3 Geeks and a Law Blog

JULY 3, 2023

Justis, powered by OpenAI’s GPT-4, was able to have a natural conversation with Greg and provide insightful perspectives on the use of generative AI in the legal industry, specifically in law firms. While many law firm leaders recognize its potential, some are unsure of how it fits into legal work or worry about risks.

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Eric Goldman

MAY 20, 2025

The court summarizes the case: Rodney Woodland, a freelance artist and model, posts semi-naked photographs of himself in different poses on Instagram. The court displayed all of the photos side-by-side, so of course we’re going to look at them. I guess that makes me old-school. So I think this is a SFW post.

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Law practice management company Clio said today that Lawyaw, the document automation software it acquired in 2021, will now be called Clio Draft. Court form libraries covering more than 50 jurisdictions, allowing pre-saved sets of standard forms and the ability to auto-populate client and matter information.

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LLRX

JUNE 30, 2021

Articles and Columns for June 2021 Artificial Intelligence Resources on the Internet 2021 – Articles, studies, reports and investigations abound on how AI is impacting all aspects of our lives inclusive of privacy, social media, healthcare, the economy, the financial system, education, communications, law, the courts and technology.

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DECEMBER 28, 2021

In my LawNext podcast , I have the great privilege of engaging in conversations every week with the “innovators and entrepreneurs who are driving what’s next in law.” These are among the topics that listeners found most interesting during 2021, based on their downloads of LawNext episodes.

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Eric Goldman

OCTOBER 5, 2023

I wrote an expert declaration about them in 2021). The court says that the merchant made a descriptive “fair use” of the “emoji” term, but the court didn’t actually say that “emoji” qualifies as a descriptive trademark, instead of an arbitrary mark, for stickers.

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Above the Law - Technology

DECEMBER 4, 2023

AltFee Elevator Pitch: AltFee revolutionizes law firm pricing by offering a foundation for alternative fee structures. At the heart of AltFee lies a relentless pursuit of innovation – our platform is built to empower law firms to achieve unprecedented success through non-hourly pricing. What makes you unique or innovative?

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MAY 4, 2021

Awards will be given in eight categories: access to justice, court, enterprise, individual, technology, law department, law firm, and startup. Nominations open today for the second annual American Legal Technology Awards , a competition launched last year to honor exceptional achievements in legal technology.

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Above the Law - Technology

MAY 22, 2023

Developed by Bay Area Legal Services , a nonprofit law firm in Tampa, Fla., with funding from a 2021 Legal Services Corporation Technology Initiative Grant , FosterPower is designed to empower the more than 20,000 children in Florida’s child welfare system with information about their rights. Medical health. Mental health.

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Above the Law - Technology

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

“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. . federal courts. The company’s roadmap calls for it to eventually expand into state courts as well.

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Eric Goldman

JULY 14, 2023

When I first blogged this case in January 2021, I wrote: This lawsuit, like many others before it, claims that UGC services like YouTube commit illegal discrimination based on how they moderate content. The latest ruling addresses YouTube’s motion to dismiss the fourth amended complaint, which the court grants with prejudice.

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

One such destination for many lawyers has been Florida, and now a decision from the Florida Supreme Court provides guidance on the ethics of an out-of-state lawyer practicing remotely from within the Sunshine State. The bar responded with proposed changes, which the Supreme Court adopted in its opinion last week. Home, 318 So.

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Above the Law - Technology

APRIL 4, 2023

It provides access to comprehensive primary and secondary law collections from more than 100 countries. The company told me last year that its collection of case law, legislation, journals and dockets serves over 2 million users across Europe, Africa, Asia, Oceania, the Caribbean, and the Americas. case law and other materials.

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LawSites

JUNE 7, 2021

A first-of-its-kind tool introduced last year to automate the drafting of litigation briefs has been named new product of the year for 2021 by the American Association of Law Libraries. Compose launched with the ability to create core federal court procedural and discovery motions. Second Product Award.

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Above the Law - Technology

AUGUST 15, 2023

If you are not familiar with Clearbrief, it is an innovative product designed to strengthen brief writing or other legal writing in Microsoft Word by instantly finding the best evidence or law to support your argument. The Ask Your Docs feature will be available to all Clearbrief users. million seed round. million seed round.

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 10, 2024

4, 2021), the Massachusetts Supreme Court struck down Uber’s TOS because it wasn’t properly formed. In response to Kauders, in April 2021, Uber forced all of its users in Massachusetts (and maybe beyond, I’m not sure) through a new TOS formation process. In Kauders v. Uber Techs. ,

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Clio

APRIL 15, 2025

We’ve analyzed the latest family law statistics to uncover key trends in divorce outcomes, custody arrangements, and court decisions that impact your daily practice. Heres what the data reveals about today’s family law landscapeand how you can use these lawyer statistics to strengthen your practice.

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Eric Goldman

AUGUST 21, 2023

The initial cohort of plaintiffs were conservatives (Prager); but then as a purported “gotcha,” the law firm added LGBTQ (Divino) and people of color (Newman) plaintiff cohorts. But courts don’t always use facts like that for petard-hoisting, instead grounding their rulings in legal doctrines and admissible evidence.

