Attorney at Work
JULY 5, 2022
Over the past few years, many law firms have started cryptocurrency practice groups. But are these law firms accepting crypto as payment? Some are. The acceptance makes sense because, for better or worse, cryptocurrency is here to stay. Still, cryptocurrency has risks, so make sure you have a clear understanding of cryptocurrency and how your firm can accept crypto payments.
Global LegalTech Hub
JULY 20, 2022
Sara Molina Perez-Tomé, Legal Management Consulting at Deloitte Legal Technology is undoubtedly the result of evolution based on the needs of human beings and arises as a way of improving, perfecting, analysing and favouring progress. For this reason, technology should be nothing more than an instrument, a means to an end, which is the evolution and prosperity of human beings without gender differences.
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Trial Technology
JULY 11, 2022
Bad Hair Day, Messy Hotel Room Day NOTE: This series will cover what happened, how we've adjusted, where we are now, and where we're headed. We will also offer numerous tips, tricks, and best practices for hybrid and remote trials. When is the last time you joined a Zoom meeting, only to realize the total disaster you were displaying to everyone? Maybe you're having a bad hair day, messy background day, or even a sun-suddenly-broke-through-the-clouds-and-started-blazing-in-through-the-window-dir
LawSites
JULY 27, 2022
Cite Wikipedia in an argument to a judge, and you are likely to get a disapproving glare in response. “Give me solid precedent,” the judge is likely to say, “cases and statutes and respected authorities.” But a team of scientists from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) and Maynooth University , Ireland, has concluded that, in fact, Wikipedia has a measurable impact on judicial decision making.
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!
Rocket Matter
JULY 6, 2022
Billable hours are at the heart of any successful law firm, but far too many attorneys still treat tracking and billing for those hours as an afterthought or a dreaded task to put off until the last minute. This hesitance when it comes to implementing better time tracking practices is understandable. After all, attorneys practice… Read More » Time Tracking Tips for Busy Attorneys.
LLRX
JULY 24, 2022
rivacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and online security, often without our situational awareness.
Legal Tech Connection brings together the best content for legal and legal tech professionals from the widest variety of thought leaders.
Debevoise Data Blog
JULY 31, 2022
On July 29, 2022, the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) released Draft Amendments to its Part 500 Cybersecurity Rules , which include a mandatory 24-hour notification for cyber ransom payments, annual independent cybersecurity audits for larger entities, increased expectations for board expertise, and tough new restrictions on privileged accounts.
Trial Technology
JULY 3, 2022
NOTE: This series will cover what happened, how we've adjusted, where we are now, and where we're headed. We will also offer numerous tips, tricks, and best practices for hybrid and remote trials. Cameras are the only new major component needed to enable hybrid trials, which have quickly become the most common format. With skyrocketing travel costs, it makes economic sense to have a witness appear remotely from another part of the country -- or even from another country.
LawSites
JULY 27, 2022
The chief justice of the California Supreme Court, Tani Gorre Cantil-Sakauye , said that the state legislature is to blame for stalling efforts to bring about regulatory reforms to address the state’s gap in access to justice. Cantil-Sakauye was the keynote speaker last week at the annual meeting of the American Association of Law Libraries. During a question-and-answer session following her speech, I asked her about the stalled efforts to bring about reform in California and what the Supr
Above and Beyond KM
JULY 31, 2022
Given how vitally important growth in experience is, workers who cannot expand their skills in their current employment must seek new employment or risk falling behind. Lately, there has been much handwringing about increased worker mobility. Some call it the Great Resignation, others call it the Great Re-Evaluation or the Great Renegotiation. Whatever you call it, you cannot deny that more people have been rethinking their work situation since lockdown.
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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
LLRX
JULY 17, 2022
City lights that blaze all night are profoundly disrupting urban plants’ phenology – shifting when their buds open in the spring and when their leaves change colors and drop in the fall. New research Yuyu Zhou coauthored shows how nighttime lights are lengthening the growing season in cities, which can affect everything from allergies to local economies.
Attorney at Work
JULY 28, 2022
Location, professional atmosphere, private offices, paralegal support, networking opportunities. These are all important considerations when shopping for a legal shared office space. But before you sign up, here are questions to ask about the office center site and the owner — along with five pointers on what to expect. Two Weeks’ Notice. A few days ago, I met with an attorney who was originally introduced to me more than three years ago when he was considering changing offices.
Relativity
JULY 29, 2022
There’s no doubt about it: security isn’t a challenge you can automate away.
Debevoise Data Blog
JULY 28, 2022
On July 8, 2022, the California Privacy Protection Agency (the “Agency”) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking , kicking off a forty-five day comment period for proposed updates to the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) regulations. These updates streamline the CCPA regulations and revise them to reflect the changes made by the amendments in the Consumer Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (the “CPRA”).
Advertiser: Trellis
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.
LawSites
JULY 7, 2022
I am a big fan of litigation analytics, even once suggesting that it could be malpractice for a litigator not to use the technology. There are a number of litigation analytics products on the market, and what they all have in common is that they extract data from court dockets and apply analytics to provide insights into how judges rule in particular times of matters.
Rocket Matter
JULY 29, 2022
For both introverts and extroverts alike, one word often brings feelings of dread and discomfort: networking. Networking can seem like a monumental task. Spending your whole day working, only to then go to an event and discuss more work with strangers. And if you’ve gone to many networking events that left you with a bad taste in your mouth, it can be hard to muster up the enthusiasm to keep trying.
