Lawmatics

OCTOBER 12, 2023

In a competitive market, law firms require robust legal software to streamline their marketing and client intake processes. Email campaigns to nurture and follow-up with prospects are a necessity. However, when running a busy practice, writing compelling marketing copy from scratch can’t (and shouldn’t) be a firm’s top priority. Although many legal professionals have strong opinions regarding the use of legal AI tools, a recent survey of lawyers found a large majority (82 percent) believe that g

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Above the Law - Technology

OCTOBER 10, 2023

American Legal Technology Awards provides recognition for often thankless work. The post Awards Recognize The People Out Here Making Lawyering Suck Less appeared first on Above the Law.

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Kevin O'Keefe

OCTOBER 11, 2023

If anyone is going to crack the access to legal services gap, it’ll be Clio and its growing following of lawyers and legal technology partners. At least that’s the way I feel after spending two days in Nashville at the annual #ClioCon gathering of 4,500 lawyers, legal tech companies and two hundred of Clio’s 1,100 team members who believe they are changing the world for the better.

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Ward Blawg

OCTOBER 7, 2023

Generative AI and the Legal Industry: Q&A with Expert Owen Morris, Operations Director at Doherty Associates. Owen has been on the forefront of how generative AI can be used in law firms, transforming the landscape.

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Global LegalTech Hub

OCTOBER 10, 2023

In the spirit of Cybersecurity Awareness Month, our partners from Suments Data are thrilled to bring you an engaging online session that delves deep into the challenges of data leakage within organizations! In today's dynamic legal landscape, the protection of confidential information stands as a paramount concern. Legal tech enterprises bear the responsibility of safeguarding privileged data, placing them squarely in the crosshairs of cyber threats that can lead to data leaks, confidentiality b

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Above the Law - Technology

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Lawyers do more than lawyering and no one needs to have an ethical freakout over these uses. The post Helping Lawyers Wear The ‘Business Owner Hat’ With Artificial Intelligence appeared first on Above the Law.

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Kevin O'Keefe

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Clio is joining legal tech companies, worldwide, with an AI powered partner for legal professionals. With a long standing company mission to crack the latent demand for legal services, Clio may well make a greater impact on people’s lives than anyone by leveraging AI to reach people in need of legal services. Clio Duo, introduced Monday morning at #ClioCon is a proprietary generative AI legal technology that will be natively built into all of Clioʼs offerings, beginning with Clio Manage.

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Ward Blawg

OCTOBER 7, 2023

DUBAI, 12 September 2023 Clara, the legal tech operating system that provides digital tools to help founders, investors and lawyers form, manage and scale startups, has launched a new cap table feature to address the pain points experienced by founders, investors and lawyers in trying to manage startup equity.

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Above the Law - Technology

OCTOBER 12, 2023

This sure sounds like another lawyer caught using ChatGPT to make up caselaw. The post Lawyer Calls Evicting People A ‘Patriotic Duty,’ Apparently Cite-Checking Fake Cases In Briefs Less Of A Patriotic Duty appeared first on Above the Law.

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Kevin O'Keefe

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Clio’s annual Legal Trends Report, introduced at #ClioCon in Nashville on Monday morning, placed a lawyer and law firm’s need to embrace technology and AI, front and center. “The positive outcomes from technology adoption are motivating a portion of the legal industry to enthusiastically embrace innovation. Those who continue to lag behind, failing to meet evolving client expectations, risk being left in the wake of industry advancements.

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LawSites

OCTOBER 9, 2023

At its annual Clio Cloud Conference in Nashville today, the law practice management company Clio introduced an array of major new products and product updates, calling the series of announcements its most expansive product update ever in its 15-year history. (I discuss the product updates and enhancements in a separate post today.) New products include an add-on offering a suite of features designed for personal injury lawyers; Clio Duo, a proprietary generative artificial intelligence that will

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Ward Blawg

OCTOBER 7, 2023

While the site’s author runs a climate change legal blog, the following plant-based car wax came to our attention and thought it was worth outlining as it could play a small part in helping the UK meet its climate change legal obligations.

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Above the Law - Technology

OCTOBER 11, 2023

At HLTH, General Catalyst Principal Candace Richardson discussed some of the questions she frequently asks startups during investment meetings. Some of these include “Do you stratify your outcomes data by different populations to ensure your model works well for everyone?” and “Is serving Medicaid populations on your roadmap?

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TechnoLlama

OCTOBER 7, 2023

At the start of the year, I wrote a blog post, committing me to remain on Twitter. This decision stemmed from an exodus of users following Elon Musk’s takeover of the platform, where, within weeks, dozens vanished from my timeline, compelling me to justify my sustained presence.

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Legal Tech Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Clio , calling itself the world’s leading provider of cloud-based legal technology, has announced a new end-to-end solution designed for law firms with personal injury practices. This solution is built on the legal industry’s most widely used cloud-based legal practice management software, Clio Manage , and addresses the distinct workflows, procedures, and requirements intrinsic to personal injury law.

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Xakia

OCTOBER 10, 2023

A BarkerGilmore survey informs us that more than 70% of CEOs define their ideal General Counsel as a “strategic business partner and valued member of the leadership team,” yet according to a Xakia flash poll, 59% of General Counsels said they do not have a Legal Department strategic plan.

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Above the Law - Technology

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Basic cyber hygiene prevents 98% percent of cyberattacks. The post Ready, Fire, Aim: The Wrong Way For Law Firms To Protect Their Data appeared first on Above the Law.

