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Building a Quantifiable Business Case for AI in Corporate Legal Departments
Identifying Good and Bad Use Cases for AI for Law Firms
AI's Impact on Litigation
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Many judges seem to be getting fed up with PowerPoint overkill. At the American Bar Association's Antitrust Spring Meeting in Washington, D.C., in March, several federal district judges expressed candid views about the use of...more
New FCRA Class Action Expands Potential Scope of AI Litigation - In January 2026, job applicants Erin Kistler and Sruti Bhaumik filed a class action against Eightfold AI Inc., alleging that the company’s AI hiring platform...more
A panel of the Ninth Circuit held, in an unpublished opinion, that Allied World Specialty Insurance Company (Allied) must defend its insureds even though there were undisputedly excluded allegations of sexual abuse in the...more
A recent defense victory reinforces key procedural protections for defendants and pushes back against a growing plaintiff‑side litigation tactic....more
Litigation funding by non-parties has grown from a small niche into a significant industry, with such investments estimated to exceed $67 billion annually by 2037. As the volume of litigation continues to grow, so too does...more
Internal investigations are on the rise. As governments and regulators step up enforcement measures and whistleblower complaints surge, the number of internal investigations is increasing across a variety of industry sectors....more
In Think Again, organizational psychologist Adam Grant recounts a short “code of honor” attributed to television writer George Meyer. One line in particular feels tailor-made for anyone who has ever mediated a personal injury...more
A federal court in Massachusetts has again halted the U.S. Department of Education’s (ED) Admissions and Consumer Transparency Supplement (ACTS) survey admissions data collection for an expanded group of colleges and...more
The High Court has refused to compel The Guardian newspaper to disclose the identity of an alleged source of non-public court information. The judgment emphasises the high bar for obtaining a Norwich Pharmacal order...more
A recent decision from the Louisiana Supreme Court clarifies that attorney fee-sharing agreements between lawyers in different firms are subject to – and must comply with – the Louisiana Rules of Professional Conduct,...more
Introduction: The Urgency of the Question - Will AI take my job? That question is no longer speculative. It is now front-page relevant, driven not only by rapid advances in AI, but by two recent events that reveal how quickly...more
A federal court just granted approval to a TCPA class action settlement involving messages sent by GoldCo using the Call Loop text platform. The Plaintiff claimed Gold Co had sent messages to himself and others on the DNC...more
This case was filed in 2018 when Alvogen submitted to the FDA an ANDA for approval to market generic Belbuca, a buprenorphine buccal film used to administer the drug transmucosally....more
Rarely does one case identify three separate ethical issues worthy of discussion. However, Justice Fader did me a favor in State of Maryland v. James S. Houston, No. 37, September Term, 2025 (March 20, 2026). Originally...more
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana - Plaintiffs allege their decedent, Michael P. Dandry, Jr., died from mesothelioma after working with asbestos-containing products at Avondale Shipyard in...more
Online marketplaces create enormous opportunities for businesses to attract more customers and sell in previously unreachable markets. But the ecommerce landscape also makes it easier for counterfeit goods and unauthorized...more
Mortgage lenders and other entities submitting claims for payment to the federal government should take note of recent case law from the Ninth Circuit emphasizing how private litigants continue to drive litigation under the...more
In December 2025, the Superior Court of Quebec dismissed an application that sought to end a C$600-million lawsuit on three separate preliminary grounds: lack of jurisdiction, motion to dismiss and abuse of procedure....more
What was once considered a niche technical function, collecting and reviewing electronic evidence, is now moving to the center of how legal work gets done. Data volumes are growing exponentially, file types are multiplying,...more
Editor’s Note: Discovery has long centered on documents, but courts are increasingly looking past them. As structured data becomes more central to how organizations operate, it’s becoming harder to sidestep in litigation...more
“Objection!” is one of the most important things to say in court. During hearings in front of the judge, many lawyers feel freer to object to potentially improper evidence or arguments. However, during jury trials, some...more
Rule 404(b) of the Federal Rules of Evidence has long served as a gatekeeping mechanism in criminal and civil trials, barring parties from using evidence of prior conduct to argue that a person acted in conformity with a...more
The US Court of Federal Claims’ decision in Kwong v. United States may pose beneficial opportunities for taxpayers and litigation risk for the government by altering the substantive amount of interest, penalties, and...more
Clients faced with defending or initiating litigation often begin with the question: “Can we win?” The question sounds simple enough, and if the law is favorable, the instinctive answer might be “yes.” But “winning” in court...more
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (“Ninth Circuit”) recently addressed the limited ability of a non-signatory to compel arbitration under both federal and California state contract law. The opinion, Olson v. FCA...more
