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Large Law Firm Trends in 2020 – Part 1

Ron Friedmann

Last week Altman Weil released its 2020 Law Firms in Transition Survey , which reports on large law firm trends as of 2020. Both the 2020 survey and ones in prior years find that management understands the need for change but that ensuring action remains a challenge. This gap is not new.

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

Ron Friedmann

The 2020 Law Firms in Transition Survey (June 2020) reports on large law firm trends. If we look back to 2012 – after the crisis but while its impacts still were palpable if not raw – what would we have guessed that a 2020 survey would show? I would have expected to see more progress than the data here show.

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The Five Most Momentous Legal Tech Fails

Above the Law - Technology

In 2020, Bluford published a book in which he claimed to have become an FBI informant assisting in a political corruption investigation into the former mayor of Sacramento, Calif., In December 2020, it announced that it was shutting down. After I wrote about that company, it too shut down.

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I Am Deeply Saddened To Report The Death Of Monica Bay: Friend, Mentor and Role Model to So Many in Legal Tech

Above the Law - Technology

11, 2020, David and I drove out to visit Monica at her Berkshires home, where we had lunch and shared memories of that day 19 years earlier. Monica and David had not known each other well before that day. But their shared experience spawned an enduring friendship between them. David Horrigan and I visited Monica Bay on Sept.

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It’s the Oscars of Legal Innovation: 5 Reasons You Gotta Go to the American Legal Technology Awards Gala

Above the Law - Technology

The American Legal Technology Awards launched in 2020 with a mission to honor those innovating in the legal space. It was founded by three friends (a lawyer, a law professor, and a legal tech entrepreneur) and is truly a grassroots effort with a big heart.

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The Decline of News on Social Media: What It May Mean for Legal Publishing

Kevin O'Keefe

in September 2020 to just 6.5% The shift is alarming for publishers who have relied on these platforms for web traffic and advertising revenue. Data from Similarweb reveals that top news sites saw web traffic from social networks drop from 11.5% by September this year.

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Dueling Legal Tech Lawsuits: Turns Out Exec Who Sued Former Company in NY Had Herself Been Sued By them A Week Earlier in Dallas

Above the Law - Technology

In their Texas lawsuit, ClaimDeck and Hermes do not deny Diaz-Roa’s claim that they granted her a stock option in 2020, but they say that, by the terms of that option, it would be forfeited in the event of a termination for cause. They say she never sought to exercise the option until after they terminated her.

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