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There’s A New Top-Level Domain for Lawyers: ‘.esq’

Above the Law - Technology

Google has announced the release of eight new top-level domains that include one specifically designed for lawyers and law firms, “ esq,” based on the abbreviation of esquire that lawyers use to show they are admitted to practice. Google says the new domain for lawyers is “perfect for showing off your credentials.” It even pointed to two lawyers who already use the domain, Erika.esq , the webiste of attorney and personal finance advisor Erika Kullberg, and Ugo.esq., the w

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Richard Tromans on the Future of Legal Innovation and The Legal Innovators California Conference (TGIR Ep. 201)

3 Geeks and a Law Blog

In this episode of The Geek in Review Podcast, hosts Greg Lambert and Marlene Gebauer interview ⁠ Richard Tromans ⁠ , founder of Tromans Consulting and ⁠ artificiallawyer.com ⁠. Tromans shares his insights on the future of legal innovation and the upcoming ⁠ Legal Innovators California conference ⁠ , scheduled to take place on June 7-8 in San Francisco.

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Why Relativity built fit-for-purpose AI models to power sentiment analysis

Relativity

Does causing harm require intentionality? Recklessness? Sentience? Explore the concept of algorithmic bias and how sentiment analysis in RelativityOne was engineered with responsible AI in mind.

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4 Best Practices to Build Better ESG and Sustainability Programs

Hanzo Blog

In recent years, there has been an increasing trend for companies to claim environmental sustainability, making public commitments to lower carbon emissions and other eco-friendly measures. However, this rise in environmental claims has also led to the concern of greenwashing, where companies make false or exaggerated statements about their environmental practices.

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Visibility Into the Strategy & Supporting Documents of Major US Law Firms

Law Firm Intelligence by Trellis aggregates state trial court data across the Trellis platform enabling users to: look up a particular metric related to a specific law firm (such as, how many cases a law firm had or has against another law firm), and see the actual dockets and documents supporting the metric. Trellis data is maximized in a revolutionary and unique way to provide users an exclusive look into a law firm litigating in state trial courts.

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Five Top Tech Solutions to Streamline your Legal Practice

Law Technology Today

Running an efficient and caring legal practice takes time, effort and a lot of energy–particularly with a small team. With only so many hands on deck, you can spread yourself too thin. But adopting the latest technology frees you from administrative tasks, allowing you to grow your practice and develop client relationships. To get started, here are some suggestions to help optimize your legal practice. 1) HotDocs – Docs that rock Paperwork can eat into your day and take you away from working on

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Insight Legal launches an enhanced case and practice management platform

Legal IT Professionals

Insight Legal Software, a leading UK practice management, legal accounts and case management specialist, has released the most significant update of its flagship software platform since launching 12 years ago.

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Expanding Your Firm’s Reach Through Paid Advertising

Martindale-Avvo

You need clients to keep the lights on at your firm, but to find clients, you need to boost your firm’s visibility. Word-of-mouth promotion from well-meaning friends and family can only get you so far. Sometimes paid advertising — whether online or offline — can be the investment you need to put your firm in front of the right people. With digital marketing, the platform that hosts the ad can use targeted analysis to make your ad more effective.

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New IAALS Report on State Court Civil Filings: The Trends, Drivers of Change, and Importance of Data

Legal Tech Monitor

IAALS, the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System at the University of Denver, announced today that it released its new The Past and Future of State Court Civil Filings report. This report provides important new insights into long-term filing trends and areas where courts may need resource shifts, like declining tort and small claims cases and increasing debt-collection cases.

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The Post-Pandemic State of Legal Practice, with Nicole Black of MyCase

LawSites

Over the past year, the sibling legal technology companies MyCase and LawPay have published a series of reports on law practice , including benchmark reports based on anonymized data from the two companies’ customers, as well as an in-depth 2022 year-end legal industry report, based on a survey of over 2,300 legal professionals. Together, they provide an in-depth look at the state of legal practice in the wake of the pandemic.

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ChatGPT Made Up Sexual Harassment, Bribery Charges About Users. Can It Be Sued?

Legal Tech Monitor

AI-powered chatbots’ ongoing problems with hallucinations are leading legal professionals to predict a rise in defamation claims against tools such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT in countries across the world.

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Stay On Top of Newly Filed State & Federal Litigation: Curated Just for You!

With Daily Filings Report by Trellis you will receive an email and csv file daily with all new cases filed in the jurisdictions you're tracking. Each new case will include all case metadata like judge, parties, counsel, practice area, and even direct links to the full docket and complaint. Trellis Daily Filings Reports provide direct access to newly filed state and federal litigation curated just for you.

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Why Relativity built fit-for-purpose AI models to power sentiment analysis

Relativity

Does causing harm require intentionality? Recklessness? Sentience? Explore the concept of algorithmic bias and how sentiment analysis in RelativityOne was engineered with responsible AI in mind.

