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5 Ways to Figure Out What You Want

Attorney at Work

Jamie Spannhake | Why is it so hard to figure out what we want? Let's take a new approach. The post 5 Ways to Figure Out What You Want appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, November 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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With Launch of StatePro, PacerPro Expands Its Court Data Automation to 32 States, with More to Come

LawSites

PacerPro , a company that provides federal court data automation and experience capture for law firms, today launched a service focused on state court data, StatePro, offering access to 32 state courts initially and more to be added throughout this year and next. In addition, PacerPro has named Noah Aron , an expert in electronic court filings and the former chief product officer of Nationwide Legal LLC and One Legal, as an advisor to manage the company’s state courts expansion.

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Demystifying the Billable Hour: How to Right-Size Your Rates

Rocket Matter

Every lawyer has to deal with a decision that can make or break a law firm: what to charge for your work. . If the topic fills you with dread, or you become uncomfortable just thinking about talking money with clients, you’re not alone. However, with prices on the rise over the last year ( global inflation is forecasted to rise to 8.8% in 2022 ), it’s the right time to look at your current rates and see if you’re charging enough to remain profitable.

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The War for Talent: Great Expectations

Attorney at Work

Wendy Merrill | If you haven't recently reviewed and documented expectations of associates, partners or staff, it is time to do so. The post The War for Talent: Great Expectations appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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Ireland’s Legal Tech Conference Will Take Place on 29th November

Legal Tech Blog

La Touche Training , Ireland’s Legal Training company, announced the Legal Tech Conference 2022, taking place on 29th November in Croke Park, Dublin, Ireland. The Legal Tech Conference is a well-known event for all things related to legal technology and eDiscovery in Ireland and globally. The conference gathers law firms, government departments, corporates, general counsel, in-house lawyers, regulatory agencies, eDiscovery providers, advisors and much more for an enlightening day focusing on bes

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LawNext Podcast: NetDocuments CEO Josh Baxter and CTO Alvin Tedjamulia on Success in the Cloud

LawSites

?. Last week, the cloud-based content management company NetDocuments was in Denver for its annual three-day Inspire 2022 conference for customers and partners. As it happens, I was there also, where I sat down for an exclusive live interview with the company’s two top executives, Josh Baxter , who has been CEO since 2018, and Alvin Tedjamulia , one of the company’s original three founders and its CTO since 1999.

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How to Handle a Mistake as a Young Lawyer

Attorney at Work

Meyling Ly Ortiz | Almost everything is fixable if you catch it early enough. The post How to Handle a Mistake as a Young Lawyer appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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Top 5 Black Friday Tips for Your Small Law Business

MatterSuite

We all know when it comes to deals in the tech industry November has the best offers. November has always been one of the happening months and quite celebrated at a large scale, holidays, festivities, and offers, giving you an ample amount of opportunities to give your productivity a kick start after the relaxing holiday season. Black Friday & Cyber Monday is coming up and that means deals are going to be everywhere.

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Small Firm Lawyers Are Awash with Optimism about their Practices, Thomson Reuters Survey Finds

LawSites

What with COVID, the economy and the day-to-challenges of practicing law and managing a firm, it’s been a tough three years. Yet despite it all, smaller law firms have a bullish outlook on their future prospects — and with good reason. So says the 2022 State of U.S. Small Law Firms survey conducted by Thomson Reuters, in collaboration with the American Bar Association’s Solo, Small Firm and General Practice Division.

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3 Steps toward Building a Future-facing Security Awareness Program

Relativity

In service of building a more secure future for your organization, here are three things you can do to make the jump into a security awareness program that changes your team for the better.

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SOP Magic: Making Your Law Firm’s Processes Actionable With Legalboards

Attorney at Work

David and Karen Skinner | It’s easier than you think to create a library of SOPs that capture the processes you use every day in your practice. The post SOP Magic: Making Your Law Firm’s Processes Actionable With Legalboards appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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Webcast: NYDFS New Draft Amendments to Part 500 Cybersecurity Rules

Debevoise Data Blog

On Friday, November 18, 2022 at 10:30AM ET, Eric Dinallo, Avi Gesser, Erez Liebermann, Caroline Novogrod Swett, and Johanna Skrzypczyk participated in a webcast examining the new draft amendments to the Part 500 Cybersecurity Rules (“Draft Amendments”) proposed by the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) and the implications they may have for insurance companies and other NYDFS-regulated entities.

