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Make Better Decisions by Only Making them Once

Attorney at Work

Jay Harrington | A “one and done” approach can help you make fewer decisions, and therefore make those decisions better. The post Make Better Decisions by Only Making them Once appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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Guest Post: David the Inventor vs. the Biglaw Goliath – What Drives A Goliath To Take On A David?

LawSites

[Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Mark Stodder , President of Xcential Legislative Technologies. As I reported here in November , the law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has sued Xcential for misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of contract, and other causes of action. This is Stodder’s perspective on the lawsuit. If anyone at Akin Gump wishes to respond, I would be happy to publish it.].

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What social media regulation could look like: Think of pipelines, not utilities

LLRX

Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter, and his controversial statements and decisions as its owner, have fueled a new wave of calls for regulating social media companies. Elected officials and policy scholars have argued for years that companies like Twitter and Facebook – now Meta – have immense power over public discussions and can use that power to elevate some views and suppress others.

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The Difference Between ‘Playtime’ + ‘Production’ for AI + Legal Tech

Artificial Lawyer

By Jim Wagner, CEO, Lean Law Labs. As someone who has built multiple AI-powered businesses in the legal community, I know firsthand the exciting potential.

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How Do Small and Midsize Law Firms Punch Above Their Weight?

Attorney at Work

Neville Pokroy | It’s quite simple to compete successfully with larger firms, as long as you keep these 10 factors in mind. The post How Do Small and Midsize Law Firms Punch Above Their Weight? appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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LAWCLERK, the Lawyer-to-Lawyer Marketplace, Now Lets Law Firms Hire Freelance Lawyers By the Hour

LawSites

LAWCLERK , an online marketplace where attorneys and law firms can hire freelance lawyers and virtual associates, is expanding its hiring options today with the launch of its Hourly Associate program, designed to allow law firms to hire freelancers on a more-flexible hourly basis rather than by a discrete project or longer-term subscription. . “Our Hourly Associate Solution fills the gap between projects and subscription associates,” said Gregory Garman , LAWCLERK CEO. “It allows you

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LLRX December 2022 Issue

LLRX

Articles and Columns for December 2022 Inventing the Dark Web – This paper by Thais Sardá, Simone Natale, and John Downey examines how the deep Web, i.e., Web sites that are not indexed and thus are not accessible through Web search engines, was described and represented in British newspapers. Through an extensive content analysis conducted.

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Practical Ways to Keep Up with Regulatory Change in Your Practice Area

Attorney at Work

The nonstop tide of regulatory change can be overwhelming for lawyers. Here are three practical ways to keep up with regulation changes in your practice area. The pace, volume and nuance of regulatory change is staggering. One moment, you’re up to date on the latest laws and rules in your areas of expertise. But the […]. The post Practical Ways to Keep Up with Regulatory Change in Your Practice Area appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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Kicking Off the New Year with A Bang, Two Top Law Firm Consulting Businesses, Lawyerist and Affinity, Announce Merger

LawSites

Kicking off the new year with a bang, two of the best-known companies in the United States providing business coaching and technology consulting to law firms have merged, creating a combined entity of nearly 100 people with expertise across virtually all sectors of law, particularly small- and mid-sized law firms. Lawyerist Media LLC , which started as a blog in 2008 and evolved into a leading business coaching and training company for small law firms, is merging with Affinity Consulting Group L

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Inventing the Dark Web

LLRX

This paper by Thais Sardá, Simone Natale, and John Downey examines how the deep Web, i.e., Web sites that are not indexed and thus are not accessible through Web search engines, was described and represented in British newspapers. Through an extensive content analysis conducted on 833 articles about the deep Web published between 2001 and 2017 by six British newspapers, the authors demonstrate that these technologies were predominantly associated with crime, crypto markets and immoral content, w

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European Legal Technology Association Elects Its New International Board for 2023-2024

ELTA

Following its General Assembly, the members of the European Legal Technology Association (ELTA) elected a new Board , governing body of ELTA, for 2023-2024, composed of Grégoire Miot (President), Ana-Maria Drăgănuță Briard (Vice President), Marisa M. Borsboom (Vice President), Holger Zscheyge (Treasurer) and Jon Bartman (Board Representative). This new international Board announced significant initiatives to accelerate the development of the organization through structural changes and investment

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Your Four-Step Foolproof Paper Reduction Plan

Attorney at Work

This four-step plan will reduce your reliance on paper without risking your license (or sanity). The post Your Four-Step Foolproof Paper Reduction Plan appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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Deadline Extended: Applications for Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW Now Close Jan. 13

LawSites

We are extending the deadline to submit applications for a spot in the 2023 Startup Alley competition at ABA TECHSHOW. The deadline, which was set for today, is now Jan. 13, 2023, at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time. Several potential applicants requested more time due to the proximity to the holidays. To apply, you must complete this application form. .

