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The Differences Between Paralegals and Legal Assistants

Legal Talk Network

Rather, they are an integral part of the team, ensuring that legal claims are properly prepared and effectively managed. Paralegals, with their more extensive legal education, are often tasked with drafting legal documents, conducting legal research, and providing support in client communication.

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FAQ: Everything You Need to Know About Patenting Your Invention

Brett Trout

A patent is a legal document issued by the U.S. The first step is to document your invention thoroughly. Once you document your invention, consult a patent lawyer to discuss the best approach for protecting your invention. Produce a patent that will stand up in court. What is a patent?

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New York Court of Appeals Confirms Attorney-Client Privilege Can Apply Without Anticipated/Pending Litigation or Client’s Affirmative Request for Legal Advice

Discovery Advocate

Litigators across the country are accustomed to addressing attorney-client communications in review protocols as only those communications that seek and provide legal advice from counsel. But what if that communication is unsolicited legal analysis of an issue that isn’t directly related to an anticipated or pending dispute?

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Bard vs. ChatGPT: What are the top 5 areas in legal work that cannot be replaced by AI?

Trial Technology

However, AI cannot replace the human judgment that is necessary to evaluate the legal significance of this information. Lawyers must be able to understand the context of a case and to apply the law to the facts in order to provide sound legal advice. Legal analysis. Legal writing.

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Exclusive: In A First For E-Discovery, Tech Company Nextpoint Is Launching A ‘Data-Driven’ Law Firm Under Arizona’s Liberalized Ownership Rules

Above the Law - Technology

The law firm, Nextpoint Law Group (NLG), will provide discovery and litigation legal services to other law firms and to corporate legal departments, including trial strategy, early case assessment, document review, discovery drafting, legal research and brief writing. Its lawyers will not appear in court.

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Can Paralegals Give Legal Advice?

Lawmatics

But amid all of that, are they qualified (or allowed) to give legal advice? What a Paralegal Does With their legal expertise and attention to detail, paralegals are the ultimate sidekick for lawyers who need an extra set of hands. Delivering legal advice is extremely regulated. Confidentiality. Confidentiality.

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The Five Most Momentous Legal Tech Fails

Above the Law - Technology

Just 28 years old, he had won accolades as an entrepreneur, first starting California Legal Pros, a company that marketed various legal services to both consumers and lawyers, then QuickLegal, a service that provided on-demand legal advice to consumers, and then QuickLegal Practice Management, a cloud practice management platform for lawyers.