Above the Law - Technology

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Armed with AI, pro se litigants could overwhelm the courts, so the courts need to be prepared to respond in kind. Generative AI could lower the hurdles and the costs for pro se litigants to bring their grievances to court. These are my impressions and not necessarily reflective of anything any of the speakers explicitly said.

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Legal Talk Network

AUGUST 1, 2024

The demanding work hours and challenging court cases that lawyers deal with can make them particularly vulnerable to substance use, both legal and illegal. More than 45% of lawyers experience depression during their careers. Of these individuals, almost 12% have reported suicidal thoughts. Today, Ward is sober.

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Eric Goldman

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Ranson, who advertises himself as providing “Trusts & Estates Litigation Consulting & Expert Witness Testimony.” If the same knowledge is readily available from an AI chatbot, then the lawyers can consult the AI directly and skip retaining an “expert” at all. The trust finally sold the property in 2022.

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Legal Talk Network

JUNE 26, 2019

During our two days of audio coverage from the meeting for the State Bar of Texas Podcast , we recorded 14 episodes and heard from 26 participants, including State Bar of Texas President Randy Sorrels, State Bar of Texas Young Lawyers Association President Victor Flores, and Houston Bar Association President Benny Agosto.

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MatterSuite

MARCH 30, 2023

However, between these thin lines litigation management departments at large enterprises are facing numerous challenges, especially now when the global market seems to collapse. Drawing a clear picture, let’s figure out what challenges enterprise litigation management departments are facing.

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3 Geeks and a Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The company provides AI-powered tools to help litigators automate repetitive tasks and work more efficiently. Suh provides background on founding LegalMation about seven years ago to help streamline the “scut work” litigation associates spend time on. Lawyers can still review and edit the AI-generated drafts before finalizing.

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Legal Talk Network

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Tips for Construction Litigation. Members of the public/profession were encouraged to give feedback regarding the proposed changes to areas like unauthorized practice of law, fee sharing, advertising/solicitation, and non-lawyer ownership of legal practices. Legal Education and Student Lending. Immigration Courts and Due Process.

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Above the Law - Technology

MAY 30, 2023

In a first for an e-discovery technology company, Chicago-based Nextpoint is launching an Arizona law firm June 1 under that state’s liberalized law practice rules that allow non-lawyers to own law practices. Its lawyers will not appear in court. ” Leading the firm as managing partner is Andrew R.

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Legal Talk Network

APRIL 30, 2021

One of the benefits of listening to podcasts is getting the opportunity to hear directly from people intimately involved with the stories they’re sharing. On Lawyer 2 Lawyer , host Craig Williams tackles the topic of press freedom and special rights afforded to journalists working to gather and disseminate information.

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Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

MAY 4, 2023

Under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure , a court may grant summary judgment to a litigant when “there is no genuine dispute as to any material fact, and the movant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.” Stability AI and the other defendants filed motions to dismiss the case, and the court has scheduled a hearing for this summer.

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Clio

MAY 30, 2024

Knowing what a motion hearing is and how to handle it is crucial for any lawyer. These hearings are where attorneys argue specific requests before a judge, and the outcomes can greatly influence a case. In this post, we dive into why these hearings matter and what lawyers need to know to navigate them successfully.

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3 Geeks and a Law Blog

MAY 12, 2023

Nathan Walter has been instrumental in creating BriefPoint.ai, a tool designed specifically for lawyers to eliminate the mundane and time-consuming aspects of law practice. Bridget’s work is critical in crafting an interface that enables lawyers to accomplish more work in less time, truly maximizing the benefits of AI integration.

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Clio

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Another example of procedural justice is alternative dispute resolution (ADR) processes, such as mediation, arbitration, and neutral evaluation, which allow litigants to use the assistance of a neutral third party to help resolve a legal dispute in a more collaborative space. What are the 4 pillars of procedural justice?

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Attorney at Work

APRIL 30, 2021

During the pandemic, lawyers have experienced changes in how they connect with people — including those who might need their services. So what are some of the best online business development options lawyers have been using, and that you could be using too? Also, who is one of the busiest lawyers you know?

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

For all the discussion of how generative AI will impact the legal profession, maybe one answer is that it will weed out the lazy and incompetent lawyers. By now, in the wake of several cases in which lawyers have found themselves in hot water by citing hallucinated cases generated by ChatGPT, most notoriously Mata v. XYZ Corporation.

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Clio

MARCH 6, 2025

Are you a busy litigator constantly on the move? Learn all about pre-trial motions in this guide for lawyers. Attending a motion hearing: A hearing is scheduled for both you and the opposing party to argue your case before the judge. Let us show you around book a demo today ! What is an example of a change of venue?

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3 Geeks and a Law Blog

JUNE 1, 2023

In my previous life as a Chief Practice Management Officer at a 1,200-lawyer firm, I had hired NextGenLPM because I viewed them as the best option for LPM training, primarily because they provided in-line coaching with real client engagements. Lawyers must scope out each project, or set of projects, at the beginning. [1]

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Legal Talk Network

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Traditional litigation, known for being costly, adversarial, and time-consuming, has led lawyers and clients to seek out ADR as a viable and cost-effective alternative. Arbitration Arbitration involves a neutral arbitrator who hears arguments and evidence from both parties and makes a legally binding decision. What Is ADR?

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CaseFox

MAY 23, 2023

Among these roles, lawyers and litigators often create confusion due to their similarities. In this comprehensive blog post, we will delve into the world of litigators, shedding light on their specific role and how it differs from that of a lawyer. What is a Litigator?

