Mon.Oct 23, 2023

article thumbnail

The Productive Law Firm: Technology Applications

Above the Law - Technology

Everybody wants to be more efficient and profitable. We talk about how to get there on the latest Non-Eventcast. The post The Productive Law Firm: Technology Applications appeared first on Above the Law.

Law firm 262
article thumbnail

Colin Levy, Dorna Moini, and Ashley Carlisle on Herding Cats and Heralding Change: The Inside Scoop on the “Handbook of Legal Tech”

3 Geeks and a Law Blog

This week on The Geek in Review podcast Marlene Gebauer and Greg Lambert featured guests Colin Levy , Ashley Carlisle , and Dorna Moini discussing Levy’s recently published book “ Handbook of Legal Tech.” Levy edited the book and contributors included Moini, Carlisle’s CEO, Tony Thai, and many more legal technology experts. The book provides an overview of key technologies transforming the legal industry like automation, AI, blockchain, document automation, CLM, and more.

professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

LMA Online Presentation on Tuesday: Exploring the Role of AI in Legal Blogging and Publishing

Kevin O'Keefe

What questions do you have regarding the application of Artificial Intelligence in the field of legal publishing, including legal blogs and other materials written by legal professionals? Join me for the Legal Marketing Association Southwest Region’s online presentation, titled “Decoding AI: The Future of Publishing and Blogging in Law.” The event will take place on Tuesday at 12 CT.

Law 130
article thumbnail

Call for Participation: WIPIP, Santa Clara, Feb. 2-3, 2024

Eric Goldman

The High Tech Law Institute invites you to participate in the 21st annual Works-in-Progress Intellectual Property Colloquium (WIPIP), which will be held February 2-3, 2024, at Santa Clara University School of Law, in Santa Clara, California. This is an in-person event, not virtual or hybrid. If you aren’t already familiar with WIPIP, the colloquium provides IP scholars with a forum to present their academic works-in-progress and receive early feedback from their peers.

article thumbnail

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.

article thumbnail

A “Whopper” of a Case for Sanctions

Trellis.Law Blog

Established wisdom tells us that Rule 11 serves as a guardrail in the world of litigation. Its core mission? To make litigants pause, reflect, and proceed with care when filing legal papers, all with the aim of smoothing the operation… Continue reading → The post A “Whopper” of a Case for Sanctions first appeared on Trellis.Law Blog.

Litigator 100
article thumbnail

Schrödinger’s AI – Where Everything and Nothing Changes

LLRX

Whether speaking with lawyers and law students who haven’t gotten around to trying ChatGPT or collaborating with post-doc explainable and legal AI experts with 20+ years of machine learning and Natural Language Processing experience, Colin Lachance , legal tech innovator and leader, is no closer to understanding in what way and precisely when permanent change will come, but is unshakeably convinced that change will be enormous, uneven, disruptive and, in many cases, invisible.

More Trending

article thumbnail

Face Scanning and the Freedom To “Be Stupid In Public”: A Conversation with Kashmir Hill

LLRX

An interview by Ryan Tate with the New York Times reporter and long time privacy journalist Kashmir Hill on how investigating Clearview AI helped her appreciate facial recognition—and envision a chaotic future.

article thumbnail

After Referrals, It’s Recon Time: How Small Business Clients Scout Lawyers

Attorney at Work

Katie Barnard | Your messaging is on point … but what if the medium fails the audience? Tips for effectively delivering information to all. The post After Referrals, It’s Recon Time: How Small Business Clients Scout Lawyers appeared first on Attorney at Work.

Lawyer 76
article thumbnail

Why Google, Bing and other search engines’ embrace of generative AI threatens $68 billion SEO industry

LLRX

Dr. Ravi Sen discusses how Google, Microsoft and others boast that generative artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT will make searching the internet better than ever for users. For example, rather than having to wade through a sea of URLs, users will be able to just get an answer combed from the entire internet. There are also some concerns with the rise of AI-fueled search engines, such as the opacity over where information comes from, the potential for “hallucinated” answers and copyright

81
article thumbnail

A Third of In-House Legal Teams Will Look to AI to Reduce Costs,Says New Survey From ACC and Everlaw

Legal IT Professionals

Everlaw, the cloud-native litigation and investigation platform, partnered with the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) to publish a new report today that revealed an increase in budgetary constraints, with corporate law departments prioritizing cost containment through various strategies. In the lead are bringing more matters in-house, shifting work to smaller firms, and leaning more on technology– including AI – to help scale.

article thumbnail

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.

article thumbnail

Meet Your Audio-Video eDiscovery Needs with OpenText eDiscovery solutions

OpenText

Are you seeing an uptick in the number of audio and video (“A/V”) files in your document collection sets? You are not alone! In the past, these files were just a small, mostly inconsequential part of the data collection, such as sales and marketing materials, holiday videos, and user internet downloads. Rarely were A/V files … The post Meet Your Audio-Video eDiscovery Needs with OpenText eDiscovery solutions appeared first on OpenText Blogs.

article thumbnail

Elite to cut 20% of its workforce and exit non-core markets in China, India, Mexico, Poland and Singapore 

