Attorney at Work
JULY 16, 2021
While much of the world stopped last year, depositions didn’t. Cases forged ahead and lawyers scrambled to establish new ways of taking depositions and handling proceedings that, for decades, had been routine. As we emerge out of the pandemic, many of the pivots intended as bandages for uncertain times will become permanent changes to the way we conduct and prepare for depositions.
LawSites
JULY 12, 2021
If you are wondering where the innovators are in law, look no farther than the Fastcase 50, the annual award doled out by the legal intelligence company Fastcase that honors 50 of the law’s “smartest, most courageous, innovators, techies, visionaries, and leaders.”. Fastcase today announced its 11th annual Fastcase 50 honorees, which adds up to 550 innovative leaders in law over the lifetime of the awards.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
LLRX
JULY 11, 2021
Privacy and security 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 security, often without our situational awareness.
NSLT
JULY 16, 2021
How to Sign a Document on iPhones or iPads or Edit PDF You have received an email that includes a document that you have to sign, and you don’t have access to a computer or you are on the move. How will you sign it if there urgency? It’s quick and easy, and will take just a couple of minutes of your time. Let’s learn how to do this.
Attorney at Work
JULY 12, 2021
Successful lawyers are successful at lifelong learning. No lawyer should assume their education is over at any point in their career — and certainly not upon graduation from law school. That’s when the real education about what it takes to be a successful lawyer truly begins. Successful lawyers, like successful people in all walks of life, are lifelong learners who never stop growing.
LawSites
JULY 12, 2021
Subscribers to Lexis+. the premium legal research platform that LexisNexis launched last year , will now have access to breaking legal news headlines across 76 practice areas with the introduction today of the Legal News Hub. The Legal News Hub provides subscribers with access to headlines and summaries of current news stories from the LexisNexis-owned Law360 and Law360 Pulse news services.
Debevoise Data Blog
JULY 13, 2021
This is Part 2 of a two-part article on the recent U.S. Supreme Court TransUnion decision. In Part 1 , we discussed the implications of the decision for standing in cyber cases. On June 25, 2021, the Supreme Court issued a significant opinion on standing in the context of consumer class actions in TransUnion LLC v. Ramirez. The Supreme Court affirmed that certain members of a class action lacked standing—and therefore could not be members of the class.
Legal Tech Connection brings together the best content for legal and legal tech professionals from the widest variety of thought leaders.
Attorney at Work
JULY 13, 2021
Taking ownership of your career growth will lead to more fulfilling opportunities — but ownership doesn’t mean doing it all on your own. One of the most pernicious myths for young lawyers is that someone will teach you everything you need to know about practicing law, and as long as you keep your head down and “do what you’re supposed to,” success will come.
LawSites
JULY 15, 2021
The AI-driven contract review technology company LawGeex has named legal industry veteran Sameena Kluck to the newly created position of director of brand evangelism. Kluck, who has been with LawGeex since April 2020 as a strategic account executive, said that her new position is her dream job. “What I’ve been put in this position to do is to tell our story externally and internally,” Kluck said.
LawNext podcast
JULY 12, 2021
Mary Shen O’Carroll pioneered the field of legal operations during her 13 years as director of operations, technology and strategy at Google. She was also instrumental in forming the influential organization CLOC – the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium – and was elected its president in 2019. In April, she walked away from both of those roles, leaving Google and stepping down as CLOC president, to join the contract lifecycle management company Ironclad as chief community officer, where she
NSLT
JULY 14, 2021
Electronic Discovery – E-mail Chain aka String aka Thread There are many terms that we use when working with electronic discovery. This term relates to the e-mail data. A conversation that takes place within an e-mail application is referred to as an “e-mail chain” or an “e-mail string” or an “e-mail thread”.
Attorney at Work
JULY 14, 2021
Legal recruiting is an important business development tool for law firms looking to expand their client roster, build up their practice areas, and open offices in new locations. Firms of all sizes, from BigLaw to small law firms, can take advantage of the growing availability of litigation data to gain insights on which laterals to hire, which law practices to purchase and, more importantly, which to avoid.
LawSites
JULY 15, 2021
Subscribers to Cheetah for Corporate Counsel, a legal research platform from Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S. , now have direct access to Lawgood , a practice tool for drafting contracts and clauses using market standards. Through a partnership between the two companies, access to Lawgood’s functionality is included with a subscription to the Cheetah for Corporate Counsel product.
