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Legal Staffing Lessons for Today’s Marketplace

Attorney at Work

The PMI reached 69 — its highest mark since 2006 and second-highest mark ever. As lawyers from firms and corporations saw opportunities in changing their work and lifestyles during the pandemic, the pool of contract talent has grown. Data privacy litigation? In large part, this can be attributed to flexibility and resilience.

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What is LEDES Billing? A Guide for Lawyers

Clio

While commonly used with corporate business clients, it’s valuable for all lawyers to understand the basics of LEDES billing. 2006: LEDES XML is introduced. LEDES billing codes The LEDES billing process provides standardized codes for lawyers and firm members to use when categorizing legal tasks for billing purposes.

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Illinois Supreme Court Names Lea Gutierrez as New ARDC Administrator

Legal Tech Monitor

Gutierrez as the new Administrator of the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission (ARDC), the organization responsible for the registration and discipline of Illinois lawyers. Gutierrez’s appointment is effective October 23, 2023. The Commission frequently collaborated with Gutierrez during her time at the ARDC.

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New Director Named to Lead Illinois Commission on Professionalism, As Jayne Reardon Retires

LawSites

A commercial litigation attorney with the firm Meyer Capel P.C. legal system as part of the Lawyers in the Classroom program, coached students in city-wide mock trial competitions and served on the teaching faculty of Harvard Law School’s Trial Advocacy Workshop. Champaign, Ill., She was Miss Illinois 2002 and Miss America 2003.

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Web Scraping for Me, But Not for Thee (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

For example, the most aggressive companies in pursuing web-scraping litigation are the social media companies. Now, in its case against Bright Data, Twitter’s lawyers filed three claims: breach of contract, tortious interference with a contract, and unjust enrichment. The law then enforces that private decision.

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2023 Internet Law Year-in-Review

Eric Goldman

Instead, plaintiffs’ lawyers are marshaling legal theories built for an industrial era to cut short those nuanced deliberations. Previous year-in-review lists from 2022 , 2021 , 2020 , 2019 , 2018 , 2017 , 2016 , 2015 , 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , 2011 , 2010 , 2009 , 2008 , 2007 , and 2006. Following the Lemmon v.

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Pfeifer and Wellen Give an Inside Look at LexisNexis’ AI Sprint (TGIR Ep. 230)

3 Geeks and a Law Blog

Lexis Snapshot summarizes legal complaints to help firms monitor litigation. Lexis Create brings AI capabilities directly into Microsoft Word to assist with drafting and research while lawyers are working on documents. The goal is to embed insights where lawyers are actually doing their work rather than separate AI tools.

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