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Lot of sneaky buggers out in cyberland

Legal Research is Easy

Once upon a time, I was a legal researching God working in a law library. Hackers accessed the attorney’s email and modified wire transfer instructions for a real estate closing, diverting client funds (about $150,000) resulting in a malpractice claim filed which was resolved with cyber insurance payout.

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Westlaw Precision: Next-Generation Legal Research With a Human Touch

Attorney at Work

Thomson Reuters has launched Westlaw Precision, its most dramatic update to the Westlaw research platform since Westlaw Edge in 2018. For this new version, Westlaw tackled the underlying issues that slow down legal research — namely lack of precision in search results, which leads to extra hours reviewing cases that aren’t relevant.

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The Five Most Momentous Legal Tech Fails

Law Sites

Let’s revisit five of the most momentous legal tech fails of the last 10 years. It launched in 2017 to great fanfare, promising to “revolutionize legal services” through its dual-entity model of both a law firm and a technology company. He is also cofounder of the LawNext Legal Technology Directory.

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The Future of Law Firms: How Legal Tech Is Modernizing Traditional Practice

Attorney at Work

For example, rather than sorting through mountains of paperwork with the risk of something being misplaced or missed, legal tech solutions can automate all sorts of lower-end, repetitive tasks. Notably, firms that fully leverage technology may actually see an increase in profitability at much higher rates than others since the pandemic began.

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The Legal Singularity and the Future of Legal Research – Benjamin Alarie and Abdi Aidid (TGIR Ep. 193)

3 Geeks and a Law Blog

Benjamin Alarie and Abdi Aidid are legal experts who are heavily involved in the development of legal technology. They are releasing a new book, The Legal Singularity: How Artificial Intelligence Can Make Law Radically Better later this year.

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AI Isn’t New to Law: How the Practice of Law Should Embrace AI

RPC Strategies

But when corporate service providers applied AI technology to solve industrial problems, its presence seemed purely benign. We use AI every time we access legal research programs, and most firms probably use AI assisted document management systems. Not only will AI certainly impact your practice in the future, it already has.

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Apr./May 2025 > Need to Know

WA Bar News

WSBA CLE Volunteer Presenter WSBA CLE is currently seeking volunteer CLE speakers on the topics of limited practice officer/title/escrow, and legal technology/AI. RESOURCES vLex Fastcase Platform Upgrade In October 2024, Fastcase 7, the WSBAs free legal research platform for members, transitioned tovLex Fastcase.