The Docket
- jayleviste
- 6 days ago
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BRINGING YOU THE LATEST IN LEGAL TECH NEWS
TLTF & Friends in the News
📣 We’re looking for founders building Law Firm 2.0. The LegalTech Lab is open for applications!
🎉 NLPatent, an AI-driven patent research engine and intelligence platform, raised $3M, co-led by Draper Associates and Mighty Capital, with participation from The LegalTech Fund.
💬 ICYMI: Gordon Crenshaw, Partner at The LegalTech Fund, spoke at LegalTech Connect in NYC about how investors evaluate retention in new SaaS companies.
🎧 In our latest In Studio, Casey Lynn Tierney sits down with Kory Kelly, CEO of Legal Karma, to explore how embedded legal is creating new revenue streams for banks and credit unions, and transforming how consumers access wills, trusts, and business formations.
News from the World of Law AI & LegalTech
Leaders hold differing views on whether concerns about a potential AI bubble are warranted or overblown.
AI hallucination cases are challenging legal frameworks, particularly as court-ordered penalties are not having a deterrent effect.
BigLaw Associates can allocate up to 20% of billable hours for AI training and simulations.
Privacy & Surveillance
US lawmakers demand the FTC investigate police surveillance firm over weak cybersecurity and lack of mandatory MFA.
The Congressional Budget Office is implementing new security controls following a recent cyberattack.
Amazon has started sending automatic refunds to millions of Prime customers as part of a $1.5 billion settlement.
Legal System & Policy
Amazon's accusation against Perplexity for unauthorized AI agent access to its online store signals the growing intersection of AI, cybersecurity, and legal risk in e-commerce.
Google is fighting scammers by filing a lawsuit to dismantle the "Lighthouse" Phishing-as-a-Service operation and endorsing U.S. legislation to strengthen consumer protections.
Courts are catalyzing climate governance by enforcing laws, compelling new policies, mandating oversight, and ensuring access to justice for the communities most impacted by climate change.
Listen
Salesforce's Chief Legal Officer on Technically Legal discuss how AI guardrails are key to building trust and enabling legal to be a business accelerant. (25 mins)
Michal Rogson and James Reeder on Litigation Radio talk about their unique career journeys as they take over as new hosts. (41 mins)
Michael Kraft joins Dennis Kennedy and Tom Mighell on Kennedy-Mighell Report discuss practical methods for encouraging tech competence and navigating new AI trends within legal practice. (43 mins)
Tanner’s Other Page Turners
Volunteers were buried face-down in the snow to help scientists study avalanche survival.
Are ultra-processed foods addictive? They can create powerful pulls similar to those of alcohol, nicotine or opioids, with troubling health consequences.
Blue Origin is scheduled to launch NASA's first mission to Mars since 2020, the ESCAPADE mission.
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