Legal IT Insiders

Elite Technology has notified its workforce that it is to cut 20% of its staff and exit non-core markets, including China, India, Mexico, Poland and Singapore, we have learned. … Elite to cut 20% of its workforce and exit non-core markets in China, India, Mexico, Poland and Singapore Read More » The post Elite to cut 20% of its workforce and exit non-core markets in China, India, Mexico, Poland and Singapore appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

article thumbnail

October 2023 Feature Release

Lawmatics

Lawmatics is all treat and no trick when it comes to our brand new features, including appointment time zone selections, company matter add-ons, and much more. So grab a pumpkin spice latte and hunker down for this fresh new batch of features. Simple scheduling for different time zones Does your firm operate in multiple areas or with remote staff? We've simplified appointment and event coordination for you by introducing a new Time Zone field.

article thumbnail

Paladin Partners with the Department of Justice to expand its pro bono technology to all DOJ attorneys

Legal IT Insiders

Pro bono legal technology company Paladin and the Department of Justice’s Office for Access to Justice today (23 October) launched a partnership that will provide every DOJ attorney with access … Paladin Partners with the Department of Justice to expand its pro bono technology to all DOJ attorneys Read More » The post Paladin Partners with the Department of Justice to expand its pro bono technology to all DOJ attorneys appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

article thumbnail

How It Works: A Demonstration of Sage Timeslips, Software for Attorneys’ Time Tracking and Billing

LawSites

In this episode of the LawSites video series How It Works , we get a demonstration of Sage Timeslips , a time-and-billing platform for law firms, legal professionals, and service-based businesses that offers a suite of features to streamline time tracking, invoicing and financial management. To demonstrate the features of Sage Timeslips, our guest today is Desi Williams , sales engineer.

article thumbnail

In-House Legal Capacity Dashboard

Xakia

Understanding the capacity of team members is often a tricky task for in-house legal teams. Everybody is drowning. Yet the work keeps coming, so who is going to do it?

59
article thumbnail

Paladin Partners with U.S. Department of Justice To Boost Pro Bono At ‘World’s Largest Law Office’

LawSites

With more than 10,000 attorneys across the country, the U.S. Department of Justice describes itself as “the world’s largest law office.” Given that broad scope, it is particularly notable that the DOJ today announced a partnership with the justice tech company Paladin to provide every DOJ attorney with access to Paladin’s pro bono platform where they can search and sign up for opportunities to provide legal help at no cost.

article thumbnail

Colin Levy, Dorna Moini, and Ashley Carlisle on Herding Cats and Heralding Change: The Inside Scoop on the “Handbook of Legal Tech”

Legal Tech Monitor

This week on The Geek in Review podcast Marlene Gebauer and Greg Lambert featured guests Colin Levy , Ashley Carlisle , and Dorna Moini discussing Levy’s recently published book “ Handbook of Legal Tech.” Levy edited the book and contributors included Moini, Carlisle’s CEO, Tony Thai, and many more legal technology experts. The book provides an overview of key technologies transforming the legal industry like automation, AI, blockchain, document automation, CLM, and more.

article thumbnail

Reminder: Deadline Approaching for Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW – Apply Soon!

LawSites

This is a reminder that the deadline is fast approaching for legal tech startups to apply for a spot in the Startup Alley competition at the American Bar Association’s TECHSHOW 2024 , which takes place in Chicago Feb. 14-17, 2024. Out of all the entries received, 15 startups will be selected to participate in a live pitch competition that will be the opening event of this year’s TECHSHOW.

article thumbnail

Paladin Partners with the Department of Justice to expand its pro bono technology to all DOJ attorneys

Legal Tech Monitor

Pro bono legal technology company Paladin and the Department of Justice’s Office for Access to Justice today (23 October) launched a partnership that will provide every DOJ attorney with access. Paladin Partners with the Department of Justice to expand its pro bono technology to all DOJ attorneys Read More » The post Paladin Partners with the Department of Justice to expand its pro bono technology to all DOJ attorneys appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

article thumbnail

Five privacy issues of the advertising industry to take care of

Legal IT Group

Facebook and Instagram display personalized advertisements based on your actions and preferences, similar to other websites you visit. This has become an integral part of our lives. However, have you ever considered the power of the technologies that enable ad targeting and the legal requirements behind them? If you are planning to start your own AdTech business, even if it is just a small component on your website with one integration with an ad network, it is crucial to ensure that you do not

article thumbnail

The Productive Law Firm: Technology Applications

Legal Tech Monitor

Everybody wants to be more efficient and profitable. We talk about how to get there on the latest Non-Eventcast. The post The Productive Law Firm: Technology Applications appeared first on Above the Law.

article thumbnail

Using Technology to Benefit Markets and Investors

Debevoise Data Blog

Using Technology to Benefit Markets and Investors SIFMA and SIFMA AMG Comment on the SEC’s Proposed Rules for BDs and RIAs Among its many uses in the financial world, technology can improve operational efficiencies, reduce risk and provide valuable information and services to clients. In this joint post with SIFMA, we explore how new rules proposed by the U.S.

article thumbnail

How It Works: A Demonstration of Sage Timeslips, Software for Attorneys’ Time Tracking and Billing

Legal Tech Monitor

In this episode of the LawSites video series How It Works , we get a demonstration of Sage Timeslips , a time-and-billing platform for law firms, legal professionals, and service-based businesses that offers a suite of features to streamline time tracking, invoicing and financial management. To demonstrate the features of Sage Timeslips, our guest today is Desi Williams , sales engineer.

article thumbnail

Lawyers are expensive, but many aren’t charging you enough – how could technology change things?

