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Jun 13, 2024 | 
feeds.feedblitz.com | Isha Marathe |Gail Cohen |Deborah Farone |Kat Black
Editor’s note: This is Part 2 of a two-part series on generative artificial intelligence startup Harvey. You can read Part 1 here. Harvey has not responded to multiple requests for comment from Legaltech News from December 2022 to the time of publication. Harvey, the OpenAI-backed legal and professional services software provider, has quickly accumulated a list of high-profile law firm and corporate clients. Want to continue reading?
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Jun 13, 2024 | 
feeds.feedblitz.com | Isha Marathe |Gail Cohen |Maria Dinzeo
Editor’s note: This is Part 1 of a two-part series on generative AI startup Harvey. You can read Part 2 here. Harvey has not responded to multiple requests for comment from Legaltech News from Dec. 2022 to the time of publication. Harvey has made a name for itself through its nascent, but thrilling life, as one of OpenAI’s first partners in the legal industry. Want to continue reading?
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Jun 10, 2024 | 
feeds.feedblitz.com | Gail Cohen |Isha Marathe |Kat Black |Dave Lumia |Stephanie Wilkins
It is with profound sadness that The Sedona Conference announces the death of executive director Craig W. Weinlein. He died on Sunday, June 9, at the age of 68. Craig succeeded founder Richard Braman as Sedona’s executive director in 2014, but his involvement dated back to the organization’s very beginnings, serving on the faculty of Sedona’s first Conference on Patent Litigation in 2000. Want to continue reading?
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Jun 10, 2024 | 
feeds.feedblitz.com | Isha Marathe |Kat Black |Riley Brennan |Gail Cohen
A “Spotify model” of licensing, regulation and royalties could be the answer to the recent slew of lawsuits and future litigation relating to generative artificial intelligence defined by rampant misappropriation of name, image and likeness of individuals, including high-profile celebrities.
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Apr 28, 2024 | 
feeds.feedblitz.com | Thomas Spigolon |Gail Cohen
A new proposed law that would change how lawyers in the Canadian province of British Columbia are regulated is drawing fire from the current lawyer regulator and other groups that say it is “seriously flawed” and will undermine lawyers’ independence from government. The government of British Columbia recently introduced a new Legal Professions Act, a law that would establish a single regulator for all legal service providers in the province—lawyers, notaries public and paralegals.
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Feb 29, 2024 | 
feeds.feedblitz.com | Stephanie Wilkins |Gail Cohen |Charles Toutant |Rhys Dipshan
A lack of necessary expertise and talent is preventing many legal teams from leveraging generative AI technology, according to Consilio’s Legalweek 2024 survey of 129 legal professionals, half of which came from law firms, while 43% came from corporate legal departments and 6% from government-affiliated entities.
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Feb 28, 2024 | 
feeds.feedblitz.com | Gail Cohen |Colleen Murphy |Habiba Cullen-Jafar |Stephanie Wilkins |Cassandre Coyer
Legal technology startup LegalOn Technologies, which has headquarters in both the U.S. and Japan, announced the launch of LegalOn Assistant, a generative artificial intelligence-powered chatbot that aims to assist legal professionals with contract review and drafting tasks, on Wednesday. The announcement comes just short of six months since LegalOn’s expansion of its offerings from contract review into contract drafting with the release of LegalOn Templates.
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Feb 21, 2024 | 
ohscanada.com | Gail Cohen
Driving along Richmond Street in downtown Toronto the other day, two men were out on the street acting as flag people to allow a concrete mixer to safely exit a high-rise construction site. It was a cold day and both men had their hard hats precariously balanced atop toques and the pulled-up hoods of their sweatshirts. Those hard hats were unlikely to provide much protection if something were to fall on their heads.
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Feb 20, 2024 | 
feeds.feedblitz.com | Isha Marathe |Cassandre Coyer |Gail Cohen |Stephanie Wilkins
On Tuesday, Thomson Reuters announced the first international expansion of its CoCounsel Core offering by launching the generative AI legal assistant in Canada and Australia. Thomson Reuters foreshadowed the launch last month, when it also announced new generative AI features within Practical Law.
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Feb 14, 2024 | 
feeds.feedblitz.com | Emily Cousins |Gail Cohen |Allison Dunn
The Connecticut Supreme Court will be asked to determine whether punitive damages are available for McCarter & English after a federal jury concluded that the firm’s former client was willful and malicious in breaching its contract when it stopped paying outstanding legal fees, a federal judge ruled last week. Before a jury trial over the summer, U.S. District Judge Michael P.
