December, 2022

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ABA TechShow Opens Startup Alley Competition

Internet for Lawyers

The Law Practice Division of the American bar Association has opened the application period for the StartUp Alley section of its TECHSHOW and the associated Pitch Competition. Applications must be received by 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time on Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. A five-judge panel will select 25 finalists from the submitted applications.

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Removing Succession Planning Obstacles

Attorney at Work

Roy Ginsburg | If you want your best clients to stay when your baby boomer lawyers leave, succession planning is the most effective insurance policy. The post Removing Succession Planning Obstacles appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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How to generate a custom shortlist of eDiscovery vendors

OpenText

If you’re like some companies, you may be using outdated, mishmashed software or a myriad of point solutions to manage your eDiscovery processes. While this antiquated approach may work for some companies or use cases, many law firms and corporations are identifying and evaluating newer legaltech technology that better align to maturity and needs. eDiscovery … The post How to generate a custom shortlist of eDiscovery vendors appeared first on OpenText Blogs.

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What social media regulation could look like: Think of pipelines, not utilities

LLRX

Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter, and his controversial statements and decisions as its owner, have fueled a new wave of calls for regulating social media companies. Elected officials and policy scholars have argued for years that companies like Twitter and Facebook – now Meta – have immense power over public discussions and can use that power to elevate some views and suppress others.

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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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Top 15 LawNext Podcast Episodes of 2022 and of All Time

LawSites

Since starting my LawNext podcast in 2018 , I have had the great fortune of sitting down almost every week for conversations with the “innovators and entrepreneurs who are driving what’s next in law.” While I enjoy each and every conversation, the numbers of listens reveal something about which topics and guests you, the listeners, found most interesting. .

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Legal Tech: What We Learned in 2022 (and How to Use it in 2023)

Rocket Matter

See how signing up with RocketMatter can increase your ROI. Free Guide. The Small Firm’s Guide to Big Tech. While any change in how you operate your law office can feel overwhelming, there’s never been a better time to start migrating your office structures online. Big tech changed the game in how we run our everyday lives, so stay up to date with the latest available software solutions to keep clients happy.

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A New Year Unfolds With Artificial Intelligence: Five Legal Tech Predictions for 2023

Attorney at Work

Nicole Clark maps out a few of the most important innovations to expect in the coming year. The post A New Year Unfolds With Artificial Intelligence: Five Legal Tech Predictions for 2023 appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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LegalTech 2022 in Review – The Kennedy-Mighell Report Podcast

Dennis Kennedy

Tom Mighell and I invited our friend Debbie Foster to continue our annual podcast tradition of reflecting on the past year in legal technology in the style of ESPN’s Pardon the Interruption show. We tried to hit as many topics and highlights as we could in this fast-paced episode of The Kennedy-Mighell Report podcast on the Legal Talk Network. Here’s the show description for “ Pardon the Interruption: 2022 Edition “: If you know you know… will there be another Tom-a-riffic victory?

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As viral infections skyrocket, masks are still a tried-and-true way to help keep yourself and others safe

LLRX

The cold and flu season of 2022 has begun with a vengeance. Viruses that have been unusually scarce over the past three years are reappearing at remarkably high levels, sparking a “tripledemic” of COVID-19, the flu and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV. This November’s national hospitalization levels for influenza were the highest in 10 years. Emily Toth Martin and Marisa Eisenberg are infectious disease epidemiologists and researchers, and have spent our careers focused on understanding how v

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Time is Running: ABA TECHSHOW Startup Alley Applications Close Soon; Don’t Miss Out

LawSites

The deadline is fast approaching for legal tech startups to apply for a spot in the 2023 Startup Alley competition at ABA TECHSHOW. Now in its seventh year, Startup Alley has helped catapult the success of a long list of legal technology startups and has become the signature opening-night event of TECHSHOW, which will be in Chicago March 1-4, 2023.

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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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Time and Billing Essentials for Law Firms in 2023

Rocket Matter

It’s a well-established fact that lawyers work a lot of hours. In fact, a significant number of lawyers average more than 40 hours per week. While many law firms require that their attorneys work a mandatory number of billable hours (the time clients pay for directly) per week, that isn’t the extent of a lawyer’s workload. Additional responsibilities include travel, research, client intake and communication, and catching up on a constant backlog of administrative tasks. .

