LegalOn Assistant leverages an OpenAI-powered generative AI model to answer questions about documents, draft new clauses and revisions, and summarize parts of, or changes to, a contract.
Perez-Llorca became the first Spanish law firm to adopt Leya, a Swedish generative AI assistant, earlier this month. For the firm, the tool struck the right balance between being able to operate in Spanish-language and being compliant with the GDPR.
For an annual conference known to cater to solo and small law firms, the buzz around the mid-market was noticeable, while generative AI remained the industry’s legal tech darling of the moment.
Truth, Lies, and Deepfakes in the Age of Sora
By Patrick DiDomenico, InspireKM Consulting
By Mhare O. Mouradian, Husch Blackwell
“The people who regulate the profession are the profession. They are judges and members of the bar. So what incentive do they have to give away that control to the machine?” said Foster Sayers, vice president of legal ops at health tech company symplr.
Privacy Governance and Artificial Intelligence
By Lynn Parker Dupree, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner
By Olga V. Mack, Robert Hanna, Kassi Burns, CJ Webster, Colin Levy, and Humira Noorestani
The legal field stands at a critical crossroads where it needs to balance the rule-based, algorithmic, and data-driven logic of LLMs against the human lawyer’s ability to interpret, strategize, and empathize, applying AI-generated results in tandem with human insight to address clients’ issues comprehensively.
Gen AI Providers Offer IP Indemnity. Here’s Why It’s Not Foolproof
Large cloud and AI providers including Amazon, Google and Microsoft, among others, say they’ll take on the legal risk of a copyright claim arising from the use of their offered LLMs. But there are significant caveats to these protections.
Best Use of Artificial Intelligence, Law Firm: DLA Piper
Beagle, whose co-founders were previously machine-learning managers at Snap Inc., looks to stand out in the market due what the company called its “experienced technical team.”
Can Big Law Extract the Maximum Value of AI?
“Will this be a moment of opening up markets to fair and free competition, unleashing the full potential of emerging technologies? Or will a handful of dominant firms concentrate control over these key tools locking us into a future of their choosing?” Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan said Thursday.
The Collaborative Division of Labor: Humans and AI in Legal Document Drafting
By Olga V. Mack, Humira Noorestani & Kassi Burns
By Cassandre Coyer & Rhys Dipshan
“The legal profession is not immune to the rapid evolution that is taking place in the field of artificial intelligence,” Presiding Justice Hector LaSalle said in a statement. “As artificial intelligence technology rapidly advances, it is imperative for the courts to be prepared.”
The Rise of AI in Court Reporting Technology
By Michael Murray, Veritext Legal Solutions
Though this isn’t the first generative AI-powered redlining capability on the market, Andy Wishart, Agiloft’s chief product officer, told Legaltech News that the provider hopes to stand out from the competition thanks to its work around fine-tuning generative AI models.
Legal Tech’s Predictions for Artificial Intelligence in 2024
By Gordon Calhoun, Partner at Lewis Brisbois
The relationship between generative artificial intelligence and the EU’s GDPR is a complicated one, with some data privacy professionals who claim the two can’t coexist, and others who argue that a GDPR-like framework is necessary for the technology to grow sustainably. Here are some areas of contentions between the two from 2023.
Allen & Overy Partners with Harvey, Microsoft to Create ContractMatrix Tool
By Adam Harrison & Nebu Varghese, FTI Consulting
“[T]he Commission will be vigilant in protecting the public from unfair biometric surveillance and unfair data security practices,” said Samuel Levine, director of the FTC’s consumer protection bureau. Rite Aid denied the allegations of wrongdoing.
Legal Tech’s Milestones for Artificial Intelligence in 2023
By Xavier Diokno, Consilio
By Natasha Allen & Louis Lehot, Foley & Lardner
“We’re going to be working with [Thomson Reuters] on a whole suite of AI-powered tools,” said chief knowledge and management and practice services officer Colleen Nihill. “Because of Morgan Lewis’ depth and breadth across multiple geographies, I think they saw us as being well suited to all different use cases.”
