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ABA Techshow: Startup Alley 2025
Every year the ABA Techshow features 15 legal tech startups who participate in the convention’s Startup Alley.
Startup Alley gives lawyers the opportunity to see what new tech is coming down the pike, and also, maybe, gives people the opportunity to invest in upcoming legal tech companies.
Sort of like Shark Tank for ... (full story)
Westlaw gets partial win in AI scraping copyright case: Analysis
If you hadn’t seen the news (and if you are in IP, you surely did), a judge has ruled in favor of Thomson Reuters and Westlaw in an AI scraping copyright case against some company called Ross Intelligence.
The judge rejected Ross’s Fair Use argument in Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH v. Ross Intelligence Inc. ... (full story)
SEC establishes new enforcement unit for cyber and emerging tech
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently announced the formation of an updated task force to fight cyber-related crimes and to help retail owners of cyber/crypto assets maintain their holdings against the nefarious folks who would want to take them away or somehow disrupt their ownership thereof.
The current Crypto ... (full story)
Here comes the NextGen Bar Exam
Starting in 2028, law school graduates sitting for the bar exam will join 33 other jurisdictions by taking the NextGen Bar Exam.
That would seem to cover most current law school freshmen, so pay attention if you fall into that category.
In a press release, Michel Jendretzky, attorney services director at the Supreme Court ... (full story)
Two legal AI platforms that might not be garbage
Legal AIs affiliated with LexisNexis and Bloomberg Law have just been opened to curious lawyers and, like the headline says, they may not be garbage. No guarantees, of course.
LexisNexis has launched their Protégé AI Assistant to general availability.
According to the company, Protégé comes with ... (full story)