Legal IT Professionals

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

In a trailblazing move for the legal tech industry, Smokeball, the industry-leading legal practice management software platform, now provides free access to its innovative technology to half a million U.S. lawyers through partnerships with multiple State Bar Associations. Smokeball Bill, a complete trust accounting and billing software solution for solo and small legal practitioners, empowers lawyers to manage client trust accounts with ease and compliance while delivering better client results.

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

In a significant ruling for legal publishing and AI development, a federal judge has granted partial summary judgment to Thomson Reuters in its long-running copyright infringement lawsuit against ROSS Intelligence, finding that ROSS infringed on Westlaw’s copyrighted headnotes and rejecting ROSS’s fair use defense. The ruling, issued today by 3rd U.S.

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Artificial Lawyer

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Join us for a new webinar with LegalOn in partnership with Artificial Lawyer: AI in Legal Meeting the Need for Speed, where we will explore how AI is accelerating legal work and changing percep

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Colin S. Levy

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Part 1: Understanding the Basics Imagine walking into your office on a Monday morning, coffee in hand, to find that while you were away, a new colleague has been quietly revolutionizing how work gets done. This colleague never sleeps, never complains about the office temperature, and has processed more documents than your entire team typically handles in a month.

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Speaker: Allison Mears, Adela Wekselblatt, and George Socha

Artificial intelligence is reshaping the legal industry, and paralegals are at the forefront of this transformation. As AI becomes more integrated into legal workflows, paralegals can streamline their daily tasks, enhance efficiency, and add greater value to their firms and organizations. But what exactly does AI mean for paralegals today—and how can you leverage it to your advantage?

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

[A surprising ruling from Judge Bibas (sitting as a district court judge by designation) in the Thompson Reuters v. Ross case, because he reverses himself on numerous points (all in favor of the copyright owner). I sent the following comments to a reporter.] I have multiple problems with the ruling: 1) I disagree that individual headnotes each can be copyrightable.

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CloudNine

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Theres a moment when every new technology shifts from novelty to necessity. Think about the first time you used GPS instead of printing out MapQuest directions (or, for the true old-schoolers, unfolding a giant road atlas or Rand McNally folding maps). At first, it felt unnecessarymaybe even risky. I know how to get there, youd say. But then, one day, you hit a roadblock, and your GPS rerouted you seamlessly (re-routing ring a bell?).

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lennyesq

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Brandon Vigliarolo INFOSEC IN BRIEF DeepSeeks iOS app is a security nightmare that you should delete ASAP, according to researchers at mobile app infosec platform vendor NowSecure. The org have assessed the security of the iOS version of DeepSeek – the third most popular app on the App Store as of writing found it transmits data in plaintext, uses outdated ciphers, and hardcoded encryption keys.

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Bigfork Tech

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

7 Ways to Sell ALOE to Your Team Introducing new software to your organization can be challenging, especially when it involves a critical function like contract management. Convincing your team to adopt a Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) solution like ALOE requires more than just a simple pitchit demands a strategic approach that highlights efficiency, ease of use, and long-term value.

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Legal IT Professionals

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Elite, a leading provider of financial management and business operations solutions to the worlds most successful law firms, today announced the launch of Elite Validate, a new purpose-built billing compliance solution powered by artificial intelligence (AI) that will transform and optimize how law firms manage adherence to Outside Counsel Guidelines (OCGs).

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

In-house legal departments often struggle with a common challenge: how to efficiently review and negotiate the constant flow of routine contracts without sacrificing quality or consistency.

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Speaker: Andrew Klein

Are there mysteries lurking in your family tree? 🕵 No, not a long-lost half-brother - I'm talking about a patent family tree! IP paralegals need fast and easy ways to verify and report on essential data about foreign equivalents of US assets. Join us to master the global scope of key assets to support prosecution, portfolio management, litigation, licensing, competitive monitoring and more!

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Attorney at Work

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Fixing the disconnect between achieving financial targets and genuine professional satisfaction. The post Aligning Financial Decision-Making with Professional Purpose: A Guide for Attorneys appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.

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Centerbase

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Paul Bridgewater Remains on the Board of Directors Dallas, TX February 10, 2025 Centerbase, a leading provider of legal practice management software, is pleased to appoint Michael Dunn as its new Chief Executive Officer. Dunn will also serve on the Centerbase Board of Directors. Paul Bridgewater, the companys current CEO and President, will remain on the Board of Directors, ensuring continuity and strategic oversight as the company enters its next growth phase.

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Attorney at Work

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

The demands of work dont stop when you are depressed. Dan Lukasik, of LawyersWithDepression.com, on the struggle to get things done when you're a depressed lawyer. The post How to Be Productive When You’re a Depressed Lawyer appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.

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Debevoise Data Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

On Thursday, March 6, 1:00pm-2:30pm EST, Avi Geser will participate in a panel discussion along with Jenifer McIntosh, CIPP, Of Counsel at Stinson during an upcoming Strafford live video webinar, “Board Oversight of Artificial Intelligence: Best Practices for Governance, Compliance, and Ethical Considerations.” The panel will examine the corporate governance, data security and other challenges facing boards of directors in overseeing artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives.

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Speaker: Joe Stephens, J.D., Attorney and Law Professor

Ready to cut through the AI hype and learn exactly how to use these tools in your legal work? Join this webinar to get practical guidance from attorney and AI legal expert, Joe Stephens, who understands what really matters for legal professionals! What You'll Learn: Evaluate AI Tools Like a Pro 🔍 Learn which tools are worth your time and how to spot potential security and ethics risks before they become problems.

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Voting has now closed and your votes have been tallied to pick the 15 legal tech startups that will get to participate as finalists in the ninth-annual Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW 2025, taking place April 2-5 in Chicago.

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Relativity

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

This industry is swarming with definitions, abbreviations, tools, and abstract concepts. For those who need it, today, we’re going back to the basics of generative AI and the law.

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Trust accounting remains one of the most dangerous pitfalls for unwary lawyers. Far too often, lawyers particularly those in solo and small firms still rely on manual methods for maintaining and reconciling their client funds accounts.

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lennyesq

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Order requires destruction of departmental data accessed by Musky men Simon Sharwood Trump administration policies that allowed Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to access systems and data at the Bureau of the Fiscal Service (BFS) have left the org more vulnerable to hacking according to federal Judge Paul A. Engelmayer in New York City.

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Speaker: Andrew Klein and Jennifer Vandenplas

Patent due diligence processes take too long. The information you need is publicly available but accessing it is often tedious & inefficient, requiring you to wade through dozens of PTO websites or for-free tools to gather what you need. Plus, it frequently occurs late in the game, leaving professionals under pressure, sifting through chaotic 100-page PDFs, and frustrated with poorly formatted information & patent numbers.

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Texas enacted HB 18, a typical smorgasbord law packed full of policy ideas–all bad and undertheorized–under the pretext of protecting kids online. In September, the court enjoined part of the law. See CCIA v. Paxton. Now, the court enjoins much of the rest. Scrutiny Level The court says strict scrutiny applies: “HB 18 is therefore a content- and speaker-based regulation, targeting DSPs whose primary function is to share and broadcast social speech…HB 18 discriminates base

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