US NEWS RANKING - U.S. News & World Report “Best Law Schools” rankings include several changes within the T14 schools. University of Virginia School of Law and New York University are among the movers and shakers. Law.com’s Christine Charnosky reports how the rankings compare to the prior two years.
IN OR OUT? - Legal departments’ exploration of generative artificial intelligence has sparked interest in bringing more matters back in-house. A movement toward in-sourcing is just one potential outcome Law.com’s Maria Dinzeo and Dan Roe report in their forecast of the possible winners and losers in the GenAI era. The technology is just the latest innovation contributing to a building groundsell for doing more work internally, according to Ed Sohn, head of global insights for legal services provider Factor. “When I’ve spoken to people throughout the years in working closely with in-house legal departments, I’ve heard people say, ‘There are definitely times when we’re paying a law firm to use tech on our behalf.’ And that’s crazy. We believe there is both opportunity and ability for in-house legal departments to take advantage of a transformative technological wave,” Sohn said.
ON THE RADAR - Amundsen Davis filed a trade secret lawsuit on April 8 in Illinois Northern District Court on behalf of the Gordon Law Group, a law firm specializing in cryptocurrency taxation. The suit brings claims against Founder’s CPA and former Gordon Law employee Justin McCormick for allegedly misappropriating templates, client forms and other proprietary information, and allegedly sharing the information in YouTube videos. Counsel have not yet appeared for the defendants. The case is 1:24-cv-02817, The Gordon Law Group, Ltd. v. Fpsg LLC. Stay up on the latest state and federal litigation, as well as the latest corporate deals, with Law.com Radar.
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