January, 2023

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AI Says Lawyers Should Blog If They Want To Build a Reputation On The Internet

Kevin O'Keefe

I have been playing with Lex.Page , a game web based AI writing tool that helps you generate copy quickly and easily. I asked Lex.Page to complete this sentence, “To build a reputation on the Internet a lawyer should…” To which AI continued with this copy: ….consider blogging. Blogging is an incredibly effective and low cost way for lawyers to gain exposure.

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Successful Brand Awareness for Legal Professionals – Tips from Stefanie Marrone (TGIR Ep. 188)

3 Geeks and a Law Blog

“Whether you like it or not, everybody’s searching for us online. And everybody is looking at your LinkedIn profile, whether you’re on LinkedIn every day, or once a year, so you might as well make it work for you.” – Stefanie Marrone Stefanie Marrone is an Outsource Marketer who advises legal professionals on improving their social media presence. Even legal professionals in large law firms can benefit from a strong social media presence because clients and potential clients relate to the indivi

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Automating web compliance is much easier than we believe

Global LegalTech Hub

Diego Richards, Chief Operations Officer at Stillio Introduction In the beginning, the Internet was a place to create, share, and communicate. That essence is still present today, but as this phenomena grew and became crucial for companies, it started to turn more professional. In order to standardize and make information more clear, accurate, and accessible to all users, the internet also became subject to regulations.

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Now Available: How to Do More in Less Time: The Complete Guide to Increasing Your Productivity and Improving Your Bottom Line, Second Edition

The Legal Tech Blog

Attorney Daniel J. Siegel ‘s latest book, How to Do More in Less Time: The Complete Guide to Increasing Your Productivity and Improving Your Bottom Line, Second Edition, is now available from the American Bar Association. Written for the busy professional, this book explains how to identify the right activities that need to be accomplished and then how to most efficiently perform those activities.… Read the rest The post Now Available: How to Do More in Less Time: The Complete Guide

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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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Choosing the Right AI-Based Contract Management Software for Your Law Firm

Ward Blawg

Paperwork doesn’t intimidate lawyers — until towers of contracts sway and teeter off the edge of their desks. However, balancing multiple clients and their respective contracts calls for impeccable organization. Along with understanding the content of paperwork, law firms must know how to manage it. Filing manually is time-consuming.

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Make Better Decisions by Only Making them Once

Attorney at Work

Jay Harrington | A “one and done” approach can help you make fewer decisions, and therefore make those decisions better. The post Make Better Decisions by Only Making them Once appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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Experiments with ChatGPT: Don’t Panic, the Robots Are Not Writing Your Students’ Legal Memos

3 Geeks and a Law Blog

[Note: Please welcome guest bloggers Jennifer Wondracek , Director of the Law Library, Professor of Legal Research & Writing at Capital University Law School, and Rebecca Rich , Assistant Dean for the Law Library and Technology Services, and Assistant Teaching Professor at Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law. – GL] AI content generation tools, such as ChatGPT, have been in the news a lot lately.

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How Technology Can Help With HR Investigations

Hanzo Blog

Workplace complaints are serious. Even if a claim doesn’t lead to disciplinary action, the fact that an employee has made an accusation usually indicates workplace problems that need to be addressed for productivity, morale, and quality of work life.

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New Podcast: Productivity: Practical Time Management and Technology for Law Firms

The Legal Tech Blog

Productivity. Time Management. There is never enough time in the day, it seems. There are solutions. Listen to a few as lawyer/geek/technologist Daniel J. Siegel of Integrated Technology Services, LLC and the Law Offices of Daniel J. Siegel, LLC offers some productivity tips on the Vandenack Weaver Truhlsen podcast with Mary Vandenack, with this episode entitled “Productivity: Practical Time Management and Technology for Law Firms.” … Read the rest The post New Podcast: Produ

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ChatGPT, what are the biggest issues the legal industry faces in the future? [With AI Images via DALL-E]

Ward Blawg

Welcome to this latest blog post, where we explore the future of the legal industry through the eyes of ChatGPT, a state-of-the-art language model developed by OpenAI.

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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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Should Your Law Firm Set Up Shop In The Metaverse?

LawSites

It has been just over a year since Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that his company was changing its name to Meta , revealing his vision for the future of online interaction. In the wake of that news, it seemed all anyone could talk about was the metaverse, and that extended to the legal industry, and even to law firms forming metaverse offices on virtual reality platforms such as Decentraland.

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Leveraging AI to Enhance Your Legal Blog: How ChatGPT Can Help Lawyers Develop a Business Development Niche

Kevin O'Keefe

The single biggest impediment to blog success for lawyers is failing to focus on a niche. The tighter the niche the better. Niche blogs become must reads for an audience, enable a lawyer to build a reputation (often where no other lawyer is playing) and enable relationships to flourish, often for work outside the niche. I have been playing with ChatGPT of late, particularly looking at ways AI can be used in writing and in legal blogging.

