Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

OCTOBER 17, 2024

In July, Professors Vikram Amar & Michael Dorf addressed many key decisions by the Supreme Court, discussing the ways they may have changed the legal landscape. Our trusted professors are now back again to provide an engaging dialogue as to what is on the docket for the upcoming Supreme Court Term. With so many cases to examine, you will certainly find various insights into matters such as reasonableness of force under the 4th Amendment, restrictions on gender-affirming care for minors and

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Legal IT Insiders

OCTOBER 14, 2024

By Robin Ghurbhurun, Governing Board, National Association of Licensed Paralegals Artificial Intelligence is already making itself felt in the legal sector. Just a few months ago, English judges were given […] The post Guest Post: The Impact of AI on Paralegals – Preparing for the Future appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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OCTOBER 11, 2024

NGAGE Intelligence, Inc., the legal industry’s leading behavioral analytics platform to help firms improve ROI in their digital workplace, announces the introduction NGAGE for Microsoft Copilot. NGAGE for Copilot is the newest module for NGAGE’s comprehensive platform that analyzes and reports on user behavior across a law firm’s communication, collaboration and AI tools.

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Ward Blawg

OCTOBER 15, 2024

As reported by legal technology journalist and lawyer, Bob Ambrogi here [link] , Legalpioneer, a platform that catalogs companies in legal tech, justice tech, and governance, has made a groundbreaking contribution to the legal tech community by donating its entire dataset of over 13,000 legal technology / law tech companies to GitHub. This valuable data […] The post Legalpioneer Donates 13,000+ Legal Technology Companies Dataset to GitHub first appeared on WardblawG.

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Advertiser: Trellis

Finance teams find Trellis to be particularly effective in conducting comprehensive due diligence on both individuals and businesses. With our court data solution, financial experts can access critical litigation insights, making it an invaluable resource for informed decision-making in the financial sector.

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Global LegalTech Hub

OCTOBER 13, 2024

By Pablo Yannone Sancho , Journalist at GLTH Many startups that want to create solutions focused on access to justice “are closest to the problem, but farthest from the resources.” This claim belongs to Maya Markovich , one of our Access to Justice Legal Advisors and founder at Justice Tech Association , inter alia projects. She has a background in behavioral science and organizational psychology.

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Artificial Lawyer

OCTOBER 28, 2024

The questions keep coming up: if genAI will increasingly be able to do process-level work, what happens to the most junior associates? What work will.

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Legal IT Insiders

OCTOBER 18, 2024

We spoke with oneNDA co-founder Electra Japonas about the need for contract consensus, and the risk presented by the likes of ChatGPT in terms of moving away from standardisation. oneNDA, […] The post oneNDA to accelerate contract standardisation drive after acquisition by Law Insider appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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Legal IT Professionals

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The innovative client experience app, inCase, part of Access Legal, which improves engagement and communication between legal teams and their clients, has been nominated in the ‘Service Provider of the Year’ category of the Modern Law Conveyancing Awards 2024, while one of its executive directors, Rob Hosier, has also been shortlisted in the ‘Business Development Professional of the Year’ category.

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Ward Blawg

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Are you drawn to helping families through legal challenges? Becoming a family lawyer in the UK could be the perfect career for you. Family law is both rewarding and impactful, dealing with delicate matters like divorce, custody, and adoption. In this guide, we’ll explore what it takes to become a family lawyer, from education to […] The post How to Become a Family Lawyer?

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Eric Goldman

OCTOBER 15, 2024

This case involves real property on Cat Island in the Bahamas. After the death of Michael S. Weber , the property passed into his trust. Susan, his sister, is the trustee, and his son Owen is a trust beneficiary. Owen may have difficulty managing his money. When asked what happened to a $319k trust disbursement, he said “that he attempted to start a business, had drug addiction, and ‘I blew — blew that money.'” Owen nevertheless thinks Susan should have sold the Cat Island prop

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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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Attorney at Work

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Stop me if you’ve heard this one: Lawyers get sanctioned for filing bogus cases concocted by generative AI. This storyline is all too familiar to us legal professionals. While these headlines deliver a powerful cautionary message, they should not deter you from using GenAI in your law practice. What Lawyers Need to Know About GenAI […] The post Keys to Using GenAI in Your Law Practice?

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Legal Talk Network

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Photograph taken by Gabr iela Cubeiro Legal Talk Network is thrilled to congratulate Dennis Kennedy, a legal tech consultant, director at Michigan State University’s College of Law and co-host of The Kennedy-Mighell Report , on winning the Lifetime Achievement award at the 2024 American Legal Technology Awards in Austin, Texas. Since 2009, Dennis and fellow technologist Tom Mighell have led engaging conversations about the latest trends in technology on their podcast.

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Legal IT Insiders

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Christian Davis, associate partner at commercial data solutions provider JMAN Group, explains how data is transforming value creation and compliance in private equity. In the past, the private equity (PE) […] The post Guest post: How data is redefining value generation and compliance in private equity decision-making appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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OCTOBER 10, 2024

This week’s product walk through is with Legau, which is a multi-capability legal drafting system leveraging genAI and designed to support lawyers with all types.

