Quinn Emanuel
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3 Questions For A Legal Tech Founder And Handicapper (Part II)
Pre/Dicta uses AI and machine learning to forecast outcomes and timelines for case-critical motion practice in civil suits. It is the only commercially available predictive AI for litigation.
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3 Questions For A Legal Tech Founder And Handicapper (Part I)
Pre/Dicta uses AI and machine learning to forecast outcomes and timelines for case-critical motion practice in civil suits. It is the only commercially available predictive AI for litigation.
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Quinn Emanuel Avoids Sanctions In Elon Musk Defamation Case
Let’s see if any lessons were learned.
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Elon Musk’s Attorney Responds To Sanctions Motion Over Messy Deposition
These actions may not be sanctionable, but nothing about this is helping Musk’s case.
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Another Top Biglaw Firm’s Ransomware Attack Shows The Importance Of Cybersecurity
Amazon and Google aren’t the only ones interested in personal data.
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Musk won’t cage fight Zuckerberg, so he’ll have to settle for getting whupped in court.
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Elon Musk Disappointed To Learn His Own Legal Agreements Still Apply To Him
Surprising no one at all.
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Elon Musk Settlement Agreement As Unconstitutional Taking Is… A Theory
Musk’s legal team cites landmark Property case to undermine SEC settlement agreement.
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Is It Bad When Opposing Counsel’s Writes Judge, ‘Here We Are Again’? Asking For Elon Musk.
Spoliation… is that bad?
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Quinn Emanuel Will Allow Lawyers To Work Remotely, Indefinitely, From Anywhere In The Country
Is this the first of many Am Law 100 firms to make such a move?
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* Avenatti is no longer trying to get in on the Michael Cohen case… because he says they’re already going to get all the documents they need. [CNBC]
* Weil Gotshal shortening its partnership track in bid to keep young talent around. [New York Law Journal]
* Former K&L Gates business development manager charged with threatening a professor who had written that Trump voters were violent racists. A point underscored when… violent racists started making threats against him. [American Lawyer]
* Ethics experts weigh in on Quinn Emanuel’s forfeiture-for-competition clause. They… don’t like it. [Law360]
* We’ve talked about White & Case’s decorating chops before. Now they’ve got themselves a new Silicon Valley look. [The Recorder]
* California passes a strict net neutrality bill. I guess they weren’t compelled by Ajit Pai’s stupid video. [Courthouse News Service]
* National Law Journal names the DC litigation departments of the year. Do we have a name for this? Like “The Deecees” or something? [National Law Journal]
* Legendary internet commenter “Loyola 2L” has dropped his mask. [American Lawyer]
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‘The Snapchat Story’ Has All The Salacious Details Legal and Tech Nerds Will Love
If you are a legal and tech nerd, then you will thoroughly enjoy Gallagher’s new book.
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* Both Quinn Emanuel and Kirkland & Ellis are moving into Boston. Is this going to be a trend? Is there enough extra work laying around up there for this to be a trend? [American Lawyer]
* Look forward to hearing more about machine learning in 2018! It’s good to know it won’t all be vague conversations about blockchain next year. [Legaltech News]
* Jeff Sessions opens door to debtor’s prisons, because of course he does. [New York Times]
* And… here come the lawsuits over Apple’s newly uncovered practice of slowing down old phones. There’s a lot of ill will about these types of suits, but this is a pretty good example of how out of hand things can get without the threat of litigation. [Daily Business Review]
* Texas Lawyer put together a top 10 list of the troubled lawyers and judges of 2017. [Texas Lawyer]
* Steptoe’s John Nolan Jr., who negotiated the Bay of Pigs prisoner releases, has passed. [National Law Journal]
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* Harvey Weinstein is bringing on famed defense attorney Ben Brafman who is conveniently not representing the New York Times at the moment. [Reuters]
* Appellate attorney spoke candidly about the lack of funding for his death penalty appeal, prompting the state quickly remedy the situation to avoid the specter of injustice. Nah, just kidding, they fired the attorney. [Salt Lake Tribune]
* Texas judge ordered to take a class on listening. There are probably a few other judges that could use a refresher course on that. [Texas Lawyer]
* There’s a new GC at the NLRB and he’s fired up and ready to begin dismantling the agency and turning a blind eye to the constituents he’s supposed to serve. [Law360]
* Election day swept some Biglaw lawyers into office. [National Law Journal]
* Locke Lord hit with £500,000 over a London partner’s “dubious” financial arrangements. [American Lawyer]
* Companies continue to delay sweeping information governance changes. But soon they might be unavoidable if clients want to keep discovery costs down. [Legaltech News]
* A $30 million lawsuit against Morgan Lewis for alleged conflicts will go forward. [Legal Intelligencer]
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Law Firms Need To Market Their Knowledge And Use Of AI
It’s not a matter of whether law firms will need to market their knowledge and use of AI (artificial intelligence), it’s a matter of when.
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* Last night’s Ninth Circuit argument drew a live audience of more than 137K people. But remember there’s no audience for real-time Supreme Court coverage. [Litigation Daily]
* Despite the public interest, Judge Neil Gorsuch reportedly dodged questions about the ban “like the plague” according to Senator Schumer, who met with the nominee yesterday. With a president so fond of bluntness, it’s good to see the old ways of spineless deflection and disingenuous evasion still have a home in Washington. [Law360]
* ABA rejects tighter law school standards because why throw the brakes on the runaway train? [National Law Journal]
* Maryland takes a firm stance against courts using financial wherewithal to determine whether someone sits in jail or goes free on bail. [Washington Post]
* Quinn Emanuel’s investigation finds widespread corruption at FIFA. In other news, the sky is blue. [Bloomberg]
* The “Internet of Things” is going to blow up discovery. [Legaltech News]
* Pillsbury takes its talents (from Boies Schiller) to South Beach. [Daily Business Review]
* And congrats to the new editorial team over at ALM. Heather Nevitt was named executive editor of Corporate Counsel and Inside Counsel while Gina Passarella was named executive editor of The American Lawyer.