Attorney at Work
NOVEMBER 22, 2021
Do you read books? Of course you do. Maybe you like to escape into James Patterson’s latest thriller or load a beach read into your smartphone for those precious few minutes of downtime. Many lawyers anticipate extended time for leisure reading during travel or while on vacation. Getting Smarter With Nonfiction Leisure Reading. Perhaps you read books to improve your lawyering skills.
LawSites
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
E-discovery company Everlaw today became one of the few legal technology companies to join the elite ranks of unicorn status — companies valued at over $1 billion — with the announcement of a $202 million Series D funding at a valuation of over $2 billion. The news follows a year in which the company experienced 80% year-over-year growth. The company says that total cases on its platform have more than doubled since its $62 million Series C round in March 2020, and that its platform is now used
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LLRX
NOVEMBER 26, 2021
Lisa M. (Bradford) Mayo, Director of Data and Analytics at Ballard Spahr LLP identifies how and why data and analytics are on the forefront of much of the firm's modern technology offerings. Unlike many firms, Ballard's data and analytics function sits inside their Client Value and Innovation department, where they have some latitude with a research and development budget and the directive to “fail fast” if they determine a proof-of-concept did not meet our needs.
Legal Talk Network
NOVEMBER 3, 2021
Remote Work. Job Type: Fulltime. ABOUT LEGAL TALK NETWORK. Legal Talk Network has been a trusted premier resource for legal-related podcasts since 2005. Currently, LTN has over 25 active podcasts covering legal news, access to justice, law school, industry events, legal technology, and the future of law. We are a growing network of experts that hail from the American Bar Association, State Bar Associations, Legal Publications, Corporations, and Law Schools.
Advertiser: Trellis
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.
Rocket Matter
NOVEMBER 30, 2021
Some small law firms use a duct-taped system of Word, Excel, and Quickbooks to manage their cases. Compared to dedicated Legal Practice Management software, these systems are very inefficient. They don’t, for example, allow you to search for custom fields across your matters. They don’t flow the time you spent on your calendar or tasks directly onto your… Read More » Legal Practice Management Software Features: Basics and Beyond.
LexCloud.ca
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
Your LexCloud.ca virtual desktop connects you to a secure, consistent work environment that’s customized to your firm’s business needs. Whatever device you use to log in, you can be productive in any location.
Legal Tech Connection brings together the best content for legal and legal tech professionals from the widest variety of thought leaders.
LawSites
NOVEMBER 1, 2021
Winners have been named for the second annual American Legal Technology Awards , a competition launched last year to honor exceptional achievements in legal technology. This year, the competition added the announcement of a runner up and honorable mention in each category. A series of videos showcasing the winners in each category will be posted to the ALTA site between now and Nov. 10.
LLRX
NOVEMBER 30, 2021
Justia’s mission is to make the law and legal resources free for all. In keeping with this mission, the Justia Portal offers free access to statutes from all 50 states, cases from federal courts and the highest state courts, legal guides, and more! While these resources make the law more accessible to the general public, they also help aspiring lawyers just beginning their journeys into the profession and ease the early stages of legal research for practicing attorneys looking for quick access t
Percipient
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
According to the American Bar Association 2020 Techreport , 60% of its survey participants answered “yes” to the basic question of whether they had used web based or software as a service (SaaS) applications in their practice. As the use of cloud computing by lawyers increases, what are the ethical implications for lawyers storing client files remotely?
Rocket Matter
NOVEMBER 18, 2021
Let’s face it: there is an insane amount of paperwork that goes into running a law office. The amount of physical space required to manage these ever-expanding records is a challenge. Going paperless not only helps mitigate the need for physical files, but it helps streamline your legal practice by saving a ton of time… Read More » Top 8 Technologies to Help You Run a Paperless Law Office.
Advertiser: Trellis
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.