The Rise of Consent Management: Unlocking the Data Potential in the Law
By Oliver Silva, Casepoint
By Colleen M. Kenney, Matt S. Jackson, and Robert D. Keeling
“What we’re trying to do is bring all of the people together, the entrepreneurs, the industry leaders, and the capital providers, to make ‘who luck’ happen to advance the industry,” said Summit organizer Zach Posner. “I want to put all the right people in the room to accelerate everybody’s work.”
EU’s New AI Act Will Create Wave of Work for Law Firms
By Drew Blazaitis, Fulcrum GT
Jimini AI, which is based on European law, is currently being tested by leading law firms in France, including Gide Loyrette Nouel, and by in-house legal departments, including the French logistics company CMA CGM.
The Year Legal Tech Took Center Stage
At Axiom’s webinar “AI & Data Privacy: Emerging Trends for In-House Counsel,” panelists discussed the on-the-ground use cases of generative AI for legal departments—and how they should be leveraged with the future of the technology in mind.
2023: A Legal AI Odyssey
Large language models trained on publicly available personal data don’t really have the option to “forget” parts of their training set without being wholly retrained from scratch. Can they still be compliant with the GDPR’s right to be forgotten?
Who’s Still Pushing for AI Disclosures in Legal?
Legaltech News sat down with Christopher Crumbley, the newest member of Bracewell’s IP litigation team, who served for a decade in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO), to discuss his views on how patent law is evolving, especially with novel questions posed by generative AI.
California Bar Adopts First-of-Its-Kind Guidance on AI for Attorneys
While talking about AI technologies as being part of the same family tree can be helpful to draft regulations, a “monolith” perspective may miss the importance of context, noted Ashley Casovan, new managing director of IAPP’s AI Governance Center.
Gen AI Passes the MPRE With No Prior Ethics Training
By Gary Sangha, LexCheck
By Evan Foster, Leah Leyendecker & Grace Cheng, Saul Ewing
By Olga V. Mack & Roman Kisin
The contract solution comes with a chat feature designed to let users have conversations with their contracts and ask questions about clauses, draft language or find inconsistent terms, among other use cases.
Al Tamimi Adopts Legal AI Harvey
By Brandi Pack, UpLevel Ops
As regulatory bodies and courts slowly develop the AI-related IP legal framework, more companies are moving to indemnify their customers for related copyright risks, noted a panel at the IAPP AI Governance 2023 conference in Boston.
Is the White House’s AI Executive Order a FLOP?
By James Cooper and Kashyap Kompella
By Jessie Yount & Maria Dinzeo
By Olga V. Mack and Emili Budell-Rhodes
As the adoption of AI systems skyrockets, organizations must implement robust AI audit practices to ensure compliance with regulations and build trust with stakeholders and the broader community.
By Olga V. Mack and Emili Budell-Rhodes
A key aspect of governance is determining the appropriate breadth (scope) and depth (detail) of an AI audit. This involves deciding which areas, functions, or components of an AI system to examine and the level of detail or thoroughness with which each area should be assessed.
Navigating the Pros and Cons of AI Audits in the Legal Sector
By Olga V. Mack and Emili Budell-Rhodes
Integrating AI into legal processes raises concerns about appropriateness, transparency, and compliance with laws and regulations. AI audits assess AI systems against specific standards to address these concerns.
By Olga V. Mack and Emili Budell-Rhodes
By Maria Dinzeo & Jessie Yount
Law.com typed “admission essay for law school” into ChatGPT’s prompt and then submitted the essay to the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University for review. Amy Beier Best, ASU Law’s assistant dean of Admissions and Financial Aid, spoke to Law.com to provide feedback on the essay and to discuss more broadly the potential (and potential pitfalls) of using AI tools for personal statements.
‘Clients Want to Know Everything About How We’re Using AI,’ Partners Say at Legal Geek 2023
By Claudia Salomon, President of the ICC International Court of Arbitration
While a powerful technology, generative AI can also come with a hefty price tag. While some law firms are hopeful of lower bills down the line when using the technology in e-discovery, others aren’t so sure yet.