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TechnoLlama

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Over the past year, a heated debate has surfaced regarding the use of generative AI, specifically concerning whether AI-generated images should be categorised as art.

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Artificial Lawyer

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Dentons’ fleetAI is a good example of what is happening with generative AI in the legal sector. Moreover, it will soon be licensed out to the global firm’s clients.

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Eric Goldman

OCTOBER 7, 2023

Loomer produces trash content, which got her banned at Facebook and Twitter. In response, she has brought several trash lawsuits, which have gone as well as you’d expect. Her latest trash lawsuit claimed that social media, the government, and Procter & Gamble were all doing the RICO against her. It’s never the RICO. The court dismisses the lawsuit on several grounds, including res judicata.

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Above the Law - Technology

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Indianapolis attorney Shawn Scott discusses what she decided to keep — and what she left behind — as she departed her old firm to start a new one. The post Start Fresh Or Build Back? The Tech Choices For A New Firm appeared first on Above the Law.

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Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Looking for insights into what promises to be another eventful Supreme Court term? Look no further! The Supreme Court plays a central role in shaping the legal landscape of the United States. This week, professors Vikram Amar and Michael Dorf , both of whom possess extensive legal knowledge and experience, are set to deliver a members-only look at some of the most talked-about cases on the Court’s upcoming docket.

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Artificial Lawyer

OCTOBER 9, 2023

When asked how is it best to approach change management, Wayne Spillett, Head of Legal, Intellectual Property, Products & Services, at telecoms giant Vodafone, explains:

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Martindale-Avvo

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Consumer expectations have changed. Before the internet and smart phones, and certainly before the pandemic, law offices were simpler places where a receptionist answered calls from prospective clients, and then lawyers or paralegals called them back. But with technology accelerating the pace of… well, just about everything, consumers want immediate satisfaction in the form of responses to their inquiries.

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Above the Law - Technology

OCTOBER 10, 2023

I will confess that when my long-time friend Kevin O’Keefe told me that his legal blogging company LexBlog was developing a generative AI integration, I was not expecting much. I guessed they would simply add a conversational interface somewhere in the right control panel where authors could converse with ChatGPT without having to leave the platform.

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Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

OCTOBER 13, 2023

As the Second World War waned, delegates from 50 nations convened in San Francisco to draft the founding document for what would become the leading international organization in the world. They signed the Charter of the United Nations on June 26, 1945, and it took effect on October 24 of that year. Among other provisions, the Charter establishes the equality of sovereign states and strictly limits the use of force in international conflicts.

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Artificial Lawyer

OCTOBER 12, 2023

The Legal Innovators conference in London on November 8 and 9 is fast approaching. Conference organisers, Cosmonauts, are offering free tickets to inhouse lawyers and legal.

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Attorney at Work

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Danielle DavisRoe | If you’re using the new Outlook interface, you’ll want to customize the settings to best meet your needs. The post 8 Settings to Change in the New Outlook Interface appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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Above the Law - Technology

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Strategically using software and automation to boost efficiency and streamline operations, allowing for a laser-focus on practicing law. The post The Smartfirm Playbook – Thriving In Today’s Legal Landscape appeared first on Above the Law.

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Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Google has officially confirmed the deployment of its latest core algorithm update, dubbed the “October 2023 Core Update.” This release is the third core update to the Google Search ranking algorithms this year, with prior 2023 updates occurring between March 15 and 28 and August 22 through September 7. Consistent with past core updates, the full rollout may extend over several weeks, and search ranking fluctuations are expected during this transitional period.

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Legal IT Insiders

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Legal IT Insider’s editor Caroline Hill speaks to some of the biggest names in the industry about how the innovation agenda is changing Legal Geek last week packed a punch … Legal Geek: The Innovation Crowd’s Changing Priorities in 2023 Read More » The post Legal Geek: The Innovation Crowd’s Changing Priorities in 2023 appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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Rocket Matter

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Sure, you can keep sending out invoices and waiting 30 days or more for payment, hunting down clients, and not knowing when you’ll be paid. Sure, you can get all manner of payments from different payment processors across the internet and in the mail - from Stripe to Paypal, from eChecks to old-timey checks, and back again. But many of these payment processors each take their own chunk, tariff, and slice, with fees that lack transparency and aren’t so simple to understand.

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Above the Law - Technology

OCTOBER 13, 2023

From the 'Working as Expected?' dept. The post Facial Recognition Tech Again Fingers The Wrong Person For The Job appeared first on Above the Law.

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Eric Goldman

OCTOBER 9, 2023

This opinion indicates that Facebook–and by implication, every other ad network–could violate California’s Unruh Act (an anti-discrimination law) by targeting third-party ads based on age, gender, or other protected criteria. The court reaches this shocking conclusion by cutting several analytical corners, including: collapsing any distinctions between content publication (ad targeting) and retail sales; disregarding the implausibility of the plaintiff’s purported search

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LLRX

OCTOBER 7, 2023

Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, 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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Rocket Matter

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Who even has the time to read this post? It’s not like you have spare billable hours to just waste away reading blog posts. However, this one post may just save you not only time but thousands of dollars or more. That’s because it’s about how to more efficiently log your billable hours so you stop losing track of them. Here’s the thing—if every lawyer at your firm loses track of just ten billable hours a month, and if that lawyer’s rate is $200 per hour, your firm is missing out on $

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Above the Law - Technology

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Tired of negotiating and managing routine contracts? Ontra makes the most of human expertise and proprietary AI assistance to automate contracts like never before. The post Experience AI-Powered Contract Negotiation With Ontra appeared first on Above the Law.

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