Technically Legal
NOVEMBER 23, 2021
Eric Farber, attorney and writer, visits the Technically Legal Podcast to talk about Creators Legal, a LegalZoom like app for creators and those in the entertainment industry. Creators Legal offers self serve industry contracts drafted by experienced lawyers. It makes sense that Eric launched a legal tech company for creative types. He started his career in the entertainment industry working for a talent agency and then headed up business affairs for a movie studio.
Attorney at Work
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
According to the 2021 ABA Profile of the Legal Profession , the COVID-19 pandemic prompted one-third of senior lawyers to change retirement plans — but that doesn’t mean they decided to retire. Instead, 53% of those lawyers decided to push the pause button. Disrupted income may be one reason — but as Camille Stell points out, there are other reasons lawyers avoid retirement.
LawSites
NOVEMBER 30, 2021
For all the money being poured into legal technology development these days, woefully little gets spent on technology designed to enhance access to justice for low-income Americans. That makes the Technology Initiative Grants awarded annually by the Legal Services Corporation all the more significant, as they are among the few funding sources specifically targeting such technology.
LLRX
NOVEMBER 29, 2021
Privacy and security issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and security, often without our situational awareness.
Lineal Services
NOVEMBER 23, 2021
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Debevoise Data Blog
NOVEMBER 23, 2021
The inter-agency crypto-asset policy sprint initiative has finally taken off. This morning the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (collectively, “the Agencies”) issued their first joint statement (the “ Statement ”) summarizing progress on a series of crypto-asset [1] policy sprints and revealing next steps.
Legodesk
NOVEMBER 21, 2021
Legal practice data management is the process of organizing, storing, and retrieving data related to legal cases. This can include information on clients, cases, documents, and more. An effective legal practice data management system can help lawyers to work more efficiently and increase their win rate. Fortunately, there are a number of software programs designed specifically for legal practice data management.
Attorney at Work
NOVEMBER 29, 2021
Nurturing your limbic brain can bring your emotional life and rational life into balance and help heal your pain. . As a coach and counselor dealing with attorney burnout, I became fascinated with the neurobiology of our brains and why it matters. I came by this interest honestly after I burned out in 2004 and quit practicing law. The science of the brain has made incredible advances since then.
LawSites
NOVEMBER 9, 2021
As text messaging increasingly becomes a preferred form of communication for many, the cloud practice management platform PracticePanther today said it has added built-in, two-way text messaging as a feature available to all customers at no additional cost. Lawyers can provide the text number to clients for them to ask questions or upload documents or images, and firms can use it to text their clients payment links or documents, with greater assurance that the client will see and read the messag
LLRX
NOVEMBER 26, 2021
Cybercrime is on the rise all around the world. As more companies adopt technology such as artificial intelligence (AI), big data, and cloud computing, they become more vulnerable to hackers who want to gain access to the valuable information stored on their systems. It is estimated that cybercrime costs companies over £3.1 billion in 2020 alone on a global level.
Lineal Services
NOVEMBER 23, 2021
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The Law Product Makers blog
NOVEMBER 16, 2021
SixFifty Technologies LLC. is a relatively new entrant into the automated legal forms marketplace focusing on providing automated employment legal forms and policies to corporations that range in size from 50 employees to 1,000 and larger. Examples of employment law forms include state-specific employment contracts, employment manuals, independent contractor agreements, privacy solutions, and return-to-work policies.
Legodesk
NOVEMBER 21, 2021
Law Firm Billing is a crucial element of running a successful law firm. It is how you get payments for your work, pay your office bills, pay your employees, and reimburse yourself. If done inaccurately, your billing practices can jeopardize the very survival of your firm. That’s why it is really important to apply and execute adequate billing habits.
Attorney at Work
NOVEMBER 23, 2021
Question: I feel like I did all I could over the last few years to keep my cell number out of clients’ hands. But I think I opened the floodgates when I recently began allowing clients to text me. The convenience factor and desire to modernize my customer service won out, or at least that’s what I told myself. Now that I’ve opened the door to another channel of communication, what ethics pitfalls might come from texting clients?
