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At CLOC Global Institute, Legal Teams Share How They Started Using Generative AI

"This is brand-new technology. Our people don't know how to use it. You're going to have to learn and develop that muscle," said Tim Fraser, general counsel of Toshiba Americas.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Midmarket Firms Based in New York and Connecticut Combine for Greater Shared Presence in Northeast

If approved by a vote of partners from both firms, the operating agreement for the combined firms will take effect on Jan. 1, 2025.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Outside Counsel Selection, Long Driven by Intuition, Being Reshaped by Data

"Over time, as we're uncovering more data about people's qualifications and how well they've done on other matters with our folks, we'll see more and more focus toward the individual," said Jessica Williams, director of legal operations at FanDuel.
6 minute read

The American Lawyer

Ex-Virtual Firm Leader Joins Veteran Am Law 200 CFO to Launch Back-Office Support Venture

Founders of Federate Legal are looking to serve Big Law attorneys wishing to spin off their own practices as well as established small and midsize firms.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

The Law Firm Transition: What Are Our Ethical Obligations?

When you make the decision to leave your law firm, it can get complicated. There are ethical obligations to both clients and your firm colleagues.
6 minute read

Law.com

More NC Counties Make Switch to Electronic Filing as Lawsuit Over eCourts' Glitches Remains Pending

"I believe we have moved from an archaic system to a state-of-the-art system that is bringing North Carolina into the forefront of what is available to courts online in our country," Johnston County Clerk of Superior Court Michelle Ball said.
4 minute read

Law.com

Sensory Designed Hospitality: Enhancing Workplace Experience Through the Five Senses

As more organizations obtain employee feedback regarding their in-office experience strategy, we are seeing the effectiveness that indulging the five-senses has on office occupancy, return-to-office, and the overall productivity of employees.
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

Fulton County Judge's Failure to Instruct Jury Leads to Overturning of Former Atlanta Attorney's Murder Conviction

"[T]he harm from the trial court's failure to instruct the jury on the defense of accident was compounded by the trial court's express instruction that the jury must 'disregard' that accident was a key legal principle," Georgia Supreme Court Justice Nels Peterson said.
4 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Remand To State Court Granted by Connecticut Judge in Wrongful-Death Suit Stemming From 2021 Colorado Mass Shooting

"We are pleased this case will be sent back to the state court where it belongs," plaintiffs counsel said. "We look forward to proving our case that Ruger's illegal marketing and sale of a short-barreled rifle made the King Soopers shooting possible."
4 minute read

Law.com

State Appellate Court Vacates Attorney's Sanctions for Presumed Use of Public Records

"She was seeking through her Petition to vindicate her right to the public records," Tennessee Court of Appeals Judge Jeffrey Usman said. "In general, this is the definition of a proper purpose, and there does not appear to be any dispute that Ms. Reguli genuinely wanted to obtain these public records which she reasonably believed she had a legal right to access."
5 minute read

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