LLRX
JULY 31, 2022
Recent evidence showing that Virginia Thomas, wife of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, sent at least 29 text messages to former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows urging him to help overturn the 2020 election has reignited a long-simmering debate about judicial ethics and the nation’s highest court. Professor Eve Ringsmuth writes, "As a Supreme Court scholar, I think it is important to recognize that there is no formal code of conduct guiding the work of the Supreme Court, which
Attorney at Work
JULY 25, 2022
No one knows for sure what the future will look like for legal services. If you’re concerned about your practice and looking for an effective business development technique, I have a suggestion for you: Develop an industry focus, like a niche law firm. Becoming a niche law firm and marketing to an industry niche (as opposed to focusing on substantive expertise) can lead to substantial new business opportunities.
Advertiser: Trellis
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.
Relativity
JULY 28, 2022
Sorry, tortoises of the world: there is no 'slow and steady wins the race' in e-discovery.
Law, Technology and Access to Justice
JULY 27, 2022
You cannot open a newspaper at the moment without realising that the constitution of the UK is – to put it at its lowest – contested.
LawSites
JULY 15, 2022
I am thrilled to report that tomorrow is the fourth anniversary of the launch of my LawNext podcast. I say thrilled because, at the time I launched it, it felt like a gamble. At that point, I had been cohosting a very successful podcast for 13 years, Lawyer 2 Lawyer , with my long-time friend J. Craig Williams. We were the very first podcast to be produced by the Legal Talk Network and the longest-running podcast in law.
Rocket Matter
JULY 22, 2022
When you’re building up your firm, it can be tough to get the word out about the services that you have to offer. And with so many evergreen ways to market your law firm, where do you even begin? But don’t worry, you don’t have to become an influencer just to sell your skills. You can use any platform you want in your legal marketing strategy. What matters is knowing where your potential clients look for recommendations and leveraging your law firm marketing to meet them in those spaces.
LLRX
JULY 31, 2022
Articles and Columns for July 2022 Policing Reimagined – The thesis of Albert Chang’s paper is the metaverse presents a unique opportunity for effective police reforms. Developers, data scientists and legal sector experts working within the metaverse may be able to implement changes more efficiently than Congress as they are not subject to constitutional constraints.
Attorney at Work
JULY 18, 2022
The internet is the primary place attorneys advertise their services. If you own or operate a law firm that uses a website or actively published content on social media, it is imperative to understand the ethics rules and regulations of website usage. Failure to comply could result in serious penalties. State bar rules vary, so it can be confusing to determine your responsibilities in terms of your website — particularly if you run a multi-state practice.
Relativity
JULY 28, 2022
After gathering years of experience in law firm and service provider environments, AI Visionary Josh Kreamer is well versed in the many ways AI can make a legal department a value driver instead of a cost center. He brings this expertise to AstraZeneca and has helped transform the way they do e-discovery.
Law, Technology and Access to Justice
JULY 24, 2022
It began with a lunch. ‘Rog,’ said my companion. ‘You have been around the block on technology and access to justice a few times. You have worked for funders. You have made your fair share of grant applications. You know the field.
LawSites
JULY 28, 2022
It is not the typical stuff I cover on this blog, but it is difficult to overlook the fact that the woman at the center of the latest Elon Musk scandal is the former founder of a legal technology startup and a fellow at CodeX, The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics. On Sunday, The Wall Street Journal reported that Musk — founder of Tesla and SpaceX — allegedly had a brief affair with Nicole Shanahan , the wife of Google cofounder Sergey Brin, allegedly prompting Brin to file for divorce and e
Percipient
JULY 21, 2022
Not all Microsoft 365 subscriptions provide access to eDiscovery licenses. However, figuring out which subscription level to purchase to take advantage of Microsoft eDiscovery features raises several questions: Do you need Core eDiscovery, or do you need Advanced eDiscovery? Is Content Search included in all plans or is it subscription-based? What is the difference between them (Core eDiscovery vs.
LLRX
JULY 29, 2022
Peter Krapp , Professor of Film & Media Studies, University of California, Irvine shares facts that we need to acknowledge. The United States has the largest number of surveillance cameras per person in the world. Cameras are omnipresent on city streets and in hotels, restaurants, malls and offices. They’re also used to screen passengers for the Transportation Security Administration.
Attorney at Work
JULY 15, 2022
Lawyer happiness doesn’t have to be an unattainable goal, even in our pressure-filled lives. . I practiced law for 17 years while living a personal life and raising a family. So I understand how being a lawyer can lead to a lot of stress and pressure. It is difficult to handle it all. Everyone knows this. Even Lin Manuel-Miranda of “Hamilton” fame knows it.
Relativity
JULY 28, 2022
Stefan John is an AI Visionary because he encourages his team to embrace AI-enabled solutions across functions to enable better business and legal services. He’s also a compassionate leader.
Technically Legal
JULY 21, 2022
Daniel Linna, Senior Lecturer & Director of Law and Technology Initiatives at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law & McCormick School of Engineering visits the podcast to talk legal education, artificial intelligence and intersection of computer science and law. Professor Linna teaches classes at both Northwestern’s law school and engineering school that relate to tech and law including a couple on artificial intelligence.
LawSites
JULY 29, 2022
Ketanji Brown Jackson has made it to the pinnacle of the legal profession, not only becoming an associate justice of the Supreme Court with her swearing in June 30, but also as the first Black woman to sit on the court. But, let’s face it, no Supreme Court justice has fully made it until they get their own bobblehead. Well, t he National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum today unveiled the first bobblehead of Justice Jackson. .
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