Global LegalTech Hub

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Lilian Mateu Ruano, Business consultant and Agile coach at NTT Data Europe&Latam and Founder of Selectius Projects The pace of changes in the world is accelerating and technology is shaping the future of businesses across sectors and redefining the professional services playing field. Legal industry leaders and managers must explore and comprehend the intersection of law, business and technology to shift to a new paradigm.

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Attorney at Work

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Sooner or later, every lawyer in solo or small firm practice asks themselves whether they should create a law firm website — or how long they can put it off. Given all the unknowns — cost, scope, disruption — they may wonder whether launching a law firm website is really necessary, especially if they already have a robust digital presence. Maybe you have started by claiming a free Google business profile for your law firm and using social media to connect with potential clients.

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LLRX

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

The Internet Archive (IA) "is a non-profit digital library offering free universal access to books, movies & music, as well as 624 billion archived web pages." The IA offers users unrestricted access to its expansive ecosystem of knowledge and educational resources from the public domain. Andy Oram , prolific author, editor, publisher, and technical expert on all aspects of computing, undertook an extensive examination of a game changing case, Hachette v.

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LawSites

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Reynen Court , the so-called app store for legal technology, has promoted two of its key executives to new roles. Christian Lang , formerly head of strategy, is now president and chief operating officer. Lodewijk Bonebakker , formerly head of operations and security, is now chief compliance and security officer. . Both will continue to report to founder and CEO Andrew D.

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Advertiser: Trellis

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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Rocket Matter

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Criminal defense is one of the most challenging practice areas to specialize in. Friends, family, and even strangers have misconceptions about the work you do and may assume that you side with criminals. Your clients are often emotional, and you can’t blame them. They’re going through incredibly difficult times, whether or not they’re innocent. Due… Read More » 6 Ways to Automate Your Criminal Defense Practice.

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CloudNine

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

By guest blogger, Arnold Rogers As an experienced business consultant, Arnold Rogers has advised businesses across many industries in areas of lead generation, customer experience, service development, and small business cash flow and financial management. He has experience in handling diverse industries, from fast-moving consumer goods to business-to-business hardware retailers.

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Attorney at Work

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The pressure of being a lawyer takes its toll on your health and happiness. Here are a few tips for managing stress and learning to focus on your health first. Table of contents Preventing the Trainwreck: 6 Steps for Managing Stress and Health 1. Establish Your Baseline 2. Become Body Aware 3. Make Good Food Choices 4. Step Up Your Exercise Routine 5.

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LLRX

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

Among the main strengths of this important, highly readable book, says David H. Rothman , is its history of how we got into the mess in the first place. We blew our chance by not making higher education more of a tax-supported public good with academic values prevailing over commercial ones. The GI Bill and other measures helped, but what if the aid had been even more extensive with far less reliance on the marketplace?

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

For those who have to go to court without a lawyer, navigating the justice system can be daunting. Courtroom5 is a unique justice tech company that addresses that problem by providing pro se litigants with the training, tools, documents and support they need to represent themselves. For litigants who need extra help, it also offers access to à la carte lawyer services.

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Rocket Matter

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Many digital trends surged during the COVID-19 pandemic, including the use of electronic signatures. E-signatures had a market share of $3 billion in 2021. With the e-signature market expected to skyrocket to $35.03 billion by 2029, your law firm needs to get on board—and sooner rather than later. Along with e-signatures, secure file-sharing is a… Read More » 7 Ways to Implement File-Sharing and E-Signatures at Your Law Firm.

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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.

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CloudNine

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

By Julia Romero Peter, Esq. . It would be easy to launch into a discourse on all the conspiracy theories regarding the Alex Jones January 6 th case. Alas, no conspiracies here – just facts about data and how to review modern data such as text messages effectively. . The lawsuit was brought by the parents of a victim in the Sandy Hook shooting against Alex Jones for defamation seeking $150 million in damages from Jones and his media company Free Speech Systems for falsely claiming the 201

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Legal Tech Innovation Wales

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

The internet is not always a safe place. In many ways, our lives depend on it, given the increasingly digitally connected nature of our world. Unfortunately, many of us have experienced its dangers. Last week, the Computational Foundry hosted their Festival of Ideas, at Swansea University’s Bay Campus. Professor Stuart Macdonald from the Cyber Threats Research Centre in Swansea University (CYTREC) was joined in a thought-provoking panel discussion by Professor Yvonne McDermott-Rees, human rights

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Attorney at Work

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

A few months back, I was drowning in work. Every available space on my calendar seemed to be filled with other people’s priorities. While it’s good to be busy, it’s not when you get to the point where things start slipping through the cracks. So I started focusing intently on finding ways to improve my productivity. What Worked? 5 Attorney Productivity Tips.

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LLRX

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

Privacy 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.

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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.

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LawSites

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Reynen Court , the so-called app store for legal technology, today launched a general solicitation stock offering in order to bring on individual lawyers and “legal technology enthusiasts” as investors in the company. . The offering, which is described at invest.reynencourt. com , is being made under Rule 506(c) of the federal securities laws, which provides an exemption to the general prohibition against issuers broadly soliciting and advertising an offering. .