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Learning from the Past: Why Dismissing Generative AI Is a Risky Proposition for the Legal Industry

Legal Tech Monitor

While reflecting before moving forward with transformative technology is prudent, we should not allow resistance to change to exert undue influence on the decision to explore the benefits generative AI brings to the legal field.

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Should CISOs be liable for making business decisions?

Vogel IT Law

GovInfoSecurity.com reported that “Executive liability, where decision-makers face personal liability for making professional decisions, is a topic trending yet again as former Uber CSO Joe Sullivan was recently sentenced to probation and a fine for his role in covering up a data breach that affected tens of millions of Uber account holders.” The May 7, 2023 article entitled “What Executive Liability Means for a CISO” ( [link] ) included a description of the RSA 2023 Panel discussion with: *Sol

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Poll: Should AI Companies Pause the Training of Advanced AI Systems? We Want Legal's Thoughts

Legal Tech Monitor

Since the launch of ChatGPT, generative AI has taken the legal world by storm, with new AI-powered tools continuing to enter the market. However, one organization has called for a six-month pause on the training of all AI models more powerful than GPT-4. LTN wants to know what the legal industry thinks.

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Comparing Cloud Providers for Law Firms: How to Choose the Right Solution

CaseFox

I. Introduction Law firms of every size are experiencing the advantages of cloud migration as the legal sector continues to move toward digitization. With the help of cloud technology, law businesses, and firms can regulate their information and workflows. Their increased usage of cloud technology, allows them to enjoy the following: Improved security Increased efficiency Financial savings, etc.

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Tech-Enabled Hybrid Work Environment, Vendor: Blue J Legal

Legal Tech Monitor

“Legal innovation, in our view, involves marrying a deep understanding of the work that lawyers do, with an equally deep understanding of the power and capabilities that technology can provide—and applying that knowledge to solve real customer challenges,” says Pete van Hezewyk, Vice President of Marketing at Blue J Legal.

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Jason Smith

Colin S. Levy

Jason Smith has over 25 years of experience as a practicing attorney (both firm and in-house) and legal technology consultant. He focuses on emerging technology trends and innovation in the legal profession and has received the Award of Merit from the State Bar of Texas for service to the legal technology community. He was the Chair of the Corporate Counsel Section from 2020 - 2022, currently serves as the Chair of the Section’s Technology Committee and was the 2012-2013 Chair of the State Bar o

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Tech Snippets Today – CasperLabs – Medha Parlikar – Co-founder and CEO, with Joseph Raczynski

Legal Tech Monitor

Here is my conversation with Medha Parlikar, Co-founder and CEO of CasperLabs. It is great to hear her take on enterprise level blockchains. Casper is the first blockchain built specifically for business adoption. Casper’s unique design allows it to adapt and endure with your business over time – and thanks to Casper Labs, organizations building on Casper always have a clear place to turn for dedicated services, support and bespoke software development.

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Overview of Tamil Nadu’s new Anti-Gambling Law and its interplay with the recently amended IT Rules governing online gaming

Ikigai Law

This post covers the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Online Gambling and Regulation of Online Games Act, 2022 and its interplay with the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 A. Background In October 2022, the Tamil Nadu state government published an ordinance to regulate online gaming and subsequently passed a bill on the same in October 2022.

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Generative AI is Trained on Online E-discovery Resources. Here's What That Means for E-discovery

Legal Tech Monitor

The e-discovery resources included in Google’s C4 database may be best confined to content generation purposes, as opposed to being research tools.

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Best Practices for Your Law Firm’s Blog in 2023

Attorney at Work

For law firms, regular blogging is an essential element of a search engine optimization strategy —— and one that can provide a tremendous return on your investment. Google rewards sites that provide fresh, useful content with better rankings, and your law firm blog is your platform to regularly publish material that fits those parameters. So, […] The post Best Practices for Your Law Firm’s Blog in 2023 appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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SYKE partners with Calame to deliver legal tech & ops solutions to the French market 

Legal Tech Monitor

Legal technology and operations providers SYKE and Calame will announce today (10 May) an exclusive strategic partnership to enable SYKE to gain a foothold in the French market, while providing. SYKE partners with Calame to deliver legal tech & ops solutions to the French market Read More » The post SYKE partners with Calame to deliver legal tech & ops solutions to the French market appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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How Payment Automation Benefits Your Firm (and Your Clients)

Rocket Matter

Automation. It’s a buzzword on the lips of professionals in every industry, from the obvious (engineering) to the not-so-obvious (art).and, of course, the legal profession. With some notable exceptions, such as document assembly, though, lawyers have been reluctant to embrace automation. Lawyers often fear that relinquishing control will lead to costly mistakes and compliance risks, and they instead default to manual operational processes.