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Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, December 31, 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 WUS House boots TikTok from government phoneseiss 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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Trust in Robo-Lawyers

Legal Tech Innovation Wales

Surely anyone who has ever been elected to public office understands that one commodity above all others, namely the trust and confidence of the people, is fundamental in maintaining a free and open political system." -Hubert H. Humphrey Recently Robo-lawyers are making headlines in the papers with DoNotPay’s AI lawyer being the first in history to assist a defendant in court.

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News of Note for the Internet-Minded (1/5/23) – Quantum Leaps, Crypto Dives and AI Applications

Pillsbury Law Internet and Technology blog

In today’s News of Note, we examine how quantum computers are aiding scientific research and forcing governments to upgrade their cybersecurity defense programs, new AI tools and the continued debate on the ethics of their use, the latest cryptocurrency scams, and much more.

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Disrupting Personal Injury Law With Purpose, Tech and Innovation (Joshua Schwadron Mighty)

Technically Legal

Joshua Schwadron Founder and CEO of Mighty visits the podcast to discuss how his company and law firm are disrupting personal injury law. Even though Joshua has a law degree, he knew he did not want to practice law in the traditional sense. Instead, in 2010 the entrepreneur in him founded Betterfly, a marketplace where consumers found service providers to help with projects like home remodels, yardwork or wedding plans.

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Practical Law’s Publication, The Journal, Moves From Print to Online, Increases Frequency

LawSites

Practical Law The Journal , long a quarterly magazine published in print by the Practical Law division of Thomson Reuters, has moved online as of today, where it will now be published monthly as part of Reuters legal news. At its new web location within the website of Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, the magazine is free for anyone to access without cost, although email registration is required.

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More Than Just Lead Generation: The Power of Digital Marketing and Your Firm's ROI

Centerbase

Digital marketing isn’t just the future — it’s the now. To compete in the legal space your firm should be thinking about a comprehensive digital marketing strategy. With competition growing more each year, digital marketing isn’t something you should put off to the future — it’s what you need to be doing now. Plus, the start of the new year is a perfect time to begin elevating your firm’s brand and position in your market.

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GDPR compliance. What to prepare for in 2023?

Legal IT Group

Those who process personal data of EU residents should comply with the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation or GDPR. Non-compliance with GDPR may result in hefty fines and reputational losses. For example, last year Meta (Instagram) failed to comply with data processing principles and got a fine of €405 million – the second-largest financial penalty ever imposed since GDPR came into force.

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Bloomberg Law is Doubling Down on Legal News– Starts Hiring Spree to Bulk Up Legal Coverage

Dewey B Strategic

I was recently provided with an internal Bloomberg communication from Cesca Antonelli, Editor-in-Chief at Bloomberg Industry Group*. Antonelli scoped out Bloomberg’s plans: “ … as we move into 2023, we will substantially grow the size of our newsroom. You read that right. At a time when it seems like our entire industry is shrinking and doing more with less, Bloomberg Industry Group is making a big bet on robust journalism.

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‘Twas the Night Before New Years Eve (in which Wolters Kluwer Acquires Contract Review Platform Della AI)

LawSites

‘Twas the night before New Year’s Eve, when all through the legaltech world. Not a creature was stirring, not even in-house. The laptops were stored in their backpacks with care, Certain no investors would anytime soon be there. This blogger was nestled all snug at my desk, Envisioning how Legaltech Week would soon dance in my head; There would be Joe in his ‘kerchief and Steve in his cap, Settling down for our Friday afternoon yap.

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52 Books in 52 Weeks – 2023

Dennis Kennedy

For many years, I’ve enjoyed reading the posts of several bloggers who are trying to read 52 books in 52 weeks. I’ve also wanted to find a good way for me to keep track of the books I’ve read. And it gives me a good reading target to shoot for. Last year, I read 80 books, exceeding my goal by quite a bit. Or, more accurately, I listed 80 books that I read.

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How AI Visionary David Hasman Helps the International Criminal Court Set Justice in Motion

Relativity

David Hasman leads the International Criminal Court’s e-discovery and data analytics function, and has valuable insight to share on how artificial intelligence assists in bringing justice around the world.

