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Answering 7 Key Questions About Change Healthcare’s Cyberattack

Above the Law - Technology

The aftermath the cyberattack on Change Healthcare remains messy, with patients across the country still struggling to obtain their prescriptions. The federal government has even stepped in to help address the fallout of the attack, urging payers to quickly alleviate the digital bottlenecks that providers and pharmacies are facing.

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Motivating Reluctant Lawyers to Contribute to a Group Blog

Kevin O'Keefe

How can you motivate some of the more hesitant lawyers in your firm to contribute to a group blog they’ve committed to? This morning, I was asked for ideas to encourage participation in a new group blog, especially from those who might be reluctant to publish. Have you faced a similar challenge? What strategies have worked for you? I was part of a blog strategy discussion with a 150-lawyer firm where the blog is set to feature multiple authors.

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Document Automation For Law Firms: The Definitive Guide [Sponsored]

Above the Law - Technology

Legal document automation is no longer only for the exclusive few. The post Document Automation For Law Firms: The Definitive Guide appeared first on Above the Law.

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LegalWeek 2024 Special Part Five – Dan Lear from LegalTrack

3 Geeks and a Law Blog

In this episode of “The Geek in Review,” co-hosts Greg Lambert and Marlene Gebauer engage with Dan Lear , VP of Partnerships at InfoTrack, capturing insights from the latest LegalWeek 2024 conference. Lear shares his observations on the evolving landscape of legal technology, noting the increased diversity of technologies present at the conference compared to previous years.

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The Tech-Savvy Paralegals Playbook: How To Leverage AI

Speaker: Allison Mears, Adela Wekselblatt, and George Socha

Artificial intelligence is reshaping the legal industry, and paralegals are at the forefront of this transformation. As AI becomes more integrated into legal workflows, paralegals can streamline their daily tasks, enhance efficiency, and add greater value to their firms and organizations. But what exactly does AI mean for paralegals today—and how can you leverage it to your advantage?

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Cybersecurity Assessments For Law Firms: How Not To Screw Them Up

Above the Law - Technology

No law firm in today’s legal environment can escape having to report a breach, so be prepared. The post Cybersecurity Assessments For Law Firms: How Not To Screw Them Up appeared first on Above the Law.

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?Primer on Using State Court Trial Data for Business and Competitive Intelligence

Trellis.Law Blog

Approximately 41,000 civil lawsuits are filed daily in the U.S., and 97% circulate at the circuit and county level. This represents a goldmine of information about the litigation process. Here’s how to harness the power of those big numbers. Read Our Article… Continue reading → The post ⚡Primer on Using State Court Trial Data for Business and Competitive Intelligence first appeared on Trellis.Law Blog.

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Event Tomorrow Marks the End of Commercial Restrictions on the Caselaw Access Project that Digitized All U.S. Case Law

LawSites

Back in 2018, something remarkable happened. T he Caselaw Access Project , part of Harvard Law School’s Library Innovation Lab , completed its three-year project to digitize all U.S. case law — some 6.4 million cases dating all the way back to 1658, a span of 360 years. It was a massive project that scanned 38.6 million pages from 39,796 law books and converted it all into machine-readable text files, creating a collection that included 6.4 million published cases (and which has continued to

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Section 230 Doesn’t Apply to Sending Non-Consensual Pornography by Postal Mail–Doe v. Spencer

Eric Goldman

Spencer’s wife had an extra-marital affair with Doe. Doe sent “photographs and screen shots of sexually explicit images” to the wife. Spencer, the husband, came into possession of these materials via unspecified means. He assembled various collages of the images and sent copies by postal mail to Doe and “his ex-wife, his adult child, several of his neighbors, and his place of business.” Doe sued Spencer for VAWRA, IIED, negligence, and public disclosure of private f

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5 Pricing Strategies for Law Firms to Convert Prospects to Clients

Martindale-Avvo

Many law firms spend tremendous amounts of money to attract prospective clients but fail to seal enough deals to remain profitable. Getting people to send messages or call is one thing. But converting those prospects into paying clients can be an entirely different battle. You can do everything right in terms of having an attractive brand and message, but it only takes one thing to send a potential customer elsewhere.

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CJEU Decides the IAB Europe Case, Expanding the Concept of Controllership

Inside Privacy

On March 7, 2024, the CJEU rendered its judgement in the IAB Europe case ( C-604/22 ). The case relates to role of IAB Europe, a sector organization, in its Transparency and Consent Framework (“TCF”) used by companies to record the GDPR consent granted (or not granted) by a user and to document compliance with their GDPR transparency obligations. The framework is widely used in digital advertising, including in real-time bidding scenarios; below, we set out the court’s three main findings.

