Above the Law - Technology

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Help pick the 15 legal tech startups that will get to compete at the eighth-annual Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW 2024. 14-17, 2024, in Chicago. AltFee Elevator Pitch: AltFee revolutionizes law firm pricing by offering a foundation for alternative fee structures. What makes you unique or innovative? What problem do you solve?

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Berkley Technology Law Journal

JANUARY 17, 2025

Candidate, 2026 Overview On May 17, 2024, the California Civil Rights Department (CRD) took a step towards addressing the intersection of technology and employment with its proposed modifications to employment regulations concerning automated decision systems. By Sauntharya Manikandan, J.D.

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Debevoise Data Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2024

As we approach the end of the year, here are the Top 10 SEC Cyber/AI posts on the Debevoise Data Blog in 2024 by page views. 100 Days of Cybersecurity Incident Reporting on Form 8-K: Lessons Learned (March 28, 2024) On December 18, 2023, the SECs rule requiring disclosure of material cybersecurity incidents became effective.

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Berkley Technology Law Journal

APRIL 8, 2025

Candidate, 2025 In February 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) broke new ground by bringing its first-ever standalone Section 5 unfairness claims for unreasonable data retention and misleading breach notifications. The FTCs foray into new regulatory territory sent shockwaves throughout the market, reshaping compliance expectations.

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CloudNine

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

November 12, 2024 – Hosted by King and Spalding The Masters Conference’s final event for 2024 brought together legal, forensic, and information governance experts to discuss the evolving challenges in eDiscovery and data management.

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Legal Talk Network

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Legal Talk Network hosts and listeners had an unforgettable time connecting, learning, and sharing big ideas at Clio’s Cloud Conference in Austin, TX October 7-9, 2024. Listen to the whole slate of interviews on site at Clio Cloud Conference 2024 by subscribing to On the Road , scroll to the end of the page for our Conference Player.

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Debevoise Data Blog

JANUARY 17, 2025

Our top-eleven European data protection developments for the end of 2024 are: EU Cyber Resilience Act: The Council of the European Union approved the Cyber Resilience Act , introducing cybersecurity requirements for digital products sold in the EU.

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Centerbase

MARCH 3, 2025

As tax season approaches, law firms face a familiar set of challenges organizing records, compiling deductions, and ensuring compliance with complex tax rules. This guide highlights key deductions, important deadlines, and strategies to help law firms successfully navigate tax season.

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Debevoise Data Blog

JANUARY 13, 2025

Despite the busy 2024 litigation year against companies offering AI platforms in 2024, significant intellectual property questions remain unanswered as the calendar turns to 2025. one (atypical) case filed in 2024, Raw Story Media, Inc. More corporate plaintiffs filed complaints in 2024 than ever before. OpenAI Inc. ,

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Berkley Technology Law Journal

APRIL 18, 2025

Candidate, 2027 The recent boom in generative AI technology has been hampered by accusations that AI training sets violate intellectual property laws. However, opt-out schemes are an empty promise to creators, enabling tech companies to continue their mass exploitation of unlicensed data while maintaining a veneer of compliance with IP laws.

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Debevoise Data Blog

APRIL 14, 2025

At the Irish DPCs request, the European Data Protection Board ( EDPB ) has adopted Opinion 28/2024 on data protection considerations when developing and deploying AI models (the Opinion ). 1: Where the controller unlawfully processes personal data to train an AI model, and the same controller subsequently deploys the AI model.

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Legal IT Group

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

A data protection officer ( DPO ) is a specialist who helps companies ensure compliance with international data protection laws. In a nutshell, the DPO is a key person who helps the company in all business processes to ensure compliance with the data protection law.

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CloudNine

JANUARY 10, 2024

What will 2024 hold, especially in the world of eDiscovery? Laws within nations are evolving as well. Legal teams and eDiscovery experts will need to be aware of the region that data is collected from and ongoing changes in the legal landscape to maintain compliance.

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3 Geeks and a Law Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

In the latest episode of “The Geek in Review” podcast, hosts Greg Lambert and Marlene Gebauer continue their series of interviews at the 2024 LegalWeek conference with guest Bill Piwonka , the Chief Marketing Officer at Exterro.

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Eric Goldman

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

McDermott, represented by the Sanders Law Group, sued KMC for copyright infringement. McDermott argued that KMC was sophisticated about copyright law because the person who attached the photo to the bio had a journalism background. 2024 WL 4799751 (E.D.N.Y. KMC appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

JUNE 12, 2024

lawyers might finally ease the stress of navigating these rules and regulations that hold them back from maximizing the mobility of their multi-jurisdictional law practice. PT on Wednesday, July 10, 2024. With the movement to change RPC 5.5, For those who want to learn more about RPC 5.5, ET/11:00 a.m.

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Legal IT Professionals

JANUARY 18, 2024

ProSearch, a leading provider of comprehensive discovery and compliance solutions to corporate legal departments and law firms, announces the company’s participation in Legalweek New York 2024, being held January 29 to February 1 at the New York Hilton Midtown.

