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AAA Launches Web3 Panel With Google, UPenn Members
The American Arbitration Association has announced the launch of a special panel for blockchain and digital-asset cases, with its initial slate of arbitrators including professionals from the University of Pennsylvania and Google Cloud.
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What To Know About Initial Rollout Of NextGen Bar Exam
The NextGen Bar Exam, which is replacing the uniform bar exam across most of the United States, has been successfully administered for the first time in nine jurisdictions July 28-29 and was canceled in Washington state due to technical difficulties.
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Legal Workplaces Create More Stress For Female Lawyers
Female lawyers report being more stressed out than their male counterparts, and the reasons they give for that stress largely revolve around structural workplace factors, according to an American Bar Association report released Monday.
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Conn. Justices Order Education For Atty Who Missed AI Flubs
The Connecticut Supreme Court has ordered a GLG Law LLC attorney to complete continuing education after finding that seven errors in filings caused by ChatGPT stemmed from negligence in the use of new technology, not from an intentional attempt to deceive or mislead the court.
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Law360 Names 2026's Top Attorneys Under 40
Law360 is pleased to announce the Rising Stars of 2026, our list of more than 160 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments belie their age.
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Legal Tech Roundup: Vector Legal, CopySight
Two funding rounds for early-stage legal technology providers top this roundup of recent industry news.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry ended July with another busy week as firms doled out associate bonuses and BigLaw shops expanded their bench of talent. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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The Next Legal AI Boom Might Involve IP And Patent Tools
As startups race to build platforms for intellectual property and patent attorneys, major players in legal artificial intelligence are beginning to circle the field.
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Ogletree Launches Employer Compliance Calendar In Its App
Management-side labor and employment law firm Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC said July 27 it has added a compliance calendar to its subscription-based client portal that signals effective dates for new and amended state and federal laws.
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Defenders Have 'Ethical Duty' To Use AI, NACDL Paper Says
Horror stories abound about lawyers getting punished for filing briefs riddled with artificial-intelligence hallucinations. But in a report released Thursday, the nation's biggest criminal defense association said attorneys should be just as scared about failing to make enough use of the new technology.
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Ill. Atty Sanctioned For AI Slop In Starbucks Bias Suit
A unanimous Illinois appeals court sanctioned an attorney representing a former Starbucks employee in a workplace discrimination suit after determining that he submitted briefs using false citations and quotations hallucinated by artificial intelligence software.
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Linklaters' Legal AI Leader Coming To NY For US M&A Work
Linklaters LLP is moving the firm's first dedicated AI lawyer from London to its New York office to work with the U.S. mergers and acquisitions team on an AI-native capability, according to an announcement on social media Thursday.
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WilmerHale Sued Over Accidental Client Data Disclosure
A proposed federal class action filed Wednesday accuses WilmerHale of failing to protect clients' personal information after an employee allegedly disclosed sensitive data, including Social Security numbers, to an unauthorized person who misrepresented their identity back in May.
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Vinson & Elkins Sees AI Usage Uptick After First Hackathon
Vinson & Elkins completed its first artificial intelligence hackathon in June, called the V&E GenAI Cup, to generate more staff excitement about AI and gather new ideas for projects.
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FTI Consulting Hires Ex-Ankura Director For Tech Segment
Washington, D.C.-based international business advisory firm FTI Consulting Inc. announced on Wednesday the hiring of a former senior managing director at consulting group Ankura for its technology segment.
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Legora Buys Wexler, Marking 5th Acquisition Since March
Sweden-based Legora, which offers a legal artificial intelligence platform, announced its fifth acquisition of the year on Wednesday with the purchase of Wexler, a London-based startup providing litigation software.
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Registered Agent Service Discern Secures $10M Series A
Discern, a software-based registered agent that automates state filings, told Law360 Pulse exclusively on Wednesday that it raised a $10 million Series A, bringing its total funding to date to $17.5 million.
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Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Invest In Legal AI Co. Harvey
Legal artificial intelligence company Harvey announced new investments Tuesday from Goldman Sachs Alternatives and JPMorgan's Growth Equity Partners.
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Magna Acquires Philly-Based Everest Court Reporting
Two Philadelphia-based litigation services providers have combined resources following Magna Legal Services' recent acquisition of Everest Court Reporting.
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In-House Legal Operations' Stubborn 'Shadow AI' Problem
As in-house legal departments adopt artificial intelligence tools, legal operations pros say that unauthorized use of AI by employees, known as “shadow AI,” raises security and governance concerns.