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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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Ward Blawg

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Insights on what constitutes a personal injury, with reference to Canadian personal injury law and general legal principles. Always take advice from a reliable local lawyer in your jurisdiction. A personal injury occurs when a person’s body, mind, or emotions are damaged due to the negligence or intentional actions of another party. It is not […] The post What Constitutes a Personal Injury?

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Above the Law - Technology

OCTOBER 4, 2024

From the keystone-kops-handling-the-Drug-War dept The post LAPD Raids Medical Lab For (Nonexistent) Weed, Get Gun Stuck In An MRI Machine appeared first on Above the Law.

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Attorney at Work

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Are security concerns limiting your firm’s use of legal tech? Not sure how to safeguard your data and, more importantly, client data? You’re not alone. According to Bloomberg’s Legal Ops and Tech Survey, 54% of law firms cite security concerns as one of the top barriers to implementing new legal technology — more than budget […] The post Legal Tech Security Checklist: What You Need to Know When Evaluating New Technology appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawy

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OCTOBER 18, 2024

Imagine a world where law firm clients add your services to their shopping carts as easily as a new pair of shoes. E-commerce, or ecomm, has revolutionized how we buy everything from clothing to groceries. But, to date, the legal industry largely remains untouched. As more industries embrace online automation, the question whispered around the water cooler is: Will law firms follow suit?

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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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Legal IT Insiders

OCTOBER 14, 2024

UK top 100 law firm Shoosmiths and AI governance platform Enzai have launched AI Comply, which is designed to help businesses navigate the complex AI regulatory landscape. As the adoption […] The post Shoosmiths and Enzai launch AI compliance platform appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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Artificial Lawyer

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Microsoft is rolling out ‘a new set of capabilities that enable you to build autonomous agents’, which will ‘understand the nature of your work and act on your behalf – providing support acro…

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OCTOBER 13, 2024

Leading law firm Shoosmiths and artificial intelligence (AI) governance software provider Enzai together announce the launch of AI Comply - a first-of-its-kind solution designed to help businesses navigate the complex AI regulatory landscape. Built on Enzai’s powerful AI governance platform, AI Comply combines the AI governance workflows and automations of the Enzai platform with the bespoke guidance of Shoosmiths’ market-leading AI specialist lawyers.

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Clio

OCTOBER 24, 2024

On October 24, 2024, Wolters Kluwer, an information services company, released the 2024 Wolters Kluwer Future Ready Lawyer Survey Report. This annual report, now in its sixth year, surveys hundreds of law firms across the U.S. and Europe. In this blog post, we’ll explore the key insights from this report alongside our earlier findings from the latest Legal Trends Report to reaffirm the pressing issues facing today’s lawyers—and what the future of the legal profession holds for them.

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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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OCTOBER 22, 2024

Cybersecurity is more critical now than ever before. Not only are law firms storing more data, but since the pandemic has forced us all to become increasingly mobile, keeping clients’ sensitive information safe is even more challenging. So, what can you do? It’s important to educate yourself and your colleagues on cybersecurity to ensure that your law firm data is properly managed (After all, you are only as strong as your weakest link.) 11 Tips for Effective Law Firm Data Protection As a law

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Martindale-Avvo

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Achieving a high search ranking is not just about squeezing keywords into your website; it’s about implementing a well-rounded strategy. The legal industry is competitive, and your digital presence is increasingly the deciding factor between success and obscurity. Understanding the finer points of legal SEO is more crucial now than ever. Search Ranking and Keywords for Law Firms Understanding keywords is foundational to SEO, and your rank on the search engine results pages (SERPs).

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Legal IT Insiders

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Linklaters has launched a training course to provide its lawyers with technical and practical expertise in Gen AI, designed and prepared by Linklaters’ Gen AI Programme Team in collaboration with […] The post Linklaters launches GenAI training programme in collaboration with Kings College law school appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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OCTOBER 14, 2024

Bloomberg Law is best known for its legal research and market information offerings, but it’s now embracing genAI to expand what its recently developed contract.

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Speaker: Andrew Klein and Jennifer Vandenplas

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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Above the Law - Technology

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Tell me you don't understand this industry without telling me you don't understand this industry. The post ChatGPT Exec Says AI Will Replace $2000/Hr Paralegals… Who Wants To Tell Her? appeared first on Above the Law.

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LLRX

OCTOBER 29, 2024

The Department of Justice may be on the verge of seeking a break-up of Google in a bid to make it less dominant. ,,,,,strong>Renaud Foucart explains that if the government goes ahead and is successful in the courts, it could mean the company being split into separate entities – a search engine, an advertising company, a video website, a mapping app – which would not be allowed to share data with each other.

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Clio

OCTOBER 29, 2024

As legal technology advances at an astonishing pace, it’s easy to overlook the most crucial element of its success: people. At the 2024 Clio Cloud Conference , we sat down with Judge Victoria Pratt , a passionate advocate for criminal justice reform. Her message? While technology plays a central role in shaping the future of law, true justice can only be achieved through human connection.

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Internet for Lawyers

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The Case of Mr. B. In a groundbreaking case that is likely to have far-reaching implications for the legal profession, an Australian solicitor, Mr. B., is facing disciplinary action for filing fake case citations that were generated by artificial intelligence (AI). This increasingly common incident has raised serious questions about the ethical use of AI in l.

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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

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