{"id":25645,"date":"2016-05-12T20:32:34","date_gmt":"2016-05-13T03:32:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/biglaw-firm-brings-artificial-intelligence-on-board"},"modified":"2017-04-26T12:54:51","modified_gmt":"2017-04-26T19:54:51","slug":"biglaw-firm-brings-artificial-intelligence-on-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/biglaw-firm-brings-artificial-intelligence-on-board","title":{"rendered":"BigLaw Firm Brings Artificial Intelligence on Board"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/logo.biglaw-firm-brings-artificial-intelligence-on-board.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I still ponder on this question \u201cUnder current US laws, can I possibly win a suit against a law firm for poor representation because they used AI on my case and I lost my case that ended up causing me to lose millions and impacted my reputation? And, could this firm lose their license through the state board resulting from my claim &amp; suit as well as others who claimed poor representation due to AI used on their case?\u201d I believe they can under current laws.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Welcome to the firm, robot lawyers!<\/p>\n<p>Last week, BigLaw firm BakerHostetler <a title=\"ROSS Intelligence announces partnership with BakerHostetler\" href=\"http:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/ross-intelligence-announces-partnership-with-bakerhostetler-300264039.html\" target=\"_blank\">announced that it was partnering with ROSS Intelligence<\/a> to bring artificial intelligence to its Bankruptcy, Restructuring, and Creditor Rights practice. ROSS will be used to help BakerHostetler\u2019s non-robot lawyers research more quickly and intelligently. Will other firms follow their lead?<\/p>\n<p><strong>A New Kind of First Year Associate<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When it comes to the law, <a title=\"Law Firms in Transition Survey\" href=\"http:\/\/www.altmanweil.com\/dir_docs\/resource\/1c789ef2-5cff-463a-863a-2248d23882a7_document.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">many attorneys are skeptical of AI<\/a>. After all, smart, machine learning programs will never have the charisma, experience, or gut instincts of seasoned attorneys. And many have predicted that the integration of AI into legal practice <a title=\"'Elite' Law Firms May Be Among Earlier Adopters of Artificial Intelligence Platforms\" href=\"http:\/\/www.legaltechnews.com\/id=1202733318858\/Elite-Law-Firms-May-Be-Among-Earlier-Adopters-of-Artificial-Intelligence-Platforms\" target=\"_blank\">will be largely driven by client demands<\/a>, not forward-thinking law firms.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Link: <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.findlaw.com\/technologist\/2016\/05\/biglaw-firm-brings-artificial-intelligence-on-board.html\">http:\/\/blogs.findlaw.com\/technologist\/2016\/05\/biglaw-firm-br...board.html<\/a> --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I still ponder on this question \u201cUnder current US laws, can I possibly win a suit against a law firm for poor representation because they used AI on my case and I lost my case that ended up causing me to lose millions and impacted my reputation? And, could this firm lose their license through [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":395,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1496,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-law","category-robotics-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/395"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25645"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25645\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56125,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25645\/revisions\/56125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}