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* What can we learn from the Shirley Sherrod ridiculousness? [Associated Press]
* Charlie Rangel will face a public trial on various tax and ethics violations. [CNN]
Schenck Price Competes Smarter With Lexis+ With Protégé
LexisNexis sat down with John Ursin, Managing Partner at Schenck Price, to learn how the firm is using legal AI to strengthen client service and daily legal work.
* Immediate fallout from financial reform. [Law.com]
* New York State wants some money from Merrill Lynch and BoA. [Courthouse News Service]
* Indian law schools are on the cutting edge of transgendered self-identification. [ABA Journal]
* Americans are getting dumber relative to the rest of the world. [New York Times]
AI Is Killing Legal’s Billable Hour. It’s Also Repeating Its Worst Mistake
Law firms and legal departments are writing the future of the profession in separate rooms. What happens when they actually work together?
* Darth Vader has been reduced to common thievery. [NY Daily News]