Attorney at Work
OCTOBER 25, 2021
A large part of practicing law is persuading someone to believe, act or agree with your client’s position, whether in a courtroom or boardroom or at a negotiation or dinner table. We seek to persuade juries, judges, colleagues, friends, family or the media that we are right, and others are not. Following these six principles will help you be a more persuasive lawyer.
LawSites
OCTOBER 27, 2021
The plot thickens in the ongoing copyright lawsuit by Thomson Reuters against ROSS Intelligence, as lawyers for TR have now subpoenaed documents from two companies not previously mentioned in the case, Fastcase, the legal research and publishing company, and Morae Global Corporation, a company that provides legal and compliance solutions to legal departments and law firms.
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LLRX
OCTOBER 26, 2021
Enterprise reporter Alfred Ng and Investigative Data Journalist Maddy Varner detail how many non profit organizations that often deal in sensitive issues, like mental health, addiction, and reproductive rights—are feeding data about website visitors to corporations.
LexCloud.ca
OCTOBER 28, 2021
Managing tasks in MS Teams is a whole lot easier with the recently integrated Tasks by Planner and To Do feature.
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!
Attorney at Work
OCTOBER 29, 2021
In large part, remote-work tech tools have been a boon during the past months. But danger lurks behind certain tech when working from home. SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES. Working remotely, whether part-time or full-time, requires a variety of technology. And, to be sure, remote-work tech tools are loaded with treats that keep our businesses humming while we work from home.
LawSites
OCTOBER 26, 2021
The Clio Cloud Conference is always the occasion for the law practice management company to announce new and enhanced products, and today’s kick-off of this year’s event was no different, with CEO Jack Newton unveiling what he described to me as the most important product release since Clio’s debut 13 years ago. That product is Clio Payments, a native e-payments technology built into the Clio Manage law practice management platform, allowing lawyers to offer clients secure and
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Debevoise Data Blog
OCTOBER 28, 2021
On Wednesday, November 3, 2021, Anna Gressel and Avi Gesser from our Data Strategy and Security Group joined guests Liz Grennan, Doug McElhaney and Alex Singla of McKinsey, for a special installment of our Data Security Webcast on managing AI risks in the insurance sector. While artificial intelligence (AI) helps companies generate value, it also produces a variety of risks and ethical issues.
Attorney at Work
OCTOBER 28, 2021
Developing an effective law firm marketing strategy takes time and money. Ensure you get results by avoiding these spending traps. If your law firm wants to grow, you need a solid marketing plan. With so many marketing options, how do you know the best way to spend your marketing dollars? How do you know if you are paying a reasonable price for marketing services and ads, or measure if the investment is worth it?
LawSites
OCTOBER 29, 2021
Well, I was going to write about this on Monday, as I’d been briefed under an embargo that was to lift then, but Jean O’Grady let the cat — or should I say cheetah — out of the bag in a post at her blog, Dewey B Strategic. The news is that Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory is rebranding its flagship Cheetah legal research platform on Monday as VitalLaw, a name that Ken Crutchfield , vice president and general manager of legal markets, told me better reflects the mission of the pl
LLRX
OCTOBER 29, 2021
Jennifer L. Selin Professor of Constitutional Democracy, reviews how this battle between the two branches of government over access to presidential information raises questions about the constitutional authority of Congress and how lawmakers acquire the information needed to hold the executive branch accountable in the U.S. system of separation of powers.
Advertiser: Trellis
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Technically Legal
OCTOBER 28, 2021
The ransomware episode. October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, so how couldn't we do this episode? Our guests are Kelly Geary, National Practice Leader of Executive Risk & Cyber/Professional Services Claims for EPIC Insurance Brokers, and Rich Gatz, Claims Counsel for Coalition, a Silicon Valley cyber insurance company. While both Kelly and Rich have law degrees, they have worked in insurance for a long time.
