Author: Stephen Embry

This post was originally published on this site Don’t tell me about your effort. Show me your results. Tim Fargo  I have recently attended several legal tech conferences and other lawyer meetings, which were dominated by Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) discussions and presentations. Despite the rapid advancement of GenAI and AI technologies, the content at […]

This post was originally published on this site It goes without saying that one of the most critical functions of a law firm is to train its associates adequately. But time constraints and a lack of consistency, as I have previously discussed, make good, sound training of associates problematic in many firms. However, large language models […]

This post was originally published on this siteIt seems like every day, there is a new vendor survey about what’s happening in the legal marketplace. Sometimes, these are designed to reveal a result that the vendor thinks will help sell its products. Sometimes, they offer beneficial and, in some cases, remarkably candid insights. Thomson Reuters’ […]

This post was originally published on this siteIt seems like every day, there is a new vendor survey about what’s happening in the legal marketplace. Sometimes, these are designed to reveal a result that the vendor thinks will help sell its products. Sometimes, they offer beneficial and, in some cases, remarkably candid insights. Thomson Reuters’ […]

This post was originally published on this site Working with outside counsel is like getting thrown in a pit of rattlesnakes and hoping one won’t bite you. Anonymous Axiom, the 14,000-person alternative legal service provider, launched in 2000, together with Wakefield Research, recently conducted and published a Study of U.S. in-house counsel. They conducted a […]

This post was originally published on this site The less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it. Mark Twain More and more law firms are opting to require lawyers and certainly associates to be in the office at least four days a week. At some point, […]

This post was originally published on this siteA 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? Last week, I ran across a good piece […]

This post was originally published on this site 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 areas, but only 2% of lawyers do. […]

This post was originally published on this site 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. I do this because I am interested […]

This post was originally published on this siteWe 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 in a closet talking to ourselves too much.” […]