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Happy Grammar Day! The Top 10 Grammar Posts on ‘Get to the Point!’

Attorney at Work

Reaction to the first “Get to the Point” National Grammar Day post in 2014 showed that lawyers could really get worked up about grammar. And the original “Get to The Point” grammar column from Grammar Day 2014: “Happy National Grammar Day! ’ appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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Over Seven Years, Scant Progress in Law Firm Diversity, New Survey Shows

LawSites

The Diversity Snapshot 2021 shows that, from 2019 to 2020, diversity numbers barely crept up, with minorities representing just over 18% of attorneys and 10% of partners, virtually the same as the prior year. More strikingly, in the seven years since 2014, the percentage of minority attorneys in law firms rose just four points, from 14.1%

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ROSS Cofounder Returns To Legal Tech with Startup Using AI To Surface Judges’ Decision-Making Patterns

Above the Law - Technology

“So often when attorneys are writing court documents or preparing for oral arguments and they want to know what their judge thinks about different issues in their case, they have very little information to go off of.

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Technical SEO for Law Firm Websites

Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

Google has considered HTTPS a ranking signal since 2014. Since Google has deprecated the “Attorney” schema type, law firms should use the “LegalService” schema, a subtype of “LocalBusiness.” It is critical for website security and search engine rankings.

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How Greg Rada Saved 20 Hours a Week and Built a Stronger Firm 

Lawyerist

After starting his own firm in 2014, Greg was used to doing everything himself. Combined steps like the fee agreement and power of attorney signature process to reduce friction for clients. He saved over 20 hours every week, improved client onboarding, and built a firm with a stronger foundation for future growth.

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Section 230 Applies to Publication of Court Documents–Medina v. Microsoft

Eric Goldman

In 2014, Medina sued Microsoft. In 2020, Medina got the disclosures from the 2014 case sealed. The court says that the 2020 ruling didn’t require publishers to depublish the extant versions of the 2014 documents, so this argument had a faulty premise. This case brought to mind the Martin v. Hearst case.

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How A Startup Evolves: As Casetext Marks 10th Year Anniversary, Here’s Its History Through 50 Blog Posts

Above the Law - Technology

2014 Two Sites Offer Platforms for Crowdsourced Legal Research. Casetext Now Automatically ‘Pushes’ Legal Research to Attorneys. So here, starting 10 years ago, is a history of Casetext through my blog posts. 2013 New Legal Research Site Combines Case Law with Crowdsourcing. Casetext Adds Crowdsourced Q&As.