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What a Law Librarian Does with AI Tools like ChatGPT – Organize and Summarize

3 Geeks and a Law Blog

DALL-E drawing of a librarian looking over lots of documents. There is obviously a ton of hype and buzz going on right now with ChatGPT and other AI tools, including this week’s Geek in Review podcast. I wanted to see if there’s something that I could do that was a practical use of GPT in my job as a law librarian. I think I’ve found something that might fit that bill.

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Trends for Collaboration Data Ediscovery in 2023

Hanzo Blog

It’s that time of year again when people are pulling out their crystal balls and doing their best to predict the future of what we’ll see in the ediscovery industry in 2023. I mean who doesn’t want to know what to look out for down the road? So in that spirit, here are some things Hanzo has been paying attention to as we move into a new year.

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Visibility Into the Strategy & Supporting Documents of Major US Law Firms

Law Firm Intelligence by Trellis aggregates state trial court data across the Trellis platform enabling users to: look up a particular metric related to a specific law firm (such as, how many cases a law firm had or has against another law firm), and see the actual dockets and documents supporting the metric. Trellis data is maximized in a revolutionary and unique way to provide users an exclusive look into a law firm litigating in state trial courts.

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5 Ways Real Estate Attorneys Can Get More Business This Year

Attorney at Work

Brokers are the ideal referral partners for real estate attorneys. Now’s the time to nurture your relationships so you stay top of mind. Real estate attorneys, brokers and title agents are emerging from a roller coaster period that saw home sales skyrocketing throughout 2020 and 2021 before a sharp decline in 2022. While we ease […]. The post 5 Ways Real Estate Attorneys Can Get More Business This Year appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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The Difference Between ‘Playtime’ + ‘Production’ for AI + Legal Tech

Artificial Lawyer

By Jim Wagner, CEO, Lean Law Labs. As someone who has built multiple AI-powered businesses in the legal community, I know firsthand the exciting potential.

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A Bad Week for DoNotPay and Its Robot Lawyer, But It Should Not Reflect on Self-Help Legal Tech

LawSites

So the publicity stunt of the robot lawyer sneaking into court is no more, as Joshua Browder , founder and CEO of the self-help legal site DoNotPay , yesterday pulled the plug on the prank, saying he had received threats from bar officials of prosecution and even imprisonment. That news followed a scathing series of tweets by a woman who tried out several of DoNotPay’s self-help tools, only to conclude that they were effectively smoke and mirrors, in some cases getting the law wrong, in ot

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Why Legal Bloggers are Ideal Speakers, Book Authors, and Journalists for Legal Stories

Kevin O'Keefe

Why are legal bloggers uniquely equipped to serve as speakers, book authors, and journalists for stories? If you’re a legal blogger, please share with me how blogging has opened doors to speaking, writing magazine articles or even writing a book. I am speaking in New Orleans later this week to the Association for Continuing Legal Education (ACLEA) and I’d like to have some stories in hand.

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Stay On Top of Newly Filed State & Federal Litigation: Curated Just for You!

With Daily Filings Report by Trellis you will receive an email and csv file daily with all new cases filed in the jurisdictions you're tracking. Each new case will include all case metadata like judge, parties, counsel, practice area, and even direct links to the full docket and complaint. Trellis Daily Filings Reports provide direct access to newly filed state and federal litigation curated just for you.

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ChatGPT – If It Sounds Too Good To Be True… – Tony Thai and Ashley Carlisle (TGIR Ep. 185)

3 Geeks and a Law Blog

There is a lot of buzz around ChatGPT and GPT 3.5 , but is it really the next Tesla, or is it the next IBM Watson? We talk with HyperDraft’s Tony Thai and Ashley Carlisle about OpenAI’s popular tool and why, lawyers at least, shouldn’t be ready to go all in on this specific technology. While there are great examples of how GPT 3.5 impressively handled things like Bar Exam questions, there are still a lot of unknowns from this resource from a company that started out as Open Source and non-profit

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Frictionless Ediscovery: Reducing Context Switching in Your Workflow

Hanzo Blog

Let’s face it, if litigation is imminent and you’re preparing for the discovery process, friction has already taken place between opposing parties. But that’s not what I mean when I’m talking about “frictionless ediscovery.

