April, 2025

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Turn Clicks Into Clients: How Law Firms Can Improve Online-to-Offline Interactions

Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

As we’ve discussed in previous posts, the user journey includes both online and offline touchpoints. It’s crucial to remember that the journey doesn’t end when someone fills out a form on your website or calls your office. Instead, it signals a transition to the essential offline, often in-person, phase of the client experience. A potential client visits your website, impressed by your expertise and commitment.

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How to Take Advantage of Legal Workflow Automation for 2025

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Legal work comes with a lot of moving partscontracts, approvals, compliance checks, and more emails than you can count. If your team is constantly chasing documents or dealing with slow processes, its time to make things easier. Workflow automation software helps cut out the busywork so you can focus on what actually matters. Legal professionals dont have time to waste on manual tasks that could run themselves.

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Unlock the Full Potential of Your Legal Operations with Bigfork Tech’s Resources

Bigfork Tech

Unlock the Full Potential of Your Legal Operations with Bigfork Techs Resources At Bigfork Tech, we are committed to empowering legal teams with the knowledge and tools they need to excel. Our website offers a wealth of resources designed to enhance your understanding of contract lifecycle management (CLM), legal operations, and project management. Here’s an overview of the valuable materials you can access: Insightful Blog Posts Our blog is a hub for the latest trends, insights, and best

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Opt-Out Approaches to AI Training: A False Compromise

Berkley Technology Law Journal

By Barbara Rasin, J.D. Candidate, 2027 The recent boom in generative AI technology has been hampered by accusations that AI training sets violate intellectual property laws. Various rightsholders, including the New York Times and Universal Music Group , have sued the companies behind these algorithms for training on their protected IP without a license.

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Prep with Purpose: How to Build Better Trial Binders

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

Get ready to master the art and science of trial preparation organization that top attorneys rely on in this exclusive webinar! Attorney and law professor, Joe Stephens, J.D., will walk through proven systems for creating comprehensive trial notebooks and binders that transform scattered case materials into powerful litigation tools. Learning Objectives: Strategic Organization 📊 Learn the essential sections every trial notebook needs and how to structure them for maximum clarity and acce

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If We Achieve Legal AI Perfection – Everything Changes

Artificial Lawyer

Lawyers want genAI tools to give good results. But, what happens when they become almost perfect, i.e. 99.9% accurate, all of the time? That would mark the end of the legal world as we know it.

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Overcoming resistance to digital transformation for in-house legal teams

Legal IT Professionals

Digital transformation has long been a buzzword in the corporate world, but for many in-house legal teams, the implementation of new tech is just another item on a very long to-do list. As a Legal IT professional, how do you bring your team over the line? Like the proverbial woodcutter whos too busy chopping wood to sharpen their saw, legal professionals can be so overwhelmed with work that theres no time to stop and adopt tools that might make them more efficient.

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Time Management Methods for Lawyers and the Duty of Diligence: Prioritizing with Purpose

Attorney at Work

Ask the Experts at 2Civility.org: How should I balance priorities when everything for everyone seems to be a top priority? The post Time Management Methods for Lawyers and the Duty of Diligence: Prioritizing with Purpose appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.

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How AI Is Reshaping Legal Knowledge Structures and Market Dynamics

Colin S. Levy

As I re-examine the legal technology ecosystem, I'm struck not as a mere collection of digital tools, but as a complex adaptive system reshaping the practice of law. Integrating AI technologies across previously disconnected domains is creating something I call the "integrated intelligence economy" a new paradigm where data and insights flow across formerly isolated systems, changing the economics of legal knowledge and the organizational structure of legal service delivery itself.

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AI Gets Personal: CCPA vs. GDPR on Automated Decision-Making

Berkley Technology Law Journal

By Ilke Okan LL.M., 2025 Automated decision-making technologies ( ADMTs ) are systems that analyze personal data to predict or decide outcomes about individuals, often without human input. These tools can determine whether someone is approved for a loan, lands a job interview, or is flagged for extra screeningall with limited transparency. As artificial intelligence (AI) and ADMTs become increasingly embedded in daily lifefrom hiring and credit scoring to healthcare and educationregulators are u

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Dentons Launches ‘Office Hours’ Legal Tech Incubator + Rowena Rix Interview

Artificial Lawyer

Dentons has today launched Office Hours, a legal tech incubator that will operate as an R&D sandbox for companies looking to build, test and develop.

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Leverage Trellis Court Data To Identify More Investment Opportunities

Finance teams find Trellis to be particularly effective in conducting comprehensive due diligence on both individuals and businesses. With our court data solution, financial experts can access critical litigation insights, making it an invaluable resource for informed decision-making in the financial sector.