Is Generative AI Coming For Your Billable Hours?
Unbeknownst to many, the increasingly popular .ai domain originates in Anguilla, a British territory in the Caribbean. Therefore, choosing a .ai domain entails compliance with unique Anguillan restrictions and legal regulations that differ from those typically associated with generic domains, like .com.
Ka-Ching: What’s Behind Legal Tech Providers’ Spike in Prices?
By Dan Broderick, BlackBoiler
Several law firms have consulted with their insurance providers and updated their trainings and policies to support launching generative AI powered chatbots internally. But it is still early days, and more changes may be needed ahead.
5 Ways Legal Is Mitigating Generative AI Risks
California’s highest court has handed down a landmark ruling with major implications for the AI industry: making vendors that use algorithms to target job ads, screen out applicants or perform other employment-related tasks for other companies directly liable for discrimination under state law.
Legal Takes a Mature Approach to AI at an Energetic ILTACON 2023
By Bernadette Bulacan, Icertis
By Max Mitchell, Aleeza Furman
AUTONOMOUS REVIEW builds on proprietary algorithms and a model-agnostic approach to increase the speed, accuracy and defensibility of e-discovery, and eliminate the hallucinations and uncertainty common with large language models.
McGuireWoods Creates C-Suite Role for AI and Innovation
Using generative AI tools can give today’s companies a competitive edge. But with intellectual property concerns around these tools gaining steam, a panel of Dorsey & Whitney attorneys discussed some ways legal teams can ensure they’re not wading into risky waters.
Big Law Is Leaning Into AI for Bias-Free Hiring and Retention
As the legal profession navigates how the outputs from generative AI can be incorporated into filings, briefs, documentation and other parts of the legal process, it becomes essential to examine the implications through the lens of The Model Rules of Professional Conduct.
Michael Best Creates AI-Focused C-Suite Role
By Seth Price, Price Benowitz
By Jessica Lipson, Morrison Cohen
By Alaina Lancaster, Zack Needles
By Amit Dungarani, Casepoint
“I think many people would rather work on a new problem than a settled problem. Here, there is a lot more opportunity to work on unsettled legal and policy questions,” said Adam Kovacevich, CEO of Chamber of Progress.
Generative AI Is a Top Priority at Canadian Law Firms
Comedian and actress Sarah Silverman, novelist Richard Kadrey, and horror writer Christopher Golden filed the class action complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against OpenAI and Meta Platforms for direct copyright infringement, vicarious copyright infringement, violations of 17 U.S.C. Section 1202(b) of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, unjust enrichment, violations of the California and common law unfair competition laws, and negligence.
Generative AI Slated to Shake Up Competition in Big, Midsize Law Market
By John Gary Maynard, III
By Jan Van Hoecke, iManage
The recent acquisition of Casetext by Thomson Reuters has raised many questions about the future of generative AI in legal research. Here, LexisNexis and Thomson Reuters weigh in on issues including build vs. buy, which LLMs to use, securing AI talent and more.
4 Ways Generative AI Will Affect Legal Tech Markets
By Cat Casey, Reveal-Brainspace
“We all want to get [generative AI] out fast, because you feel like if you don’t, you have a bit of FOMO, right? But [we said], let’s not overtly take the bait. Let’s breathe through this and make sure that when we do deliver something, it’s of significant value that our customers can use and grow,” Phil Saunders, CEO of Relativity, told Legaltech News.
Judge Imposes $5K Fine on Lawyers Who Submitted ChatGPT-Generated Fake Case Citations
By Brandi Pack and Sumi Trombley
“Henchman was always focused on the complex contract drafting end of the spectrum, [but] with the rise of all the generative AI, … there are huge opportunities to create great value, especially within the review process,” Henchman co-CEO and founder Jorn Vanysacke told Legaltech News.
