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2 weeks ago | 
abajournal.com | Victor Li
When Arizona changed its ethics rules in 2020 opening the door for alternative business structures and nonlawyer ownership for law firms, it sent shock waves throughout the legal industry. The notion of nonlawyer ownership has long been a third rail, often resulting in bitter conflict between its proponents who think that it could help bridge the access-to-justice gap and its opponents who believe it could corrupt the practice of law and harm the public.
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3 weeks ago | 
dl.acm.org | Hiroshi Yoshida |Victor Li |Yu Sun |Saranya Das Roy
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1 month ago | 
abajournal.com | Victor Li
Law firms acquire or merge with one another all the time. But when it comes to technology companies, firms usually keep it in-house or enter into a partnership with an outside vendor. They rarely go ahead and just buy a tech company. So when Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton announced in March that it had acquired artificial intelligence product developers Springbok AI, it made headlines.
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2 months ago | 
abajournal.com | Victor Li
"May you live in interesting times." For immigration lawyers, that old proverb is now a reality. Ever since the start of the second Trump administration, immigration lawyers have been busier than ever.
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2 months ago | 
lawnext.com | Robert Ambrogi |Bob Ambrogi |Victor Li
Legaltech Week, the show where a panel of journalists discusses the top stories of the week in legal tech and legal innovation, is back today, live at 3 p.m. E.T.If you haven’t already, you can sign up free here to attend. Register once and you are signed up for all future sessions. You can also catch prior episodesas a podcast or on YouTube. Among the stories we plan to cover today:Our panelists’ post-mortem thoughts on ABA Techshow, which marked its 40th anniversary this year.
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2 months ago | 
abajournal.com | Victor Li
Home Web First 40 years of ABA Techshow: Past chairs reflect… ABA Techshow 40 years of ABA Techshow: Past chairs reflect on evolution of technology The more things change, the more they stay the same. As the landmark 40th annual ABA Techshow wrapped up in Chicago on Saturday morning, 14 former Techshow chairs reflected on how much technology has changed and evolved over the years—and how much it has not. Using a similar format to the popular “60 in 60” session, the various former chairs...
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Mar 12, 2025 | 
abajournal.com | Victor Li
ABA Techshow 2025 will be a historic one for a couple of reasons. For one thing, it marks the 40th annual iteration of the show. For another, it promises to be the biggest of all time—emanating for the first time from the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago. In this episode of the Legal Rebels Podcast, Techshow co-chair Stephen Embry talks to the ABA Journal’s Victor Li about what to expect from this year’s show.
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Feb 14, 2025 | 
lawnext.com | Robert Ambrogi |Bob Ambrogi |Victor Li |Jill Wellington
Join us live today at 3 p.m. ET for Legaltech Week, the show where a panel of journalists discusses the top stories of the week in legal tech and legal innovation. If you haven’t already, you can sign up free here to attend. Register once and you are signed up for all future sessions. You can also catch prior episodesas a podcast or on YouTube. Among the stories we plan to cover today:A $300M raise for legal AI startup Harvey.
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Feb 12, 2025 | 
abajournal.com | Victor Li
It’s a well-worn saying that the law always lags behind technology. It makes sense. We all remember the old song about how a bill becomes a law and how long the whole process can take. By the time you get to the verse about a president signing something into law, technology has either evolved into something even more cutting edge or become obsolete—replaced by a newer, shinier toy.
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Jan 27, 2025 | 
abajournal.com | Victor Li
Home Magazine 2025 Legal Rebels: Rebels Without a Pause Features 2025 Legal Rebels: Rebels Without a Pause For last year’s class of Legal Rebels, we did something unprecedented, highlighting a groundbreaking and industry-changing piece of technology and chronicling how it was already upending multiple areas of the law. (See “Game Changing,” February-March 2024, page 36.) This year, it’s back to normal—or as normal as things can be for an annual feature honoring people who are changing the...
