Attorney at Work

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

If you’re sick of MicroSoft word fonts Calibri and Cambria, change your default heading and body styles so you can start every new Word document with the fonts you prefer. Put Font Frustration Behind You! One of the most persistent frustrations legal users have with Microsoft Word fonts is the default font settings. Fortunately, you can permanently change just two Styles (+Body and +Headings) to give your documents a more businesslike typeface.

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LawSites

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

With both Arizona and Utah now allowing nonlawyers to deliver legal services through alternative business structures, the American Bar Association today issued a formal ethics opinion that addresses the question of whether lawyers outside those states may passively invest in an ABS. The issue hinges on ABA Model Rule of Professional Conduct 5.4 , which prohibits lawyers from sharing fees with nonlawyers or practicing in an entity in which a nonlawyer has an ownership interest.

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LLRX

SEPTEMBER 4, 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.

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lawtomated

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Facebook Pinterest Print Email Guest post by Cosmonauts And we’re back in the room! Following 3 sold-out events , Cosmonauts is excited to present their fourth iteration of their flagship Legal Tech conference, Future Lawyer Week 4.0 on 14th-16th September 2021 ! 90+ speakers 25+ exhibitors 500 attendees 3 days of networking Specifically tailored for in-house legal counsel, private practice law firms and dispute litigators, Future Lawyer Week will feature an array of insi

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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.

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Attorney at Work

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

What do law firm CRM systems do — and do you really need one? Clients are the lifeblood of your law practice. That’s why many firms have adopted client relationship management (CRM) solutions to help improve relationships with current clients, attract new ones and transform the way they do business. But if you aren’t currently using a CRM, you may wonder: How much will you have to pay?

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LawSites

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

With companies facing a Nov. 1 deadline to comply with China’s new Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL), SixFifty , the technology subsidiary of the law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati , is today launching a product to help organizations automate the paperwork they need to comply with the law, generating the necessary documents in both English and Chinese. .

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NSLT

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Using Outlook Rules to Process Email Like a Pro Rules automatically take actions when certain conditions are met. Rules are powerful timesavers. For example, rules can be used to auto-file incoming emails into specific folders. However, because the actions happen automatically, you need to be careful about creating rules that lead you to miss valuable emails.

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Attorney at Work

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Attorney at Work Presents the Best on Marketing for Lawyers. Download the issue here. It’s been 18 months since the initial COVID-19 shutdown ushered in the era of #WFH, social distancing and Zoom fatigue. Remember those first weeks after the initial shock and adjustment to working from a make-do desk? Those months when client work threatened to disappear and things got really quiet?

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LawSites

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Hanzo , a company that helps e-discovery and corporate compliance teams preserve and manage data from enterprise collaboration applications and complex websites, said today that it has secured a $10.5 million investment from Recurring Capital Partners. . The company said that it plans to invest significantly in product development to expand and enhance its e-discovery and compliance platform.

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Debevoise Data Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Key takeaways from developments this August include: Indications of what the UK’s post-Brexit data transfer arrangements might look like – companies transferring data from the UK will want to follow the Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) consultation carefully; Welcome news for companies defending data breach claims in the UK following a court decision which significantly narrows the kinds of harm claimants can plead; Another fine against Deliveroo for a series of GDPR violations relating

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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.

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NSLT

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Using Outlook Rules to Process Email Like a Pro Rules automatically take actions when certain conditions are met. Rules are powerful timesavers. For example, rules can be used to auto-file incoming emails into specific folders. However, because the actions happen automatically, you need to be careful about creating rules that lead you to miss valuable emails.

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Attorney at Work

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

In college, I worked as a restaurant prep cook. The chef had French training and emphasized the importance of “mise en place” — a French term for “everything in its place.” Mise en place (pronounced meez ahn plas) is a system chefs use to prepare themselves and their kitchens in the hours leading up to mealtime. The “meez,” as kitchen professionals refer to it, involves studying recipes, making lists of necessary ingredients, prepping food and assembling the tools for coo

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LawSites

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Our Friday Legaltech Week live journalists’ roundtable is back today at 3 p.m. E.T., when a panel of journalists and bloggers discuss the top stories in legal technology and innovation. Attendance is free, but you need to register, which you can do here. Register once and you are signed up for all future sessions. Here are some of the stories we’re planning to discuss, with others still to be determined: Citing Shared Vision for the Future of Law Practice, Clio Acquires Document Assembly Compa

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NSLT

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Clio Law Practice Management Software Clio is probably the most popular cloud-based practice management software. As good as Clio already is, it keeps getting better. The web and mobile apps are beautiful and a pleasure to use, while Clio’s long list of integrations means you can use it with a lot of the other software you may already be using in your law practice (like Dropbox, QuickBooks Online, Xero, and Google Apps, to name just a few).

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NSLT

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Clio Law Practice Management Software Clio is probably the most popular cloud-based practice management software. As good as Clio already is, it keeps getting better. The web and mobile apps are beautiful and a pleasure to use, while Clio’s long list of integrations means you can use it with a lot of the other software you may already be using in your law practice (like Dropbox, QuickBooks Online, Xero, and Google Apps, to name just a few).

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NSLT

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

MerusCase Law Practice Management Software Merus is a software development company that provides information technology consulting and builds web applications, and MerusCase is their practice management software. The software was built with California workers’ compensation attorneys in mind, but Merus is clearly making a play for the tech-savvy lawyer who wants a flexible practice management software package.

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NSLT

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

MerusCase Law Practice Management Software Merus is a software development company that provides information technology consulting and builds web applications, and MerusCase is their practice management software. The software was built with California workers’ compensation attorneys in mind, but Merus is clearly making a play for the tech-savvy lawyer who wants a flexible practice management software package.

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LawSites

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

In its second acquisition in six weeks, law practice management company Clio has acquired Lawyaw , a document automation and assembly platform designed for solo, small and mid-sized law firms. This news follows Clio’s July 28 announcement that it acquired CalendarRules, an automated court calendaring product. It is Clio’s third acquisition ever, including its 2018 , acquisition of Lexicata , the client relationship management platform that formed the basis of Clio Grow. .

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Attorney at Work

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

You have great content and your followers are increasing, yet your audience is not engaged and you aren’t getting any new leads. If you regularly post interesting content, why isn’t your social media strategy leading to new business? This is the question that many large and small law firms and solos ask themselves. All firms desire engagement with potential clients on social media but often do not know how to craft effective content or create and implement a strategy that converts to new busines

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LawSites

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

One of the hottest segments of legal tech is contract lifecycle management, which is becoming an increasingly competitive market with numerous vendors jockeying for their share, and where there has been a spate of notable investments over the past year, including the $100 million funding of Ironclad at a valuation of nearly $1 billion. Given this state of the market, it is notable that the technology directory G2 has released its latest grid scores for contract management software.

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