Geller v. Uber: Illinois Wrongful Death Claims Stay in Court
A spouse’s separate Uber agreement did not require arbitration of wrongful death claims arising from her husband’s ride. What Geller means for Illinois…
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The archived articles below were originally published in 2016–2018. They retain their original dates and may discuss laws or technology that have since changed. For current AI work, visit Integrated Cognition.
'Deepfake' Video Editing Tools Animate Fake News. Are They Legal?
Attorneys should learn about and understand emerging technologies in order to adapt to potential legal issues presented by these technologies. One example of a…
Read articleBefore Artificial Intelligence Comes Automation Intelligence
Many businesses and law firms are already implementing intelligent automation. This article discusses the concept of intelligent automation as a precursor to…
Read articleIllinois Might Soon Accept Bitcoin and Other Cryptocurrencies for Payment of Taxes
Representative Michael J. Zalewski recently introduced a bill to the Illinois General Assembly that would allow for the payment of State taxes by…
Read articleMayo Clinic boosts clinical trials with IBM Watson artificial intelligence
In many cases, professionals are using artificial intelligence to augment performance. This means artificial intelligence is not replacing jobs, but helping…
Read articleAutomation in the Legal Industry: How Will It Affect Recent Law School Grads?
Automation is on the rise. This article discusses automation in the legal industry. Automation of the legal profession is something that should be given…
Read articleEthereum’s smart contracts are full of holes
This article, from the MIT Technology Review, discusses potential security concerns associated with the use of smart contracts. It is very important for a…
Read articleAn AI ‘Spell-Check for Lawyers,’ But Will They Trust It?
This is a very informative interview with Shmuli Goldberg, a vice president of marketing for LawGeex. Recently, LawGeex revealed that the artificial…
Read articleWhy you want blockchain-based AI, even if you don’t know it yet
This is an excellent article that explores using blockchain technology to allow individuals to buy and sell information that can be used to create big sets of…
Read article3 Web Giants That Could Be Decentralized on a Blockchain
Blockchain is disrupting the digital world. A wide variety of businesses are already implementing blockchain into day-to-day operations. This very well written…
Read articleHow AI is Enabling Law Firms to Adapt to Value-Based Pricing
Short, but thought provoking, article exploring how law firms are already using artificial intelligence. The article has an interesting subsection that…
Read articleRevisit Blockchain's Fundamentals
Many experts believe the broad adoption of blockchain technology is going to impact how lawyers practice law and how law firms are operated. Blockchain…
Read articleEmbracing Artificial Intelligence at Your Law Firm
Many law firms are already exploring the benefits of artificial intelligence. Lawyers that write off AI as "science fiction" risk falling behind. This article…
Read article2017: The Year Legal Tech Grew Up
Many industry leaders agree that 2017 was a big year for Legal Tech. This article discusses a few significant advancements in legal technology. It is now…
Read articleDoes Blockchain Have A Place In Healthcare?
Many attorneys play a vital role in the legal aspects of healthcare. Whether protecting the rights of patients, doctors or hospitals, lawyers who have a…
Read articleThe Legal AI Year in Review + 2018 Predictions
As 2017 comes to an end, many people are talking about what to expect from Legal Tech in 2018. This article presents the opinions of several industry leaders…
Read articleConsolidation in Legal Tech: How the 'New Normal' Benefits Companies and Customers
The usefulness of Legal Tech is not restricted to helping law firms save costs. By implementing the right technology, law firms are also able to better serve…
Read articleHow To Use Twitter To Skyrocket Your Search Engine Rankings
Lawyers who are exploring how technology might help grow their law firms should not overlook using technology for marketing. Neil Patel regularly offers…
Read articleTo Adopt Legal Tech, Lawyers Need to Start Thinking Like Entrepreneurs
Law firms are businesses. Lawyers who have ownership in a law firm should recognize this fact. In turn, lawyers should set out to implement technology designed…
Read articleWall Street Wakes Up to Legal AI for Due Diligence
Law firms and many other businesses are using Artificial Intelligence to complete mundane narrow tasks. By using this technology to complete these necessary…
Read articleForget The Hype: What Every Business Leader Needs To Know About Artificial Intelligence Now
This is an interesting article written by Forbes about how businesses are presently using artificial intelligence. Many times, there is an intersection between…
Read articleMIT Legal Forum on AI and Blockchain
Many experts predict that Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain will drastically impact how lawyers practice law and operate their law firms. In late October…
Read articleCan A.I. Be Taught to Explain Itself?
