handling of a suit challenging the proposed White House ballroom and Vedder Price's work on a $2 billion transaction with Goldman Sachs lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from Dec. 4 to 19.

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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz

By Aebra Coe

The legal industry had another action-packed week with a mega law firm merger announcement and eye-popping year-end bonuses at a handful of elite boutiques. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.

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CASES

Atty Says Anti-SLAPP Law Scuttles Ex-Law Partner's Case

By Christine DeRosa

Attorney Andrew Garza and his new firm, Claggett Sykes & Garza LLC, have invoked Connecticut's anti-SLAPP law in an attempt to dismiss litigation by his former law partner Ryan McKeen, one of several lawsuits between the partners after the dissolution of their firm, Connecticut Trial Firm LLC.

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NFLPA's Longtime Associate GC Files $10M Sex Bias Suit

By Hailey Konnath

A longtime associate general counsel for the NFL Players Association on Thursday filed a $10 million sex discrimination and retaliation suit, claiming the union intimidated and retaliated against her for cooperating with a federal investigation into misconduct by "men in positions of power" at the NFLPA.

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Gambling Tech Co. Loses Sanction Bid In NJ Defamation Case

By George Woolston

A New Jersey state judge rejected a gambling technology company's bid for sanctions in its defamation suit against investigative firm Black Cube and law firm Calcagni & Kanefsky LLP on Thursday, ruling that Black Cube did not willfully disobey a court discovery order.

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Ill. Judge Affirms $2.6M Verdict For Fired Court Clerk Workers

By Celeste Bott

An Illinois federal judge has refused to order a new trial or alter a roughly $2.6 million damages award after a jury sided with three former employees of the Lake County Circuit Court Clerk's Office who claimed they were fired by the new clerk for campaigning for the incumbent she defeated in the 2016 election.

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Brief

Eletson Defends Reed Smith, Rolnick Kramer Subpoenas

By Alex Wittenberg

Eletson Holdings on Friday argued in support of its bid to subpoena Reed Smith LLP and Rolnick Kramer Sadighi LLP as the shipping company seeks to enforce judgments of up to $873,000 that it won in September, telling a New York bankruptcy judge its requests for information were proper.

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LAW FIRMS

Mass. Firm Bowditch & Dewey Hires Boutique's 21 Litigators

By Daniel Connolly

Midsize Massachusetts law firm Bowditch & Dewey LLP, which saw several litigation attorneys leave for another firm last year, is now rebuilding its litigation department by hiring all 21 lawyers from Massachusetts-based litigation boutique Kenney & Sams PLLC.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Archer & Greiner

Atkinson Andelson

Beasley Allen

Bowditch & Dewey

Brown & Connery

Calcagni & Kanefsky

Claggett & Sykes

Claggett Sykes

Connecticut Trial Firm LLC

DLA Piper

Finnegan

Foley Hoag

Hodel Wilks

Hurwitz Sagarin

Kaiser PLLC

Keesal Young

Kenney & Sams

Kirkland & Ellis

Latham & Watkins

Marino Tortorella

McGuireWoods

McKeen Law LLC

Prince Lobel

Reed Smith

Rolnick Kramer

Sidley Austin

Squire Patton

Stradley Ronon

Vedder Price

Vitale Vickrey

Williams & Connolly

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

B.C. Strategy Ltd.

Brigham Young University

Dell Technologies Inc.

Google LLC

Harvard University

LinkedIn Corp.

Major League Baseball Players Association

Monsanto Co.

National Football League Players Association

National Rifle Association of America

OpenAI OpCo LLC

Playtech PLC

Princeton University

Publicis Groupe SA

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

United Food & Commercial Workers International Union

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

European Union

Illinois Attorney General's Office

National Capital Planning Commission

New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement

Social Security Administration

U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of the Interior

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

U.S. Government Accountability Office

U.S. Supreme Court