Attorney at Work
OCTOBER 27, 2021
Repeat clients are the most accessible and cost-effective prospects to target. . We all have our favorite “things” we choose to purchase again and again. Whether it’s the brand of coffee you most enjoy or a specific type of running shoes that allows you to perform well, most of us are repeat buyers of certain products. As consumers, we understand we have a choice.
LawSites
OCTOBER 27, 2021
This marks the 20th year in business for Nextpoint , and it is shaping up to be a momentous one for the Chicago-based e-discovery and case preparation company. Having been bootstrapped since its founding, Nextpoint recently closed its first round of outside financing. Having never made an acquisition, it recently acquired deposition software company WarRoom.
LLRX
OCTOBER 26, 2021
Investigative Reporter Adrianne Jeffries and Investigative Data Journalist Leon Yin document how the online giant gives a leg up to hundreds of house brand and exclusive products that most people don’t know are connected to Amazon.
Advertiser: Trellis
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.
The Law Product Makers blog
OCTOBER 27, 2021
You have an idea – maybe already implemented – for an interactive software application that helps someone accomplish a legal task. You’d like to make it available to others. Which platform should be used for delivery? What’s the best way to deliver the application to the target market? Maybe you’re a public-interest-oriented sort who wants to help folks who can’t afford lawyers deal with legal issues.
Attorney at Work
OCTOBER 26, 2021
A million scary things at work can send you diving under the covers — even before the remote work and hybrid goblins came to play. H ere’s advice you can use to confront three of those workplace fears and send the demons packing. . Once past the age of trick-or-treating, we like to think we’ve kissed our last bogeyman goodbye. After all, we now know that zombies are merely figments, and it’s only dust bunnies populating the space beneath the bed.
LawSites
OCTOBER 27, 2021
Trellis Research , an AI-powered state court research and analytics platform, has raised $14.1 million in a Series A round that it will use to expand its coverage into additional states and its customer base into additional industries. . Launched in 2018 as a judicial analytics platform for California state courts, Trellis has now broadened into a searchable database of state trial court data, covering courts in 12 states.
Debevoise Data Blog
OCTOBER 26, 2021
This is Part 2 in a two-part series of articles about facial recognition laws in the United States. In Part 1 , we discussed how current legislation addresses facial recognition. In this part, we assess where the law seems to be heading and offer some practical risk reduction strategies. I. Proposed U.S. Federal and State Legislation There is currently no federal law that specifically regulates biometric privacy.
Advertiser: Trellis
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.
NSLT
OCTOBER 29, 2021
How Records Searches Help You Vet Clients Building and maintaining a successful legal practice requires attracting and acquiring new clients. However, not all prospects are worth representing. One best practice is to have a well-defined intake process using thorough due diligence to vet clients. Doing so can eliminate surprises that would otherwise delay or derail a case.
Attorney at Work
OCTOBER 27, 2021
Download the Client Intake Checklist! Ah, the client intake process — unquestionably one of the most time-consuming and laborious parts of being a lawyer. Yet, like it or not, it is one of the most critical elements of ensuring your law firm’s success. So don’t screw it up! First impressions are everything in life, and onboarding your new clients is no exception.
LawSites
OCTOBER 25, 2021
Despite its name, Judicial Brief Analysis, an enhancement introduced today to the Lexis+ legal research platform from LexisNexis, is targeted at lawyers, enabling them to analyze up to six briefs at a time and receive a report comparing all case law, arguments, citations and quotes. The product’s name is meant to suggest that it mirrors the process of judges and court clerks when they must analyze multiple briefs submitted by opposing counsel in a matter.
LawNext podcast
OCTOBER 26, 2021
This marks the 20th year in business for Nextpoint , and it is shaping up to be a momentous one for the Chicago-based e-discovery and case preparation company. Having been bootstrapped since its founding, Nextpoint recently closed its first round of outside financing. Having never made an acquisition, it recently acquired deposition software company WarRoom.
NSLT
OCTOBER 29, 2021
How Records Searches Help You Vet Clients Building and maintaining a successful legal practice requires attracting and acquiring new clients. However, not all prospects are worth representing. One best practice is to have a well-defined intake process using thorough due diligence to vet clients. Doing so can eliminate surprises that would otherwise delay or derail a case.