AI-Powered Deposition Startup Parrot Raises $11 Million
By Jim O’Hare, LegalEase Solutions LLC
By Igor Labutov, Bishan Yang and Stephen Dooley
OpenAI has released a new AI tool intended to aid researchers in exploring and ascertaining how generative AI such as the widely popular GPT apps can deeply analyze text and fluently interact in a human-like manner. This tool is a handy means to also examine how generative AI can undertake legal tasks and seemingly perform AI-based legal reasoning.
Generative AI Is Likely to Change the CLM Market
By Joshua Weigensberg and Kate Garber, Pryor Cashman
Concerns over possible AI-related data leaks raise the spectre of damaging public disclosure of valuable business secrets, while the mere disclosure of a business secret to a generative AI program may, absent proper protections, undermine or even cancel out efforts to safeguard that information legally as a trade secret.
Vendors Market Gen AI Models as Safe or Privacy-Compliant. How Does Legal Check?
As a response to the legal industry’s worries about generative AI, vendors have emphasized the safety and security of their products. But some say vendors can fall short of meeting their security requirements, while others have made misleading announcements.
A Legal and Regulatory Reckoning for Generative AI
Attorney Steven Schwartz and his firm “have already become the poster children for the perils of dabbling with new technology; their lesson has been learned,” his lawyers told the judge.
Law Firm Data Scientists Are Letting Loose
Since introducing Harvey’s AI to the firm in February, it’s now being tested for use cases like drafting, research, document review and more, though the firm stresses that this is not a replacement for lawyers.
Lawyers’ Trust in Generative AI May Be Overstated
A New York lawyer faces sanctions after submitting a ChatGPT-written brief with fake case citations to the court. “None of this has to do with the technology itself. It has to do with a lawyer who didn’t live up to their obligations as a litigator,” said Laura Safdie, COO and general counsel of Casetext.
Chatbots in the Workplace: Usage Policies and Practical Considerations
By Jesse Dill, Ogletree Deakins
Courts and e-discovery teams have some tools to deal with the flourishing deepfake technology—but much is also up in the air, like the emotional impact on juries, and the potential for long, costly discovery fights.
Legal Moves Fast on AI—For Once
By Erin Harrison, NextTech Communications
By Jared Burden, GreeneHurlocker PLC
A panel of industry experts at the “The Transformative Role of eDiscovery Professionals in AI Ethics & the Judiciary” session at the Master’s Conference in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday discussed how e-discovery professionals’ existing skills could apply to the work surrounding generative AI.
Legal Ops’ Path to the Future Is Paved With Generative AI, Teamwork
By John Tredennick and Dr. William Webber
The AI-powered chatbot is trained on a limited set of data that Luminance has collected over its years of drafting contracts. It is designed to be a question-and-answer application which can be switched on and off when a user opens a contract.
5 Quick Questions for Contract AI CEO Otto Hanson
By Brandi Pack, UpLevel Ops
Since the launch of ChatGPT, generative AI has taken the legal world by storm, with new AI-powered tools continuing to enter the market. However, one organization has called for a six-month pause on the training of all AI models more powerful than GPT-4. LTN wants to know what the legal industry thinks.
Generative AI on Your Data: Amplify Your Legal Knowledge
By Jorn Vanysacker, Henchman
From regulations to investigations and enforcement actions, generative AI-powered tools have received growing attention in recent months. During “The Age of AI: A Proskauer Webinar Series-Privacy and Data Security” webinar, panelists discussed some of the different approaches taken by the EU, U.S. and U.K. to regulate this technology.
Derivative or Not? IP Attorneys Weigh In on Major AI Art Copyright Class Action
The latest offering from serial tech entrepreneur Wayne Chang, LLM Shield aims to stop sensitive data leakage through tools like ChatGPT: “There’s no reason why, in order to use … AI and get the power that it brings, we have to give up our secrets, right?,” Chang says.
Understanding the Limitations of AI in Marketing for Legal Tech
By Melissa “Rogo” Rogozinski, RPC Strategies LLC
Corporate legal departments are slow to come to terms with generative AI technology, yet vendors are keen to get a headstart on incorporating the disruptive tech into their offerings. Finding a middle ground will require disclosure and communication.