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CLOC Joins Lexpo'25 to Deliver Exclusive Legal Ops Programming

Legal IT Professionals

Lexpo , Continental Europes premier legal innovation event, is proud to announce a new collaboration with the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium (CLOC) as part of CLOCs expanded European strategy. Celebrating its 10th anniversary, CLOC will participate in Lexpo25 on June 1617 in Amsterdam, delivering a series of curated sessions and hosting a private networking reception.

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Succession Planning Unlocked: Mastering the Transition From Leadership to Legacy | Justia CLE & Webinars

Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

In our latest webinar, join lawyer Mark Bassingthwaighte as he confronts the realities and reimagines the possibilities of attorney retirement. This isnt just about paperwork and malpractice coverage, but what it means to step confidently into your next chapter, armed with insight. Whether you’re contemplating retirement next year or in the next decade, this session is your practical and comprehensive roadmap.

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Trellis AI Named Top AI-Powered Legal Productivity Platform 2025 by CIOReview Legal Community 🏆

Trellis.Law Blog

Honored to share Trellis AI was recently named Top AI-Powered Legal Productivity Platform 2025 by the CIOReview Legal Community!! Trellis AI helps trial court litigators save time and enhance productivity on common tasks such as motion drafting, case… Continue reading → The post Trellis AI Named Top AI-Powered Legal Productivity Platform 2025 by CIOReview Legal Community first appeared on Trellis.Law Blog.

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Ninth Circuit Takes a Wrecking Ball to Internet Personal Jurisdiction Law–Briskin v. Shopify

Eric Goldman

Let’s start with a tiny piece of good news. The majority says: “The parties agree among themselves that we need not develop an internet-specific standard for personal jurisdiction. We also agree.” No need for Internet exceptionalist rules. Yay! With that out of the way, bring on the tissues. Briskin made a purchase at an online retailer, IABMFG.

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The Tech-Savvy Paralegals Playbook: How To Leverage AI

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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The Writings on the Blackbaud: Lessons from the FTC’s First Standalone Section 5 Unfairness Claim

Berkley Technology Law Journal

By Gaurav Lalsinghani, J.D. Candidate, 2025 In February 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) broke new ground by bringing its first-ever standalone Section 5 unfairness claims for unreasonable data retention and misleading breach notifications. The agencys enforcement action against Blackbauda cloud software provider serving nonprofits, healthcare organizations, and educational institutionsmarked a significant expansion of the Commissions approach to data security enforcement.

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PromptArmor To Protect Lawyers From GenAI Vendor Security Risks

Artificial Lawyer

PromptArmor is a startup out of California that tests genAI vendors for security risks such as indirect prompt injection, and 26 risk vectors overall. Theyre.

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Actionstep Releases 2025 US Midsize Law Firm Priorities Report

Legal IT Professionals

Actionstep , a leading provider of cloud-based law firm management software supporting nearly 5,000 law firms globally, including approximately 2,000 in North America, published the 2025 US Midsize Law Firm Priorities Report. The third edition features findings and analysis of the business priorities, resource challenges, and technology realities and trends of US midsize law firms.

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Justia Connect Expands Access: Once for Lawyers Only, Now Open to Everyone

Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

Were excited to announce a major expansion and evolution of the Justia Connect membership program, now open to everyone! Guided by our mission “To make law and legal resources free for all” we have restructured our membership tiers to better serve the diverse needs of the legal community and beyond. Previously, Justia Connect offered two membership levels: Justia Connect Basic and Justia Connect Pro.

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Smarter Patent Family Research: The Tools And Tactics You Need Now

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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Eve Says Its New AI Reasoning Mode Can Perform Senior-Level Work for Plaintiffs’ Lawyers

LawSites

Eve, an AI platform for plaintiffs’ law firms, is today introducing an AI Reasoning Mode that it says can perform complex legal analysis through sophisticated step-by-step reasoning capabilities, on a par with a senior-level lawyer.

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Section 230 and the First Amendment Curtail An Online Videogame Addiction Lawsuit–Angelilli v. Activision

Eric Goldman

The court summarizes the plaintiffs’ allegations: D.G. began playing video games when he was six years old and at some point became addicted. Plaintiffs further allege that D.G.s gaming has resulted in serious harm, including emotional distress, lost friends, and problems in school. When his mother tries to limit his video gaming, Plaintiffs claim that D.G. experiences withdrawal symptoms such as rage and physical outbursts that leave his mother fearful and distressed.

