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Top Health and Wellness Trends for 2021

Attorney at Work

According to the annual Mindbody Wellness Index , more than 40% of Americans say the pandemic has negatively affected their physical health, and 53% say it has negatively affected their mental well-being. With this in mind, we wanted to know what health and wellness trends we can expect to see in 2021. What can we expect to help us feel better, mentally and physically, in this coming year?

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The intentional use of silence at work

LLRX

Chris Marcell Murchison describes how impactful intentionally using silence can be as useful first step in coming to terms with our own feelings during difficult times.

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$2K per hour? | WFH hacks worth keeping | Chauvin trial strategies examined

Legal Talk Network

Revelations about former AG Eric Holder’s $2,295 hourly billing rate created a media buzz. Is the rate (which as reported reflects a 10% discount) too high? Or is it completely fair given Holder’s specialized expertise? Thinking Like A Lawyer’s Kathryn Rubino and Joe Patrice discuss and debate. Spoiler: Their opinions differ. The two also discuss the current court-packing legislation, delegitimizing the high court, and Laurence Tribe’s alternative proposal.

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Russia Introduces New Requirements for Processing of Publicly Disclosed Personal Data

Debevoise Data Blog

On 1 March 2021, Federal Law No. 519-FZ on Amendments to the Federal Law on Personal Data dated 30 December 2020 (the “Law”) came into force. The Law places additional burdens on companies operating in Russia to obtain consents from individuals whose personal data will be posted on a publicly available website, for example, while creating a profile on a social media or a webpage dedicated for a particular person.

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Case Closed: How to Optimize Your Legal Intake Process for Efficiency

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!

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Millions of Documents, One Source of Truth: NetDocuments Organize

Attorney at Work

A document management system (DMS) isn’t just where firms store and organize documents — it’s where work happens. That’s Work Inspired. Replace Inflexible, Generic Document Management Tools With a Best-in-Class, Cloud-Based Solution That Inspires Your Best Work. The reality of the modern workplace is that nearly everything we do happens on our devices: We use them constantly, around the clock, to communicate, research, create, collaborate and more.

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Data Security

NSLT

Why Lawyers Need Data Security Obviously, no professional wants unauthorized third-parties to access their data. It doesn’t really matter what sort of business they’re in. Nor, do they want to inexplicably lose important business information. But, for lawyers, this isn’t just good business practice, generally the relevant rules of professional conduct require it.

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The Future of AI Regulation (Part 2): Draft Legislation from the European Commission Shows the Coming AI Legal Landscape

Debevoise Data Blog

In this Part 2 of our series on the future of artificial intelligence (“AI”) regulation, we examine the draft EU legislation. Part 1 of the series (on U.S. banking regulators’ RFI) can be found here. Upcoming parts of this series will cover the recent FTC pronouncement on AI, as well as steps companies can take now to prepare their AI programs for the coming regulatory landscape.

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Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, April 17, 2021

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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.

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Data Security

NSLT

Why Lawyers Need Data Security Obviously, no professional wants unauthorized third-parties to access their data. It doesn’t really matter what sort of business they’re in. Nor, do they want to inexplicably lose important business information. But, for lawyers, this isn’t just good business practice, generally the relevant rules of professional conduct require it.

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Remote Work & Virtual Law Firms

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Remote Work & Virtual Law Firms Is your team set up to go and stay remote? Do you know what you need to do to make sure that you have the right tools, processes, and people to run a thriving remote law firm? The good news is that you probably already have some of the things you’ll need to transition to a virtual law firm and that you can adapt to this method as many other lawyers already have.

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Trellis Launches Trellis AI to Streamline Trial Court Litigation

Trellis AI leverages the largest repository of state trial court data to help litigators evaluate cases, automate brief drafting, suggest winning strategies, and more. Key components: Draft Arguments — Uses similar/successful motions in the Trellis database to generate arguments/citations for your motions seeking dismissal, summary judgment, etc. Case Assessment — Predict the likely outcomes of a case at any stage to help you decide to accept it, guide motion practice, make settlement offers, an

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The Future of AI Regulation (Part 1): The RFI on AI from U.S. Banking Regulators

Debevoise Data Blog

Several recent developments provide new insight into the future of artificial intelligence (“AI”) regulation. First, on March 29, 2021, five U.S. federal regulators published a request for information (“RFI”) seeking comments on the use of AI by financial institutions. Second, on April 19, the FTC issued a document entitled “ Aiming for truth, fairness, and equity in your company’s use of AI ,” which provides seven lessons on what the FTC views as responsible AI use.

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Remote Work & Virtual Law Firms

NSLT

Remote Work & Virtual Law Firms Is your team set up to go and stay remote? Do you know what you need to do to make sure that you have the right tools, processes, and people to run a thriving remote law firm? The good news is that you probably already have some of the things you’ll need to transition to a virtual law firm and that you can adapt to this method as many other lawyers already have.

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Technology for Lawyers: The Basics

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Technology for Lawyers: The Basics We know you’re an attorney, not a tech guru. You may already feel overwhelmed at the thought of balancing your current responsibilities, let alone adding technology competency to the mix. Set the overwhelm aside and start with the basics. Here are some tips you can use today to approach technology competency within your firm.

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Technology for Lawyers: The Basics

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Technology for Lawyers: The Basics We know you’re an attorney, not a tech guru. You may already feel overwhelmed at the thought of balancing your current responsibilities, let alone adding technology competency to the mix. Set the overwhelm aside and start with the basics. Here are some tips you can use today to approach technology competency within your firm.

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Visibility Into the Strategy & Supporting Documents of Major US Law Firms

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.