I recently attended LexSummit2024, the Filevine user conference. Filevine is a case management software provider. I also got a demo of vLex’s enhancement of its AI tool
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Ryan Anderson Lays Out Future of Filevine
The Filevine user conference, LEXSummit2024 kicked off recently in Salt Lake City with a keynote presentation by its CEO, Ryan Anderson. Anderson offered up his view of where the company in specific, and perhaps legal tech, in general, should be going.
Anderson called to mind Steve Jobs and the iPhone introduction in 2007 as
The Top Ten Things I Learned at ILTACon This Year
I recently returned from the annual Conference of the International Legal Technology Association or, as it is usually referred to, ILTA. Over 4000 registrants from 32 countries. Over 200 exhibitors. Almost 350 speakers. To say this is a really big show would be an understatement. It’s certainly one of the biggest if not the biggest
Gen AI’s Second Wave: The Rise of Consolidation in Legal Tech
The ILTA Conference I am attending this week is great for seeing where the legal tech industry is going. This is true especially for Big Law and large corporations. One trend is clear: we are witnessing the second wave of Gen AI in this legal market segment. In a word: its consolidation.
Beyond the Hype: Opening ILTA Keynote Reminds Lawyers and Legal Professionals of Limits and Risks of Data Analytics and Gen AI
The gargantuan ILTA (International Legal Technology Association) Conference kicked off today at Nashville’s sprawling Gaylord Opryland Hotel and Convention Center. (Well, sort of in Nashville. The Gaylord is in the Nashville suburbs, not downtown Nashville). Over 4000 registrants from 32 counties. Over 200 exhibitors many of whom hawking their AI and Gen AI wares. Almost
Mind the Gap: the Disconnect Between Surveys and Anecdotal Evidence On Gen AI Use By Lawyers
There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics. Mark Twain
I was told one time that there are firms that want to innovate, and there are firms that want to say they innovate. Meaning, of course, that some firms just want to get on the bandwagon and appear to follow trends for
Law Firm Management: It’s Not All (Or Only) About Tech
I was recently at a conference of elite trial lawyers where I presented with Dr. Maura Grossman and was on a panel session where we demonstrated how Generative AI could be practically used. But perhaps the most enlightening time was spent outside of the conference in networking conversations which is, of course, typical.
One of
What If? Forget Everything You Think You Know About Litigation
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David Bowie
I recently read Jordan Furlong’s excellent piece entitled Forget Everything You Think You Know About Law Firms. Jordan, one of the most insightful thinkers in the legal space, believes that law firm leaders need to better understand and react to changes, changes that are already altering
Streamlining Claims Analysis: Thomson Reuters Introduces AI Based Claims Explorer
Yesterday (July 21), Thomson Reuters announced that it added another generative AI tool to Westlaw Precision with CoCounsel. The new tool, called Claims Explorer, will enable legal professionals to enter the facts of their case into the platform. Claims Explorer will then identify potential applicable claims or counterclaims.
From experience, making sure you
AALL 2024 Conference Day One: 117 Years of Law Librarian Evolution and A Warning for the Future of Legal Tech
The annual AALL (Association of Law Librarians) Conference kicked off today in Chicago. I’m a regular attendee since I find the attendees knowledgeable and savvy about tech products. Similar to the ABA TechShow whose attendees are mainly lawyers that use the products, AALL attracts law librarians who are also actual users. Users generally have a
Gen AI and Law: Perfection Is Not the Point
Earlier this week, the well-known commentator Seth Godin observed,
“One of the valid complaints about some AI systems is that they make stuff up, with confidence, and without sourcing, and then argue when challenged.
Unsurprisingly, this sounds a lot like people.”
In evaluating whether lawyers should use Gen AI tools, lawyers (and legal commentators,
In Defense of Law: The Surprising Career Satisfaction Rates Among Lawyers
Bad news travels at the speed of light; good news travels like molasses. Tracy Morgan
As I have discussed before, Law360 often releases Surveys that focus on the legal profession. Law360 is pretty reliable because of the number of subscribers and customers to which it has access and the methodology it typically uses.
A
Beyond the Billable Hour: Rethinking Partner Evaluation to Enhance Long-Term Financial Health
Dan Roe of law.com recently reported on a study by Edge International on the problem of underperforming partners. I have written on this issue before.
Identifying and defining underperforming and underproductive partners will prove more and more challenging given the changing dynamics in the profession. Those firms that evaluate partners’ performance and productivity only
Beyond Simple Answers: Kentucky’s Nuanced Ethical Roadmap for Lawyers Using Gen AI and Technology
Several state bar associations and courts have leaped into the tar pit of issues that Gen AI seems to have raised. Many of these, at least early on, were little more than knee-jerk reactions. Most were brought about by a lack of understanding of the tools available and what they could do.
Recently, Kentucky’s Bar
Mid-Size Law Firms and Gen AI: Is a Paradigm Shift On the Horizon?
“My dear, here we must run as fast as we can, just to stay in place. And if you wish to go anywhere you must run twice as fast as that.”
The Queen of Hearts in Lewis Carroll’s, Alice in Wonderland
I have written before about the uncertainty many lawyers and legal professionals in
vLex and iManage Partner to Maximize Customer Past Efforts: But User Process is Key
There’s gold in them thar hills. Mark Twain in 1892 novel The American Claimant
Almost every law firm has a great wealth of documents and knowledge locked up in work they have previously done in cases and matters. If only they could find it. The problem, as I have discussed before, is that lawyers don’t