Attorney at Work
OCTOBER 25, 2021
Case Status software’s new SMS for Legal app helps law firms easily and securely text with clients as part of their case workflow. Case Status is a client connection platform for law firms. In other words, it’s a one-stop-shop for all client communications needs. Functionally, Case Status is a law firm-branded portal, designed to be mobile-first, through which law firm users can push — and law firm clients can access — up-to-date case information and notifications.
LawSites
OCTOBER 28, 2021
In an initiative intended to provide better access to and visibility for the insights and commentary published on legal blogs, LexBlog , a company that provides professional blogs and turnkey digital publishing solutions for law firms and legal organizations, has launched the Open Legal Blog Archive. The archive aims to be a centralized database of all credible legal blog posts worldwide, and accompanying metadata, accessible via the web, RSS feeds, and an API.
LLRX
OCTOBER 29, 2021
Professor Shannon Bow O'Brien is a presidency scholar who focuses upon rhetoric. She discusses how the National Archives usually goes on with its work with little attention, but that is now at the center of a political fight about the public’s access to the papers of former President Donald Trump.
NSLT
OCTOBER 27, 2021
3 Tips to Streamline Your Drafting Process According to the American Bar Association (ABA), drafting is a “mission-critical function” for all law offices. Your legal documents should capture your practice’s intellectual capital and set it apart from other competitors. While drafting methods have remained relatively unchanged for decades, the increasingly hyper-competitive legal market has forced attorneys to seek out and adopt new legal technologies to streamline their drafting processes.
LawSites
OCTOBER 29, 2021
ECFX Notice , a company that automates the processing of electronic court filing notices, has added support for courts in five additional states: state courts in Idaho, Nevada, Oregon and Wisconsin, and a specialty court in Illinois. The company’s technology automatically downloads the documents in a court notice, distributes the notices and documents to the case team, and stores the documents in the appropriate matter or client workspace in a firm’s document management system.
LawSites
OCTOBER 27, 2021
Integreon, the global managed services and alternative legal services provider, has appointed legal industry veteran Gabriel Buigas as executive vice president and head of its Contracts, Compliance, and Commercial (CCC) Services business unit. Buigas, a graduate of Harvard Law School, has worked in the legal industry as an attorney and business executive for 25 years.
LawSites
OCTOBER 29, 2021
ECFX Notice , a company that automates the processing of electronic court filing notices, has added support for courts in five additional states: state courts in Idaho, Nevada, Oregon and Wisconsin, and a specialty court in Illinois. The company’s technology automatically downloads the documents in a court notice, distributes the notices and documents to the case team, and stores the documents in the appropriate matter or client workspace in a firm’s document management system.
LawSites
OCTOBER 29, 2021
Well, I was going to write about this on Monday, as I’d been briefed under an embargo that was to lift then, but Jean O’Grady let the cat — or should I say cheetah — out of the bag in a post at her blog, Dewey B Strategic. The news is that Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory is rebranding its flagship Cheetah legal research platform on Monday as VitalLaw, a name that Ken Crutchfield , vice president and general manager of legal markets, told me better reflects the mission of the pl
LawSites
OCTOBER 28, 2021
In an initiative intended to provide better access to and visibility for the insights and commentary published on legal blogs, LexBlog , a company that provides professional blogs and turnkey digital publishing solutions for law firms and legal organizations, has launched the Open Legal Blog Archive. The archive aims to be a centralized database of all credible legal blog posts worldwide, and accompanying metadata, accessible via the web, RSS feeds, and an API.
LawSites
OCTOBER 27, 2021
Integreon, the global managed services and alternative legal services provider, has appointed legal industry veteran Gabriel Buigas as executive vice president and head of its Contracts, Compliance, and Commercial (CCC) Services business unit. Buigas, a graduate of Harvard Law School, has worked in the legal industry as an attorney and business executive for 25 years.
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