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How Failing to Keep in Touch with Your Patent Lawyer Can Cost You Your Patent 

Brett Trout

But patents come with responsibilitiesparticularly the timely payment of maintenance fees. They secured a patent in 2010, covering a novel ice-resurfacing machine. By the time Taillefer discovered the problem, it was too late to reinstate the patent. But in 2019 and 2020, these critical reminders went unseen.

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Jones II: This time, the government seeks to use cell site location information

Cyber Crime Review

During the government’s investigation, they placed the GPS device to track Jones and obtained information from his phone company, the latter under a 2703(d) Order. A total of four months of CSLI was obtained, significantly more than the 28 days he was tracked with GPS (an amount of time the concurring justices found significant).

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No Smoke and Mirrors: Smokeball Is an Impressive Toolbox for Law Firm Management

Attorney at Work

Smokeball was founded in 2010 and has been adding useful features for law firms ever since. If law firm attorneys and staff hate manual time tracking – and, honestly, how could they not? Smokeball includes a native passive timekeeping program that captures user time automatically as tasks are completed.

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Scrub Your Document With Microsoft Word Document Inspector

Attorney at Work

You spent a lot of time getting that pleading or contract together, and now you’re ready to send it out. Before you use Document Inspector, though, you’ll want to do two things first: Review any tracked changes. In earlier versions (2010, 2013 and 2016) look under Check for Issues > Inspect Document.

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Large Law Firm Trends in 2020 – Part 2 (Efficiency + Value)

Ron Friedmann

Large law firms have faced growing pressure since 2010 to deliver more value to clients, creating pressure for efficiency and lower rates. This century, firms use a range of professionals who cost less than partner track associates. Conclusions From 2008 to 2010, the legal market shifted from a sellers’ to a buyers’ market.

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Silencing Email Read Receipts: Why You Don’t Always Get What You Want

Attorney at Work

My reflexive privacy twitch always caused my finger to click “no” every time that box appeared. (“No, you can’t know that I received and read your email — that’s my business, not yours.”) The steps below are for Outlook 2010. Ask each time whether to send a read receipt. Controlling Outlook Read Receipts.

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Disrupting Personal Injury Law With Purpose, Tech and Innovation (Joshua Schwadron Mighty)

Technically Legal

Instead, in 2010 the entrepreneur in him founded Betterfly, a marketplace where consumers found service providers to help with projects like home remodels, yardwork or wedding plans. Even though Joshua has a law degree, he knew he did not want to practice law in the traditional sense.