4 Ways to Ensure IP Protections for AI-Generated Content
By Louis Lehot, Foley & Lardner
“Make no mistake, whether you want access to justice, whether you want to better help Fortune 500 companies to protect their IP rights, whatever it is in this profession of ours that you’re doing, these large language models are going to have a substantial impact,” said Pablo Arredondo, Codex Fellow and co-founder and CIO of Casetext.
What Exactly Are ‘Best AI Practices’ in the U.S.? Colorado Offers One Answer
In February, the FTC published a statement on AI advertising giving guidance to companies for marketing AI products. Lawyers are trying to tackle the risk factors of quickly evolving use of AI in advertising, while the FTC is playing catch-up.
A Practical Guide to Evaluate AI For Your Business
By Colby Mangonon and Amine Anoun, Evisort
While the “ChatGPT and Generative AI within Law Firms” report by Thomson Reuters Institute found a generational divide in law firms regarding generative AI risks, that situation may change as legal professionals become more knowledgeable about the technology.
Can Artificial Intelligence Outsmart Global Regulators?
It was only a matter of time: Governments want a say on the regulation of generative AI and chatbots like GPT, writes The Global Lawyer. Meanwhile, retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer has his say on globalization and the rule of law.
Chatbots Can Raise Unique Labor and Employment Law Risks
By Jesse Dill, Ogletree Deakins
Besides education, the Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Report conducted by Relativity, ACEDS and BRG, found that cost is also a major barrier to AI and machine learning adoption. But once implemented, the technology can lead to lower costs as well.
Ironclad Publicly Launches AI Assist, Now Powered by GPT-4
The U.S. Copyright Office issued a copyright registration to a comic book creator that used a generative AI tool to create visuals, and then revoked it. The agency’s action, and subsequent guidance, may have far-reaching consequences for ongoing and future cases around AI IP rights.
As Italian Regulators Target ChatGPT, Will More EU Oversight Follow?
By Brandi Pack, UpLevel Ops
By Gina Rubel, Furia Rubel Communications
“If I am in-house counsel, I want to have a very clear articulation of my expectations as to what you are and are not going to use the data [for],” Jim Wagner, founder and managing principal of Lean Law Labs, said in a Legalweek session.
LTN’s Key Takeaways From Legalweek New York 2023: Day 3
The first Legalweek conference after OpenAI’s ChatGPT and other LLMs hit the mainstream is sure to be a seminal event. Legaltech News roundups offer insights from the conference, from what we’ve seen, heard and reported on throughout the day.
Be Alert to These 3 Disruptions in the Legal Industry
The first Legalweek conference after OpenAI’s ChatGPT and other LLMs hit the mainstream is sure to be a seminal event. Legaltech News roundups offer insights from the conference, from what we’ve seen, heard and reported on throughout the day.
By Mike DeCesaris and Sachin Sancheti
SALI’s new API and web application can access both GPT-3.5-Turbo and GPT-4 models to analyze any text, “extract what matters to the substance of law and what matters to the business of law, [implement SALI tags], and run analytics,” said Damien Riehl, a leader at SALI.
How GPT-4 Mastered the Entire Bar Exam, and Why That Matters
By Sophie Ross, FTI Technology
“This is of interest to everyone and my mother because it has so much potential to impact people, both good and potentially bad,” Gibson Dunn’s AI leader Vivek Mohan said. “People want to see responsibility and guardrails put in place, to unlock the opportunity of the tech while not having us end up like ‘Terminator 2.'”
Real Talk Beyond ChatGPT: What Recent AI Advances Mean for Legal
Expert panelists announce the release of GPT-4, how generative AI can benefit law firms, in-house departments and legal tech companies, governence issues surrounding the use of AI, the role of AI in advancing access to justice and more.
PwC Legal, Tax Arm Begins Using Harvey’s AI
Big Four firm PwC’s tax and legal arm has begun using GPT-powered tool Harvey, as the legal sector continues exploring how AI can better assist its people. It is the only member of the Big Four firms to have access to the tool.
