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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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AI for Paralegals: Everything You Need to Know (and How to Use It Safely)

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 risks before they become problems.

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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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How to Prepare for Using New Software in Your Legal Practice

Rocket Matter

No matter what generation you’re from, no matter how tech savvy you are, no matter which industry you’re in, switching software is challenging. That being said, embracing technology (and technology changes) hasn’t always come naturally to legal professionals. Law firms have historically been reluctant to adopt new technology. . Consider the following data: A 2020 ABA survey states that just 58% of firms store their data in the cloud, and only 7% of survey respondents used tools that deploy art

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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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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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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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Case Closed: How to Optimize Your Legal Intake Process for Efficiency

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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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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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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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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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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Trellis Launches Trellis AI to Streamline Trial Court Litigation

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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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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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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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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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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Trial Prep: What Attorneys Really Want (And How to Deliver It)

Speaker: Joe Stephens, J.D., Attorney and Law Professor

Get ready to uncover what attorneys really need from you when it comes to trial prep in this new webinar! Attorney and law professor, Joe Stephens, J.D., will share proven techniques for anticipating attorney needs, organizing critical documents, and transforming complex information into compelling case presentations. Key Learning Objectives: Organization That Makes Sense 🎯 Learn how to structure and organize case materials in ways that align with how attorneys actually work and think.

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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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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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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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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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Deposition Prep Like a Pro: Insights from a Paralegal's Playbook

Speaker: Kaitlyn "The Persnickety Paralegal" Story

Deposition preparation is a critical aspect of a paralegal's role, requiring meticulous attention to detail and proactive management of the case timeline. In this session, participants will explore how effective deposition preparation not only contributes to the success of the legal team but also helps maintain a balanced workflow, minimizing last-minute crises.

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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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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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Visibility Into the Strategy & Supporting Documents of Major US Law Firms

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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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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Stay On Top of Newly Filed State & Federal Litigation: Curated Just for You!

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.