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Atty Hopes AI Tool Can Make Tax Court More Accessible
An attorney has developed an artificial intelligence-powered tool that aims to give practitioners a new window into the U.S. Tax Court's sprawling docket with analyses of judge and attorney workloads, daily opinion summaries and real-time case updates. Michael Coverstone, counsel at Kostelanetz LLP, spoke to Law360 about what it can do.
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Legal Departments Expect To Increase Use Of Flexible Talent
Artificial intelligence fluency has become a baseline hiring expectation for attorneys, with 70% of legal departments treating it as a formal requirement and 95% preferring it in candidates, according to a new study by Paragon Legal.
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Theo Ai Appoints Ex-Bristol Myers Squibb GC To Board
Theo Ai, a legal technology startup that uses artificial intelligence to predict the outcome of legal disputes, announced Monday the appointment of Sandra Leung, the retired former executive vice president and general counsel of pharmaceutical company Bristol Myers Squibb Co., to its board of directors.
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Law Firms Expand AI Roles Beyond C-Suite To Lawyer Ranks
BigLaw firms are expanding artificial intelligence-focused roles from the C-suite to associate and partner levels.
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AI-Hallucinated Citations Result In $3K Sanction For Lawyer
A Washington federal judge on Friday sanctioned a plaintiff's attorney $3,000 after finding that she submitted multiple court filings containing dozens of fake citations and quotations generated by artificial intelligence platforms and didn't fix the mistakes, calling the conduct "tantamount to bad faith."
Expert Analysis
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Why You Should Leverage AI For Privilege Review
While many lawyers still believe that a manual, document-by-document review is the best approach to privilege logging, certain artificial intelligence tools can bolster the traditional review process and make this aspect of electronic document review more efficient, more accurate and less costly, say Laura Riff and Michelle Six at Kirkland.
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Tips For Evaluating Machine Learning For Contracts Review
Law firms considering machine learning and natural language processing to aid in contract reviews should keep several best practices in mind when procuring and deploying this nascent technology, starting with identifying their organization's needs and key requirements, says Ned Gannon at eBrevia.
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Collaborative Tech Will Dictate Future Law Firm Success
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Law firms need to shift their focus from solving the needs of their lawyers with siloed solutions to implementing collaboration technology, thereby enabling more seamless workflows and team experiences amid widespread embrace of hybrid and remote work models, says Kate Jasaitis at HBR Consulting.
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Roundup
Ask A Mentor
As the legal profession undergoes a dramatic period of change, experts answer questions on career and workplace conundrums in this Law360 guest article series.
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How Dynamic Project Management Can Help Law Firms
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Law firms looking to streamline matter management should consider tools that offer both employees and clients real-time access to documents, action items, task assignee information and more, overcoming many of the limitations of project communications via email, says Stephen Weyer at Stites & Harbison.
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How Firms Can Benefit From Creating Their Own ALSPs
As more law firms develop their own legal services centers to serve as both a source of flexible personnel and technological innovation, they can further enhance the effectiveness by fostering a consistent and cohesive team and allowing for experimentation with new technologies from an established baseline, say attorneys at Hogan Lovells.
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Keys To Digitizing Inefficient Contract Management Processes
Neville Eisenberg and Mark Grayson at BCLP explain how they sped up contract execution for one client by replacing email with a centralized, digital tool for negotiations and review, and how the principles they adhered to can be helpful for other law firms looking to improve poorly managed contract management processes.
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Law Firm Tips For Evaluating AI And Machine Learning Tools
Many legal technology vendors now sell artificial intelligence and machine learning tools at a premium price tag, but law firms must take the time to properly evaluate them as not all offerings generate process efficiencies or even use the technologies advertised, says Steven Magnuson at Ballard Spahr.
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Learning How To Code Can Unleash New Potential In Lawyers
Every lawyer can begin incorporating aspects of software development in their day-to-day practice with little to no changes in their existing tools or workflow, and legal organizations that take steps to encourage this exploration of programming can transform into tech incubators, says George Zalepa at Greenberg Traurig.
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The Importance Of Client Engagement In Law Firm Innovation
As clients increasingly want law firms to serve as innovation platforms, firms must understand that there is no one-size-fits-all approach — the key is a nimble innovation function focused on listening and knowledge sharing, says Mark Brennan at Hogan Lovells.
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A Scientific Path For Improving Diversity At Law Firms
Law firms could combine industrial organizational psychology and machine learning to study prospective hires' analytical thinking, stress response and similar attributes — which could lead to recruiting from a more diverse candidate pool, say Ali Shahidi and Bess Sully at Sheppard Mullin.