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WHAT WE'RE WATCHING

KAPLAN HELPS CUOMO - New York attorney Roberta Kaplan, a co-founder of the Time's Up organization's legal defense fund, gave advice to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration on a draft op-ed responding to allegations of sexual harassment, a senior aide told investigators hired by the state Attorney General's office. Although it's unclear which draft Kaplan reviewed, some versions of the unpublished op-ed included personal and professional attacks on the first woman to accuse Cuomo of sexual harassment, Ryan Tarinelli reports. Kaplan, who has represented women accusing Donald Trump and director Brett Ratner of rape, said in a statement that the response should never shame the accuser and that she supports Time's Up calling on the governor to resign.

PRICE OF ADMISSION – Law school's are considering shifting to more remote course offerings as the pandemic persists, but that transition could come with a price tag. Some law schools might funnel a portion of tuition toward third-party online program management companies to assist in remote learning, Victoria Hudgins reports. But some institutions may be wary of providers aiming to take a large chunk of their revenue stream and insisting on lengthy contracts. Lee Bradshaw, chief strategy officer of online program management provider Noodle, said whether students want remote courses or whether the model works is no longer the question. "Who you partner with, how much they're charging you, how much are they transparent" are the main topics of discussion, he said.

BIAS BUSTING – Some Big Law firms are deploying artificial intelligence and behavioral psychology to reduce bias within their recruitment processes. Law firms such as Shearman & Sterling, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft and Willkie Farr & Gallagher are experimenting with the technology, Dylan Jackson reports. However, these tools can often have to contend with the problem of biased results. AI company Suited, leveraged by firms such as Cadwalader and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, assumes there's bias in the data every time they're building a model for an organization. "The algorithms themselves aren't biased, it's the data that they're trained on where there could be bias," said Suited CEO Matthew Spencer.

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