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Turn Leisure Reading into Marketing Gold

Attorney at Work

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.

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How Data Analytics Can Change the Way Law Firms Do Business

LLRX

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.

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On LawNext: Legal Tech’s Latest Unicorn: A Conversation with Everlaw Founder AJ Shankar

LawSites

Earlier this month, e-discovery company Everlaw 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. It had already been a big year for the company, which saw 80% year-over-year growth, the launch of several new products, and its first-ever user conference. .

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Tips from the Helpdesk: 5 Ways to Maximize Virtual Desktop Productivity

LexCloud.ca

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.

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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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Ethics Reminders for Lawyers Texting Clients

Attorney at Work

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?

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Cybercrime and Digital Transformation

LLRX

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.

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Using Tech to Provide Access to Affordable Legal Services for Creators (Eric Farber of Creators Legal)

Technically Legal

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.

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Cyber Monday 2021 Deals for Analog Attorneys

Attorney at Work

Cyber Monday 2021 is coming up fast. I’ve thought long and hard about the annual edition of Analog Attorney’s Cyber Monday gift guide. So, because I want you to take full advantage of this insane sale day, this year’s guide highlights an Analog Attorney favorite: Levenger. Levenger’s Cyber Monday 2021 Sale Is Storewide. My unnatural love for all things Baron Fig is only eclipsed by my even greater love for all things Levenger.

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Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, November 22, 2021

LLRX

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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Check Out These Top 10 Mistakes Young Designers Make

Lineal Services

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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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Banking Regulators Finalize 36-Hour Data Breach Notification Rule

Debevoise Data Blog

On November 18, 2021, federal banking regulators published a Final Rule that imposes new notification requirements on banking organizations for certain cybersecurity incidents. Most significantly, the Final Rule requires that banking organizations notify their primary federal regulator within 36 hours after experiencing a material or potentially material cybersecurity event.

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So, You Wanna Write a Book? Five Tips to Help You Get Started

Attorney at Work

These book writing tips from an editor will help you get clear on your goals and strategy for being a published author. Writing a book can be time-consuming, but it also can be rewarding — both personally and financially. Books are a great marketing tool and can have a great return on investment. They tend to open new avenues, primarily by attracting new clientele.

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Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, November 21, 2021

LLRX

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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How To Find A Perfect Job As A Ui/Ux Junior Designer

Lineal Services

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Regulators Publish Joint Statement Summarizing Results of Inter-agency Crypto Sprint

Debevoise Data Blog

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.

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Why is data management important for lawyers?

Legodesk

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.

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On LawNext: Legal Tech’s Latest Unicorn: A Conversation with Everlaw Founder AJ Shankar

LawSites

Earlier this month, e-discovery company Everlaw 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. It had already been a big year for the company, which saw 80% year-over-year growth, the launch of several new products, and its first-ever user conference. .

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Why this Design is the Best one That you Will Find

Lineal Services

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An Overview of Proposed Cybersecurity Legislation: Which Incidents Are Covered, Who Counts as Critical Infrastructure, and What New Obligations Are Created?

Debevoise Data Blog

On November 15, 2021, President Biden signed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act into law, authorizing $1.2 trillion for infrastructure spending, including approximately $2 billion for various federal cybersecurity projects. This adds to a large number of cybersecurity bills that are currently pending before Congress. In this Debevoise Data Blog post, we outline the key themes and takeaways of these pending bills, and what companies can expect in terms of new cybersecurity obligations in

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Law Firm Billing: Invoice Adjustments

Legodesk

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.

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LawSites Blog Turns 19 Years Old

LawSites

Last Friday was the 19th birthday of this blog, which I founded on Nov. 19, 2002, with this introductory post. I had recently published the book, The Essential Guide to the Best (and Worst) Legal Sites on the Web , a guide to the then still nascent but rapidly evolving legal web, and wanted a way to help my readers keep up with new and changing legal websites.

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Reset the Way you Think About Design so you Can Reach new Heights and be very well

Lineal Services

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A Case Timeline is a Litigator's Best Friend

NSLT

A Case Timeline is a Litigator's Best Friend So how does a litigator manage all of this data and then use it deposition, mediation, briefs, hearings, and trials? The trick to gaining control over burgeoning case data is locking it into a timeline or chronology, like our case timeline software.

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Ep 145: Legal Tech’s Latest Unicorn: A Conversation with Everlaw Founder AJ Shankar

LawNext podcast

Earlier this month, e-discovery company Everlaw 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. It had already been a big year for the company, which saw 80% year-over-year growth, the launch of several new products, and its first-ever user conference.

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LawSites Blog Turns 19 Years Old

LawSites

Last Friday was the 19th birthday of this blog, which I founded on Nov. 19, 2002, with this introductory post. I had recently published the book, The Essential Guide to the Best (and Worst) Legal Sites on the Web , a guide to the then still nascent but rapidly evolving legal web, and wanted a way to help my readers keep up with new and changing legal websites.

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Change the Way you Think About Design Completely

Lineal Services

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A Case Timeline is a Litigator's Best Friend

NSLT

A Case Timeline is a Litigator's Best Friend So how does a litigator manage all of this data and then use it deposition, mediation, briefs, hearings, and trials? The trick to gaining control over burgeoning case data is locking it into a timeline or chronology, like our case timeline software.

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Digital Strategy Design and Solutions for Great Success

Lineal Services

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Digital Design That Will Help You Start Your Business

Lineal Services

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Learn How To From Now On Greatly Improve Your Design

Lineal Services

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Read How Creativity For Design Is Born So Naturally

Lineal Services

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