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Eight ways to transform your law firm with workflows

Ward Blawg

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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Practice Area Switcharoo: Become An Expert in Anything

Attorney at Work

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.

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Conversation with Yevgen Poltenko on Providing Legal Aid in Ukraine and What We Can Do To Help

LawSites

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.

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Pete Recommends Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, March 12, 2022

LLRX

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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Fisher Broyles: From 5 Attorneys to AmLaw 200 and Doing it all Remotely (James Fisher & Kevin Broyles)

Technically Legal

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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Spring Cleaning, Solo Style

Attorney at Work

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.

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Announcing the Winners of ABA TECHSHOW’s Startup Alley Pitch Competition

LawSites

Given that this happened two weeks ago, I am a bit tardy in reporting the results of the Startup Alley pitch competition, which was the opening night event at ABA TECHSHOW in Chicago March 2. I blame it on two solid weeks of travel and a deluge of catching up after returning home. The pitch competition is a fast-paced event in which 15 finalists get exactly three minutes each to make their pitches to a live TECHSHOW audience.

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What’s the Role of Technology in the Legal Sector?

NSLT

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.

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5 Common Misunderstandings About Client Intake Software

Attorney at Work

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

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The Legalweek 2022 Conference: A Return to the Old Normal?

LawSites

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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New Cyber Incident Reporting Coming for Critical Infrastructure: Five Key Takeaways

Debevoise Data Blog

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.

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Google Apps & G Suite for Lawyers

NSLT

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.

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Mindfulness Matters: 5 Ways to Focus on the Now

Attorney at Work

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.

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The 10 Latest Additions to the LawNext Legal Technology Directory

LawSites

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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Today: The Legaltech Week Roundtable is Back Live; We’ll Debrief on TECHSHOW and Legalweek

LawSites

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.

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Legalweek News Round-Up, Part 2: Reveal, Cobra Legal, Relativity, LawToolBox, Reynen Court, and Veralocity

LawSites

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

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Q&A With Lauren A. Tetenbaum: Reflections of Pride

Attorney at Work

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.

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Legalweek News Round-Up, Part 1: SurePoint, DISCO, Casepoint, Elevate, For the Record, Onna, and SirionLabs

LawSites

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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Epiq Acquires Legal Industry Management Consulting Firm Fireman & Company

LawSites

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

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Legal Issues in Zoom Meetings

NSLT

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.

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LexisNexis Has Been Busy, with Multiple Announcements, Including New Self-Service APIs, All to ‘Create A Connected World’

LawSites

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.

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With Platform Redesign, BlackBoiler Adds Playbook Builder that Makes it Easy to Create Contract Playbooks

LawSites

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.