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FTX’s House of Cards

Ikigai Law

A post-mortem on the crypto-collapse being described as worse than Enron. If you doubted FTX some months back, many tweeps would accuse you of spreading FUD (fear, uncertainty, and doubt). After all, it was the third largest crypto exchange (by volume) and was valued north of $30 billion. Its founder, now infamous SBF , was then rescuing troubled crypto firms, drawing comparisons with the banking bigwig, JP Morgan.

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Analog Attorney Gifts for Attorneys Who Analog

Attorney at Work

We've said it before: A fountain pen is a perfect gift. Here are seven great ones. The post Analog Attorney Gifts for Attorneys Who Analog appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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Tips to Manage Legal Client Communication During the Holidays

MatterSuite

It’s that time of year again! With the holidays fast approaching, many in-house attorneys and their teams will be looking to carve out some extra time during the festive season to spend with loved ones. However, this also means that it’s just as important as ever to keep a check on incoming correspondence from outside parties. The added pressure of the holidays can often lead to heightened emotions and potentially strained interpersonal relationships.

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LLRX December 2022 Issue

LLRX

Articles and Columns for December 2022 Inventing the Dark Web – This paper by Thais Sardá, Simone Natale, and John Downey examines how the deep Web, i.e., Web sites that are not indexed and thus are not accessible through Web search engines, was described and represented in British newspapers. Through an extensive content analysis conducted.

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On LawNext Podcast: Two Law Students Who Took On Systemic Racism in the Legal System

LawSites

Brianna Joaseus and Edrius Stagg are two law students at Southern University Law Center in Baton Rouge, La., who spent nine months earlier this year tackling systemic racism in the legal system. On the latest LawNext, they join host Bob Ambrogi to discuss their projects and how their work impacted their goals for their legal careers. . Joaseus and Stagg were two of 18 law students from six law schools who participated this year in the second year of a fellowship program sponsored by the LexisNex

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A Brave New World with ChatGPT

Above and Beyond KM

Blog owners get inundated with requests by people wishing to be guest bloggers. Usually they are selling something. So I say no — every time. Thanks to OpenAI, however, I may have found a guest blogger who is reasonably knowledgeable and isn’t a shill. What do you think? Blogger Replacement Theory? Back in the olden days, we thought machines might be handy to relieve humans of challenging or mind-numbing physical work.

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Does India Need a CBDC?

Ikigai Law

An analysis of whether India really needs a central bank digital currency. The United States wants to ‘get it right than to be first’. That’s what Jerome Powell, US Federal Reserve’s chairman said about the digital Dollar two years ago. The United States still doesn’t have a central bank-backed digital currency (CBDC). Meanwhile in India, RBI just piloted the digital Rupee (e₹) for retail users (like you and me).

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How I Rebranded My Law Firm

Attorney at Work

Nothing But the Ruth! | Rebranding is worth the investment to make your firm fit with who you are and what you offer. The post How I Rebranded My Law Firm appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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Top 10 Fintech Blog Posts of 2022

Debevoise Data Blog

As we approach the end of the year, here are the Top 10 posts on the Debevoise Fintech Blog in 2022. If you are not already a Blog subscriber, click here to sign up. How Will Bankruptcy Courts Measure Customer Crypto Claims? October 10, 2022 In the wake of the industry’s significant bankruptcy filings, crypto watchers are focusing for the first time on which crypto-entities are eligible for chapter 11 relief under the U.S.

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Going Grey and Facing Age Discrimination: Moving Towards an International Treaty on the Rights of Older Persons

LLRX

For more than two decades attorney Catherine Morris has conducted research, education, and advocacy in the field of international human rights. Her article illuminates an issue that impacts vast numbers of people regardless of nationality. Concerns for the well being of older persons are rarely framed as human rights issues entrenched in age discrimination.

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New LawPay/MyCase Survey Provides Insights Into The Tech That Matters For Smaller Law Firms

LawSites

A legal industry report released today by the sibling legal technology companies LawPay and MyCase provides unique insights into the technology tools that matter most to smaller law firms in the post-pandemic era. While the report finds that law firms have largely recovered from pandemic-related declines in revenues, it concludes that, with regard to technology, the pandemic “drastically impacted” its use by law firms. “Law firms’ investment in technology — especially technolog

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As 2022 Closes, I Am Thankful For…Data

TechLaw Crossroads

My people are destroyed from a lack of knowledge. Hosea 4:6. As we close out 2022, it’s customary to look back and highlight the most noteworthy events or discuss all the things we are thankful for during the year. While I have a lot of things to be thankful for, I want to focus on what we have to be most grateful for from a legal tech standpoint.