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Martindale-Avvo

APRIL 30, 2025

Privacy law is a growing and dynamic area of practice for many attorneys. The history of privacy law The roots of privacy law in the U.S. In 1974, a pair of laws protected student academic records and put guardrails on the federal governments collection and use of personal information.

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Clio

JANUARY 30, 2024

Law firm data security should be a top priority for any practice, and here’s why: Clients trust you with their most confidential information. Since clients entrust lawyers with so much of their sensitive data, law firms make prime targets for cybercrime. You don’t want your law firm to become part of that statistic.

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Clio

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Running a large law firm is a balancing act with many moving pieces—especially when it comes to law firm billing. Legal billing software streamlines many essential billing tasks for law firms—like tracking billable hours and expenses, creating invoices, and managing payment collections. What is legal billing software?

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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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Clio

AUGUST 28, 2024

Thanks to the increasing demand for legal services over the past couple of years, many areas of law are experiencing shifts in their growth trajectories. We know that the pandemic helped contribute to these emerging areas of law. Read on to learn more about the highest-growth legal practice areas for 2024 and beyond.

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Inside Privacy

MARCH 13, 2024

As with most recent European technology regulation, non-compliance could result in significant fines: up to the higher of €15 million or 2.5% Next steps The CRA will have to be formally adopted by the Council before it becomes law. That will likely be in April 2024. of global turnover.

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Centerbase

MAY 14, 2025

Law firm billing is more than just an administrative function. So whether you're refining your current billing processes or building a system from the ground up, understanding the ins and outs of law firm billing is essential for your firms success. What Is Law Firm Billing?

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Clio

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Treating people fairly and equitably when resolving conflict or disputes may seem like common sense, but it doesnt always happen in practiceparticularly in the justice system In this post, well explore procedural justice and why its important in the practice of law and the courtroom.

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Legal Expert Connections

JANUARY 2, 2024

For law firms, it can be a time to create a new 2024 law firm marketing plan. Digital marketing, starting with social media, forms the basis for many law firm marketing initiatives now. Listed below are a few January highlights that law firms can use as talking points. New Year, New Laws.

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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 I discuss the product updates and enhancements in a separate post today.)

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Colin S. Levy

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Innovations in artificial intelligence (AI), particularly generative AI (GenAI), cloud computing, and data analytics, present both challenges and opportunities for law firms and in-house legal departments. For law firms, the question centers on how to deploy these tools without undermining the billable hour model that underpins profitability.

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CaseFox

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

In 2022, a Gartner report quoted, “By 2024, legal departments will replace 20% of generalist lawyers with nonlawyer staff”. Law tech helps improve and streamline legal processes, ranging from document automation to artificial intelligence (AI) tools for legal research. Change management is a prism.

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

.] * * * The European Union’s Digital Services Act (“DSA”), a significant legislative act of 93 articles and 156 recitals, will become fully effective from this Saturday, February 17, 2024. The post The European Union’s Digital Services Act: In Force from This Saturday, February 17, 2024, Including for U.S.

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Rocket Matter

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

If you’re leading a law firm, you need to be prepared. Although the healthcare industry has the most issues with security threats, according to a 2023 report from IBM , 27% of law firms have been affected. This number will likely increase in 2024. Is your law firm regularly patching your software? Why do you need it?

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LawSites

MARCH 12, 2024

The arrival of 2024 brought a new reporting requirement for more than 32 million smaller companies in the United States. It has launched a beneficial ownership platform for legal, compliance and accounting professionals, and enhanced its Legisway platform for corporate legal departments with new beneficial ownership functionality.

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Debevoise Data Blog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

On September 23, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice updated its guidance to federal prosecutors related to the “Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs” (the “ECCP”). [1] Department of Justice updated its guidance to federal prosecutors related to the “Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs” (the “ECCP”). [1]

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MatterSuite

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Corporate legal departments are facing a transformative year in 2024, driven by evolving technologies, regulatory demands, and shifting workforce dynamics. This blog outlines key considerations and strategies for corporate legal departments in 2024, drawing insights from various industry reports and expert analyses.

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Debevoise Data Blog

DECEMBER 10, 2024

As we approach the end of the year, here are the Top 10 Cybersecurity posts on the Debevoise Data Blog in 2024 by page views. Managing Cybersecurity Risks Arising from AI New Guidance from the NYDFS (October 20, 2024) As cybersecurity risks continue to grow, so does the regulatory landscape.

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LawSites

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

It also previewed its coming integration of Casetext CoCounsel as an AI legal assistant across multiple TR products, including Westlaw Precision, Practical Law, Document Intelligence, and HighQ. Starting in 2024, TR will begin adding AI-assisted research to Westlaw in markets outside the U.S., Now we know more details.

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Clio

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Held in vibrant Austin, Texas, the 2024 Clio Cloud Conference was nothing short of electrifying. Jack Newton’s opening keynote Jack Newton, Clio’s Founder and CEO, kicked off ClioCon 2024 with his keynote focused on harnessing momentum in the legal industry to drive long-term success. Missed the event?

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