Stephanie Wilkins
Stephanie Wilkins is the Editor-in-Chief of Legaltech News at ALM. She has spent the better part of the past decade following the evolution of legal tech and learning how it can help in-house counsel, law firms and others in the legal industry. As a former practicing litigator, she is particularly interested in how legal tech can and should be used in real-life practice and the valuable differences it can make. Stephanie is also keenly interested in shining a light on the ways legal tech is being used to help the greater good.
June 13, 2023 | Legaltech News
The Next Iteration of Technology Assisted Review (TAR) as a Reincarnation of Human ReviewUnderstanding the capabilities and limitations of new AI tools will be helpful for lawyers and legal professionals looking to improve efficiency in advising and supporting their clients, as AI has the potential to learn how we communicate and become a virtual assistant in the practice of law.
By Igor Labutov, Bishan Yang and Stephen Dooley
18 minute read
June 12, 2023 | Legaltech News
New AI Tool Could Aid in Unlocking the Mysteries of AI-Based Legal ReasoningOpenAI has released a new AI tool intended to aid researchers in exploring and ascertaining how generative AI such as the widely popular GPT apps can deeply analyze text and fluently interact in a human-like manner. This tool is a handy means to also examine how generative AI can undertake legal tasks and seemingly perform AI-based legal reasoning.
By Dr. Lance Eliot
6 minute read
June 09, 2023 | Legaltech News
Risks That Generative AI Poses to Trade Secret ProtectionsConcerns over possible AI-related data leaks raise the spectre of damaging public disclosure of valuable business secrets, while the mere disclosure of a business secret to a generative AI program may, absent proper protections, undermine or even cancel out efforts to safeguard that information legally as a trade secret.
By Joshua Weigensberg and Kate Garber, Pryor Cashman
6 minute read
June 08, 2023 | Legaltech News
How Good Contract Management Is Key to Navigating a Complex Regulatory LandscapeData privacy regulations are set to go into effect in five different states this year, with at least 25 other states also considering comprehensive data privacy legislation in 2023. Fortunately, there are contract management strategies that can significantly lighten the burden of increasingly complex regulatory obligations.
By David Rawson, Factor
6 minute read
June 07, 2023 | Legaltech News
A New Dawn of Legal TechnologyLawyers have, quite simply, failed to step up and make the business case for investment in legal tech. With the next inflexion point in legal technology evolution, including artificial intelligence and smart contracts, fast arriving, is the legal function finally ready to embrace legal tech and unlock tangible business value?
By Eric Mueller, D2 Legal Technology
6 minute read
June 06, 2023 | Legaltech News
Women of Legal Tech: How Being Known as the One Who 'Got Things Done' Earned Anne Li Her Seat at the TableAnne Li, Co-Chair of the Patent Group and the Life Sciences Committee at Crowell and Moring, discusses how clients and firms can be innovative in working together, why she's very open about her struggles in being a working attorney-mother, and the importance of letting others know you need to be in the room if they want things to get done.
By Alma Asay
8 minute read
June 06, 2023 | Legaltech News
A&O on Harvey and AI: 'The Lawyers Would Like it to Stick Around for a While'Since introducing Harvey's AI to the firm in February, it's now being tested for use cases like drafting, research, document review and more, though the firm stresses that this is not a replacement for lawyers.
By Stephanie Wilkins
7 minute read
June 05, 2023 | Legaltech News
Nervous System: When Mobile Telephones Had Steering WheelsThe era of mobile telephony started much longer ago than one might imagine. On June 17, 1946, a man driving through the streets of St. Louis made a telephone call from his car—and thereby made history.
By David Kalat, BRG
6 minute read
June 02, 2023 | Legaltech News
The Problem With the 'Bogus' ChatGPT Legal Brief? It's Not the TechA New York lawyer faces sanctions after submitting a ChatGPT-written brief with fake case citations to the court. "None of this has to do with the technology itself. It has to do with a lawyer who didn't live up to their obligations as a litigator," said Laura Safdie, COO and general counsel of Casetext.
By Stephanie Wilkins
9 minute read
June 02, 2023 | Legaltech News
Chatbots in the Workplace: Usage Policies and Practical ConsiderationsThe increasing prevalence of artificial intelligence tools and, in particular, generative artificial intelligence is creating more reason for employers to adopt a workplace policy that communicates to employees whether the use of these applications is appropriate and any commensurate limitations.
By Jesse Dill, Ogletree Deakins
5 minute read
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