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Uncovering The Hidden Connections: A Patent Family Survival Guide

Speaker: Andrew Klein

Are there mysteries lurking in your family tree? 🕵 No, not a long-lost half-brother - I'm talking about a patent family tree! IP paralegals need fast and easy ways to verify and report on essential data about foreign equivalents of US assets. Join us to master the global scope of key assets to support prosecution, portfolio management, litigation, licensing, competitive monitoring and more!

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Case Study: ProVantage Helps Law Firm in Texas & Arkansas

Martindale-Avvo

Nearly every person in search of legal services turns to the internet, and most potential clients can find attorneys via our newest service, ProVantage. Carefully created based on feedback from attorneys, consumer insights, and leveraging our vast expertise in the legal space, ProVantage simply helps lawyers increase their online visibility four-fold.

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How to Stay on Top of Tech Trends if You're Not a Technologist

Relativity

How does a non-technologist working in a technical industry balance her responsibilities with the need to stay ahead of emerging technology?

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5 Pricing Strategies for Law Firms to Convert Prospects to Clients

Martindale-Avvo

Many law firms spend tremendous amounts of money to attract prospective clients but fail to seal enough deals to remain profitable. Getting people to send messages or call is one thing. But converting those prospects into paying clients can be an entirely different battle. You can do everything right in terms of having an attractive brand and message, but it only takes one thing to send a potential customer elsewhere.

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The Law Firm Disrupted: Orrick, Reed Smith and Dechert Make Time to Get Comfortable With AI

Legal Tech Monitor

For five years, Orrick and Reed Smith have been giving associates billable hours credit for innovation work, and in that interval, generative AI has jumped to the forefront.

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AI for Paralegals: Everything You Need to Know (and How to Use It Safely)

Speaker: Joe Stephens, J.D., Attorney and Law Professor

Ready to cut through the AI hype and learn exactly how to use these tools in your legal work? Join this webinar to get practical guidance from attorney and AI legal expert, Joe Stephens, who understands what really matters for legal professionals! What You'll Learn: Evaluate AI Tools Like a Pro 🔍 Learn which tools are worth your time and how to spot potential security and ethics risks before they become problems.

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Case Study: ProVantage Helps Law Firm in Texas & Arkansas

Martindale-Avvo

Nearly every person in search of legal services turns to the internet, and most potential clients can find attorneys via our newest service, ProVantage. Carefully created based on feedback from attorneys, consumer insights, and leveraging our vast expertise in the legal space, ProVantage simply helps lawyers increase their online visibility four-fold.

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Automated Document Assembly is Easy, Right?

Legal Tech Monitor

Decades ago, I assumed that technology would soon advance to the point where automated document assembly would be fully incorporated in most law offices across the country. While great strides have been made in law office technology tools, and tools for automatically generating documents are much improved over what was available decades previously, many law firms still have not fully embraced automated document assembly.

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5 Pricing Strategies for Law Firms to Convert Prospects to Clients

Martindale-Avvo

Many law firms spend tremendous amounts of money to attract prospective clients but fail to seal enough deals to remain profitable. Getting people to send messages or call is one thing. But converting those prospects into paying clients can be an entirely different battle. You can do everything right in terms of having an attractive brand and message, but it only takes one thing to send a potential customer elsewhere.

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Academics Shower FTC With Ideas on Where Privacy Enforcement Should Head

Legal Tech Monitor

Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan says she wants to protect consumers against “unchecked corporate surveillance,” a challenge exacerbated by the rise of AI and the proliferation of geolocation data.

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The New Way of Conducting Patent Research: Proven Strategies For Efficient Due Diligence

Speaker: Andrew Klein

Patent due diligence processes take too long. The information you need is publicly available but accessing it is often tedious & inefficient, requiring you to wade through dozens of PTO websites or for-free tools to gather what you need. Plus, it frequently occurs late in the game, leaving professionals under pressure, sifting through chaotic 100-page PDFs, and frustrated with poorly formatted information & patent numbers.

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Case Study: ProVantage Helps Law Firm in Texas & Arkansas

Martindale-Avvo

Nearly every person in search of legal services turns to the internet, and most potential clients can find attorneys via our newest service, ProVantage. Carefully created based on feedback from attorneys, consumer insights, and leveraging our vast expertise in the legal space, ProVantage simply helps lawyers increase their online visibility four-fold.

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Dissecting the Tech Gap: What Legal Can Learn From Medicine's Leap Into the Future

Legal Tech Monitor

As technology advances and becomes cheaper and easier to implement, the legal profession will find ways to integrate tools that make sense, and legal operations will be the catalyst to make it so.

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Cash Vs. Accrual Basis Accounting: What’s the Difference?

Clio

One of the first decisions business owners must make is what type of accounting method they’ll use to track their income and expenses. There are two main methods of accounting: accrual accounting and cash accounting. Both are useful in certain scenarios, although for larger businesses, tax authorities in some geographies generally require accrual accounting be used for filing taxes.

