As generative artificial intelligence transitions quickly from an intellectual curiosity to a courtroom reality, judges should keep asking questions but not deny the technology’s potential benefits out of hand, experts told the annual Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference gathering in Sacramento on Monday. Speaking to a partially filled ballroom of judges…

Missouri-founded Polsinelli is engineering one of the largest lateral additions lately, snagging more than 20 partners from Holland & Knight in Philadelphia en route to planting its first flag in the City of Brotherly Love and continuing on a path of post-pandemic growth in the Northeast. The firms hadn’t released…

Los Angeles courthouses will reopen Tuesday “with limited functionality” four days after a ransomware attack crippled computer networks across the nation’s largest trial court system. All 36 courthouses in the Los Angeles County Superior Court were closed Monday as technicians worked to bring databases and documents back online and law…

A $1.6 million settlement has been reached for a Hackensack construction worker injured when an electrical cord broke free from the scaffolding above and fell 37 stories, striking the man and causing severe injuries. Carlos A. Terranova was working for Iron Works F.E. on July 20, 2018, conducting exterior repairs…

Lawyer head count grew by 2.1% overall in 2023 at the 100 firms with the most lawyers in Texas, with midsize Texas firms and out-of-state firms with Texas offices accounting for much of that growth. Meanwhile, as firms look nationally and globally for expansion, many of the large firms founded…

Harvey, the generative artificial intelligence-powered professional services and legal technology startup, announced on Tuesday that it raised $100 million in a Series C funding round, bringing its valuation to $1.5 billion. The round was led by Google Ventures, with participation from OpenAI, Kleiner Perkins, Sequoia Capital, Elad Gil and SV Angel,…