Attorney at Work

JULY 29, 2021

At this stage of your career, you might think reading documents is a baseline skill you’ve mastered just fine, thanks. But, whether you realize it or not, you probably spend more time reading documents in Microsoft Word than actually drafting them — especially if you have gone paperless. Since all that onscreen reading can exhaust your body and your brain, it’s worth checking out a few Office 365 features that make reading easier.

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LawSites

JULY 30, 2021

I recently had the great honor to be interviewed by Ivy B. Grey , vice president, strategy & business development, at WordRake , about lessons learned in journalism that can be applied in law. The interview is now posted at WordRake, where we discuss what journalism can teach legal professionals about effective writing, interviewing, working with editors, and meeting deadlines, among other topics.

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LLRX

JULY 25, 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.

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lawtomated

JULY 27, 2021

Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Facebook Pinterest Print Email Sharan Kaur has a 360-degree view of the legaltech market. Sharan has worked as a lawyer in both private practice and in-house, as a tech buyer and vendor and as a consultant advising start-ups as well as legal teams regarding legaltech and process optimisation. On the vendor side, Sharan has worked at behemoths like Thomson Reuters Contract Express as well as fast growth start-ups such as Bryter.

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Attorney at Work

JULY 26, 2021

Ways to keep working on long-term marketing goals even when your plate is full. Now that we’re coming out of the pandemic, many lawyers are slammed. During my coaching calls, I often hear things like, “I was too busy to do much last month,” “It’s just a really crazy time for me” or “I couldn’t handle the work if it came in.”. I get it. I’ve worked with lawyers my entire career and I know there are times when client or practice demands are overwhelming.

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LawSites

JULY 29, 2021

Hello Divorce , a California startup whose platform facilitates low-cost do-it-yourself and attorney-assisted divorces, has raised a seed investment of $2 million to help fuel its expansion to all 50 states. The investment was led by CEAS Investments , a single-family office that specializes in long-term investments in disruptive technologies. Other investors included Jack Newton , cofounder and CEO of law practice management company Clio ; Lightbank ; Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures ; Gaing

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Debevoise Data Blog

JULY 27, 2021

Earlier this year, we wrote about the SEC’s cybersecurity priorities. Since then, the SEC announced a settlement with First American Title Insurance and Services (“First American”) for violating Rule 13a-15(a) of the Exchange Act, and issued a voluntary request for information to a number of companies in connection with the SolarWinds cyber attack (“Voluntary Request”).

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Attorney at Work

JULY 30, 2021

Sometimes the only way to keep yourself moving forward is to detach and reset. To that end, Attorney at Work and Analog Attorney are pleased to bring you a new series aimed at helping you disconnect from the stress of lawyering through … art. Not gallery walks or museum websites (though those are fine). Doing art. Making stuff. Articles will address a different style or practice of visual arts and provide a list of the basic materials and resources you need to get started.

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LawSites

JULY 28, 2021

Priori Legal , a marketplace for in-house legal teams to find and hire outside counsel, is expanding to also serve as a marketplace for legal technology and alternative legal services providers. The expansion means that inhouse legal teams will be able to use Priori not only to hire lawyers to help with projects, but also to find and access “new law” and legal technology options suitable to the project.

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LexCloud.ca

JULY 27, 2021

The whole legal profession is now online and video conference platforms like Zoom are regularly used for everything from client meetings to virtual trials.

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NSLT

JULY 30, 2021

Inserting Multiple Photos into PowerPoint If you have several photographs that you want to insert into PowerPoint, using a “Photo Album” is the simplest way to accomplish this.

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Attorney at Work

JULY 28, 2021

The LexisNexis InterAction 2021 Marketing & Business Development Report tracked law firm business development activities during the pandemic. So, what did high-growth firms do that no-growth firms did not? To say a great deal has happened in the legal world over the last two years is an understatement, to put it mildly. The convergence of a global pandemic, an increasingly unpredictable business environment, and a contentious political landscape have had a significant impact on law firms’ ec

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LawSites

JULY 28, 2021

Law practice management company Clio has acquired the automated court-calendaring company CalendarRules , Clio’s first acquisition since becoming the first law practice management company to achieve unicorn status earlier this year and its second acquisition ever. “This acquisition is an important one as we continue to help law firms navigate a changing legal landscape,” cofounder and CEO Jack Newton said in an email yesterday.

