What’s Happening in Legal | October 27

Kaleb Parrish
Fri, 27 Oct 2023 18:05:46 +0000
Legal Industry Research

Martindale-Avvo presents What’s Happening in Legal, our bi-weekly news flying around the legal community: Check back soon for another issue of Martindale-Avvo’s What’s Happening in Legal.

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Martindale-Avvo presents What’s Happening in Legal, our bi-weekly news flying around the legal community:

LexusNexis launches Lexis+AI, a generative AI solution designed to transform legal work

NCBE is extending current bar exam until 2028 and NextGen exam will incorporate family law

LSAT eliminates the ‘logic games’ section and replaces it with more logical reasoning

Fugees hip-hop artist requests new trial over lawyer’s alleged experimental use of AI to compose closing argument

Migrant family-separation settlement provides a path to asylum, and Trump-era policy receives an 8-year ban

In the event of “dystopian issues,” the court enables use of keyword search data to identify suspects

With a revised conservatorship definition of “gravely disabled”, California intends to expand mental health care

Former San Antonio attorney pleads guilty in a ‘Ponzi-type scam’ that cost his clients up to $65M

Gordon Rees rebrands new law firm to GRSM50, being the first to include a ‘numerical identification’ in its name

According to Clio’s 2023 Legal Trends Report, clients are more optimistic about AI than legal experts

Unauthorized ‘rummaging’ through competitor’s Dropbox leads to punishment against this law firm

Check back soon for another issue of Martindale-Avvo’s What’s Happening in Legal.