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Flawed data complicates criminal justice AI
This content is not available in the selected language. Artificial intelligence has the potential to help reform policing and criminal justice practices nationwide, experts say. However, one challenge to deploying widespread artificial intelligence is refining the data to avoid reinforcing historic biases. The White House and the University of Chicago have teamed up with police […] Read more
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Artificial intelligence in law: separating fact from fiction
This content is not available in the selected language. Major law firms are beginning to wake up to the potential of artificial intelligence to modernise their business – but how will AI work in practice? Everybody is talking in grandiose terms about the future of artificial intelligence (AI) in law and last month, this talk […] Read more
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The Cost Of Justice Project / Everyday Legal Problems And The Cost Of Justice In Canada: Overview Report
This content is not available in the selected language. The Canadian Forum on Civil Justice is a national not – for – profit organization dedicated to civil justice reform and access to justice research and advocacy. Established by the Canadian Bar Association and affiliated with Osgoode Hall Law School, the CFCJ envisions an accessible, sustainable […] Read more
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Juries of the future could be ‘transported’ to crime scenes using virtual reality headsets
This content is not available in the selected language. Virtual reality headsets look set to make their criminal court system debut, thanks to a pioneering tech project at Staffordshire University. In stark contrast to the reams of paper and blurry CCTV images that have become associated with criminal trials, future jurors could be asked to […] Read more
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Local Courts Getting Tech Grants
This content is not available in the selected language. Security improvements, website upgrades, and new self-service kiosks are among the local court technology projects selected to receive grants from the Ohio Supreme Court. Courts in Hocking, Meigs, Jackson, and Guernsey Counties are some of the local courts that will receive funding. Nearly $2.5 million will […] Read more
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Online traders must comply with new EU online dispute resolution requirements
This content is not available in the selected language. As part of the European Union’s drive to encourage the use of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) in consumer disputes, the European Commission has developed a new online dispute resolution (ODR) platform, which has been available for use by traders and consumers since February 15 2016. The […] Read more
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The Future is Now
This content is not available in the selected language. William Gibson coined the phrase: “The Future is already here – is just not very evenly distributed.” Well a very telling sign that the future is arrived is the appearance of a robot inside a law firm. Fortune Magazine, in an article entitled: “Meet Ross, the […] Read more
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Pop-up courts needed to help create more flexible justice system – report
This content is not available in the selected language. “Pop-up” courts with easily transportable judicial stage sets, remote video screens and online access are needed to develop a more flexible justice system, according to a leading legal thinktank. Although successive waves of court closures have been triggered by austerity cutbacks, the organisation Justice says the […] Read more
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In a first, a BigLaw firm announces it will use artificial intelligence in one of its practice areas
This content is not available in the selected language. Baker & Hostetler is the first law firm to announce that it will use a ground-breaking artificial intelligence product for legal research. The law firm will license Ross Intelligence in its bankruptcy practice, report the Am Law Daily (sub. req.) and a press release. The research […] Read more
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Ontario government allows all small claims court documents to be filed online
This content is not available in the selected language. Traditionally, if a person wanted to sue someone in Ontario and that amount fell under $25,000, he or she would have to prepare all the necessary documents and then take the time to go to small claims court to file them. As of last week, the […] Read more