Brett Trout

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

But in 2019 and 2020, these critical reminders went unseen. Although he appealed the expiry, the appellate court denied his appeal, finding that Taillefer not having a backup system for receiving emails regarding the maintenance fee payments was an accident waiting to happen.

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APRIL 28, 2025

In federal court in Colorado, Eric Coomer, a former employee of Dominion Voting Systems, is suing Mike Lindell, the CEO of MyPillow, for defamation, over Lindell’s claims that Coomer somehow rigged the 2020 presidential election. This story has all the ingredients of a parody on The Onion. Regrettably, however, it is all true.

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OCTOBER 16, 2023

She founded ClearBrief in 2020 to leverage AI to analyze documents and suggest relevant evidence and citations to streamline drafting. ClearBrief integrates into Microsoft Word to align with lawyers’ existing workflows. As the lawyer you’re just like, oh, no, we’re gonna Lose, he hates us kind of thing.

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Above the Law - Technology

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

“So often when attorneys are writing court documents or preparing for oral arguments and they want to know what their judge thinks about different issues in their case, they have very little information to go off of. . federal courts. The company’s roadmap calls for it to eventually expand into state courts as well.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Reynen Court , the so-called app store for legal technology, has promoted two of its key executives to new roles. The news comes a week after Reynen Court launched a general solicitation stock offering in order to bring on individual lawyers and “legal technology enthusiasts” as investors in the company. .

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Colin S. Levy

JANUARY 28, 2025

Public opinion of the nations judicial system and courts fell to a record-low in 2024, according to the latest Gallup poll. Lawyers, in particular, have a critical role to play in both assessing the benefits and risks of innovation and in adopting new tools to help solve legal problems.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Constandinos (Deno) Himonas, the Utah Supreme Court justice who spearheaded the state’s first-of-its-kind regulatory sandbox to license new forms of legal services and providers, is retiring from the court. That is the power and beauty of the Supreme Court’s rule changes and the legal regulatory sandbox.”.

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DECEMBER 29, 2021

As awful as was the year 2020 for so many reasons, my year-end report last year found reasons to be optimistic. The silver lining of 2020,” I wrote, “is that we have been forced to consider changes that were long overdue and then given the opportunity to implement those changes.”. Do lawyers return to the office or not?

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Clio

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

If there has been one constant about the qualifications to own an American law firm, it has been this–you must be a lawyer. jurisdictions for decades has been that non-lawyers cannot own law firms. where non-lawyers can hold minority stakes, with more states slowly considering or adopting similar reforms. Once Rule 5.4

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Ron Friedmann

JULY 27, 2020

I recently spoke to two lawyers turned legal tech entrepreneurs about their early stage software companies. Solving a Broad Problem: Allocating Lawyers to Matters and Managing Capacity At most large law firms, partners can choose associates to staff their matters. Some lawyers get good work and others do not.

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Above the Law - Technology

MAY 30, 2023

In a first for an e-discovery technology company, Chicago-based Nextpoint is launching an Arizona law firm June 1 under that state’s liberalized law practice rules that allow non-lawyers to own law practices. Its lawyers will not appear in court. ” Leading the firm as managing partner is Andrew R.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The pandemic has raised a number of ethical issues for lawyers and resulted in the issuance of several ethics opinions addressing those issues. District of Columbia Court of Appeals, Committee on Unauthorized Practice of Law, Opinion 24-20 (March 23, 2020). Pennsylvania Bar Association Formal Opinion 2020-300 (April 10, 2020).

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JUNE 11, 2021

I reported here last week on a statement issued by a committee of Massachusetts’ highest court recommending that law firms and other legal employers permanently adopt flexible working options as their standard, rather than as the exception.

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Above the Law - Technology

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The substantial amount of time lawyers spend drafting documents during litigation. It also improves access to justice for society as lawyers can handle more cases, as well as remove some bias from the legal system through fact-first drafting. What problem do you solve? It also allows us to work internationally. We cover all the tech.

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Attorney at Work

OCTOBER 29, 2021

But danger lurks behind certain technology, or the way lawyers and staff might use it. What are some scary things WFH has revealed about lawyers’ tech habits? He is the author of several books including “Microsoft Office 365 for Lawyers,” “The Lawyer’s Guide to Microsoft Outlook” and “OneNote in One Hour.”

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LawSites

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Reynen Court , the so-called app store of law, is reducing its headcount, cutting expenses, and telling vendors on its platform they might experience service delays. Reynen Court has now discontinued the online stock offering. But Andrew D. million round earlier this year. Klein did not say how many people have been laid off.

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Clio

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Being a lawyer isn’t easy. From intaking new clients to juggling open legal cases and keeping up with administrative work, being a great lawyer requires careful management, patience, and dedication. The great news is: Chatbots for lawyers can help with all aspects of a lawyer’s day-to-day.

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Above the Law - Technology

APRIL 4, 2023

of more than 1 million lawyers, or more than three-quarters of all lawyers in the United States. vLex developed one of the first AI assistants for legal research, called Vincent, and it has long used an internal AI tool, Iceberg, to structure the data it collects from courts and other sources.

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Attorney at Work

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Several years ago, I published a piece here on Attorney at Work titled “ Solo Lawyers: Where Is Your Office?” Back then, lawyers working anywhere but a traditional bricks-and-mortar office with their firm name on the door typically glossed over their nontraditional working environment.

