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Cassandre Coyer

Cassandre Coyer

Washington D.C.-based legal technology reporter, covering new things happening around data privacy and cybersecurity law, e-discovery and emerging technologies.

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December 27, 2023 | Legaltech News

It's a Bird, It's a Plane—It's a Deepfake: 5 Concerns for Legal in 2024

From higher e-discovery costs to unprepared judges, Legaltech News highlights some of the key risks that deepfakes pose to legal professionals going into 2024.

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December 26, 2023 | Legaltech News

Gen AI vs. the GDPR: A Look Back at This Year's Tensions

The relationship between generative artificial intelligence and the EU's GDPR is a complicated one, with some data privacy professionals who claim the two can't coexist, and others who argue that a GDPR-like framework is necessary for the technology to grow sustainably. Here are some areas of contentions between the two from 2023.

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December 21, 2023 | Legaltech News

Tech in Trouble: 5 Legal Tech Companies in Hot Water in 2023

From class action lawsuits, data breaches or allegations of sexual misconduct about their CEOs, some legal tech companies had to navigate critical challenges this year.

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December 20, 2023 | Legaltech News

On the Naughty List? 6 Hurdles OpenAI Faced This Year

OpenAI and its chatbot ChatGPT repeatedly found themselves in the news this year, partly because they best exemplify the recent advances in generative AI, but also because the two sometimes found themselves in hot water.

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December 19, 2023 | Legaltech News

How Rising Legal Tech Prices Impacted the Market in 2023

Whether it be e-discovery, legal research or software maintenance costs, this year saw an increase in prices almost across the board in the legal technology industry.

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December 19, 2023 | Legaltech News

Generative AI Platform Harvey Announces $80 Million Investment

In a blog post announcing the funding, Harvey noted that it planned to use this latest investment to "expand our custom model building, scale our team and build out our suite of product features."

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December 19, 2023 | Legaltech News

The Legal Tech Funding Gap: Who Got the Most Funding in 2023?

Legaltech News looks back at all the funding news the team covered in 2023. Based on this year's reporting, about 91% of the companies who raised funds had men CEOs.

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December 14, 2023 | Legaltech News

Legal Tech Rundown: Paxton AI Unveils Updates, Opus 2 Appoints New CEO, and More

An update on the legal tech market's past few weeks, from product launches to new partnerships.

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December 13, 2023 | Legaltech News

Baker McKenzie AI Expert on Why the EU's AI Act May Have Limited Impact

Legaltech News caught up with Lothar Determann, author of the upcoming Determann's Field Guide to Artificial Intelligence Law, to discuss whether cross-disciplinary compliance efforts to AI are truly possible, whether data privacy laws are the right tools to regulate generative AI and more.

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December 12, 2023 | Legaltech News

LTN Startup Spotlight: Former US Diplomat, Advocat AI Founder Pradnya Desh Discusses Legal Tech Investment Cycles

Legaltech News caught up with Pradnya Desh, former U.S. diplomat and founder of Advocat AI, to discuss how she approached raising funds—and why she wished she raised more in her initial round.

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