A loophole in Microsoft’s Azure OpenAI Service terms of use could expose privileged information to third-party review. Lawyers need to undertake reasonable diligent vetting of vendors and their terms. Reliance on vendor assurances alone is not enough. But what is?
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Serving the Underserved: Innovative Solutions Needed to Solve the Rural America’s Lawyer Drought
The lack of lawyers in rural areas has attracted much attention lately. Rural pockets with few or no lawyers living there, the so-called legal deserts, are on the upswing.
According to some surveys, 14% of the population lives in rural…
Integrity Over Access. Why I Said No Thanks to a Conference’s Demand for Positive Coverage
There can be no higher law in journalism than to tell the truth and to shame the devil. Walter Lippmann
As most of you know, I frequently attend conferences–both legal tech related and those related to technology in general, like CES.…
Gen AI in Law: A Lawyer Reality Check
We best be careful, or we will find ourselves in a closet talking to ourselves too much.
Once upon a time, I had a good client who was fond of saying, “We best be careful, or we will find ourselves…
ABA TechShow: The Power (and Agony) of Ideas
“If you want to show up and be seen in your life, you’re going to get your ass kicked.”
I recently finished a book by Jeremy Utley and Perry Klebahn entitled Ideaflow: The Only Business Metric that Matters…
Beyond Size: Navigating the Complexities of Modern Legal Practices
On our recent LegalTech Week Journalists Roundtable, we went into a discussion about the increased emphasis of late on so-called midsize law firms. In particular, we talked about their needs when it comes to things like technology.
Certainly, more…
From Big Law to Small Firms: A Tale of Two Cities in Embracing Legal AI
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season…
Innovative Vendors at LegalWeek 2024: A Focus on Customer-Centric Solutions
I just got back from LegalWeek 2024 in New York City. LegalWeek is the annual legal tech conference put on by ALM and directed at big law firms and clients. There were lots of exhibitors, lots of parties, and fancy…
Is it Real or Is It Fake? The Emerging Challenges of Authenticating Digital Evidence in Courtrooms
Back in the 1970s, there was a television commercial featuring jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald with a wine glass, a recording studio, and a recordable audio cassette made by a company called Memorex. The pitch was that the audio recording of…
The Thomson Reuters State of the Legal Market Report: Shifting Tides in Legal Practice?
Every year, Thomson Reuters and the Georgetown Law Center on Ethics and the Legal Profession come with a report on the State of the Legal Market. I have written about the reports before; I find them enlightening and generally well…