L.A. County first responders fought the worst fire of their careers. Now they want raises
On the heels of the catastrophic January wildfires, L.A. County first responders are demanding raises and rebuking politicians for not moving faster to grant them. Unions representing sheriff’s deputies, firefighters…
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Kings sign Denver forward Jared Wright to entry-level contract – Orange County Register
The Kings have signed forward Jared Wright to a two-year, entry-level contract, the club announced on Monday. Wright, 22, won the 2024 national title with the University of Denver, and…
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Judge restores funds for lawyers representing children in immigration court
A federal judge in Northern California ordered the Trump administration to temporarily restore legal funding for migrant children in immigration court. Nonprofits representing unaccompanied minors challenged the administration in U.S….
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Law Insider Announces Low-Cost and Free AI-Powered Contract Tools for 1.2 Million Legal Users
Legal technology platform Law Insider announced today the launch of its AI-powered contract drafting, review and redlining tools for its global community of 1.2 million registered legal users. The new…
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Elon Steals Multibillion FAA Contract From Verizon – See Also
The Rich Get Richer: Being able to do whatever you want has its benefits! HLS Students Push School To Divest From Israel: Votes will be cast in March. Scary Good…
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Trump contract freeze slows safety measures in fire zones
President Trump has insisted that “raking” of the forests and other fuel reduction measures would help prevent wildfires from devastating the West. But early actions by his administration have frozen…
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SimpleDocs Launches SimpleAI, An AI-Powered Contract Review Tool with Customizable Playbooks (Plus Video Demo)
In-house legal departments often struggle with a common challenge: how to efficiently review and negotiate the constant flow of routine contracts without sacrificing quality or consistency. Aiming to help them…
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L.A. mayor taps Illinois consulting firm to support Palisades fire recovery
One month after the devastating Palisades fire, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass announced that she has selected a private consulting firm to assist with infrastructure restoration and environmental mitigation. Illinois-based…
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Legal aid groups for immigrants can resume work in detention centers after DOJ backs down
Legal aid groups say the Trump Administration will allow them back in immigration courts and detention centers, for now. The nonprofit groups and immigration attorneys they contract were informed on…
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LegalOn Expands AI Contract Review Platform with Feature to Create Custom Playbooks
LegalOn Technologies today released My Playbooks, a new feature that enables legal teams to customize the platform’s AI contract review system according to their internal standards and preferred language. The…
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State senator tried to curb Dodgers’ deferral ‘loophole’
The Houston Astros are hated because they cheated. The Dodgers are not cheating. Outside Los Angeles, however, they are hated a little more every day. The supply of money appears…
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Agiloft Acquires Screens, AI Contract Review Technology Based On Expert-Built Playbooks
The contract lifecycle management company Agiloft today said it has acquired Screens, developer of a generative AI contract review and redlining product that uses expert-created and auto-generated playbooks to “screen”…
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Careful Which Emojis You Use, Lest You Inadvertently Enter Into A Contract
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! A Canadian appellate court confirmed the ruling of the Court of King’s Bench in Saskatchewan that a farmer’s…
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Man who used Jackie Robinson contracts to steal millions sentenced to prison
The first contract Jackie Robinson signed along with Brooklyn Dodgers president Branch Rickey on Oct. 23, 1945, was an agreement to play for the Montreal Royals, the Dodgers’ top farm…
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How It Works: A Demo of Henchman, Generative AI-Driven Contract Drafting and Negotiation within Word
You have been hearing about it in the news, now see how it works. Last month, Henchman, a generative AI-driven platform that promises to deliver “the fastest contract drafting experience ever…
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Aiming to Become Global Leader in Contract Standards, Law Insider Acquires oneNDA.org
Law Insider, a company that provides what it says is the world’s largest public contracts database, has acquired oneNDA, developer of an open source contract standard for non-disclosure agreements that…
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What a looming dock workers’ strike in the East means for California
A possible dockworkers’ strike on the East and Gulf coasts as early as Tuesday means more business for Los Angeles and Long Beach ports, but it also means Santa Claus…
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Kira Spin-off Zuva Unveils New Contract Review AI For In-house Legal Teams, Zuva Analyze
Zuva, the company that spun off from AI contract review pioneer Kira when it was acquired by Litera in 2021, today released its own AI contract review tool, Zuva Analyze,…
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New AI Features In Practical Law Enable Users To Ask Legal Questions And Find Relevant Contract Clauses
In November, when Thomson Reuters announced the integration of generative AI within its flagship legal research platform Westlaw Precision, it also announced the beta version of a generative AI integration…
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Agiloft Releases Generative AI Feature To Shortcut Contract Negotiations and Better Align Redlines
Redlining is the bane of contract negotiations. The back-and-forth between the parties can drag on and on as they seek to arrive at language on which they both can agree….
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