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After WSJ’s Explosive Exposé on Judges’ Financial Conflicts, Free Law Project Posts the Data For All to See

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In an explosive exposé last week, The Wall Street Journal reported that 131 federal judges broke the law by hearing cases where they had a financial interest. The files contain the disclosure records for every federal judge, justice and magistrate from 2011 to 2018, with the 2019 disclosures coming soon.

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Vincent AI From vLex: Game Changer in Legal Research and Client Service

Kevin O'Keefe

I had the good fortune to sit down with Ed Walters , Chief Strategy Officer of vLex , earlier in the week to hear about the launch of a generative AI legal research platform by vLex, following its merger with Fastcase. This platform is built on an updated version of vLex’s Vincent AI, which was originally launched in 2018.

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Paradigm, Parent to Three Practice Management Platforms, Acquired By Francisco Partners

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It began by acquiring Bill4Time in 2017, followed by PracticePanther in 2018, MerusCase in 2019, and Headnote in 2020. When people hear the word paradigm, they typically think of paradigm shift. Practice Management Platform PracticePanther Takes ‘Large’ Private Equity Investment (March 5, 2018).

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Allegations of a Bribe-Driven Facebook-OnlyFans Conspiracy Unsurprisingly Fall Apart in Court–Dangaard v. Instagram

Eric Goldman

After hearing this allegation at least twice, the Court instructed plaintiffs’ counsel to go present proof of such a bribe and to specifically subpoena the banks that were allegedly involved in laundering the bribe. You can essentially hear Judge Alsup’s teeth gnashing in the opinion.

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Alejandro Esteve about CLM: It helps lawyers to have a good balance between work and life

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He was a co-founder in 2018, he is an Advisor within the Technology area, and he also belongs to the proud fathers area of the Association since he had a child 3 years ago. By Pablo Yannone Sancho , Journalist at GLTH Alejandro is someone very special at the GLTH. And now he is waiting for another one!

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The 10 Legal Tech Trends that Defined 2021

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Here are my prior years’ lists of the most important developments: 2020 , 2018 , 2016 , 2015 , 2014 , 2013. Beginning in March 2020, Pew found, courts adopted technology at unprecedented speed and scale, initiating online hearings and moving other routine functions online, such as electronic filing. of all partners and from 7.1%

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Cybersecurity Trends: 25% of Law Firms Have Been Breached

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ABA Formal Opinion 483, “Lawyers’ Obligations After an Electronic Data Breach or Cyberattack” (October 2018). We hear many lawyers say that developing an IRP is expensive and time-consuming. ABA Formal Opinion 498, “Virtual Practice” (February 2021).

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