Artificial Intelligence is mysterious. Even leading researchers in the field are often mystified by this world changing technology. Oftentimes, these…
Read articleHow Business Schools Teach Cryptocurrencies
Businesses and law firms alike have been cautious in their approach to blockchain, because of the groundbreaking technology's connection to Bitcoin. However,…
Read articleEra of AI-Powered Cyberattacks Has Started
The use of Artificial Intelligence by malicious individuals to increase the effectiveness of cyber attacks is another reason business owners, including lawyers…
Read article2 Chatbot Platforms for Lawyers, No Coding Required
This very informative article is written to help lawyers better understand how to use chat bots by offering step-by-step instructions on how to set up a legal…
Read articleHow Innovation Is Becoming as Important as Good Lawyering
All professionals should have a reasonably competent understanding of relevant technology. For lawyers, this is a professional requirement and a practical…
Read articleThis AI Can Spot Art Forgeries by Looking at One Brushstroke
This recommended reading discusses Artificial Intelligence that is designed to spot forgeries. Legal technology designed with AI capable of detecting forgeries…
Read article4 EXAMPLES OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN MARKETING
Artificial Intelligence (more precisely narrow artificial intelligence ) is here and is quickly being adopted by law firms and other businesses to help with a…
Read articleUC Berkeley Law Tackles Blockchain with New Interdisciplinary Course
Law Schools throughout the nation are beginning to recognize the increasingly significant role that technology will play in the practice of law. This article…
Read articleThe Shareability Factor: Are Patent Pools Useful for Blockchain Innovation?
Many people agree that Blockchain has the potential to disrupt multiple fields on law. This insightful article discusses using Blockchain to openly share,…
Read articleThe Gettysburg Address
The Gettysburg Address was written by President Abraham Lincoln. President Lincoln delivered the speech on November 19, 1863, to dedicate and set apart the…
Read articleA State Supreme Court Justice’s Open Letter to AI
California Supreme Court Justice Mariano-Florentine Cuéllar writes down a few of his thoughts about artificial intelligence.
Read articleAustralian AI Aims to Be a "Law Firm Without Lawyers"
Ailira (Artificially Intelligent Legal Information Research Assistant) is an Australia based AI development that is attempting reduce the cost of legal…
Read articleSiri and Alexa can be turned against you by ultrasound whispers
A team of researchers at Zhejiang University, in China, have successfully interacted with Siri and Alexa at frequencies of sound higher than what humans are…
Read articleOpenLaw Brings Legal Norms to Blockchain Token Transactions
Blockchain technology is likely going to drastically impact the practice of law. In light of a lawyer's duty to keep up-to-date on changes to the benefits and…
Read articleAnother State Adopts Duty of Technology Competence, Bringing Total to 28
Nebraska recently joined the many states that have adopted a duty that lawyers must be technologically competent. It is very likely that soon all states will…
Read articleBlockchain, project management, AI score among top legal innovations in prof's index
This is an interesting article about one professor's attempt to measure legal innovation. Michigan State University law professor Daniel W. Linna Jr.'s website…
Read articleMicrosoft unveils Project Brainwave for real-time AI
Microsoft recently revealed a new deep learning acceleration platform, code named Project Brainwave. Microsoft touts that this cutting edge deep learning…
Read articlePwC Sets Out Its AI-Powered NewLaw Strategy
Interesting article about how PwC is implementing artificial intelligence strategies to help its attorneys with mundane and repetitive tasks.
Read articleDueling AIs compete in learning to walk, secretly manipulating images and more at NIPS
The Neural Information Processing Systems conference is a machine learning and computational neuroscience conference held every December. This year the NIPS…
Read articleWill ASIC Chips Become The Next Big Thing In AI?
This is a very good article that explains the hardware side of artificial intelligence. It is important to understand both the hardware and the software side…
Read articleOnline Training Resources Can Increase Firm Efficiency and Create Better Work Product
While cutting edge technologies like blockchain and artificial intelligence often dominate the legal tech discussion, these ground breaking technologies are…
Read articleCan An AI Algorithm Copyright What It Creates?
The intersection of technology and law is not limited to the technology attorneys use in practice, legal AI (artificial intelligence), law firm IT support,…
Read articleLawyers Need To Understand The Benefits (And Risks) Of Technology
Competent lawyers must strive to understand the potential benefits and risks of relevant technology. Increasingly, practicing attorneys are ethically required…
Read articleI Fell for a Phishing Email, and the Law Couldn't Help Me
The practice of law, in the modern era, requires attorneys to understand technology. This holds especially true for technologies that are ubiquitous to the…
Read articleHow Artificial Intelligence benefits companies and ups their game
Artificial Intelligence is proving to be a revolutionary technology that is impacting all sectors. Attorneys need to understand this technology. This…
Read articleCan A Lawyer’s Workspace Operate In The Cloud?