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Attorney at Work

APRIL 5, 2022

A lawyer sets clients at ease by effectively communicating, which means client email that is prompt, informed, easy to read and proactive. For most lawyers fresh out of law school, it’s going to be a bit before they’re arguing in a courtroom or negotiating in a boardroom on behalf of a client. Let’s break that down in more detail.

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Martindale-Avvo

MARCH 4, 2025

Lets take two examples: the salary range for a first year lawyer in Los Angeles is $103,818 to $165,715. What Type of Work You Perform Its common to hear the term grunt work to describe first-year associate duties. You might also participate in due diligence for pending contracts and mergers, and work on discovery for litigation.

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LawSites

DECEMBER 1, 2021

They supplemented that review with an analysis of court approaches to virtual hearings, e-filing, and digital notarization, focusing on how these tools affected litigants in three of the most common types of civil cases: debt claims, evictions and child support.

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TechLaw Crossroads

JANUARY 2, 2024

Many lawyers, particularly litigators, feel the reality of January even more acutely. Add to that for litigators, at least, not much went on from Thanksgiving till the end of the year. It’s something to look forward to and keeps me moving; I’ll be writing about what I see and hear there. Not many trials. Few depositions.

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TechLaw Crossroads

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Why are lawyers incompetent when it comes to e-Discovery: Hubris. The EDRM paper notes the importance of lawyers’ to use AI with e-discovery. Reports of weekly e-discovery mistakes made by lawyers stemming from the lack of understanding of how to handle basic ESI. It’s just a production issue, not a legal one for lawyers.

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3 Geeks and a Law Blog

AUGUST 29, 2023

In her current role, Katie focuses on leveraging technology like AI to improve the litigation process for lawyers. Kristin explained that DISCO’s vision is to create great legal technology that helps lawyers find evidence faster. They are also careful to cite sources to ensure transparency. Really cool stuff that they’re doing.

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Legal Talk Network

MARCH 4, 2020

We also learned some new things about “ deepfakes ” and how that could affect legal practice, why litigation finance is about to get really interesting, how ODR is closing one part of the A2J gap, and why virtual reality may become a real staple in courts very soon. Stay tuned to hear about Proposition 115 and the 19th Amendment.

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Above the Law - Technology

JULY 10, 2023

But the company kept hearing from law firm partners that what they wanted from the product was high-level snapshot views showing them a quick overview of the status of all their matters and of how work is allocated among associates, Rotenberg says. In response, Dashboard Legal has now released a new partner view feature.

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TechLaw Crossroads

JUNE 27, 2023

The program is designed to get younger lawyers more trial and courtroom experience. As part of that program, called Project Litigate , a related Judicial Task Force also is looking at ways to do the same thing. These recommendations include such things as making room for younger lawyers to argue motions in court.

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Attorney at Work

JANUARY 7, 2022

For many lawyers, you may already have technology solutions you need within your existing suite of services, or that are relatively easy and low-cost add-ons. Juda Strawczynski (@JStrawczynski) is Director of practicePRO , Lawyers’ Professional Indemnity Co.’s Existing features. s innovative claims and risk management initiative.

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LawNext podcast

MARCH 11, 2025

, has been given unprecedented access to film inside the courthouses of the Los Angeles County court system the largest court system in the world and one where litigants unable to get a lawyer present enormous challenges to the civil justice system. LEX Reception, Never miss a call, with expert answering service for Lawyers.

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MatterSuite

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

Legal assistants, also called litigation assistants, mainly perform ancillary work and work at the strategic and administrative levels to support the legal profession. A legal assistant is a person who implements clerical and administrative services for lawyers and other legal personnel. What is a legal assistant?

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Legal Talk Network

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Louis lawyer couple and Rudy Guiliani make appearances on this year’s list honorees. My favorite part of this show is that even when Gyi and Conrad are making light of a situation, they explain what makes something a marketing win or fail for lawyers. Spoiler: the gun-waiving St. Managing a remote team isn’t always easy.

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3 Geeks and a Law Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

This week we have Damien Riehl , VP, Litigation Workflow and Analytics Content at FastCase, and one of the drivers behind SALI (Standards Advancement for for the Legal Industry.) Damien is the Vice-President of Litigation Workflow and Analytics content and part of the leadership at SALI. And then I litigate the patent.

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Legal Tech Monitor

JANUARY 2, 2024

Many lawyers, particularly litigators, feel the reality of January even more acutely. Add to that for litigators, at least, not much went on from Thanksgiving till the end of the year. It’s something to look forward to and keeps me moving; I’ll be writing about what I see and hear there. Not many trials. Few depositions.

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Legal Tech Monitor

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The Illinois Supreme Court Rules Committee will hold a public hearing on November 15 to hear public comment on five proposals. The hearing will include proposed amendments to Rule 8.4 , which focuses on attorney misconduct, and Rule 794 , which outlines the 6-hour professional responsibility MCLE requirement.

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Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

AUGUST 10, 2023

After hearing about the company that the students planned to form, Bechtolsheim made out a $100,000 check on the spot. If a dispute does arise, a business might try to negotiate a resolution rather than going through the expensive and time-consuming process of litigation.

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Attorney at Work

MAY 31, 2022

A Tennessee lawyer was suspended and put on probation after failing to file a personal injury case. While the lawyer had every intention of refiling within one year, that date was stored only in his memory. A Chicago immigration lawyer moved for an emergency stay of removal for a client after an asylum application was denied.

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