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Trumpism echoes Timothy McVeigh’s right-wing extremism, 30 years after the Oklahoma bombing

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On the morning of April 19 1995, anti-government right-wing extremist Timothy McVeigh parked a Ryder truck loaded with 5,000 pounds of agricultural fertiliser and diesel fuel at the front of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. At 9am, McVeigh lit two separate fuses in case one failed. Two minutes later, the bomb exploded, killing 168 people (including 19 children) and injuring close to 700.

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General Public Don’t (Yet) Want Legal AI On Its Own

Artificial Lawyer

A survey by Robin AI of 4,152 people across the US and UK found that only 30% at present would trust a legal AI tool to represent them on its own.

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AI for Paralegals: Everything You Need to Know (and How to Use It Safely)

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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Why Intellectual Property Law Is Here to Stay (Yes, Even If Elon Musk Disagrees)

Brett Trout

Brett Trout In the world of tech, bold declarations are par for the course. But when Jack Dorsey tweeted delete all IP law and Elon Musk replied, I agree, it wasnt just another hot takeit was a direct challenge to a foundational pillar of innovation and economic growth: intellectual property (IP) law. As tempting as it may be to imagine a free-for-all innovation utopia where every idea is up for grabs, the reality is more groundedand far more complex.

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Justia Free Resources: U.S. Law School Profiles

Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

A journey in the legal profession starts with getting a degree from a law school. Prospective law students can consider a broad range of programs across the country, each with its own strengths. The choice can make a big difference to the trajectory of a future lawyers career. In an effort to help prospective law students compare their options, Justia has significantly enhanced the law school profiles in our U.S.

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Coheso, An AI-Powered ‘Front Door’ for In-House Legal, Rolls Out Universal CLM Connector

LawSites

Coheso, an AI-powered intake and work management platform that describes itself as a “legal front door” for corporate legal and compliance teams, today announced a significant enhancement to its platform with the addition of a universal contract lifecycle management (CLM) connector, which it says enables seamless integration and granular data mapping with organizations’ CLM systems.

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Roblox Faces Potentially Unlimited Copyright Liability—Robinson v. Binello

Eric Goldman

This case involves the Maple Leaf Rag song, composed by Scott Joplin. Even if you aren’t a ragtime aficionado, you may have heard this tune. Joplin’s song is in the public domain now. The plaintiff Robinson made a recording of it ( here is one such version ) that is copyrighted. The defendant Binello made a popular Roblox game called MeepCity allegedly visited 1B times: The game included a feature that allowed users to gather and talk with each other in a pizzeria, which included a p

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Fresh Out of School: How to Become an Expert Paralegal

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

The difference between a paralegal and an exceptional paralegal isn't just competence—it's the bold initiative to anticipate needs, master hidden firm dynamics, and transform challenges into opportunities that showcase your indispensable value. Join this webinar with attorney Joe Stephens to get an insider's perspective into how you can become a strategic asset to your practice!

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4 Tips for Branding Yourself in a New Legal Practice Area

Martindale-Avvo

As an attorney, youre always looking for ways to better serve your clients. When you notice that there is a lack of representation in a certain practice area, are changing the direction of your law firm, or simply branching out into a new practice area, its important that you take the time to consider how youll brand this new career move. Lawyers rely heavily on marketing strategies in order to be successful in an extremely competitive industry.

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Dealstack, Co-Founded By Ex-Kirkland Partner, Bags $5.5m

Artificial Lawyer

Dealstack, a private equity-focused platform founded by former Kirkland & Ellis partner Joel Arnell and ex-Oaktree Capital investor Seb Lapinski, has gained $5.5m in an.

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What is the Difference Between a Good Patent and a Bad Patent?

Brett Trout

Brett Trout When people hear the word patent, they often assume its a uniform stamp of protectionsomething rigid, standardized, and identical no matter who files it. But heres the truth that savvy inventors and business owners come to learn: not all patents are created equal. In fact,no two patent attorneys would draft the same patent for the same invention.

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Essentials To Level Up Your Law Practice Management: Justia Webinars

Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

Why These Webinars Matter Practical Tools for Running a Modern Law Firm From improving internal workflows to adopting the right technology, our Law Practice Management webinars help attorneys sharpen the skills that impact client service and firm profitability. Youll find guidance on streamlining operations, managing finances, marketing ethically, and adapting to remote or hybrid practice environments.

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Case Closed: How to Optimize Your Legal Intake Process for Efficiency

Speaker: Anne Post, CEO North America, Xakia Technologies

Do you know that 40% of U.S. Legal Departments now have a formal legal intake process? With that in mind, where does your legal department stand today? Many legal teams still struggle with a flood of incoming requests, leaving everyone overwhelmed and frustrated. Implementing a formal legal intake process can seem like an obstacle between the business and the legal department, but it doesn’t have to be!