By Wail Menesi and Chris Larkin, FTI Consulting
OpenAI’s most advanced model yet, GPT-4 has passed all portions of the Uniform Bar Exam and is helping to increase access to justice. “I cannot stress enough how much better this new model is than anything we’ve seen before,” said Pablo Arredondo, co-founder and CIO of Casetext.
The Artificial Intelligence Glossary
By Stephanie Wilkins & Rhys Dipshan
By Zack Needles and Alaina Lancaster
“I’m convinced that we’ll see more of this. And again, it’s going to be from the firms that are not just approaching this from a marketing and PR point of view,” Jeffrey Brandt, chief information officer at Jackson Kelly, told Legaltech News.
How’s Harvey? The Pro and Cons of A&O’s Audacious AI System
By Brandi Pack, UpLevel Ops
“Our AI legal assistant is the first of its kind,” said Jake Heller, co-founder and CEO of Casetext. “It creates a momentous opportunity for attorneys to delegate tasks like legal research, document review, and contract analysis to an AI, freeing them to focus on the most impactful aspects of their practice.”
Big Tech Is Battling for AI Supremacy. What Does That Mean for Legal?
Microsoft, Google and, now, Meta are all in what’s been called an “AI arms race” to come out ahead in the growing generative AI movement. Whoever wins will have a significant impact on the legal industry going forward.
AI Has Gone Mainstream. Debevoise Is Ready
When it comes to debating the use of generative AI in legal practice, lawyers should approach the question as they would any new legal case, using their honed legal skills to perform a methodical analysis of the situation.
11 Ways ChatGPT is the Ultimate eDiscovery Wingman
By Cat Casey, Reveal-Brainspace
The swiftly changing technological landscape is poised to disrupt legal services and the business of law—but legal tech futurist and author of the Third Edition of “Tomorrow’s Lawyers” Richard Susskind noted that there are skills attorneys can brush up on today to prepare for what’s coming.
MyJr From Canadian Startup Jurisage Lets Researchers ‘Chat’ With Case Law
By John Tredennick and Dr. William Webber, Merlin Search Technologies
By Jennifer Berrent, Covenant & Daniel Doktori, Credly
The advanced AI recommends certain firms as well as lawyers from the likes of Wachtell, Sullivan & Cromwell and Gibson Dunn, but its knowledge is questionable, and it seems to have a thing against Kirkland.
Best Ways To Use Generative AI In Your Law Practice
By Clint Monette, Lincoln Labs
In the just over two months since its public release, OpenAI’s ChatGPT has seen the addition of a paid version, the ability to identify AI-generated text, a continually expanding partnership with Microsoft and more.
ChatGPT and the Practice of Law: Ignore at Your Peril
By Robert J. Kovacev, Miller & Chevalier
By Cat Casey, Reveal-Brainspace
By Foster J. Sayers, Pramata
By John Tredennick and Dr. William Webber, Merlin Search Technologies
While DoNotPay’s robot lawyer is set to argue in traffic court next month, CEO Joshua Browder’s offer of $1 million to whoever wears ear phones and repeats the robot verbatim as it argues before SCOTUS was quickly dismissed by court regulars on the web.
AI Chatbot ChatGPT Passes Multiple Choice Portion of MBE
“[W]hen I learned that GPT-3.5 passed a portion of the test, it is making me realize how this technology is going to change the world faster than I previously thought,” John Walter, CEO of ZMAXINC, wrote on LinkedIn.
The Robot Lawyers Are Here, Now What?
By Cat Casey, Reveal-Brainspace
ChatGPT has taken the world by storm and has the potential to change the practice of law forever. While the technology is still in its nascent stages, many advise caution, but others are forging ahead and already put it to use.
Lensa AI Created a Viral Meme, But How Legal Is It?
Abroad, other countries such as Japan and those in the European Union have already updated their copyright laws to account for AI. But in the U.S., it’s not yet certain how this issue will be addressed.