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Nuts and Bolts of Getting and Giving Lawyer Referrals

Attorney at Work

What are you doing to get more of the referrals you want? You can build a steady stream of referral business — maybe not enough to stop buying ads, but enough to sustain and grow your practice — if you have a good plan. Here’s a guide to building and managing your lawyer referrals network. Table of Contents Building Your Referral Network 1. Who to Ask for Referrals 2.

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Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, September 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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7 Ways to Implement File-Sharing and E-Signatures at Your Law Firm

Rocket Matter

Many digital trends surged during the COVID-19 pandemic, including the use of electronic signatures. E-signatures had a market share of $3 billion in 2021. With the e-signature market expected to skyrocket to $35.03 billion by 2029, your law firm needs to get on board—and sooner rather than later. Along with e-signatures, secure file-sharing is a… Read More » 7 Ways to Implement File-Sharing and E-Signatures at Your Law Firm.

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Private Equity Firm Acquires Majority Interest in Global Legal Research Platform vLex

LawSites

Oakley Capital, a major European private equity investor, has acquired majority ownership of vLex , the international legal research platform. The investment means that vLex will now have more resources available to drive its growth, including in the United States, and potentially to make acquisitions of other companies that will further that growth, a company spokesperson said. vLex is unique among legal research services for its breadth of international coverage.

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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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5 Tricks to Getting More Out of Outlook

Attorney at Work

Email (and, therefore, Outlook) has taken over our days. It’s time to take control back and make space for more meaningful work. These five Outlook tips for legal professionals will help you stay focused and get through your email faster. Outlook Tips for Legal Professionals. 1. Drag and Drop to Create Appointments, Tasks and Contacts. You can easily convert emails to appointments, tasks and contacts with a quick drag and drop.

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Why Alex Jones’ Team Should Have Used CloudNine Analyst

CloudNine

By Julia Romero Peter, Esq. . It would be easy to launch into a discourse on all the conspiracy theories regarding the Alex Jones January 6 th case. Alas, no conspiracies here – just facts about data and how to review modern data such as text messages effectively. . The lawsuit was brought by the parents of a victim in the Sandy Hook shooting against Alex Jones for defamation seeking $150 million in damages from Jones and his media company Free Speech Systems for falsely claiming the 201

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7 Ways to Implement File-Sharing and E-Signatures at Your Law Firm

Rocket Matter

Many digital trends surged during the COVID-19 pandemic, including the use of electronic signatures. E-signatures had a market share of $3 billion in 2021. With the e-signature market expected to skyrocket to $35.03 billion by 2029, your law firm needs to get on board—and sooner rather than later. Along with e-signatures, secure file-sharing is a must for law firms.

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Three Super Helpful Workarounds for Redlining Contracts Using MS Word Track Changes

Attorney at Work

Attorneys spend a lot of valuable time redlining and negotiating contracts. According to a recent poll , 91% of contract negotiators (myself included) use MS Word Track Changes to redline contracts. But how many of us truly know how to use this tool efficiently and effectively? Probably not very many. Because we didn’t receive formal training on how to use Word for redlining contracts.

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E-Discovery Company Lighthouse Names Former Microsoft Executive As CEO Starting Oct. 1

LawSites

Lighthouse , the Seattle-based company that provides technology and services for e-discovery, compliance and information governance, said today that former Microsoft vice president and CIO Ron Markezich will become its chief executive officer effective Oct. 1, succeeding Brian McManus , who has been in that role since 2011. McManus will remain with the company in the role of executive vice chair.

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Morgan Lewis Partners Tess Blair and Scott Milner on Inspiring AI Adoption in Attorneys

Relativity

Asked why the legal field is slow to embrace emerging tech, Morgan Lewis partners and AI Visionaries Tess Blair and Scott Milner each had a unique perspective on attorneys’ tendency to resist change.

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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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The Ultimate Client Intake Process?

Rocket Matter

If you’re struggling to bring on new clients, it can help to consider whether your client intake process is working for you—or against you. Your client intake process combines marketing strategies, operational workflows and processes, and client experience strategies. It’s your opportunity to showcase how efficient and effective your law firm is at providing legal services.

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Much Ado About Word Usage

Attorney at Work

Farewell To All That. The error that seems increasingly common is “much adieu.” That should be “much ado.”. “Adieu” is a way to say goodbye. The French commonly say “au revoir” to say goodbye, roughly translated as “until we see each other again.” “Adieu”, on the other hand, translates as “to God”, a shorter version of “a dieu vous commant,” I commend you to God.