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“Bossware” under labour and data protection law

new tech law blog

The proliferation of remote work, combined with the development of monitoring technologies, has led employers around the world to implement various, sometimes technologically advanced methods to check employees’ performance and commitment to their work. In this area, IT solutions and programs commonly called “bossware” are gaining popularity. In practice, bossware can include a variety of solutions and technologies, such as: Keyloggers monitoring the employee’s use of the keyboard on a company c

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A Special Fireside Chat on the State of the Legal Industry, Recorded Live with Four Innovation Leaders

LawSites

On Nov. 7, 2022, at the NetDocuments Inspire 2022 conference for its customers and partners, I had the privilege of moderating a fireside chat with four legal innovation leaders. Our topic was the trends driving their organizations and legal teams and how they are addressing current challenges in order to tee up their organizations for the next decade of success.

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How to Figure Out Legal Technology – Podcast

Dennis Kennedy

I got the chance to do a guest spot on Terrell Turner’s Law Firms and Finance podcast and the episode was just released. It seemed like a great topic for my first blog post of the new year. The episode is called “How to Figure Out Legal Technology” and you can listen to and watch it here. What technology is the best fit for your law firm? Terrell and I had a lot of fun recording the show, as you will probably notice, and I tried to share as much practical advice about legal technology as I coul

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How AI Visionary David Hasman Helps the International Criminal Court Set Justice in Motion

Relativity

David Hasman leads the International Criminal Court’s e-discovery and data analytics function, and has valuable insight to share on how artificial intelligence assists in bringing justice around the world.

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Nextpoint Launches New Data Mining Software with 30x Faster Processing Speeds for Early Case Assessment and Complex Data Analysis

Nextpoint

The post Nextpoint Launches New Data Mining Software with 30x Faster Processing Speeds for Early Case Assessment and Complex Data Analysis appeared first on Nextpoint.

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Artificial Lawyer is on Sabbatical

Artificial Lawyer

Artificial Lawyer – and its founder, Richard Tromans – are on sabbatical until 2024. Aside from announcements in relation to the Legal Innovators conferences, taking.

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Why I’m still on Twitter

TechnoLlama

I like Twitter. There are many things not to like about the site nowadays, but to me it remains a very interesting and vibrant place in which to spend my time.

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AI Visionary Sadie Khodorkovsky on How Artificial Intelligence Should Inspire Action

Relativity

Sadie Khodorkovsky at JPMorgan Chase makes no bones about it: organizations who aren’t ready and willing to dive deep into the potentials of using technology and innovation, including AI, will fall behind.

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Ripps, Slapps and Apes: Yuga Labs v. Ripps, et. al. Moves Forward

Pillsbury Law Internet and Technology blog

You have probably heard of Bored Ape Yacht Club, a collection of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) created by Yuga Labs. These NFTs are owned by A-list celebrities and exploded in popularity in 2021. Currently, Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs can sell for millions of dollars and are arguably one of the most popular and successful NFT collections in existence. As of January 4, 2022, it is estimated that sales of BAYC NFTs have surpassed one billion dollars.

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Legal Innovator Profile: Shilpa Bhandarkar – CreateiQ, Linklaters

Artificial Lawyer

This week’s Legal Innovator Profile – and the first of the year – is with Shilpa Bhandarkar, the CEO of CreateiQ, Linklaters’ proprietary contract management.

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Law Practice Management: 9 Tips & Tricks to Use Adobe DC Like A Pro

NSLT

Are you one of the many people who want to learn how to use Adobe in their law practice management, but just don’t know how? The numerous features that Adobe has makes it very appealing to the customer, but it also makes it a complicated tool to learn quickly. Here are our 9 Law Practice Management Best Practice Tips to help you gain a better understanding of how to use Adobe and its most versatile tools.

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AI Visionary William McDermod's on How AI Can Make Attorneys' Work More Engaging

Relativity

Asking attorneys to do the same thing over and over is inefficient, expensive, and, frankly, boring. For William McDermod at Boehringer Ingelheim, there’s a much better way to practice law these days: with AI.

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Ep 187: A Special Fireside Chat with Four Legal Innovation Leaders on the State of the Industry

LawNext podcast

On Nov. 7, 2022, at the NetDocuments Inspire 2022 conference for its customers and partners, LawNext host Bob Ambrogi moderated a fireside chat with four legal innovation leaders on the trends driving their organizations and legal teams and how they are addressing current challenges to set up their organizations for the next decade of success. NetDocuments and the four panelists have graciously consented to sharing the recording of that chat with the listeners of LawNext.