Legal Talk Network
JULY 10, 2021
When someone hires a lawyer, they are entitled to a level of zealous advocacy. Ethical guidelines bind the lawyer to be loyal and give their clients their all. But there are limits to even zealous advocacy. To explore the limits and parse the suspension of Rudy Giuliani’s law license, Legal Talk Today host Laurence Colletti speaks with professional responsibility expert Stacie Rosenzweig.
NSLT
JULY 14, 2021
Electronic Discovery – E-mail Chain aka String aka Thread There are many terms that we use when working with electronic discovery. This term relates to the e-mail data. A conversation that takes place within an e-mail application is referred to as an “e-mail chain” or an “e-mail string” or an “e-mail thread”.
Attorney at Work
JULY 15, 2021
While most law firms default to a hierarchical organizational structure, a flat organization focused on collaboration has its benefits. The traditional law firm tends to have clear hierarchical lines: attorneys, paraprofessional staff, business professionals and support staff. The hierarchy continues within these groups as well. For example, associates report directly to partners while office staff typically doesn’t have a direct line to the partners.
LawSites
JULY 16, 2021
How do you choose your best ideas and implement them without putting your firm at risk? One great idea can bring success — but a bad one can sink your firm. In this free e-book , Clio and legal industry expert Mike Whelan Jr. provide a step-by-step guide on how to test your ideas before you invest in them using the Legal Innovation Canvas — to make sure you’ve got a winner.
LawSites
JULY 13, 2021
LexFusion , the company that launched last October as a go-to-market collective of legal technology companies, has added legal research company Casetext to the roster of companies it represents. LexFusion is seeking to change the paradigm for how law firms and legal departments purchase technology by serving as the go-to-market representative of companies that it has thoroughly vetted and selected as best-in-breed in each company’s category.
LawSites
JULY 13, 2021
Mary Shen O’Carroll helped pioneer the field of legal operations during her 13 years as director of operations, technology and strategy at Google. She was also instrumental in forming the influential organization CLOC – the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium – and was elected its president in 2019. . In April, she walked away from both of those roles, leaving Google and stepping down as CLOC president, to join the contract lifecycle management company Ironclad as chief community officer, wher
LawSites
JULY 14, 2021
LinkSquares , a Boston-based, AI-powered contract lifecycle management and analysis company founded in 2015, has raised $40 million in a Series B funding round, bringing its total raise to date to $54.4 million. This latest round was led by existing investor Sorenson Capital and joined by new investors Catalyst Investors, Xerox, Bottomline Technologies, DraftKings’ founders, and several legal and compliance executives.
LawSites
JULY 14, 2021
Dan Berlin will remain president and CEO of Tabs3 Software , a position he has held since 1984, following the company’s acquisition by ProfitSolv, a company led by a private equity group. “I’m not going anywhere,” Berlin told me. “I’m very excited about the partnerships and relationships we have with the other companies under the ProfitSolv umbrella.”.
LawSites
JULY 12, 2021
Thomson Reuters’ legal know-how product Practical Law gets a dynamic set of new features today with the release of the Practical Law Dynamic Tool Set, a collection of five distinct tools that allow users to search and interactive with the product’s static content in more dynamic ways. The Practical Law product provides a way for attorneys attorneys to get up to speed more quickly on new matters — especially matters with which they do not have in-depth familiarity — by providing access to practic
NSLT
JULY 12, 2021
Google Apps & G Suite for Lawyers Completing client work and leading your small law firm remotely requires an easy-to-use, cloud-based platform that enables your team to access their work from anywhere. This is where Google apps and G Suite come in.
NSLT
JULY 12, 2021
Google Apps & G Suite for Lawyers Completing client work and leading your small law firm remotely requires an easy-to-use, cloud-based platform that enables your team to access their work from anywhere. This is where Google apps and G Suite come in.
LawSites
JULY 13, 2021
Clio Grow is growing its global market. Legal practice management company Clio last week said that Clio Grow , its client intake and client relationship management product, previously available only to customers in the United States and Canada, is now available in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. “The introduction of Clio Grow to all major markets reaffirms our commitment to ensuring that legal professionals around the world are equipped with the tools they need to be both cloud-based and cli
Expert insights. Personalized for you.
145 
Let's personalize your content