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In E-Discovery Deal, HaystackID Acquires Business Intelligence Associates

LawSites

HaystackID , a company that provides e-discovery services for law firms and corporate legal departments, said today it has acquired Business Intelligence Associates (BIA), an end-to-end e-discovery service provider, as part of a deal facilitated by majority investor and leading middle-market private equity firm, Quad-C Management, Inc. Hal Brooks , CEO of HaystackID, said the acquisition expands the company’s capabilities in the support and delivery of complex enterprise discovery solution

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AI Visionary Ron Harry from Honeywell on Legal Ops as an Efficiency Engine

Relativity

For Ron Harry, AI Visionary and former director of legal operations at Honeywell, thoughtful use of technology to accelerate critical work helps make legal ops teams the powerplant of legal departments.

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Ep 173: Natalie Knowlton on ‘Succession Planning for an Outdated Legal Industry’

LawNext podcast

On her LinkedIn profile , Natalie Knowlton describes her work as “succession planning for an outdated legal industry.” It is an apt description for someone who has spent her career studying reform of the U.S. legal system — and particularly now, as she launches Access to Justice Ventures , a think tank devoted to reinventing the legal system to provide justice for all by eliminating systemic barriers.

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Protected: Practical(ly) Magic: LawLytics Makes Creating Website Practice Area Pages a Snap

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This content is password protected. To view it please enter your password below: Password: The post Protected: Practical(ly) Magic: LawLytics Makes Creating Website Practice Area Pages a Snap appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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New Release of Virtual Law Clinic Adds Timekeeping, Case Management Integration, Chat and More

LawSites

In a post here in April , I wrote about the imminent launch of Virtual Law Clinic , a product designed to make it easier for law firms and legal organizations to manage their pro bono matters, enabling them to assign matters to lawyers, monitor case statuses, document outcomes, and provide training materials and forms. Now that it has launched, its developer, Theory and Principle , the legal technology design and development company, has just rolled out its first major upgrade based on feedback

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AI Visionary Jackie Orchard Says the Best Tech Partners Have 3 Crucial Qualities

Relativity

Jackie Orchard is head of monitoring and surveillance, execution at Westpac, an Australia-based bank, and has a special formula for how to choose the right technology partners for her team.

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At Citrix, Peter Lefkowitz is Watching Privacy Careers and AI Blossom

Relativity

After 20 years in the privacy space with companies like GE and Oracle, AI Visionary Peter Lefkowitz, now at Citrix, has witnessed a lot of evolution—and has expert insights on what’s around the corner.

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On LawNext Podcast: Natalie Knowlton on ‘Succession Planning for an Outdated Legal Industry’

LawSites

On her LinkedIn profile , Natalie Knowlton describes her work as “succession planning for an outdated legal industry.” It is an apt description for someone who has spent her career studying reform of the U.S. legal system — and particularly now, as she launches Access to Justice Ventures , a think tank devoted to reinventing the legal system to provide justice for all by eliminating systemic barriers. .

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Justice for Change: Torres Strait Islanders Fighting for Climate Justice

Relativity

Read about the class action lawsuit aiming to prevent Torres Strait Islanders from becoming some of the world’s first climate change refugees—a reality that may be less than 30 years away.

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How RelativityOne is Leveraging AI to Streamline e-Discovery Translation

Relativity

With RelativityOne, you can use AI to identify more than 100 languages in your data set and, if desired, leverage Translate to see them in your business language.

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Holland & Knight Partner Manfred Gabriel on Making a Fortress Dance

Relativity

Getting change-averse legal teams to embrace new tech with enthusiasm is, according to AI Visionary Manfred Gabriel, like asking a fortress to dance.

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JusticeText Raises $2.2M Seed Round to Advance Its Mission of Building Police Accountability

LawSites

JusticeText , a three-year-old startup that makes it easier for public defenders in criminal cases to review body cam and other video footage, has raised a seed round of $2.2 million, it said today. Investors in the round include Bloomberg Beta, True Ventures, Tubbs Ventures, Higher Ground Labs, Parameter Ventures, Incite.org, Google Black Founders Fund, and MIT Solve, as well as angel investors such as LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman, Grammy-winning musician John Legend, Dorothy Chou, head of p