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15 September 2023
Issue: 8040 / Categories: Legal News , Profession , Artificial intelligence , Cyber , Technology
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NLJ this week: Human ingenuity & AI’s potential in the litigation sphere

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How will artificial intelligence (AI) affect litigation and disputes? Could it improve access to justice? Bring costs down? To what extent and in what areas will it speed the preparation process up? In this week’s NLJ, Eimear McCann, commercial director at TrialView, looks at the range of uses of AI in disputes and considers how this might develop in future.

As McCann notes, ethical issues are being raised: ‘With growth comes risk, and in the context of AI, we are all too aware of privacy, ethics and IP concerns.

‘Users are naturally querying ownership of AI algorithms, with concerns around specific and non-specific AI, and around any data leaving a contained platform or site.’

However, McCann writes that a ‘definitive inflection point’ has been reached in the journey of AI in litigation and disputes. 

Read more on AI here.

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Weightmans—Jason Slatcher

Weightmans—Jason Slatcher

Weightmans appoint new Chief Technology Officer

Mishcon de Reya—trainees

Mishcon de Reya—trainees

Mishcon de Reya announces trainee retention rate of 86%

Sackers—Charlotte Adams & Fraser Sutton

Sackers—Charlotte Adams & Fraser Sutton

Sackers welcomes two new Graduate Solicitor Apprentices

NEWS
LexisNexis will mark the 80th anniversary of Shawcross and Beaumont on Air Law with a live podcast exploring the evolution of aviation law from the Chicago Convention to the challenges facing modern aerospace, taking place on Tuesday 29 September
Harmony Christian Ministries is the latest charity to benefit from a £500 donation from AlphaBiolabs via the company’s Giving Back initiative
Indemnity costs remain exceptional, but parties cannot ignore a case that deteriorates around them. In Lawrence v Associated Newspapers, Mr Justice Nicklin ordered the claimants to pay indemnity costs after finding their conduct, viewed cumulatively, fell ‘well outside the norm’
Public law is in flux following reversals and robust appellate intervention, according to the latest public law update by the team at HSFK for NLJ
Neurotechnology is turning the human mind into an operational domain, exposing gaps in the laws of war
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