By Patrick Smith | Cedra Mayfield | April 19, 2024
Kloves VP and CTO Louwee Guevarra discusses the nuances involved in getting various vendor platforms, many of which utilize their own LLM and generative AI engines, to play nice with each other.
By Abigail Adcox | February 13, 2024
"Many do compete with the New York firms," said Wells Fargo's Owen Burman about D.C. firms. "But it's not universal."
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Celia Cohen and Nathaniel Botwinick | October 2, 2023
The rise of artificial intelligence (AI), and the buzz surrounding it, has many companies embracing its benefits. But as the use of AI increases, so…
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Anthony E. Davis and Janis M. Meyer | September 24, 2023
The ABA's Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility has issued Formal Opinion 508 on the topic of the ethics of witness preparation. Although the opinion does not break new ground, this is a subject of perennial importance, even more so in the age of remote proceedings, and is worth considering again in the light of this new offering.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Arthur J. Ciampi and Maria L. Ciampi | July 7, 2023
The confidentiality issue is difficult because it contains inherent tensions between the confidentiality rights of both law firms and clients and the commercial needs and interests required to determine the merits of a lateral move.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Vanessa Barsanti | June 26, 2023
Almost every case will involve disputes with opposing counsel, and resolution of these disputes can sometimes be achieved through successful meet and confer efforts. But often you don't need to go guns blazing into every meet and confer in order to achieve the best result for your client.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Arthur J. Ciampi and Maria Ciampi | May 25, 2023
Over the years, we have written in this column that law firm partners and law firms should have written partnership agreements, and that such agreements should address the firm's major life events. Despite these efforts, we do still encounter law firms with no written agreement or with agreements that cause avoidable difficulties for the firm and its partners.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Anthony E. Davis | May 22, 2023
In this article I will try to provide guidance on the thorny issues raised by lawyers' efforts to charge fixed fees, especially when they are labelled "nonrefundable." Although this is a perennial issue, we are addressing it now in light of a new ABA opinion—Formal Opinion 505 (Opinion 505)—which discusses the principles as set forth in the applicable Model Rule.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Joel G. MacMull | May 18, 2023
By developing a consciousness for these potential pitfalls, the hope is that lawyers (and other service providers) can use AICGs to significantly aid, but not substitute for, their ethical (and perhaps moral) responsibilities to their clients. This article seeks to raise awareness among practicing lawyers where it otherwise may be lacking.
By Mark Eveland and Jac Calabro | May 5, 2023
When lawyers consider outsourcing some or all of their mass tort litigation support needs, they approach the process with several misconceptions. These misconceptions often hold them back from growing their mass tort practices because they limit their ability to see how quickly and broadly they can build those practices. This article discusses the four most common misconceptions about outsourcing mass tort litigation support services.
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