LawSites
NOVEMBER 3, 2021
At its Inspire 2021 customer conference today, the cloud content management platform NetDocuments is announcing that it has acquired Afterpattern , a no-code automation toolkit for legal professionals to product document and workflow automations. The company said that Afterpattern will be natively integrated into the NetDocuments platform, in order to allow customers to further focus on the “create” aspect of the document lifecycle.
LLRX
NOVEMBER 30, 2021
Matthew E. Kahn studies environmental economics, and in his recent book, “Adapting to Climate Change: Markets and the Management of an Uncertain Future”, he explores how the rise of Big Data will help people, firms and local governments make better decisions in the face of climate risks. He sees the emergence of a climate risk analysis industry for real estate as a promising development, but believe the federal government should set standards to ensure that it provides reliable, accurate informa
Apps in Law
NOVEMBER 15, 2021
It may sound boring, but Jeff and I uncover some of the more interesting numbers from Apple’s fourth quarter highlighting the power of the iPad and how Apple “services” continues to grow. We also cover a couple of scary stories about how malicious actors are convincing folks to compromise their two-factor authentication tokens. Next, one of our favorite scanning apps just got an update , and we point you to an amazing pre-holiday deal on the 2nd generation AirPods.
Debevoise Data Blog
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
International companies doing business in China and Chinese companies doing business internationally have been awaiting clarification on the rules of the road governing the cross-border transfer of data out of China. On October 29, 2021, the Cyberspace Administration of China (“CAC”) released long-awaited Draft Measures on Outbound Data Transfer Security Assessments (the “Draft Measures”) for public comment.
Legodesk
NOVEMBER 19, 2021
Are you struggling to get your customers to pay your invoice? Then take that frown off of your face as here we are talking about some tips and tricks on how you can get a customer to pay your invoice. One of the most frustrating aspects of owning a business is late payments. After providing a good service to your clients, you’re compelled to wait for an undefined amount of time until they make up their minds to make payment.
Attorney at Work
NOVEMBER 7, 2021
MyCase , a long-standing case management software provider, has established itself as an effective all-in-one solution for law firms, jam-packed with in-house features. Thus, MyCase has traditionally restricted the number of integration partners to only the most popular and ubiquitous technology platforms, like Microsoft Office and MailChimp, to name two.
LawSites
NOVEMBER 3, 2021
This week on LawNext: A look at the innovative Tech Edge J.D. program at Santa Clara University School of Law. As law schools come under fire for failing to teach the practical skills students need to succeed in the real world, this program does the opposite. It aims to change the return on investment in legal education by providing law students with the essential legal, technology and business skills that will prepare them to hit the ground running as tech lawyers in Silicon Valley. .
LLRX
NOVEMBER 28, 2021
Privacy and security issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and security, often without our situational awareness.
Rocket Matter
NOVEMBER 7, 2021
Sitting at your desk for prolonged periods is not healthy. You are putting yourself at increased risk of obesity, diabetes, heart disease, a variety of cancers,…and a larger waist. So we’re advised to take frequent breaks, to stand up and stretch, or walk around for a few minutes. Of course, there’s always the option of… Read More » Creating Healthy Habits: 6 Stretches to Do While Sitting at Your Desk.
Debevoise Data Blog
NOVEMBER 9, 2021
On November 8, 2021, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) announced a new set of sanctions against criminal ransomware actors, the virtual currency exchange Chatex, and three companies providing material support and assistance to Chatex. By designating these entities, which have direct ties with the previously sanctioned SUEX OTC, S.R.O.
The Law Product Makers blog
NOVEMBER 1, 2021
Gabriel Teninbaum has written a new how-to manual on how to productize legal work, which should be required reading by lawyers and others who are thinking about undertaking a productization of legal services project. See Productizing Legal Work: Providing Legal Expertise at Scale. Teninbaum is the Assistant Dean of Innovation, Strategic Initiatives, & Distance Education at Suffolk University Law School, where he also teaches courses on law and technology to law students, Unlike more theoret
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