Attorney at Work

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

One of the most important steps in mental and emotional health is to be aware of your inner thoughts. Over the past few decades, we have discovered a great deal about how the brain works, including how trauma, stress and anxiety affect our reality. For example, cognitive bias and burnout color how we feel about ourselves and the world. We really do view the world through colored filters that are created by our experiences.

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

After years of writing about the launches of other companies’ legal technology products, I am proud to announce one of my own: the LawNext Legal Technology Directory , which we hope will become the most trusted source of legal tech products in the market. . Consider this our MVP. Our goal is to continue to develop this into a comprehensive directory of products, reviews, learning resources, and more, where buyers can find trusted information to guide their purchases, and where vendors can help t

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LLRX

FEBRUARY 12, 2022

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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Technically Legal

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

De-escalation. That is what Jazz Hampton and two friends from college set out to achieve when they co-founded Turnsignl. An app used during traffic stops to access legal help in real time to de-escalate what is often a very tense situation. Prior to becoming Turnsignl CEO, Jazz was a public defender and ended up doing commercial litigation at a top Minneapolis law firm.

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Attorney at Work

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

If you’re having trouble finding your purpose, here’s the advice “Fit to Practice” podcaster Angela Han gives to lawyers yearning to break free. The question I hear most from other lawyers is, “How do you get unstuck in your work, home and life?” Many lawyers feel trapped by the career choices we’ve made. We can’t leave our jobs, but we can’t stay.

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Paradigm , the parent company to four legal practice management and payments products — PracticePanther , Bill4Time , MerusCase and Headnote — today adds a fifth, as it acquires TrustBooks , the cloud-based accounting software built specifically for law firms. With this acquisition, Paradigm adds legal accounting to a product line-up that already includes three separate all-in-one practice management platforms and the electronic payments solution Headnote.

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Debevoise Data Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

On February 9, 2022, the SEC released its much-anticipated proposed rules relating to cybersecurity risk management, incident reporting, and disclosure for investment advisers and funds. Many of the proposals follow the trends that members of the Debevoise Data Strategy & Security and White Collar & Regulatory Defense practice groups discussed during a November 2021 webcast on the SEC’s Cybersecurity Year in Review, as well as in our prior Data Blog posts ( here and here ).

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Attorney at Work

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

People recognize when they are being pitched a sale. They can overlook online ads and promotions to find the information they need online. With the right website content, you can answer their questions and produce measurable results for your firm. It is essential to understand that prospective law firm clients want to learn about you as a lawyer before deciding to pursue your services.

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

In a move sure to shake up the market for practice management software for mid-sized law firms, the cloud practice management company SurePoint Technologies has acquired Cole Valley Software , developer of ContactEase, a popular client relations management (CRM) software for law firms. The companies say that the acquisition creates the first legal technology platform integrating real-time CRM into practice management and financial data, which they say will allow firms to more holistically manage

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Social Media for Law Firms

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

One of the most common pieces of legal advice a client will receive from lawyers during litigation is also the simplest: stay offline. That means don’t text or instant message friends or family. Don’t post to social media for any reason. Don’t post to message boards. Don’t send emails. In general, don’t surf the web for communication purposes unless paying bills.

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NSLT

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

How to Get Legal Translation and Interpretation Right Every Time Legal translation and interpretation are specialist services that require exceptional attention to detail, sound legal knowledge and impressive linguistic skills. There is no room for legal translators or legal interpreters to have a ‘bad day’ at the office, as a mistake in their work could have serious ramifications.

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Attorney at Work

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

No topic gains more attention than attorney compensation. Many of our compensation models such as “eat what you kill” are outdated. These models reward individual behavior and discourage collaboration. One could even suggest that these outdated models put lawyers at direct odds with their clients’ interests. Creating a compensation plan for the modern law firm will better align lawyer and firm interests and lawyer and client interests.

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Practice management company MyCase has named Arman Samani , an executive with more than two decades’ experience leading product development and innovation at high-growth SaaS companies, as its chief product and technology officer. Samani’s experience is in building and implementing SaaS software products for businesses that serve professionals.

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LawNext podcast

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

In this second of a two-part interview, we continue our conversation with Jeffrey Carr , a trailblazing general counsel who describes his career as decades spent on the radical fringe of reforming legal services delivery. Many of his ideas for revamping legal departments, once viewed as radical, have now become mainstream. As general counsel at FMC Technologies in the early 2000s, Carr disrupted how legal departments hire and compensate outside counsel, creating models that today are considered

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NSLT

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

How to Get Legal Translation and Interpretation Right Every Time Legal translation and interpretation are specialist services that require exceptional attention to detail, sound legal knowledge and impressive linguistic skills. There is no room for legal translators or legal interpreters to have a ‘bad day’ at the office, as a mistake in their work could have serious ramifications.

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Attorney at Work

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

“The mayor’s spokesperson has filed a complaint demanding that he be prosecuted for perjury.”. I had to read it again. This person filed a complaint against himself? Oh, I said to myself when I figured it out. It’s the mayor he wants prosecuted. Another Case of a Confusing or Missing Antecedent. Pronouns like “he,” “she” and “it” substitute for a noun used earlier, called the antecedent.

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

In this second of a two-part interview, we continue our conversation with Jeffrey Carr , a trailblazing general counsel who describes his career as decades spent on the radical fringe of reforming legal services delivery. Many of his ideas for revamping legal departments, once viewed as radical, have now become mainstream. . As general counsel at FMC Technologies in the early 2000s, Carr disrupted how legal departments hire and compensate outside counsel, creating models that today are conside

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ABA TECHSHOW

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

After nearly 32,000 votes, the results are in. Readers have been voting to select the 15 legal technology startups that will get to participate in the sixth-annual Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW 2022 , taking place March 2-5, 2022. These 15 will face off in an opening night pitch competition that will be the opening event of this year’s TECHSHOW, with the conference’s attendees voting to pick the top winner.

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NSLT

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Smart Tools to Increase Your Law Firm’s Productivity Whether you are a lawyer, working as the position of legal technology operations director, or performing any other role, the ultimate goal of your law firm is to help your clients and your business succeed. When everyone in your law office learns how to manage their time efficiently, it will be easier to manage a high volume of work and improve productivity across your company.

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NSLT

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Smart Tools to Increase Your Law Firm’s Productivity Whether you are a lawyer, working as the position of legal technology operations director, or performing any other role, the ultimate goal of your law firm is to help your clients and your business succeed. When everyone in your law office learns how to manage their time efficiently, it will be easier to manage a high volume of work and improve productivity across your company.

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NSLT

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

4 Creative Ways to Insert Horizontal Lines in Microsoft Word One of my tricks with quite the “wow factor” is inserting artistic lines into my documents. To insert a horizontal line (also called a “horizontal rule”), here are four creative ways to do it.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2022

4 Creative Ways to Insert Horizontal Lines in Microsoft Word One of my tricks with quite the “wow factor” is inserting artistic lines into my documents. To insert a horizontal line (also called a “horizontal rule”), here are four creative ways to do it.

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