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Richard Tromans on the Future of Legal Innovation and The Legal Innovators California Conference (TGIR Ep. 201)

Legal Tech Monitor

In this episode of The Geek in Review Podcast, hosts Greg Lambert and Marlene Gebauer interview ⁠ Richard Tromans ⁠ , founder of Tromans Consulting and ⁠ artificiallawyer.com ⁠. Tromans shares his insights on the future of legal innovation and the upcoming ⁠ Legal Innovators California conference ⁠ , scheduled to take place on June 7-8 in San Francisco.

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Xakia launches legal matter management solution for small in-house legal teams

Legal IT Insiders

Australian-headquartered legal matter management vendor Xakia today (9 May) officially launches a new ‘out-of-the-box’ solution to meet the needs of smaller in-house teams, which has received positive customer testimonial (see … Xakia launches legal matter management solution for small in-house legal teams Read More » The post Xakia launches legal matter management solution for small in-house legal teams appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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There’s A New Top-Level Domain for Lawyers: ‘.esq’

Legal Tech Monitor

Google has announced the release of eight new top-level domains that include one specifically designed for lawyers and law firms, “.esq,” based on the abbreviation of esquire that lawyers use to show they are admitted to practice. Google says the new domain for lawyers is “perfect for showing off your credentials.” It even pointed to two lawyers who already use the domain, Erika.esq , the webiste of attorney and personal finance advisor Erika Kullberg, and Ugo.esq., the website of Ugo Lord, who

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SYKE partners with Calame to deliver legal tech & ops solutions to the French market 

Legal IT Insiders

Legal technology and operations providers SYKE and Calame will announce today (10 May) an exclusive strategic partnership to enable SYKE to gain a foothold in the French market, while providing … SYKE partners with Calame to deliver legal tech & ops solutions to the French market Read More » The post SYKE partners with Calame to deliver legal tech & ops solutions to the French market appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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The Post-Pandemic State of Legal Practice, with Nicole Black of MyCase

Legal Tech Monitor

Over the past year, the sibling legal technology companies MyCase and LawPay have published a series of reports on law practice , including benchmark reports based on anonymized data from the two companies’ customers, as well as an in-depth 2022 year-end legal industry report, based on a survey of over 2,300 legal professionals. Together, they provide an in-depth look at the state of legal practice in the wake of the pandemic.

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Insight Legal Software releases major update after £1m investment in product and people  

Legal IT Insiders

UK practice management, legal accounts and case management specialist Insight Legal Software has released what it describes as the most significant update of its flagship software platform since launching 12 … Insight Legal Software releases major update after £1m investment in product and people Read More » The post Insight Legal Software releases major update after £1m investment in product and people appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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Xakia launches legal matter management solution for small in-house legal teams

Legal Tech Monitor

Australian-headquartered legal matter management vendor Xakia today (9 May) officially launches a new ‘out-of-the-box’ solution to meet the needs of smaller in-house teams, which has received positive customer testimonial (see. Xakia launches legal matter management solution for small in-house legal teams Read More » The post Xakia launches legal matter management solution for small in-house legal teams appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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Ep 202: The Post-Pandemic State of Legal Practice, with Nicole Black of MyCase

LawNext podcast

Over the past year, the sibling legal technology companies MyCase and LawPay have published a series of reports on law practice , including benchmark reports based on anonymized data from the two companies’ customers, as well as an in-depth 2022 year-end legal industry report, based on a survey of over 2,300 legal professionals. Together, they provide an in-depth look at the state of legal practice in the wake of the pandemic.

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Insight Legal Software releases major update after £1m investment in product and people  

Legal Tech Monitor

UK practice management, legal accounts and case management specialist Insight Legal Software has released what it describes as the most significant update of its flagship software platform since launching 12. Insight Legal Software releases major update after £1m investment in product and people Read More » The post Insight Legal Software releases major update after £1m investment in product and people appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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CloudNine Appoints Legal Services Industry Veteran, Chris Haag, as Senior Vice President of Sales

CloudNine

HOUSTON – May 9, 2023 – eDiscovery technology leader CloudNine announced today that Chris Haag joined the firm as Senior Vice President of sales. Haag has extensive experience in leading sales organizations and building high-performance teams at IKON, ProFile Discovery and most recently at Avalon, an alternative legal service provider. “Chris’s leadership, vision, and expertise in delivering quality, results-oriented technology and services for law firms and legal departments will be i

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Sacha Kirk

Colin S. Levy

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Tech Ticker Issue 45, April 2023: A cosmic surprise, a lie detector, and other short stories

Ikigai Law

“ Should we fire up this bad boy ”- Television’s Homi Bhabha to Television’s Vikram Sarabhai at India’s first ever rocket launch ( Rocket Boys, 2022 ) Back in the 60s, Dr. Vikram Sarabhai – the pioneer of India’s space program, argued against Indians staying out of space. While India is a developing nation, he believed that if we are to play a role in the community of nations, then we must apply advanced technologies to real-world problems.