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Debevoise Data Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

As we wrote in previous posts, on August 11, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) announced its Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the “ANPR”) seeking public comment on 95 questions focused on harms stemming from “commercial surveillance and lax data security practices” and whether new trade regulation rules under section 18 of the FTC Act are needed to protect people’s privacy and information.

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Percipient

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

When lawyers prepare for litigation, depositions, mediations, or even internal investigations, they conduct a document review to find all the documents related to the project. If the document review is large enough, they may enlist the help of others, like document review attorneys. If other team members lend a hand with the document review, Lawyers will typically develop a document review protocol to ensure that all relevant documents are identified and outline what documents are important to t

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Technically Legal

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Angela Floessel, Global Director of Pricing and Legal Project Management at Morrison Foerster, discusses the litigation finance program she helped set up permitting MoFo to take good cases it might not otherwise take, secure good results for clients it might not otherwise help and help grow the firm’s bottom line while doing it. Before moving to legal, Angela spent most of her career in finance.

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Attorney at Work

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

What are you doing to get more of the referrals you want? You can build a steady stream of referral business — maybe not enough to stop buying ads, but enough to sustain and grow your practice — if you have a good plan. Here’s a guide to building and managing your lawyer referrals network. Table of Contents Building Your Referral Network 1. Who to Ask for Referrals 2.

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LLRX

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

Privacy 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.

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LawSites

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

World Software, whose Worldox document management software is used by law firms worldwide, has named new leadership following the arrest this week of its president. Worldox’s longtime Chief Financial Officer Julie Ann Camporini and Chief Information Officer Rebecca Sattin have taken over as co-executives, according to a source within the company.

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Relativity

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

What is DevOps? Why should you care? That’s the topic of discussion for this episode of Security Sandbox, as Relativity CSO Amanda Fennell chats with Marcin Swiety and Raphael Theberge about their DevOps adventure.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Nowadays, working in my slippers from a makeshift office, it can be difficult to remember the days when proper networking was commonplace. Messy hair? Camera off. Sticking the kettle on? Mute mic. But now that we’re entering the post-pandemic era, it’s important that we remember to network - why we do it, what we gain from it, and how to do it effectively.

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Debevoise Data Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

In July, we wrote about New York City’s Automated Employment Decision Tool Law (the “AEDT Law” or the “Law”), which requires employers to conduct an independent bias audit of their AI employment tools by January 1, 2023. On September 23, 2022, New York City’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (“DCWP”) released proposed rules (the “Proposed Rules”) that would implement the Law, and which clear up some, but not all, of the Law’s ambiguities.

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Attorney at Work

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

How can you keep good people from leaving your firm — quietly or otherwise? Here’s how to turn law firm hiring and retention challenges to your advantage. We have been dealing with the fallout from the “Great Resignation” for some time now as people reevaluate and renegotiate the way they want to work and live their lives. More are favoring flexibility and prioritizing purpose and meaning in their work over job security.

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LLRX

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

Privacy 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.

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LawSites

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Just four years after launching Westlaw Edge as its next-generation legal research platform, Thomson Reuters today unveiled the next-next generation. It is called Westlaw Precision and, as the name suggests, its focus is on delivering research results that are more precise than ever before, and delivering them with greater speed than ever before. What does TR mean by more precise?

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Relativity

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Information governance policies are not created only for your IT and information security departments. They offer benefits for your entire organization and should be relied upon by your legal department.

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Rocket Matter

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

No one ever heard Perry Mason say “Wow, this billing system is top-notch.” Law & Order’s Jack McCoy never waxed rhapsodic about the thrill of a well-organized court calendar. And the cast of Suits was far too busy conniving and canoodling to sing the praises of their e-signature platform. Setting up effective time capture and billing processes, utilizing your team’s experience while still providing professional development, meeting court deadlines, and running business intelligence reports a

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Debevoise Data Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

One of the most difficult challenges for cybersecurity professionals is the increasing complexity of corporate systems. Mergers, vendor integrations, new software tools and remote work all expand the footprint of companies’ information systems, creating a larger attack surface for hackers. The adoption of artificial intelligence presents additional and, in some ways, unique cybersecurity challenges for protecting the AI models themselves as well as the sensitive data that is used to train and op

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Attorney at Work

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Email (and, therefore, Outlook) has taken over our days. It’s time to take control back and make space for more meaningful work. These five Outlook tips for legal professionals will help you stay focused and get through your email faster. Outlook Tips for Legal Professionals. 1. Drag and Drop to Create Appointments, Tasks and Contacts. You can easily convert emails to appointments, tasks and contacts with a quick drag and drop.

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LLRX

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

Prof. Cindy Guyer , Senior Law Librarian and Adjunct Assistant Professor Law at the University of Southern California Gould School of Law, has been experimenting with incorporating infographics in her teaching to present information and knowledge visually, using graphs, flowcharts, timelines, and diagrams, which are components of instructional design.

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LawSites

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

A new partnership between Free Law Project , a nonprofit devoted to making legal information publicly and freely available, and vLex , the international legal research platform, will enable Free Law Project to complete its goal of collecting every precedential court decision from the federal courts and state appellate courts and making them available to the public as a free resource. vLex will provide Free Law with financial and technical support, as well as editorial and research support.

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Relativity

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Take a quick look at how two in-house teams have leveraged Text IQ for Privilege to streamline some of the most manual and repetitive decision work that goes into document reviews for e-discovery.

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