Tag: Legal practice
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Exclusive: Law Practice Management Software LEAP Introduces Three AI Features – with A Unique Human-In-the-Loop Twist
LEAP Legal Software has launched three new AI features integrated into its practice management platform: These features aim to enhance lawyers’ productivity and precision by supporting, not replacing, their expertise. Post: LawNext
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Hélder Santos, Bird & Bird: ‘This Is A Journey’
Hélder Santos, the Global Head of Legal Tech & Innovation at Bird & Bird, talks about the firm’s involvement with Leya, a genAI-first startup that aims to utilize generative AI to support lawyers with drafting requirements. The company is also investigating other genAI tools like Microsoft CoPilot, Relativity, Luminance, and DeepL for various legal purposes. […]
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Bird & Bird To Run Major proof of concept With AI Startup Leya
Bird & Bird has partnered with Leya, a legal tech startup using AI to automate tasks and access data. The firm will evaluate Leya’s capabilities across its global network and implement the tool in the UK, Germany, Spain, and the Nordics. Bird & Bird has initiated various initiatives to prepare for the trial, including providing […]
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New Legal Ethics Opinion Cautions Lawyers: You ‘Must Be Proficient’ In the Use of Generative AI
The opinion on legal ethics underscores the obligation of attorneys to stay proficient in utilising generative AI and other relevant technological tools within their field. It emphasises the significance of validating the precision of AI-generated material, keeping information confidential, recognising conflicts of interest, and discussing AI usage with clients. Furthermore, it insists on guaranteeing impartial […]
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In Redo of Its Study, Stanford Finds Westlaw’s AI Hallucinates At Double the Rate of LexisNexis
The study conducted by Stanford University researchers found that generative AI legal research tools from LexisNexis and Thomson Reuters produce incorrect results more frequently than claimed in their marketing efforts. Thomson Reuters initially refused access to their AI-Assisted Research product but later agreed, and the updated study found it to perform unfavourably compared to the […]
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Stanford Will Augment Its Study Finding that AI Legal Research Tools Hallucinate in 17% of Queries, As Some Raise Questions About the Results
Stanford University released a study on generative AI legal research tools from LexisNexis and Thomson Reuters, finding that they deliver hallucinated results more often than claimed. The study has faced criticism for comparing different products and not testing one of Thomson Reuters’ AI platforms. Thomson Reuters has now made the product available to the researchers, […]
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Want to use ChatGPT to help prepare for court? This is what lawyers say you should and shouldn’t do
The increasing use of generative AI chatbots to assist non-lawyers in court proceedings has led Queensland, Victoria, New Zealand, and England to issue guidelines on the responsible use of AI chatbots in legal contexts. While AI can provide benefits such as improving access to justice for those who cannot afford a lawyer, there are concerns […]
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The Next Frontier: AI Easy For Lawyers To Really Build
While the AI world navigates the intellectual property infringement KLoBot Inc. has integrated artificial intelligence into the legal workflow and the introduction of KLapper, a no-code bot builder. Operating within Microsoft Azure, Klapper can assist with legal research, provide document summaries, and streamline mundane tasks such as creating service tickets and logging billable hours. KLapper […]
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Solo and Small Firms Plan to Adopt AI More Quickly than Larger Firms, But Not Fast Enough for Clients, Clio Survey Finds
The 2024 Legal Trends for Solo and Small Firms report by Clio indicates that solo and small firm lawyers are more open to adopting AI compared to their larger-firm counterparts. The report also highlights that clients are even more enthusiastic about AI, believing it can result in more affordable and higher quality legal services. Additionally, […]
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GUIDELINES FOR LITIGANTS: RESPONSIBLE USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN LITIGATION
The guidelines for using AI in litigation in the Supreme Court of Victoria emphasise the importance of understanding AI limitations, ensuring privacy and confidentiality, avoiding misleading other participants, disclosing the use of AI programs, exercising professional judgment in reviewing AI-generated text, using specialised legal AI tools, and checking that AI-generated text is current, accurate, and […]