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Building Diverse Teams to Thrive

Relativity

It’s easy to assume our perspectives are shared by the people around us. But when we tap into the perspectives of our different colleagues, we’re collecting the data we need to build holistic solutions together.

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Attorney at Work’s Ultimate Guide to Lawyer Gifts

Attorney at Work

When it comes to lawyer gifts, remember lawyers are pet lovers, too. The post Attorney at Work’s Ultimate Guide to Lawyer Gifts appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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Top 10 Data Webcasts of 2022

Debevoise Data Blog

As we approach the end of the year, here are the Top 10 Webcasts on the Debevoise Data Blog in 2022 by page views. If you are not already a Blog subscriber, click here to sign up. 1. NYDFS New Draft Amendments to Part 500 Cybersecurity Rules November 18, 2022 In this webinar, we examined the new draft amendments to the Part 500 Cybersecurity Rules (“Draft Amendments”) proposed by the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) and the implications they may have for insurance companies a

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Should Firm Leaders Take the Lead on Their Own Performance Review?

LLRX

Patrick J. McKenna , an internationally recognized author, lecturer, strategist and seasoned advisor to the leaders of premier law firms discusses why and how strong leaders should voluntarily initiate their own performance feedback. McKenna's detailed and actionable guide identifies the enormous benefits of doing so.

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Now View More Case Law As You Draft Legal Documents in Clearbrief, through Partnership with Fastcase

LawSites

Lawyers and legal professionals using the AI-powered document drafting tool Clearbrief to create a legal brief or document will now be able to seamlessly view any case law they cite thanks to a partnership with the legal research and intelligence company Fastcase , the companies announced today. As I have written before , Clearbrief is an innovative legal technology product designed to strengthen legal writing in Microsoft Word by instantly finding the best evidence or law to support your argume

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Legal AI: A Lawyer’s New Best Friend?

TechLaw Crossroads

There’s lots of talk about AI and machine learning and how those tools will or will not impact the practice of law. One school—perhaps buoyed by all the talk and little perceived impact—says it’s all hoopla. That AI won’t affect how lawyers do their job one iota. The other group—the sky is falling group—focuses on the possibility that robots will soon replace lawyers.

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4 Ways Government Agencies Can Combat Big Data Challenges

Relativity

As government agencies gather and generate more data, they need more effective ways to manage and analyze massive datasets. Here are four ways agencies can combat big data challenges and exceed agency expectations.

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Attorney at Work’s Top 20 Articles of the Year

Attorney at Work

Congratulations, we made it! Here are the top articles from Attorney at Work's writers this year. The post Attorney at Work’s Top 20 Articles of the Year appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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Top 10 Artificial Intelligence Posts: 2022

Debevoise Data Blog

As we approach the end of the year, here are the Top 10 Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) posts on the Debevoise Data Blog in 2022 by page views. If you are not already a Blog subscriber, click here to sign up. 1. New York’s AI Employment Law, Proposed Rules, and Similar Regulations September 26, 2022 In July 2022, we wrote about New York City’s Automated Employment Decision Tool Law (the “AEDT Law” or the “Law”), which requires employers to conduct an independent bias audit of their AI employme

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Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, December 3, 2022

LLRX

Privacy and cybersecurity 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 online security, often without our situational awareness.

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At A Legal Tech Conference Like No Other, Attendees Pondered the Present and Future of the Industry

LawSites

I have always wanted to attend one of those invite-only summits – such as the Davos meeting of the World Economic Forum or a Renaissance Weekend – that bring together leaders from across disciplines to engage in open and unfettered dialogue about the state and future of whatever the summit’s topic may be. This week, my wish came true, in a sense, as I attended what felt like the legal tech world’s answer to Davos or Renaissance.

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Innovative Lawyers Wales

Legal Tech Innovation Wales

Over the years of the Legal Innovation Lab’s operation, we have been exploring and connecting with others working in the Welsh LegalTech space. In particular, we work closely with law firms, lawyers and other legal professionals who have had limited exposure to LegalTech training. Most of the training currently available focuses on commercial solutions and provides no practical, hands-on experience with the underlying technologies used in legal practice.

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