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Legal sector loses 4,400 jobs in January after reaching employment high-water mark in December
Home Daily News Legal sector loses 4,400 jobs in January… Careers Legal sector loses 4,400 jobs in January after reaching employment high-water mark in December By Debra Cassens Weiss February 5, 2024, 9:39 am CST The legal services sector lost 4,400 jobs in...
Pravin Gulab Varpe vs State Of Maharashtra on 3 February, 2024
Pravin Gulab Varpe vs State Of Maharashtra on 3 February, 2024 Share Link Take notes as you read a judgment using our Virtual Legal Assistant and get email alerts whenever a new judgment matches your query (Query Alert Service). Try out our Premium Member...
Suresh Bhaurao Shivale vs State Of Maharashtra on 3 February, 2024
Suresh Bhaurao Shivale vs State Of Maharashtra on 3 February, 2024 Share Link Take notes as you read a judgment using our Virtual Legal Assistant and get email alerts whenever a new judgment matches your query (Query Alert Service). Try out our Premium Member...
Why should you resolve to support civil legal aid in 2024?
Why should you resolve to support civil legal aid in 2024? Short answer: I work in legal aid. Selfish, huh? There’s a longer answer, which ends with the immense power of your choices. But it begins with choices of mine. I graduated from college in 1998. Unsure...
Indictment accuses judge of using public funds to employ his son, travel, buy couch and alcohol
Home Daily News Indictment accuses judge of using public… Criminal Justice Indictment accuses judge of using public funds to employ his son, travel, buy couch and alcohol By Debra Cassens Weiss February 1, 2024, 9:12 am CST The presiding judge of Alabama’s...
Chemerinsky: Supreme Court will hear some of its biggest cases of the term this month
U.S. Supreme Court Some of the most important cases of the term will be argued this month before the U.S. Supreme Court. On Feb. 8, the justices will return to the bench earlier than planned to hear Trump v. Anderson, which considers whether former President...
Rewiring Entry: How AI could blur the borders of immigration law
In late 2022, veteran immigration lawyer Greg Siskind used a beta version of Casetext’s artificial intelligence legal assistant CoCounsel for research in a class action lawsuit he filed for Ukrainian refugees seeking work authorization in the U.S. He says it...
Age of e-Discovery: Generative AI could revolutionize e-discovery—but buyer beware
Typically cautious with new technology, attorneys are dipping their toes into “a sea change” of new generative artificial intelligence tools for e-discovery, says Mary Mack, CEO and chief legal technologist at Electronic Discovery Reference Model. “We’re seeing...
e-Sign on the Dotted Line: When it comes to using generative AI and contracts, the devil is in the details
Riding the waves of ChatGPT’s explosive entrance in late 2022, a host of vendors have developed generative artificial intelligence-powered tools for use throughout the contract life cycle. “It is not often in an old-school industry like legal for there to be...
Head of the Class: Law schools consider post-ChatGPT coursework
ChatGPT’s unveiling sparked conversations among law faculty, with opinions ranging from banning GPT platforms in certain classes to encouraging experimentation to reconsidering law school pedagogy, professors contacted by the ABA Journal say. The impact of...
Always on: Will generative AI alleviate burnout or make lawyers more miserable?
The PC, smartphone, email and the internet. History is littered with examples of how hot new technologies meant to make us more productive led to unintended consequences, including stress and burnout. When it comes to generative artificial intelligence, will...
Helping Hand: Generative AI already is making an impact on legal research and writing
Lawyers who expect generative artificial intelligence to significantly impact the practice of law see some of the greatest potential in legal research and writing. In August, a LexisNexis Legal & Professional study of nearly 8,000 lawyers, law students and...
Bridging the Gap: Lawyers trying to increase access to justice see promise in generative AI
For lawyers working to close the justice gap, generative artificial intelligence could be a real game changer. According to a 2022 study by the Legal Services Corp., 92% of low-income Americans’ civil legal problems—which include access to safe housing and...
Locked in: Criminal justice startups tap into generative AI’s early promise
Devshi Mehrotra and Leslie Jones-Dove co-founded JusticeText in 2019 to try to level the playing field for overworked public defenders combing through video depositions, police interviews and bodycam footage, creating an artificial intelligence tool that...
Quinn Emanuel disclosure order highlights relatively new product: judgment preservation insurance
Home Daily News Quinn Emanuel disclosure order highlights… Law Firms Quinn Emanuel disclosure order highlights relatively new product: judgment preservation insurance By Debra Cassens Weiss January 31, 2024, 3:39 pm CST Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan...
Prosecutors are ‘quitting in droves,’ and it’s bad news for defendants, law prof says
Home Daily News Prosecutors are 'quitting in droves,' and… Prosecutors Prosecutors are 'quitting in droves,' and it's bad news for defendants, law prof says By Debra Cassens Weiss January 26, 2024, 8:57 am CST Prosecutors are “quitting in droves,” while the...
How will generative AI affect digital investigations and e-discovery?
Ari Kaplan recently spoke with Chantelle Jalland, a London-based managing director for digital investigations and discovery with J.S. Held, a global consulting company. They discussed how the approach to digital investigations and e-discovery has evolved over...
Former FDIC lawyer who once worked in BigLaw pleads guilty in child-exploitation case
Home Daily News Former FDIC lawyer who once worked in BigLaw… Criminal Justice Former FDIC lawyer who once worked in BigLaw pleads guilty in child-exploitation case By Debra Cassens Weiss January 25, 2024, 1:21 pm CST A lawyer who worked in the general...
Client escapes sanction for lawyer’s refusal to appear on camera in Zoom deposition
Home Daily News Client escapes sanction for lawyer's refusal… Trials & Litigation Client escapes sanction for lawyer's refusal to appear on camera in Zoom deposition By Debra Cassens Weiss January 25, 2024, 12:01 pm CST A client won’t have to pay a sanction...
Supreme Court doesn’t stop nation’s first execution using nitrogen gas
Home Daily News Supreme Court doesn't stop nation's first… U.S. Supreme Court Supreme Court doesn't stop nation's first execution using nitrogen gas By Debra Cassens Weiss January 25, 2024, 10:26 am CST The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to intervene in the...
Arrested citizen journalist wasn’t ‘martyr’ for journalism, 5th Circuit says in tossing her First Amendment suit
Home Daily News Arrested citizen journalist wasn't 'martyr'… First Amendment Arrested citizen journalist wasn't 'martyr' for journalism, 5th Circuit says in tossing her First Amendment suit By Debra Cassens Weiss January 25, 2024, 9:24 am CST Police and...
Carnegie and Me: Refuting the culture war on American libraries
By Eldon L. Ham My hometown Toulon, Illinois, is a small farm community of 1,200 souls about three hours southwest of the Chicago sprawl. During my youth, it featured five gas stations; four churches; three grocery stores and two doctors, which said something...
Shaikh Mohammed Taha Patel And Ors vs Union Of India Thr Its Secretary And Ors on 25 January, 2024
Shaikh Mohammed Taha Patel And Ors vs Union Of India Thr Its Secretary And Ors on 25 January, 2024 Share Link Take notes as you read a judgment using our Virtual Legal Assistant and get email alerts whenever a new judgment matches your query (Query Alert...
Amar Sadhuram Mulchandani vs Directorate Of Enforcement Througth … on 23 January, 2024
Amar Sadhuram Mulchandani vs Directorate Of Enforcement Througth ... on 23 January, 2024 Share Link Take notes as you read a judgment using our Virtual Legal Assistant and get email alerts whenever a new judgment matches your query (Query Alert Service). Try...