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Canadian Appellate Court Hears Arguments in Thumbs-Up Emoji Contract Case

Legal Tech Monitor

A Canadian grain farmer argued his casual response to a text meant he'd received the message, not agreed to a full contract with a grain buyer.

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Case Closed: How to Optimize Your Legal Intake Process for Efficiency

Speaker: Anne Post, CEO North America, Xakia Technologies

Do you know that 40% of U.S. Legal Departments now have a formal legal intake process? With that in mind, where does your legal department stand today? Many legal teams still struggle with a flood of incoming requests, leaving everyone overwhelmed and frustrated. Implementing a formal legal intake process can seem like an obstacle between the business and the legal department, but it doesn’t have to be!

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Best Practices for Faster Accounts Receivable Collections

Clio

You’ve invested your time and expertise into resolving a client’s legal matter. You meticulously logged every billable minute, and you’ve promptly sent a detailed invoice. But weeks pass, and silence follows. Despite a couple of diligent follow-ups, the invoice eventually gets lost in the deluge of daily responsibilities. Sound all too familiar?

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Litigation Technology Winner, Provider: UnitedLex

Legal Tech Monitor

“Band-aid solutions may get companies through a short-term crisis, but they rarely stand the test of time and certainly don’t reshape the industry in meaningful ways,” said Aaron Crews, Chief Product & Innovation Officer at UnitedLex.

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Webcast – CFTC Proposed Rulemaking for an Operational Resilience Framework

Debevoise Data Blog

On March 15, 2024 from 11:00 am – 12:00 pm (EDT), Erez Liebermann, Caroline Swett, Robert Maddox, and Stephanie Thomas from our Data Strategy and Security and Banking Groups will host the next installment of our Data Security Webcast, where we will delve into the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (“CFTC”) notice of proposed rulemaking for an operational resilience framework for futures commission merchants, swap dealers, and major swap participants (the “Proposal”).

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In 'Ultra-Dynamic' AI Environment, More Law Firms Are Launching Devoted Teams

Legal Tech Monitor

Husch, Winston and Norton Rose are a few of the firms that have officially launched AI groups during Q1 of 2024, with firm leaders pointing to increased client interest and a surge of AI-related cases hitting courts.

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Trellis Launches Trellis AI to Streamline Trial Court Litigation

Trellis AI leverages the largest repository of state trial court data to help litigators evaluate cases, automate brief drafting, suggest winning strategies, and more. Key components: Draft Arguments — Uses similar/successful motions in the Trellis database to generate arguments/citations for your motions seeking dismissal, summary judgment, etc. Case Assessment — Predict the likely outcomes of a case at any stage to help you decide to accept it, guide motion practice, make settlement offers, an

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No Exceptions for AI: The FTC Hosts a Tech Summit to Discuss the Impacts of AI on Consumers and Competition

Pillsbury Law Internet and Technology blog

On January 25, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) hosted a summit focused on the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on consumers and competition in the technology sector. Comprising three panel discussions and related commentary from the Commissioners, the Summit focused on the need to promote an open, competitive landscape while protecting consumer safety and data privacy.

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Gen AI Integrations Are Expanding the Technology's Abilities—and Raising Privacy Red Flags

Legal Tech Monitor

During its annual PrivacyCon symposium on Wednesday, the Federal Trade Commission heard from a group of privacy and security researchers about whether there are appropriate security guardrails and enforcement to keep up with large language models’ evolution.

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Tiger Eye Achieves Remarkable 48% Year on Year Revenue Growth in 2023, Expands Client Base and Enhances Service Offerings

Legal IT Professionals

Tiger Eye , a leading full-service iManage Partner renowned for technical expertise, has announced that the company has achieved 48 percent year-on-year growth in revenue in 2023 compared to 2022. Much of this organic growth is attributed to the expansion of Tiger Eye’s support customer base, with a number of firms selecting Tiger Eye for iManage support services in 2023.

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LegalWeek 2024 Special Part Five – Dan Lear from LegalTrack

Legal Tech Monitor

In this episode of “The Geek in Review,” co-hosts Greg Lambert and Marlene Gebauer engage with Dan Lear , VP of Partnerships at InfoTrack, capturing insights from the latest LegalWeek 2024 conference. Lear shares his observations on the evolving landscape of legal technology, noting the increased diversity of technologies present at the conference compared to previous years.

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Trial Prep: What Attorneys Really Want (And How to Deliver It)

Speaker: Joe Stephens, J.D., Attorney and Law Professor

Get ready to uncover what attorneys really need from you when it comes to trial prep in this new webinar! Attorney and law professor, Joe Stephens, J.D., will share proven techniques for anticipating attorney needs, organizing critical documents, and transforming complex information into compelling case presentations. Key Learning Objectives: Organization That Makes Sense 🎯 Learn how to structure and organize case materials in ways that align with how attorneys actually work and think.