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As Companies Rein In Legal Spend, They Are Bullish on Leveraging Legal Tech, Survey Says

LawSites

Not surprisingly given the economy, a survey of inhouse legal professionals finds that companies are slowing down or freezing hiring, reducing outside counsel spending, and conducting layoffs. To help counter these cuts and reduce their workloads, legal departments are increasingly bullish on leveraging legal technology, the survey finds. The survey by contract management company Lexion polled 450 inhouse legal professionals — general counsel, inhouse counsel, legal operations professionals, con

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3 Steps toward Building a Future-facing Security Awareness Program

Relativity

In service of building a more secure future for your organization, here are three things you can do to make the jump into a security awareness program that changes your team for the better.

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Get Serious About Business Development and Start Taking Action (Even If It’s Imperfect)

Attorney at Work

Jay Harrington | A growth mindset, manifested through daily business development activity, is the lead domino for achieving your long-term career goals. The post Get Serious About Business Development and Start Taking Action (Even If It’s Imperfect) appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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Evolutions in Ediscovery, From the Cloud to AI: Thoughts From On Point 2022

Nextpoint

The post Evolutions in Ediscovery, From the Cloud to AI: Thoughts From On Point 2022 appeared first on Nextpoint.

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New LawNext Resource: The Ins and Outs of Choosing Legal Software for Your Solo or Small Law Firm

LawSites

Choosing technology for your solo or small law firm can feel like a daunting task. Fortunately, it’s not as difficult as it might seem, as long as you have a plan that helps you choose the technology your firm needs and sufficiently vet the products and providers. So says Nicole Black , nationally recognized author, journalist and speaker on legal technology topics, and SME and external education lead at MyCase legal practice management software.

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Patents and e-Discovery: An Obvious Yet Novel Connection

Relativity

A new solution built on RelativityOne can help you support an entirely new practice group, in a platform you already know inside and out. That tool is Relativity Patents.

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The Legal Tech Podcast

NSLT

Did you know that the Model Rules of Professional Conduct, which govern attorney ethics, were created in 1983, the same year that Microsoft introduced Word? In fact, the rules, which have been adopted in every state, have not been modified significantly since 1983 to address the massive impact of technology on the practice of law.

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Jurassic Law: Taking a T-Rex-sized Bite Out of Crime

The Barrister

Nowadays, the field of paleontology- the study of prehistoric life- is seen as a harmless, wonderful practice. The media has also glamorized the field as seen in children’s books, movies, and video games. However, many people are unaware of the link between paleontology and the law. Certain laws combat the “dark side” of paleontology: fossil smugglers stealing paleontological finds from foreign countries, black markets for stolen fossils arising worldwide, and on-going conflict between commercia

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Relativity Names New CEO

LawSites

The global e-discovery and compliance technology company Relativity today named a new chief executive officer, Phil Saunders , who was most recently CEO of Cornerstone OnDemand. He succeeds Mike Gamson , who departs after five years as a board member and three years as CEO. Saunders will become CEO effective Dec. 12, with Gamson staying through year-end to ensure a seamless transition, the company said.

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Patents and e-Discovery: An Obvious Yet Novel Connection

Relativity

A new solution built on RelativityOne can help you support an entirely new practice group, in a platform you already know inside and out. That tool is Relativity Patents.

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The Legal Tech Podcast

NSLT

Did you know that the Model Rules of Professional Conduct, which govern attorney ethics, were created in 1983, the same year that Microsoft introduced Word? In fact, the rules, which have been adopted in every state, have not been modified significantly since 1983 to address the massive impact of technology on the practice of law.

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Ep 182: NetDocuments CEO Josh Baxter and CTO Alvin Tedjamulia

LawNext podcast

Last week, the cloud-based content management company NetDocuments was in Denver for its annual three-day Inspire 2022 conference for customers and partners. LawNext host Bob Ambrogi was there also, where he sat down for an exclusive live interview with the company’s two top executives, Josh Baxter , who has been CEO since 2018, and Alvin Tedjamulia , one of the company’s original three founders and its CTO since 1999.

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Exclusive: Filevine to Publish Its.vine Spec and Open API By Year End; I Get A Demo of the Document Format

LawSites

Earlier this month, the practice management company Filevine announced that, as part of a new document assembly feature, it had developed a proprietary document format, “.vine,” that it said would replace Microsoft Word and Google Docs in the legal industry. (See, Say What? Filevine Introduces Proprietary Document Format to ‘Become the New Standard in the Legal Industry’.).