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Brett Trout

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, alleging infringement of three patents related to real-time retail technology. According to the lawsuit: Alpha Modus approached Cooler Screens in January 2020 about licensing its patents. Brett Trout In a high-stakes patent litigation case, Alpha Modus Corp. in the U.S.

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LawSites

JANUARY 13, 2022

The Arizona Supreme Court has granted an alternative business structure license to law company Elevate , enabling Elevate and its affiliated law firm, ElevateNext, to operate as a single entity in that state, the company says. ” In August 2020, Arizona became the first state to eliminate the ban on non-lawyer ownership of law firms.

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MARCH 7, 2022

A future release will expand these analytics to state courts, Fastcase says. “These analytics, across every case type in federal courts, for the first time allow lawyers to understand the likelihood of success across broad ranges of pleadings and motions before different judges,” Fastcase says.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2020

An extension to the New York Legal Tech Community and also held on the backside of Legalweek 2020, the Inspire.Legal un-conference made it through its second year. pic.twitter.com/NcxxqBPnWq — Laurence Colletti (@LaurenceEsq) February 7, 2020. How might we prepare young lawyers to succeed as the practice fundamentally changes?

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MARCH 19, 2024

You may know it more through its brands, including ServeNow for finding process servers, One Legal for California court filing, LawToolBox for court calendaring, and the Legal Talk Network group of legal podcasts. InfoTrack may be one of the fastest growing yet least known legal technology companies in the United States.

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MAY 25, 2021

Not according to a recent survey by the court reporting company Esquire Deposition Solutions , which found that 78% of attorneys plan to continue conducting up to half their depositions virtually in a post-pandemic world. The court reporter can mark and manage the exhibit. People and Process Meet Technology.

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Martindale-Avvo

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

For lawyers, it’s an opportunity to gain new insight into new legal trends, network with other attorneys, and connect with artists, musicians, and filmmakers who want support with their creative endeavors. It’s a place for the convergence of ideas, from some of the top names in industry and many up-and-comers in cultural spaces.

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Attorney at Work

APRIL 15, 2022

Catherine Tang (@attorneycat) is a business and trademark lawyer licensed in California and Wisconsin. He is also a sought-after trainer and presenter for lawyers who seek to integrate Macs and iPads into their practice. Related reading: “ Lawyer Tech Tips: Collaboration Tools.”). Time to enhance your productivity.

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Legal Talk Network

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Foley, author of “ Presidential Elections and Majority Rule ” and “ Ballot Battles: The History of Disputed Elections in the United States ,” walks listeners through the history of contested elections and possibilities stemming from Election 2020. When does speech become a call for violence?

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MatterSuite

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

A legal assistant is a person who implements clerical and administrative services for lawyers and other legal personnel. A legal assistant supports legal professionals such as lawyers and offers a variety of clerical duties. This can include preparing or handling legal papers and even assisting an attorney in court.

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Attorney at Work

AUGUST 27, 2021

So, we asked the experts to share some favorite tech tools and tips to help lawyers communicate and collaborate more effectively mid-pandemic — and beyond. Juda Strawczynski (@JStrawczynski) is Director of practicePRO , Lawyers’ Professional Indemnity Co.’s Here’s advice from Heidi Alexander, Tom Lambotte, Nerino Petro Jr.,

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Martindale-Avvo

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

For lawyers, it often means facing the possibility of a career setback in order to raise children. Traditionally law firms have not been generous with leave for lawyers who have just given birth, or their partners. In general a lawyer who gives birth is entitled to additional weeks of leave , sometimes called medical leave.

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ELTA

MARCH 4, 2020

Alice Namuli Blazevic Partner at Katende, Ssempebwa & Company Advocates and Co-Founder of The Legal Innovation Hub Kampala, Uganda Alice is an award-winning lawyer, international speaker, author, innovator, and mentor. You can see the original new here The post The 2020 Influential Women in Legal Tech appeared first on ELTA.

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Attorney at Work

JANUARY 20, 2022

the percentage of in-house legal budgets spent on technology is expected to increase threefold by 2025 from 2020 levels as legal departments “increase spending on technology to reduce the dependency on outside counsel, address COVID-19, and satisfy a long-overdue need to modernize, digitize and automate legal work.”.

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Ron Friedmann

JUNE 24, 2020

Sohail Mohammed—electrical engineer, New Jersey Superior Court Judge, court innovator and teacher. Darin Thompson—lawyer, teacher, knowledge engineer for the Civil Resolution Tribunal, British Columbia. Jordan sets the context of all the changes in dispute resolution and courts wrought by the global pandemic.

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JANUARY 17, 2022

We help lawyers make evidence-based decisions about the venues they choose and the arguments they make by focusing on the jurisprudence of the judges and courts they interact with. Elevator pitch: AppearMe is a suite of apps that help lawyers connect, scale and automate their legal practice. Founded: 9/8/2018.

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JANUARY 24, 2023

The move was enabled by the Arizona Supreme Court’s decision last May to grant Axiom a license as an alternative business structure. That follows from Arizona’s historic decision in 2020 to become the first U.S. See previoiusly on LawNext: Supreme Court Justice Ann Timmer on Arizona’s Sweeping Regulatory Reforms.)

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DECEMBER 13, 2021

?. When COVID-19 first swept across the United States in March 2020, it forced courts across the country to shut down, bringing trials and other legal proceedings to a screeching halt.

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