83% of Lawyers Use AI But Efficiency Gains Lag

More than 80% of lawyers are using AI at work, according to a new Bloomberg Law survey. And competition is what’s by and large driving law firms to adopt AI. But it’s not an efficiency bombshell.

Midterms May Hinge on Prediction Market Preemption

A number of states prevent voters and election officials from betting on elections. The new explosion of prediction markets may cause these old laws to create new chaos in the midterm elections.

State Constitutions Drive Recent Pivotal Rulings

State constitutions frequently differ from their federal counterpart in ways that impact key issues. Three recent cases in Montana, Virginia, and Alaska state supreme courts illustrate how unique state constitutional text is driving critical case outcomes.

Law Students Are Still Not Well, Despite Help

Over the past three years, law student well-being has remained stagnant, according to data from Bloomberg law. Despite significant changes to how well-being is addressed in law schools, high percentages of future lawyers continue to report anxiety and disrupted sleep.

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ANALYSIS: State Constitutions Drive Recent Pivotal Rulings

State constitutions frequently differ from their federal counterpart in ways that impact key issues. Three recent cases in Montana, Virginia, and Alaska state supreme courts illustrate how unique state constitutional text is driving critical case outcomes.

ANALYSIS: Law Students Are Still Not Well, Despite Help

Over the past three years, law student well-being has remained stagnant, according to data from Bloomberg law. Despite significant changes to how well-being is addressed in law schools, high percentages of future lawyers continue to report anxiety and disrupted sleep.

ANALYSIS: AI’s Risks Fly Under Contract Drafters’ Radar

Artificial intelligence is introducing new risks into commercial contracts. But drafters have been slow to get ahead of the problem, resulting in contractual provisions that are ill-suited to reflect the realities of AI-enabled workflows.

ANALYSIS: Social Media’s Next Tobacco Parallel: The Forum Fracas

In this installment of point/counterpoint-style articles examining whether social media litigation may follow the path of Big Tobacco, Bloomberg Law legal analyst Gary Almeter argues that the forthcoming skirmish over forthcoming social media case venues will replicate those of tobacco.

ANALYSIS: Social Media Won’t Face Big Tobacco’s Forum Chaos

Unlike 1990s tobacco litigation, social media suits face more defendant-friendly rules: federal consolidation, limits on state-court aggregation, and MDLs that reduce uncertainty. This will make quantifying legal risk and settlement options much more manageable for social media defendants.

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