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Law School Grapples With AI Threat To Lawyers

Faced with automated systems that keep reaching deeper into the mysteries of lawyering, one law school is offering a short […]

Firms Establishing “Cannabis” Practice Groups

As legalization of marijuana takes hold across more and more U.S. jurisdictions, cannabis as law firm specialty is taking hold […]

Vermont Case Raises Dicey Question: Are State AG Emails “Privileged”?

When the Vermont Attorney General’s office was preparing to investigate Exxon Mobil for allegedly hiding its own climate change research, […]

Spymail, A Little-Known Risk For Attorneys And Firms

When managing risk in today’s law firm or legal department, one big risk is often overlooked. It arrives in the […]

Lessons For GCs From Yahoo Breach

Following a series of massive high-profile data breaches at Yahoo, the general counsel resigned. In this post from D&O Diary, […]

Survey: How Law Departments Are Working Smarter

Almost all departments surveyed had taken steps to curb their outside legal spend, with some success…

DOJ Cites Privilege In Seeking To Block Sally Yates Testimony

Earlier this month the Justice Department told former acting Attorney General Sally Yates that much of her possible testimony before […]

A.I. Threat To Lawyers Overblown

The demise of the flesh-and-blood attorney has been greatly exaggerated, according to this discussion of what A.I. (artificial intelligence) is […]

Can FOIA Get To Private Emails?

What looked like a clear answer in a 2016 appeals court decision was qualified by a federal court earlier this […]

CA State Bar Says No Sex With Clients

Some exceptions are noted, as this rule updates and expands a previous rule that allowed consensual sex, as long as…

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