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Legal Data Co. Entegrata Hires Simpson Thacher AI Lead
Legal data platform Entegrata announced Thursday the hiring of Andrew Baker, formerly a director at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, as its chief artificial intelligence and data strategy officer.
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Lawyer-COO Loves The Fast Lane At Tech Startup BriefCatch
When the CEO of BriefCatch, a startup legal writing platform for attorneys and judges, wanted to hire a new chief operating officer, he looked to someone who understands both the technology and lawyers.
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Sheppard Wants Attys To Treat AI Like A 2nd-Year Associate
As some law firms are engrossed with adopting certain artificial intelligence tools, Sheppard believes greater gains can be achieved by focusing on a technology-based program that promotes behavioral changes in how attorneys and staff view AI tools.
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Quinn Emanuel AI Litigation Pioneer Launches NYC Boutique
The founder of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP's artificial intelligence and data analytics litigation group who built a career on bet-the-company disputes has launched his own New York City boutique.
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Law School Paths Emerge For Navigating Students' AI Use
The University of Chicago Law School and the University of California, Berkeley School of Law have laid out two approaches for regulating student AI use, charting divergent paths when educational institutions across the nation are looking for guidance on how to grapple with the role of the technology in legal education.
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Pillsbury Data Breach Suit Voluntarily Dismissed
A proposed class action against Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP over a data breach last year has been voluntarily dismissed by the named plaintiffs, following a granted motion to stay in April to discuss mediation.
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Bank Beats Disability Bias Suit From Fired Worker With ADHD
An Alabama federal judge tossed a lawsuit Tuesday from an ex-employee who claimed Regions Bank failed to accommodate her attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and then illegally fired her for taking medical leave, saying she couldn't overcome the bank's argument that poor performance drove her termination.
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Ex-BigLaw C-Suite Exec Helps Launch Law Firm MSO Practice
A former C-suite executive with Clifford Chance and Baker McKenzie is teaming up with tech-enabled managed services provider Opensity to launch a new law firm managed services organization practice.
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Legal AI Assistant And Atty Ad Platform Vikk AI Raises $4.2M
Vikk AI, a legal technology startup marketing an artificial intelligence assistance platform, announced Tuesday that it has raised $4.2 million to accelerate its product development and expand its offerings.
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Thompson Coburn Hires Ex-Mayer Brown CIO In Chicago
Thompson Coburn LLP announced on Monday the hiring of a chief information officer who formerly worked at Mayer Brown, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP and Jenner & Block LLP.
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Amazon Says Atty's Defense In TM Suit Still Baseless
Amazon has asked a Washington federal judge to reject a renewed motion to dismiss from a California attorney being sued for alleged participation in a trademark fraud scheme, claiming she was rehashing arguments from her prior motion, which the company said was riddled with artificial intelligence-generated hallucinations.
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Ex-K&L Gates Legal Ops Chief Heads To Jackson Lewis
K&L Gates LLP's former legal operations chief has left the firm to take on a similar role at Jackson Lewis PC, news that comes just days after a round of staff layoffs were confirmed at K&L Gates.
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3rd Circ. Deems ADA Claims Untimely, Flags Misquotes
A Pennsylvania hospital employee disclosed her diabetes too late and did not clearly ask for accommodation before she was fired for sleeping on the job, a Third Circuit panel ruled Monday, additionally sanctioning her attorney for filing a minor motion that possibly contained artificial intelligence hallucinations.
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Clifford Chance Launches AI Knowledge Management Tech
Clifford Chance LLP announced Monday the launch of an internal knowledge management platform, which relies on artificial intelligence, developed in partnership with Epiq Advisory for Law Firms and Microsoft.
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7th Circ. Admonishes Atty Over 'Astonishing' Bogus Citations
The Seventh Circuit has admonished but declined to sanction an attorney for a brief that included what a judge called "an astonishing number of erroneous and even hallucinated citations."
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Chamberlain Hrdlicka's 1st Innovation Chief Talks AI Strategy
Chamberlain Hrdlicka's chief innovation officer and AI practice chair talks with Law360 Pulse about the firm's AI strategy and approach to using the technology.
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Judge Warns Gov't Over Apparent AI-Hallucinated Citation
A federal judge in Michigan, appointed by President Donald Trump, called out the government for its apparent use of artificial intelligence to cite "nonexistent case law."
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Legal Tech Roundup: Apryse, Clio
Another acquisition for a growing document-processing company tops this roundup of recent legal technology news.
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Estate Settlement AI Startup EverSettled Raises $5M
EverSettled, an estate settlement startup that relies on artificial intelligence, announced Thursday the raising of $5 million in a seed funding round for hiring and product expansion.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry marked mid-July with another busy week of BigLaw hires and new insight into 2026 lateral movement. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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As Law Firms Race To Adopt AI, Cost Concerns Grow
Pressure is mounting on law firm leaders to dive into the AI waters or watch competitors swim away, but figuring out responsible, cost-effective methods to use high-priced legal tech remains tricky, experts say.
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New Jersey Public Defender Debuts Novel AI Research Tool
The New Jersey Office of the Public Defender collaborated with Princeton University to create an AI-powered brief library in a first for public defender offices across the country, state officials say.
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Cooley Reinforces Privacy Practice With Ex-Hunton Partner
Cooley LLP has further bolstered its cyber, data and privacy group, announcing the hiring of a former Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP partner in its New York office.
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Richards Layton Apologizes For AI Errors In Chancery Case
Richards Layton & Finger PA and one of its attorneys have apologized to the Delaware Chancery Court for submitting a filing with errors generated by artificial intelligence, asking that sanctions not be imposed.
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Harvey Acquires Asset Management Software Co. Benchmark
Harvey made its third acquisition of the year, announcing Thursday its purchase of Benchmark, a startup offering asset management software.
Expert Analysis
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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.