Legal IT Professionals

The law is a tough place to make it, particularly for young ‘hotshots’. Even in fictionalised versions of the profession, newly qualified legal talent always has a mentor or senior level support. For fans of Suits, every Mike Ross needs a Harvey Specter. The trouble is that the rates for senior and junior legal counsel are not always clear and don’t reflect the fact juniors rely heavily on their more experienced peers.

Lawyer 52
article thumbnail

Paladin Partners with U.S. Department of Justice To Boost Pro Bono At ‘World’s Largest Law Office’

Legal Tech Monitor

With more than 10,000 attorneys across the country, the U.S. Department of Justice describes itself as “the world’s largest law office.” Given that broad scope, it is particularly notable that the DOJ today announced a partnership with the justice tech company Paladin to provide every DOJ attorney with access to Paladin’s pro bono platform where they can search and sign up for opportunities to provide legal help at no cost.

article thumbnail

Privacy Advocates Raise Concerns with New Mobile Driver’s Licenses

Pillsbury Law Internet and Technology blog

In 2021, the Department of Homeland Security started a process of adopting regulations for mobile driver’s licenses. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has since begun allowing mobile driver’s licenses as identification at airports, and several states jumped on the bandwagon, offering mobile driver’s licenses through state-sponsored apps or via Apple and Google Wallet.

52
article thumbnail

Reminder: Deadline Approaching for Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW – Apply Soon!

Legal Tech Monitor

This is a reminder that the deadline is fast approaching for legal tech startups to apply for a spot in the Startup Alley competition at the American Bar Association’s TECHSHOW 2024 , which takes place in Chicago Feb. 14-17, 2024. Out of all the entries received, 15 startups will be selected to participate in a live pitch competition that will be the opening event of this year’s TECHSHOW.

article thumbnail

FileTrail’s Global Growth Continues with Further Expansion and New Investment in Australia

Legal IT Professionals

FileTrail ® , the leader in modern information governance and records management software for law firms and highly regulated industries, announces its latest expansion into new global markets with the addition of its first law firm client in Australia and key investment in new cloud infrastructure to facilitate secure, compliant support of this and future clients.

article thumbnail

The 1-2-3 Guide to Legal E-Discovery

Legal Tech Monitor

Legal teams can easily drown in the sheer volume of digital files, records, and metadata. However, e-discovery doesn’t have to be a daunting task. With the proper legal e-discovery practices [.] The post The 1-2-3 Guide to Legal E-Discovery appeared first on Exigent group.

article thumbnail

Take Back Control: Tips to Minimize Law School Stress

The Barrister

Being a law student is hard. It is hard on a normal day. Once you are past your first year though, the doors to compete to be on an advocacy team and law articles or journals open. But how do you balance being a law student and then adding on even more academically? While it is hard to find time to devote not only to your academics, but then add more activities to your plate, it is hard to remember the most important part of your day, you.

Law 52
article thumbnail

A “Whopper” of a Case for Sanctions

Legal Tech Monitor

Established wisdom tells us that Rule 11 serves as a guardrail in the world of litigation. Its core mission? To make litigants pause, reflect, and proceed with care when filing legal papers, all with the aim of smoothing the operation. Continue reading → The post A “Whopper” of a Case for Sanctions first appeared on Trellis.Law Blog.

article thumbnail

Crisis Management at Law Firms: How to Handle High-Stakes Situations

CaseFox

You never know when your law firm can meet with an unexpected crisis. No matter what the size of your law firm, it is always vulnerable to a crisis. Crisis can take many forms in a law firm. It can disrupt your firm’s reputation, threaten your firm’s position in the industry, or do other such things.Regardless of the type of crisis your company may encounter, it’s essential to maintain a strong crisis management plan at all times.

article thumbnail

Report: 91% Want Digital Payments of Class Action and Mass Tort Settlement Funds

Legal Tech Monitor

The inaugural “Digital Payments in Class Actions and Mass Torts” report, released on Monday by Western Alliance Bank’s Digital Disbursements, found 170 settlements had a digital payment option in 2022, up from two in 2019.

52
article thumbnail

LinkSquares’ New Legal Technology Innovations Unlock Data, Productivity, and Efficiency for Legal Teams

Legal IT Professionals

Today, LinkSquares, the leading AI-powered legal technology partner of choice, announced several new innovations across the LinkSquares Cloud that help in-house legal teams demonstrate their organizational impact, and move their business forward, faster. Within the first month of general availability, LinkSquares Prioritize garnered massive adoption, and delivered new reporting dashboards that equip in-house legal teams with holistic insights about their work.