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Courts Disrupted: Pew Study Finds Pandemic Caused Courts to Revolutionize their Operations, But Says More Needs to be Done

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They supplemented that review with an analysis of court approaches to virtual hearings, e-filing, and digital notarization, focusing on how these tools affected litigants in three of the most common types of civil cases: debt claims, evictions and child support. Unprecedented Adoption of Technology. Improved Participation Rates.

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The 10 Legal Tech Trends that Defined 2021

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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, β€œis that we have been forced to consider changes that were long overdue and then given the opportunity to implement those changes.”. It is as if we are serving time in a legal tech limbo.

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Pandemic Accelerated Tech’s Importance, But Firms Remain Poorly Prepared for Tech Future, Survey Says

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Among the leading technologies in which legal departments plan to invest are collaboration tools for document and contract drafting/reviewing, automation of document and contract creation, corporate e-meeting and e-voting management, workflow management and process automation, and document and contract workflow management.

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Clearbrief CEO Jacqueline Schafer: Transforming Written Legal Arguments With AI

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The company launched in 2020, and this March it announced a $1.2M It was the final hearing, and I could tell that the judge was very skeptical toward me, the case and my client. Clearbrief gives clients and judges a simple and interactive way to read your document filings and see how the evidence supports each argument.

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Lawyer Tech Tips: Things That Go Bump in Legal Tech!

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If you or members of your team have IoT-connected devices at home like Amazon’s Alexa or a Nest security camera, you need to be wary of what work-related information those devices might see or hear during the day. When changes happened rapidly in 2020, any connection that worked was a good one. Maybe the refrigerator door is ajar?

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Lawyer Tech Tips: Where Should You Put Technology Dollars in 2022?

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In 2020 and 2021, your firm may have had to make quite a lot of changes quickly to meet the new remote normal. Are you still using a file server and having people access it with a VPN? Upgrade to Microsoft 365 to get a cloud-based file server, plus updated versions of the Office suite. How about your phone system?

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Courts Disrupted: Pew Study Finds Pandemic Caused Courts to Revolutionize their Operations, But Says More Needs to be Done

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They supplemented that review with an analysis of court approaches to virtual hearings, e-filing, and digital notarization, focusing on how these tools affected litigants in three of the most common types of civil cases: debt claims, evictions and child support. Unprecedented Adoption of Technology. Improved Participation Rates.

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