Daily legal AI news
5 stories on AI in courts, ethics rules, regulation and legal software, each in a sentence or two with a link to the original source.
Microsoft on Thursday announced Copilot for Legal, which adds more than 20 purpose-built legal skills to Microsoft 365 Copilot and expands access to legal data through partner connectors. Bloomberg Law and Trellis announced connectors for court dockets and state trial court records.
Source: Bloomberg Law via PR Newswire (opens in a new tab) · Also: Trellis via PR Newswire (opens in a new tab)
Clio and MetLife Legal Plans announced a strategic alliance Thursday that starts with discounted access to Clio Manage for attorneys in MetLife's network, plus technical support.
Judge Katherine Polk Failla of the Southern District of New York on Oct. 9 ordered counsel for a defaulted defendant in Flycatcher Corp. Ltd. v. Ozmos Company LLC, No. 1:24-cv-09429-KPF, to pay $38,877.59 in attorneys' fees and costs after earlier terminal sanctions for generative-AI fabrications.
Harvey on Thursday launched Legal Work Orchestration, linking a matter's phases, tasks, people and review checkpoints so agents execute defined steps while lawyers sign off at set gates. Tasks and notifications are rolling out now; reusable templates are in early access.
Source: Harvey blog (opens in a new tab)
West Virginia Supreme Court justices questioned an attorney at oral argument about AI-generated fake citations in her brief in a parental-rights appeal. No sanction has been reported.
Source: ABA Journal (opens in a new tab)
Summaries are written by our team from the linked sources. They are news, not legal advice.