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Law Libraries Fostering Research & Learning on American Indian Law

Wisblawg

November is Native American Heritage Month, a time dedicated to celebrating the rich and diverse culture, history, and contributions of Native people. Each year, the UW–Madison campus cultivates a diverse portfolio of events in recognition of this important heritage month. One of these events, organized by the UW Law School and the Indigenous Law Students Association (ILSA), was a flag ceremony in which thirteen Native Nations with ancestral ties to Wisconsin presented their flags.

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Debunking Legal Tech Myths

NSLT

There are a lot of myths and misinformation out there about legal technology that can cause law firms to stall important decisions regarding vendor partner selection or upgrading their systems. I’d like to debunk some common myths about legal tech—from robots replacing lawyers to addressing legal tech integrations—and provide some practical tips your firm can use today.

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Technology companies partner to stop CP, phishing scams

Cyber Crime Review

Two recent partnerships of technology companies are working to combat cybercrime in the areas of phishing schemes and child pornography. Here’s a brief overview of what they are doing. PhotoDNA Microsoft began working with NCMEC in 2009 to create software that could create a hash value for images of child pornography and then track that image despite being edited.

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AffiniPay, Parent of LawPay and MyCase, Names Two Women to Executive Posts As GC and CMO

LawSites

AffiniPay , the parent company of payments platform LawPay and practice management platform MyCase , today named Catherine Dawson , a lawyer with 20 years of experience in data privacy, cybersecurity and mergers and acquisitions, as its general counsel. The news comes a week after AffiniPay named another woman to its executive suite, marketing and software executive Ana Villegas as its chief marketing officer.

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When Humans and Machines Disagree – The Myth of “AI Errors” and Unlocking the Promise of AI Through Optimal Decision Making

Debevoise Data Blog

Machines are increasingly making important decisions that have traditionally been made by humans, such as who should get a job interview or who should receive a loan. For valid legal, reputational, and technical reasons, many organizations and regulators do not fully trust machines to make these judgments by themselves. As a result, humans usually remain involved in AI decision making, which is referred to as a “human-in-the-loop.

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Debunking Legal Tech Myths

NSLT

There are a lot of myths and misinformation out there about legal technology that can cause law firms to stall important decisions regarding vendor partner selection or upgrading their systems. I’d like to debunk some common myths about legal tech—from robots replacing lawyers to addressing legal tech integrations—and provide some practical tips your firm can use today.

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Highlighted Paper: Orin Kerr, The Mosaic Theory of the Fourth Amendment

Cyber Crime Review

This week I would like to draw attention to Orin Kerr’s new article on Mosaic Theory, a theory which gained notoriety after the GPS tracking case United States v. Maynard and was later implicitly accepted by some justices of the Supreme Court in United States v. Jones. I have a personal interest in this topic, since my law review article, Car-ving out the Notions of Privacy: The Impact of GPS Tracking and Why Maynard is a Move in the Right Direction , focused on Maynard and Mosai

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The Continuing Importance of Classic Legal Skills

The Future Law Podcast

The emergence of ALSPs and legaltech don’t change some fundamentals of lawyering and dispute resolution. Jon Harris, founder and managing partner of Harris St. Laurent & Wechsler , a boutique law firm in New York specializing in employment law and white collar criminal defense, talks with Michael Madison about blending classic legal skills and multidisciplinary experience.

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Berkeley Technology Law Journal Podcast: Digital Markets Act with Professor Jürgen Kühling

Berkley Technology Law Journal

Podcast Transcript: [Udit] 0:13 The European Union’s digital market Act, or the DMA was published in the official journal of the EU on October 12 2022, and entered into force on November 1 2022. The legislation aims to radically transform how big tech companies operate by implementing regulations that limit the market power of big technology platforms, foster competition, and provide additional privacy measures to customers.

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No, an indictment wouldn’t end Trump’s run for the presidency – he could even campaign or serve from a jail cell

LLRX

Donald Trump announced his 2024 run for the presidency on Nov. 15. In his address he railed against what he perceived as the “persecution” of himself and his family, but made scant mention of his legal woes. Confirmation of Trump’s White House bid comes at a curious time – a week after a lackluster Republican midterm performance that many blamed on him.

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CFAA amendments, new criminal statute proposed in Senator Leahy’s bill

Cyber Crime Review

On Wednesday, Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) introduced the Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2014. Senator Leahy’s bill, first introduced back in 2005, intends to “better protect[] Americans from the growing threats of data breaches and identity theft,” according to a press release issued by the Senator. Included within the bill are amendments to the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act ( 18 U.S.C. § 1030 ).

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