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Above the Law - Technology

APRIL 11, 2024

It launched in 2017 to great fanfare, promising to “revolutionize legal services” through its dual-entity model of both a law firm and a technology company. Then, in 2021, he was sentenced to seven years in prison on charges related to the fraud and forgeries I’d written about in 2016. As of this writing, the lawsuit is ongoing.

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Attorney at Work

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Depending on your point of view, there’s either lots new or “not so much” new with law firm ownership. In a nutshell, it says that lawyers must own law firms. New Developments in Law Firm Ownership. Australia and the United Kingdom already permit outside ownership of law firms. Supreme Court.

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Attorney at Work

APRIL 21, 2022

Law firms are one-stop shopping for cybercriminals, alluring because they hold the data of many people and businesses. The average ransom paid at the beginning of 2021 was $118,000 – by the end of the year, it rose to $322,000. We are already envisioning the court battles. Ransomware has been a curse for quite a while.

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Clio

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

If there has been one constant about the qualifications to own an American law firm, it has been this–you must be a lawyer. jurisdictions for decades has been that non-lawyers cannot own law firms. Whether or not you are an attorney, running a law firm is a huge challenge, but the right software can help. Once Rule 5.4

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LawSites

OCTOBER 9, 2023

At its annual Clio Cloud Conference in Nashville today, the law practice management company Clio introduced an array of major new products and product updates, calling the series of announcements its most expansive product update ever in its 15-year history. (I Now, Clio users can also directly file documents in certain court systems.

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LawSites

APRIL 29, 2021

Eight students in the LawX legal design lab at BYU Law have developed an online resource, called Goodbye Record , that is designed to address flaws in the process for expunging criminal records in Utah and potentially other states as well. The students initially planned to develop an app to help individuals apply for expungement.

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MAY 7, 2021

The Arizona Supreme Court has approved the first three entities to be licensed as alternative business structures, enabling businesses owned by non-lawyers to deliver legal services under the liberalized licensing rules the court approved last August. Court order approving application.). Court order approving application.).

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Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

JANUARY 15, 2024

Guided by our mission to make the law free and accessible for all, our team has concentrated on our free law projects while also working on our state-of-the-art marketing solutions to help lawyers achieve their goals. Increased Access to the Law for All The heart of Justia is our mission to make the law free and accessible for all.

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Attorney at Work

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Smokeball is a law practice management software with document assembly capabilities. Smokeball has an unusual name, to be sure; but, it actually comes from a famous legal case , which just about every substantive law-loving attorney can appreciate. (I When law firms employ passive timekeeping programs, time is truly on their side.

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lennyesq

JUNE 3, 2024

Sean Nolan | Southwestern Law School, US The Kansas Supreme Court held Friday that there is no fundamental right to vote in the state’s constitution in a complex ruling related three 2021 election laws concerning false representation of election officials, verification of advance ballots and limitations on their collection.

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LLRX

JUNE 30, 2021

Articles, studies, reports and investigations abound on how AI is impacting all aspects of our lives in areas that include our privacy, our social media usage, healthcare, the economy, the financial system, education, communications, law, the courts and technology.

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LawSites

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

District of Columbia Court of Appeals, Committee on Unauthorized Practice of Law, Opinion 24-20 (March 23, 2020). Synopsis: Working from home has become the new normal, forcing law offices to transform themselves into a remote workforce overnight. Issues addressed: Health concerns over appearing in court.

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Clio

JUNE 30, 2025

The attrition rate at law firms in the US saw a staggering 61% increase in 2021 from its pre-pandemic level, highlighting the deep impact of the Great Resignation on legal. The need for change is obvious, but how can law firms win employee trust when the latter has more leverage to negotiate an employment based on their terms.

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Attorney at Work

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

According to the “ 2021 State of U.S. Small Law Firms” report from Thomson Reuters , the proportion of lawyers’ time spent practicing law has dropped to a new low of only 56%, barely half of their time. Three Reasons Admin Staff Are Integral to Your Law Firm’s Operations. They now rate it as their top concern.

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The Barrister

MARCH 11, 2025

When most people think of a law degree, they envision a career in traditional fields such as litigation,corporate law, or criminal defense. However, a law degree offers a versatile skill set that can be applied across various industries and professions. However, only 51% were working in law firms. 2 The ABA reported 7.6%

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Eric Goldman

JANUARY 18, 2024

My roundup of the top Internet Law developments of 2023: 10) California court bans targeted advertising (?). Facebook , a California appeals court shocked the advertising community by suggesting that using common demographic criteria for ad targeting, such as age or gender, may violate California’s anti-discrimination law.

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LawSites

MARCH 19, 2024

You may know it more through its brands, including ServeNow for finding process servers, One Legal for California court filing, LawToolBox for court calendaring, and the Legal Talk Network group of legal podcasts. InfoTrack may be one of the fastest growing yet least known legal technology companies in the United States.

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MAY 27, 2021

COVID was not kind to law firm marketing and business development, with two-thirds of firms reporting that business development was more difficult in 2020, and the overwhelming majority of firms pivoting their marketing strategies, turning from live conferences and face-to-face meetings to social media, email alerts and Zoom. New Strategies.

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Martindale-Avvo

MARCH 4, 2025

How Long it Takes to Get Hired Of course there are no guarantees when it comes to securing a job after law school. In 2021, 83% of law school grads found employment where passing the bar was a requirement or advantage. The jobs were secured within 10 months of graduating law school.

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