Above the Law - Technology

JUNE 15, 2023

The post What Dating Tech Can Teach Us About Contract Lifecycle Management appeared first on Above the Law. When should you swipe right on a new CLM?

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Above the Law - Technology

APRIL 12, 2023

The latest in our new series detailing what you *really* need to know about the legal tech world. The post ‘Legal Tech Lists’: 9 Lawyer Misconceptions About Legal Ops appeared first on Above the Law.

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Above the Law - Technology

JUNE 28, 2023

He talks about how to build a data strategy, steps to take before cleaning house, the advantages of the cloud, the use of data lakes and APIs, and the importance of hiring the right people.

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Above the Law - Technology

MARCH 24, 2023

The post Middle School Sued After Getting Stupid About ‘Justice For Lil Pickle’ T-Shirts Worn By Students appeared first on Above the Law. Feel free to craft your own 'in a pickle' joke.

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Above the Law - Technology

AUGUST 22, 2023

The post Attorneys Know AI Will Have Significant Impact… Aren’t Sure What To Do About That appeared first on Above the Law. Latest survey from LexisNexis reveals a befuddled attorney population.

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Above the Law - Technology

APRIL 6, 2023

The post Jonathan Turley Finds A Way To Make ChatGPT All About Him appeared first on Above the Law. It seems the GPT harassed Jonathan Turley.

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Kevin O'Keefe

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The results confirm their apprehensions: these AI systems, even in simple tasks like summarization, tend to introduce falsehoods, raising concerns about their performance in more complex applications. Efforts are underway by AI developers to curtail these hallucinations, but the challenge remains substantial.

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Above the Law - Technology

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The post Even If You Hate Both AI And Section 230, You Should Be Concerned About The Hawley/Blumenthal Bill To Remove 230 Protections From AI appeared first on Above the Law. This bill would be a danger to the internet.

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Above the Law - Technology

JULY 20, 2023

The post Everything You Wanted To Know About Opposing Counsel In State Court But Were Afraid To Ask appeared first on Above the Law. Or at least never had a way to ask before now.

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Above the Law - Technology

MARCH 28, 2023

The post A Surprising Amount Of Law Talk For Talking About Everything Except The Law appeared first on Above the Law. Sometimes we're the guest!

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Martindale-Avvo

JANUARY 7, 2024

When asked about the most important factors that drove people to choose a particular law firm, most indicated attorney responsiveness was crucial: 50% of people say they made a hiring decision within a week, and 80% of consumers will contact another attorney if they don’t hear back in 48 hours.

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Attorney at Work

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Wendy Merrill | Suggestions for addressing the most common complaints about associates. The post Associates’ Success Is Not About Work Ethic: Common Concerns About New Lawyers appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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Above the Law - Technology

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The post Publishing A Book Means No Longer Having Control Over How Others Feel About It, Or How They’re Inspired By It. From the we-need-to-learn-to-let-go dept. And That Includes AI. appeared first on Above the Law.

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Martindale-Avvo

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Now, ask yourself what your legal website says about your practice. Warm and welcoming is perhaps your best option if you practice family law, as you want clients to feel comfortable opening up about deeply personal matters. Ask yourself the direct question: what does your legal website say about your law firm?

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Legal IT Insiders

APRIL 23, 2024

He offers practical action points to help […] The post Guest post: Every legal professional needs to know about privacy law compliance – Here’s where to start appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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Legal Tech Monitor

MARCH 4, 2024

“[The] decision also benefits all attorneys representing their clients, in ensuring that attorneys cannot be bound by contractual provisions they did not agree to, and would not agree to,” defense counsel said.

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Future Lawyer

MARCH 9, 2023

Matt Taibbi Statement To Congress On The Twitter Files. Whether coming from the political left or the political right, the assault on the founding principle of our democracy - free speech, should frighten every American.

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Legal Tech Monitor

MARCH 8, 2024

The post Answering 7 Key Questions About Change Healthcare’s Cyberattack appeared first on Above the Law. The federal government has even stepped in to help address the fallout of the attack, urging payers to quickly alleviate the digital bottlenecks that providers and pharmacies are facing.

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Attorney at Work

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

We’ve all heard the title of Shakespeare’s play, Much Ado About Nothing, a frothy little rom-com with lots of wordplay. The post Much Ado About Word Usage appeared first on Attorney at Work. It sounds more final. The English “goodbye” is actually a contraction of “God be with ye,” so there’s some parallel there.