New technologies, like cloud based services, present lawyers with both opportunity and potential danger. Unlike some business people, attorneys owe unique…
Read articlePreparing for the Future of Artificial Intelligence
The United States Government is preparing for the future of AI. In 2016, the National Science and Technology Council Committee on Technology (NSTC) prepared a…
Read articleTim Berners-Lee wins $1 million Turing Award
Tim Berners changed the world forever by inventing the Wold Wide Web along with the tools and protocols that made everyday use of the web practical. This…
Read articleThe Artificial Intelligence That Will Better Your Law Practice
Artificial intelligence is changing the way law firms operate. Recent breakthroughs in a type of artificial intelligence, called "narrow" or "weak" AI, make it…
Read articleA.I. Is Doing Legal Work. But It Won’t Replace Lawyers, Yet.
Artificial intelligence will change the practice of law. Very large law firms will be the first to adopt this technology, and already are .All law firms will…
Read articleHow to Automate Twitter To Get Attention and Grow Your Followers
A common complaint amongst lawyers is they "don't have enough time" to include social media in their marketing. This post is a great time saver for a…
Read articleAllegations Against the CIA Indicate Confidential Attorney-Client Communications Might be at Risk
The Central Intelligence Agency might have allowed vulnerabilities and exploits to remain present in software and hardware devices designed by U.S. companies,…
Read articleDefining "Negligence" in a Civil Lawsuit
A person is negligent when he fails to do something that a reasonably careful person would do, or he does something that a reasonably careful person would not…
Read articleQuick Takes on Illinois Supreme Court opinions issued Friday, Feb. 17
The Illinois State Bar Association regularly prepare very good and concise synopses of opinions issued by the Illinois Appellate Court and the Illinois Supreme…
Read articleTrump Nominates Judge Neil Gorsuch to Supreme Court
President Trump nominated a new member to the Supreme Court of the United States last night. He nominated Judge Neil Gorsuch . Before Judge Gorsuch is…
Read articleInformed Consent in Medical Malpractice, Final Part
Informed consent is theory of liability in medical malpractice cases. This is the final part in a multipart series on informed consent. The purpose of this…
Read articleThe Partnership on AI
Computer scientists are making tremendous progress in the field of artificial intelligence. The development of AI is giving rise to very interesting and…
Read articleHow to Remain Relevant in Today's 'Google It' Culture and Why That Matters
This article is relatively short, but offers great insight on why a strong Google presence matters. The article includes three basic but important steps to…
Read article10 Videos On How To Use Google Analytics
Google analytics is a very powerful tool. Jeff and Uros at Jeffalytics created ten videos that will help a new user of Google Analytics learn the basics. As…
Read articleInformed Consent in Medical Malpractice, Part 3
Informed consent is theory of liability in medical malpractice cases. This is the third part in a multipart series on informed consent. The purpose of this…
Read articleCase seeks to limit Facebook’s facial recognition technology
Technology and law intersect in many areas. Sometimes, technology advances what a law firm is capable of producing. Sometimes, technology allows for court…
Read articleInformed Consent in Medical Malpractice, Part 2
Informed consent is theory of liability in medical malpractice cases. This is the second part of a multipart series on informed consent. The purpose of this…
Read articleHow to Stop Your Phone from Leaking Private Information to Everyone You Call
Data Security is an important issue that all lawyers should take the time to understand. Data security, like so many topics, covers a vast area of information.…
Read articleImproving a Law Firm’s Web Presence and Google Visibility - Part Two
When increasing a small law firm’s web presence and Google visibility, a primary focus is to put the right content on the front page of Google. Curating the…
Read articleInformed Consent in Medical Malpractice, Part 1
This is the first section in a multipart series on informed consent. Informed consent is a theory of liability applicable to some medical malpractice cases.…
Read articleNIU Professor Calls Insanity Ruling In Rockford Murder Case 'Rare'
Avoiding criminal prosecution on the basis of "insanity" is not as common as many people might think. This article discusses this rarely successful defense.
Read articleScott Adams on How to be Unpersuasive
A trial lawyer's job is to persuade people - whether insurance adjusters or jurors. This is an interesting blog post by Scott on how be unpersuasive, or what…
Read articleIs Drinking and Driving a Reckless Act?
The term “reckless” has a special meaning in Illinois civil law. The law views a reckless act as a more serious offense than a negligent act. Drinking and…
Read articleIllinois Laws that take Effect January 1, 2017
Everyone should have a basic understanding of the law. This article lists new laws that take effect in Illinois on January 1, 2017.
Read articleImproving a Law Firm’s Web Presence and Google Visibility - Part One
This is the first in a multipart series discussing how a law firm or local business might increase its web presence and visibility on Google. This series is…
Read articleIs an Illinois Landowner Liable for an Injury Caused by a Fall on Ice?
Whether a landowner is liable for an injury caused by someone falling on ice or snow depends on the facts and circumstances of each case. Like most areas of…
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