Attorney at Work
MARCH 14, 2022
Are you happy in your practice area? Maybe you’ve read posts about fast-growing practice areas that would be more to your liking. Seven Steps to Switch Your Niche. You can switch practice area. You’re smart. You can do this. It just takes some work. Ask a Law Librarian. A visit to a law library is an ideal way to start. As a newbie to the topic, computer legal research can present too large a universe.
Ward Blawg
MARCH 15, 2022
In a post-pandemic world, there’s little doubt we will rely more heavily on technology to meet the demands of clients, who are expecting a quicker and more transparent experience.
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LawSites
MARCH 18, 2022
I had the great honor this week to record a conversation with Yevgen Poltenko , executive director of the Legal Development Network , an association of community-based non-governmental organizations that promotes people-centered justice in Ukraine, for the LexBlog podcast This Week in Legal Blogging. . We discussed his organization’s efforts to assist Ukrainians with legal and humanitarian issues amid the Russian invasion of their country.
LLRX
MARCH 12, 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.
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!
Attorney at Work
MARCH 15, 2022
Every new year, there’s always lots of talk about how to start the year off right. For solo and small firm lawyers, that can mean many things. One of my attorney-clients begins the new year by revisiting her retainer agreement and reading the evidence code cover to cover. Those are great ideas. But if the first weeks of the year got away from you, spring is also a great time to clean up your practice.
Technically Legal
MARCH 17, 2022
SCENE: Afternoon. Early 2000s. Because the first internet bubble is popping, two tech lawyers find themselves with not much to do so they go to a matinee showing of Black Hawk Down. Those two attorneys are James Fisher and Kevin Broyles. That particular afternoon was not the only slow one for them. Work for them had dried up and colleagues at their law firm were getting laid off left and right.
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new tech law blog
MARCH 14, 2022
Last year regulators in the EU devoted a lot of attention to cookie files and other tracking technologies used on websites. This interest was generated among other sources by numerous complaints filed by NOYB—European Center for Digital Rights in the last year with data protection authorities, and has resulted in guidance and several decisions issued by regulators in recent months (e.g. in Austria, Belgium and France).
Attorney at Work
MARCH 15, 2022
Automating your client intake process seems like a no-brainer. But, with so many products coming online, what should small firms know before they buy? Assembly Legal’s McKay Ferrell explains some common misunderstandings so you can better evaluate the options. . It’s not true that small law firms can’t compete with bigger firms. With the right technology, your firm can take advantage of automations that remove bottlenecks and improve workflow — all while feeding you the data you need to gr
NSLT
MARCH 18, 2022
What’s the Role of Technology in the Legal Sector? While there are various factors behind the unprecedented shift in the legal market, the one that has made great strides in the last few years is legal technology. The one we will discuss in detail in this article.
LawSites
MARCH 14, 2022
Zero to sixty. Two weeks, two back-to-back live conferences, after not having been to one for two years. I already wrote about the first of the two, ABA TECHSHOW in Chicago, the timing of which made it a karmic bookend to a long strange trip. For many in attendance there, TECHSHOW 2020 had been their last live conference before the pandemic, and TECHSHOW 2022 their first re-entry to live conferencing.
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Debevoise Data Blog
MARCH 16, 2022
On March 15, 2022, President Biden signed the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022 (the “Act”) into law, requiring critical infrastructure entities to report covered cybersecurity incidents to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (“CISA”) within 72 hours and report ransom payments to CISA within 24 hours of payment.
Attorney at Work
MARCH 18, 2022
There is one thing you can do each day that will greatly improve your life, health and relationships. You can do it anywhere. It doesn’t cost anything. It doesn’t require special tools or skills. It is mindfulness. What Is Mindfulness? Mindfulness means being present in the moment and focusing on what is happening right now. The opposite would be distractedness; for instance, while working, you’re focusing on all the things you need to do around the house, or vice versa.
NSLT
MARCH 16, 2022
Google Apps & G Suite for Lawyers Completing client work and leading your small law firm remotely requires an easy-to-use, cloud-based platform that enables your team to access their work from anywhere. This is where Google apps and G Suite come in.
LawSites
MARCH 17, 2022
Last month, we announced the launch of the LawNext Legal Technology Directory , which we hope will become the most trusted source of legal tech products in the market. We have been grateful for the response, both from users and vendors. In order for product listings to be as complete as possible, we are inviting companies to add their products directly.
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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
MARCH 18, 2022
After two weeks off to attend two back-to-back legal tech conferences, ABA TECHSHOW and Legalweek, our Legaltech Week panel of is back live today at 3 E.T., where we will do a post-mortem on what were, for many, their first live conferences in two years. Attendance is free, but you need to register, which you can do here. Register once and you are signed up for all future sessions.
LawSites
MARCH 17, 2022
Last week brought a flurry of legal technology news, thanks to the first in-person Legalweek conference in two years. Yesterday, in the first of two posts , I began a round up the week’s notable announcements. Here is the rest of my round-up. Reveal Releases Major Enhancement of its Platform. Reveal , a global provider of e-discovery technology, announced the release of Reveal 11, which it said is a major enhancement to its AI-powered on-premise and SaaS platform, which can be used to support li
Attorney at Work
MARCH 17, 2022
Attorney at Work’s “Women in Law” series honors Women’s History Month with a focus on successful women lawyers who have carved a path for themselves in the legal industry and beyond. First up: counselor and advocate Lauren Tetenbaum. Lauren A. Tetenbaum. Advocate, Therapist. LAT Counseling. New York City. New York University, MSW, 2010. Cardozo School of Law, J.D., 2011.
LawSites
MARCH 16, 2022
Last week brought a flurry of legal technology news, thanks to the first in-person Legalweek conference in two years. In this first of two posts, I will round up the week’s notable announcements. I’ll publish the second half tomorrow. SurePoint Launches SureTime, Law Firm Time Management Solution. The cloud practice management company SurePoint Technologies announced the launch of SureTime, a cloud-based time management system.
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LawSites
MARCH 15, 2022
Epiq , a global company that provides technology-enabled services to the legal industry and corporations, has acquired Fireman & Company , a leading legal industry management consulting firm, it announced today. The acquisition enables Epiq to deliver broader knowledge management and data management expertise and provides Epiq with an expanded suite of strategic legal advisory services and innovative technology solutions for its clients, Epiq said. [ Read about Epiq on the LawNext Legal Tech
NSLT
MARCH 14, 2022
Legal Issues in Zoom Meetings Zoom meeting usage increased so quickly during the pandemic that the software outgrew its rudimentary security. Zoom’s lack of reliable security and accompanying privacy problems have resulted in numerous legal issues.
LawSites
MARCH 17, 2022
Potentially one of the biggest legal tech stories to come out of the Legalweek show in New York last week was the release by LexisNexis Legal & Professional of a new API Developer Portal. The self-service portal enables law firms to access some 99% of LexisNexis content – both raw content and metadata – to incorporate it into their own workflows and applications and combine it with their own internal and third-party data.
LawSites
MARCH 15, 2022
BlackBoiler , a company whose AI-based technology automates the review and mark-up of inbound contracts right in Microsoft Word’s Track Changes, is today launching a redesigned platform with an enhanced user interface and a new tool that helps companies automate the creation of contract playbooks. . The new platform can be used as a standalone product or as part of a contract lifecycle management implementation.
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