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☆ AI could become a lawyer's greatest help in the courtroom
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Matthew S. Smith | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Courtesy of Danielle BeneckeA lawyer's copilotFounded in 1949, Baker McKenzie has over 6,500 lawyers working in 70 offices worldwide. The firm's work building generative AI to produce legal draft advice for high-volume employment-law questions recently won an award from Law.com. Courtesy of Jake HellerAI won't replace lawyersThere's another fear likely to push lawyers toward AI: other lawyers. Lawyers might also turn to AI to address a force meant to tame AI: regulation. "I think in three to five years, not using AI for legal work will be tantamount to refusing to use online search for legal work today," Ziniti said.

Persons: Michael Cohen, Donald Trump, Cohen, isn't, Danielle Benecke, Baker McKenzie, Benecke, Cecilia Ziniti, It's, copilot, Ziniti, Cecilia Ziniti Ziniti, CoCounsel, CoCounsel isn't, Jake Heller, Thomson, Heller, they'd, it's Organizations: Google, Law.com, Federal Trade Commission, Microsoft, AI's, IBM, CoCounsel, Thomson Reuters, Times, American Bar Association

☆ A law firm that boasts of being the 'most-feared' in the world is boosting pay for newly qualified London lawyers to $225,500
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-13 | by ( Polly Thompson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

US law firm Quinn Emanuel has upped pay for junior lawyers to $225,500. Legal pay has been increasing, but keeping pace with the deep pockets of US-based rivals is challenging for UK firms. AdvertisementQuinn Emanuel, one of the largest global litigation firms, just made a major play to attract young talent in London. The firm is increasing base annual salaries for young lawyers to $225,500 (£180,000), according to a statement published on Friday. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.

Persons: Quinn Emanuel, —, Law.com Organizations: Service, Business Locations: London

The public backlash persists over the fake, sexually explicit images of Taylor Swift that recently circulated online. The pornographic and digitally altered images of the superstar singer-songwriter and musician spread last week on social media websites such as X, formerly Twitter. The images were deepfakes, a relatively new term for a seemingly realistic but manipulated video or photo produced by a form of AI. But the proliferation of such deepfakes is getting the attention of government officials – both nationally and at the state level. Additionally, at least the 10 states below now have legislation that specifically targets those who create and share explicit deepfake content, as reported by USA Today.

Persons: Taylor Swift, ”, Judith Germano, –, Joe Biden, Germano, ” Germano Organizations: Organization for Social Media Safety, NYU School of Law, Management, “, USA

☆ 3 law students from Harvard and Columbia lost their job offers over their student organizations' statements on the Israel-Hamas war
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Davis Polk has pulled job offers to three law students from Harvard and Columbia. The firm said the students were part of statements on the Israel-Hamas war that went against the firm's values. The move comes after an NYU law student also had a job offer revoked over a statement on Israel. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe law firm Davis Polk & Wardwell has rescinded job offers to three students from Columbia University and Harvard University due to their involvement in student organizations whose statements on the Israel-Hamas war ran counter to the firm's values. The law firm Winston & Strawn withdrew its job offer to a New York University law student who also published a statement on the Hamas attacks on Israel.

Persons: Davis Polk, —, Neil Barr, Winston, Strawn, Israel Organizations: Harvard, Columbia, Service, Wardwell, Columbia University, Harvard University, law.com, Hamas, Israel Defense Forces, Ministry of Health, New York University, NYU Student Bar Association Locations: Israel, launchcounterattacks, Gaza, Europe

☆ A law firm accused one of its own attorneys of 'quiet quitting' in a lawsuit
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-25 | by ( Stephanie Stacey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Napoli Shkolnik, a law firm in New York, is suing one of its attorneys for "quiet quitting." The firm's complaint explicitly references the pandemic-era "trend" of "quiet quitting." The law firm wants to strike Palmore's compensation for her "period of her disloyalty" — meaning it wants her to return more than $400,000. Lucas Markowitz of Offit Kurman, for Napoli Shkolnik, told Abovethelaw.com that Palmore "misrepresented her skillset, experience and book of business to obtain a position with Napoli Shkolnik. She then directly competed with Napoli Shkolnik by leading her own law firm."

☆ Kanye West is no longer working with the white-shoe lawyers who helped him break his deal with the Gap. Here's what they have to say.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Jack Newsham | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Now his lawyers at Cadwalader and Brown Rudnick appear to be distancing themselves. Now, even lawyers that have prided themselves on representing controversial clients appear to be doing the same. A Brown Rudnick spokesman didn't immediately respond to a request for comment on the TMZ report. Ekwan Rhow, a principal at the law firm Bird Marella, previously referred to himself as a "personal adviser" to West in his online biography, an archived version shows. Gravante made a similar comment to the Cadwalader spokesman when asked for comment about the "Love Lockdown" singer.

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