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Three Ways AI-Assisted Court Reporting Helps Improve Client Experience 

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Dean Whalen, Chief Legal Officer of Readback, a new AI-assisted deposition court reporting platform, explains how AI-assisted court reporting addresses the stenographer talent crunch — with added benefits. AI-assisted court reporting replaces the steno machine to provide quicker, more accurate transcripts of depositions — a 98.5%

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Say Hello to ClientCredit, the First Legal Services BNPL Solution from LawPay

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ClientCredit is the first BNPL solution for legal clients on the market and is exclusively available through LawPay. With ClientCredit, your clients have the ability to pay for legal services in installments while your firm still receives 100% of the invoiced amount upfront. What ClientCredit Means for Your Clients.

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Ethical Considerations for Flat Fee Billing

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They provide the client with some certainty about the cost of legal services and lawyers with more financial stability and consistency in taking on client matters. When lawyers consider how they will charge for their legal services, the paramount benchmark of the analysis is Model Rule 1.5(a) When Are Legal Fees Earned?

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Natural Disasters & Legal Ramifications

The Barrister

In the short-term, which ranges from 1 to 6 weeks, common issues include lease terminations and evictions, utility shutoffs, repair issues and disputes, Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) applications, insurance claims, Small Business Administration (SBA) loans, unemployment applications and appeals, and security deposit disputes. [3]

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Access to Justice Requires Access to Law. So Why Aren’t the Advocates of Each More Closely Aligned?

Law Sites

legal system. The Legal Services Corporation estimates that 92% of the civil legal problems of the roughly 50 million low-income Americans receive no or insufficient legal help. Two travesties persist in tainting access by all to the U.S. One is the gaping lack of access to justice.

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5 Tips for Making the Transition to Virtual Law Firm Status

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It’s about how you work together and how you deliver your legal services. Whether Office 365 or Google Calendar make sure meetings, hearings, depositions and trial dates are shared and don’t slip through the cracks. Or will GotoMeeting or Google Hangouts suffice?

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Block Billing: Why To Avoid It + Tips To Bill More Efficiently

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Block billing is a legal billing practice in which multiple tasks are grouped together under a single time entry instead of itemizing each task individually. For example, instead of listing separate times for reviewing case law, drafting a motion, and attending a client deposition, they are all combined into one block of hours.