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LLRX

MARCH 21, 2024

Kevin Novak begins his article with a reference to a report in The Wall Street Journal that caught his attention. Commercial data brokers are selling their third-party data to the government. If you’re an optimist, you would think this could be a good thing.

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LawSites

OCTOBER 24, 2023

This week, LawNext veers slightly off-topic for a conversation about wrongful convictions. But, as you’ll hear from our guests, there is a legal tech angle, even to this.

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Attorney at Work

MARCH 24, 2023

The post Five Things to Know About Working with a Coach appeared first on Attorney at Work. Jamie Spannhake | Whatever you’ve been hoping to change or improve, it’s important to know what to expect from a coaching relationship.

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Legal Tech Monitor

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The post Imagine If Law Schools Cared As Much About Affordable Tuition As They Do About ChatGPT! We get that AI is important to the future of lawyering… but let’s not lose perspective here. appeared first on Above the Law.

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Wisblawg

OCTOBER 30, 2023

In an effort to address the problem of online misinformation, Google is now providing “about this image” information in Google image search results. Here’s an example of “about this image” for an old photo of the UW Law School.

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Editor’s note: The following guest post is a response to my recent post, The Justice Gap in Legal Tech: A Tale of Two Conferences and the Implications for A2J. It is written by Mark Chandler , former chief legal officer at Cisco Systems from 2001- 2021 and now a lecturer in law at Stanford Law School and a fellow at the Stanford’s Deborah L.

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Attorney at Work

MARCH 15, 2022

Here are five common misunderstandings about intake software I’ve seen with smaller law firms, along with questions to ask when test-driving intake products. Another feature to ask about is dynamic questionnaires, which act as a guide through the process, helping intake staff more easily collect data from prospects.

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Law Technology Today

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The post What Lawyers Need to Know About Double Billing appeared first on Law Technology Today. Implementing the right systems, such as Clio Manage , can help lawyers prevent accidental double billing, provide good client experiences, and maintain the highest ethical standards in their practice.

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Eric Goldman

JANUARY 11, 2024

I’d like to know more details about this “unspecified” agency and how such a thing can exist. 2023 WL 9116592) The post Ninth Circuit Confusion About Moderators and Section 230–Quinteros v. To me, the phrase is an oxymoron–courts can’t just randomly manufacture agency relationships.

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Attorney at Work

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Annette Choti | Your About Me webpage is a client’s first introduction to who you are and how you can help them. The post Why Your ‘About Me’ Page Matters More Than Any Other Page appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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Eric Goldman

MAY 15, 2023

This blog post is about the following two phrases: “[T]he Communications Decency Act was not meant to create a lawless no-man’s-land on the Internet.” 2022) The post Two Common but Disingenuous Phrases About Section 230 appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. Why are the refuted arguments strawmen? Snap, Inc. ,

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TechnoLlama

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

On September 12, several French lawmakers from the Assemblée nationale presented a law proposal to the Presidency which has the objective of reform some norms in existing copyright law (text of the proposal here). This is a rather interesting development that may prove to be controversial given some of the […]

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Legal Tech Monitor

JANUARY 28, 2024

In January and February, the Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession is encouraging lawyers to spend one hour talking about diversity, equity, and inclusion with another professional whose diversity is different from theirs. Because you are intentionally thinking about it, which can also make it easier for you to spot your own biases.

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Attorney at Work

JUNE 7, 2022

Maybe you’ve read about the benefits of a daily expression of gratitude. What are we talking about here? Almost everyone has something good to stop and think about. How About More Clients? But did you know that this habit is part of a good marketing plan? Gratitude Is Consciously Noticing What Is Good.

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Legal Tech Monitor

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The post Startup Alley Competition Proves It Continues To Be All About AI appeared first on Above the Law. ABA TECHSHOW is off to a rousing start.

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CaseFox

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Further in the blog, we will discuss why law firms and lawyers should care about data breaches. These communications can be about the case of legal strategies, finances, personal details, and other confidential information. The post Why Should Law Firms Care About Data Breaches? appeared first on CaseFox.

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LawSites

MAY 30, 2023

But is this a story about the failings of AI or is it about the failings of the lawyers? No doubt, some will see this as a cautionary tale about generative AI technology and whether it should be used by legal professionals. But, to me, the cautionary tale here is not about technology, but about lawyer competence.

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LLRX

JANUARY 20, 2022

Ed Summers , librarian, metadata expert, teacher, and computational expert, delivers an insighful lesson on the Persistent Uniform Resource Locator. PURLs were developed to make URLs more resilient and persistent over time.

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