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Can Marketing Make Your Law Firm Vulnerable to Cyberattacks? Absolutely

Attorney at Work

The marketing objective is to get clients. The cybersecurity objective is to keep your data safe. Those two objectives are often at odds with one another. The post Can Marketing Make Your Law Firm Vulnerable to Cyberattacks? Absolutely appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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Top 6 Essential Reports for Your Law Firm

Rocket Matter

Does your legal solution boost your cash flow and save time? Upcoming Free Legal Webinar Optimizing Your Workflows for Better Cash Flows Tuesday, February 21, 2023, at 2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PT Join Rocket Matter for our free webinar to learn about: 1. Identifying common areas where you can save time and create better outcomes. 2. Tips to easily create workflows for your practice. 3.

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New GPT-Based Chat App from LawDroid Is A Lawyer’s ‘Copilot’ for Research, Drafting, Brainstorming and More

LawSites

A new tool soon to be released by the no-code bot development company LawDroid uses the artificial intelligence of GPT-3.5 to serve as a lawyer’s virtual legal assistant, able to help with researching legal issues, drafting emails and letters, summarizing documents, brainstorming blog ideas, and even just conversational chatting. Called LawDroid Copilot , it is currently available only by request on an early-access basis, but will be generally available later this year.

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Microsoft Invests Ten Billion Dollars in OpenAI’s ChatGPT

Kevin O'Keefe

The Wall Street Journal’s Cade Metz and Karen Weise reported Monday morning that Microsoft is making a ten billion dollar investment in OpenAI, substantially increasing the company’s investment it had already made in the AI driven chatbot, ChatGPT. Microsoft is making this investment as it looks to expand the use of artificial intelligence in all of its products.

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ChatGPT Chatbot Weighs in on Law Librarian De-Credentialization

LLRX

Sarah Gotschall , Associate Librarian Reference Librarian & Professor of Practice, University of Arizona Law, puts ChatGPT through the paces with a series of engaging questions and answers she has documented, adding additional dimension to the significant interest in the all the rage chatbot.

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What we can learn from the ACC 2022 State of Cybersecurity Report

OpenText

Recently, the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) Foundation, in collaboration with Ernst & Young, LLP, released the 2022 State of Cybersecurity Report, An In-house Perspective. The report contained several interesting findings regarding the growing influence of corporate legal departments on their organization’s cybersecurity strategy. Let’s look at some of the report findings and four recommendations … The post What we can learn from the ACC 2022 State of Cybersecurity Report appe

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10 Ways to Experience Joy for a Successful 2023

Attorney at Work

Jamie Spannhake | When we set a “goal” to experience joy, we may end up having one of our best years yet — personally, financially and professionally. The post 10 Ways to Experience Joy for a Successful 2023 appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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Get Paid on Time with Rocket Matter Pay

Rocket Matter

From the moment you send out an invoice, how long is your firm waiting to receive a payment? 10 days? 30? 60? Long wait times are common with paper billing, but according to the Credit Protection Association , late payments have risen considerably since the pandemic. . We don’t have to remind attorneys why that’s concerning—but for the sake of clarity, we will. .

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On LawNext Podcast: As ALSP Axiom Opens A Law Firm in Arizona, Its Chief Strategy and Legal Officer Catherine Kemnitz Shares Details

LawSites

Axiom , a company that is one of the longest-running alternative legal services providers, this week stepped into the world of regulated legal services as it formally launched Axiom Advice & Counsel , an Arizona law firm. The move was enabled by the Arizona Supreme Court’s decision last May to grant Axiom a license as an alternative business structure.

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Will 2023 Be the Year When the United States Receives an Adequacy Decision under GDPR from the European Union?

K&L Gates e-Discovery Analysis & Technology Group

Electronic discovery for legal matters within the United States often involves preserving, collecting, processing, reviewing, and producing data that concern individuals living outside the United States. In some of these situations, the data privacy laws of jurisdictions outside the United States can complicate electronic discovery to be performed in the United States.

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Is It Equitable to Protect Corporate Leaders From Covid-19 More than Employees and Customers?

LLRX

Augie Ray asks a simple question to encourage you to think more about #COVID19 risks and engage in a discussion about equity in the workplace: If the world's top business leaders recognize and take precautions against COVID during an ongoing pandemic, shouldn't they ensure the same for employees and customers? Shouldn't our companies' commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion suggest equal treatment for everyone?

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A good foundation is key to digital forensic investigations

OpenText

I was recently reading an article in Forbes Magazine about the importance of a good foundation when building a home. When we build a house, we think about how big it will be, how it will be decorated, what kind of a view it will have or whether it will be close to schools and shopping. But … The post A good foundation is key to digital forensic investigations appeared first on OpenText Blogs.

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Are You Making Your Employees Sick?

Attorney at Work

Ensuring a more comfortable workplace is good for employees, and that’s good for the employer, too. The post Are You Making Your Employees Sick? appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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