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Debevoise Data Blog

JULY 26, 2021

On July 19, 2021, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced his first-year enforcement update on the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), and unveiled a tool to help the Attorney General’s office (“CAAG”)—the primary enforcer of the CCPA until the California Privacy Protection Agency takes over —identify CCPA violations.

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NSLT

JULY 30, 2021

Inserting Multiple Photos into PowerPoint If you have several photographs that you want to insert into PowerPoint, using a “Photo Album” is the simplest way to accomplish this.

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Attorney at Work

JULY 26, 2021

This true standalone practice management experience by MyCase focuses on the modern law firm experience with lead intake, collaboration and payments. During the course of the last 18 months, it’s become clear that the practice of law has been changed irrevocably. Lawyers, the latest adopters of technology around, have been forced to innovate their practices in short order, as the convenience economy has blitzed every single law firm that was running a traditional business.

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LawSites

JULY 28, 2021

Earlier in 2021, Apperio released a report on the findings from our survey of 160 in-house lawyers in private equity: Responsibility without control? Legal spend challenges facing private equity leaders in 2021. Following the positive press reaction to this report, I was consistently asked whether the findings were also relevant to in-house legal teams outside of PE.

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LawNext podcast

JULY 25, 2021

Sixteen months after UpCounsel announced it would shut down, it is not only alive and well, but showing double-digit revenue growth, consistent profitability, and accelerating demand for legal services through its lawyer marketplace. Now it is launching a crowdfunding campaign with the mission of bringing legal to the people. [The crowdfunding campaign opens to the public July 28, but listeners of this podcast can access the private friends and family campaign , with early investor benefits i

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NSLT

JULY 28, 2021

Four Reasons You Need Legal Files Software Legal Files Software enables you–the non-technical person with no programming ability–to create your own fields, make your own menus and windows, as well as standardize and speed up data entry using your own drop-down lists. You can even customize for different departments or different locations.

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Attorney at Work

JULY 27, 2021

Consider adding dual monitors to fine-tune your office setup. Recently I was having a lunch meeting over Zoom with various self-proclaimed (and actual) tech-savvy attorneys when the following question came up: Q: Since the start of the pandemic, what technology tool has been the most valuable for you? What has most increased your productivity or improved how you work?

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LawSites

JULY 26, 2021

[Note: This is the second of an exclusive two-part series on lawyer marketplace UpCounsel, which – 16 months after new owners rescued it from shutting down – is now launching a crowdfunding campaign. In part one , I wrote about UpCounsel came back from the brink of closing down and rebuilt its business.] . Sixteen months after UpCounsel announced it would shut down, it is not only alive and well, but showing double-digit revenue growth, consistent profitability, and accelerating demand for leg

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NSLT

JULY 28, 2021

Four Reasons You Need Legal Files Software Legal Files Software enables you–the non-technical person with no programming ability–to create your own fields, make your own menus and windows, as well as standardize and speed up data entry using your own drop-down lists. You can even customize for different departments or different locations.

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NSLT

JULY 26, 2021

Track Changes in Word Track changes records every edit without making anything permanent. You can move, copy, delete and insert text, change formatting, even change pictures and insert objects. And the person who sent you the document can see the changes you made and decide whether to accept or reject them. Or you can do the same when others make changes to your document.

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JULY 26, 2021

Track Changes in Word Track changes records every edit without making anything permanent. You can move, copy, delete and insert text, change formatting, even change pictures and insert objects. And the person who sent you the document can see the changes you made and decide whether to accept or reject them. Or you can do the same when others make changes to your document.

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LawSites

JULY 29, 2021

Yesterday, I reported that law practice management company Clio acquired the automated court-calendaring company CalendarRules. This was Clio’s second acquisition, after its 2018 acquisition of Lexicata , which it developed into its CRM platform Clio Grow. Yesterday, I discussed the acquisition with Jack Newton , cofounder and CEO of Clio, and Scott Davis , founder and CEO of CalendarRules, who joins Clio as general manager of CalendarRules.

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