Attorney at Work

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

No one likes to pay bills. Even when the service or product we are paying for, such as attorney fees, is way more valuable than the actual dollar amount on the invoice, we humans just hate to see the money out the door. And that natural resistance to doling out the bucks can often leave […] The post Six Ways to Make Clients Happy to Pay Your Bills appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.

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Law Sites

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

“You can’t tell the players without a scorecard,” yelled the hawkers of olden days at major league baseball stadiums. In the modern days of law practice management, that may still be true.

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Attorney at Work

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Susan Cohodes | For as long as I can remember, I’ve organized my life around a calendar with two sections: football season and waiting for football season. The post Game Time: Season of a Legal Career appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.

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Law Sites

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

In today’s episode, we feature three impromptu conversations with leaders of the case management company Filevine. Last week, I was in Salt Lake City to attend LEX Summit, the Filevine customer conference. While there, I snagged three of the company’s top executives for brief, impromptu conversations about the company, its products, and the conference.

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Speaker: Allison Mears, Adela Wekselblatt, and George Socha

Artificial intelligence is reshaping the legal industry, and paralegals are at the forefront of this transformation. As AI becomes more integrated into legal workflows, paralegals can streamline their daily tasks, enhance efficiency, and add greater value to their firms and organizations. But what exactly does AI mean for paralegals today—and how can you leverage it to your advantage?

The Marshall Project

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Inside the trial that spared Nikolas Cruz and made it easier for Florida juries to sentence people to death.

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Law Sites

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

The three finalists have been announced for the 2024 KM&I LexPrize Innovation Award, which is designed to recognize groundbreaking ideas in knowledge management and innovation for the legal industry.

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E-Discovery LLC

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Doug Austin wrote an interesting blog, Police May be Coming for Your Tesla as a Potential Crime Witness (ediscoverytoday.com) (Sept. 4, 2024). Doug wrote that: “In Oakland and beyond, police called to crime scenes are increasingly looking for more than shell casings and fingerprints. They’re scanning for Teslas parked nearby, hoping their unique outward-facing cameras captured key evidence.

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Insurance Journal

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Chubb, AIG, and Amica lead other insurers in J.D. Power’s assessment of customer satisfaction for home insurance, but the consumer intelligence company said more people are shopping around. The good news for insurers is that only 2.

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Complex Discovery

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Editor’s Note: The data brokerage industry has emerged as a multi-billion dollar force, fundamentally reshaping how information is collected, sold, and used. As data privacy concerns intensify, professionals in cybersecurity, information governance, and eDiscovery must understand the risks and opportunities posed by this rapidly evolving sector.

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Insurance Journal

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Parts of North Carolina saw something Monday that has not been seen in hundreds, perhaps 1,000 years – 18 inches of rain in half a day. That’s “once in every 1,000 years!

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Speaker: Andrew Klein

Are there mysteries lurking in your family tree? 🕵 No, not a long-lost half-brother - I'm talking about a patent family tree! IP paralegals need fast and easy ways to verify and report on essential data about foreign equivalents of US assets. Join us to master the global scope of key assets to support prosecution, portfolio management, litigation, licensing, competitive monitoring and more!

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Legal Dive

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

In-house lawyers have very different views of their work-life balance satisfaction depending on whether they work fully remote or in the office, according to an annual survey.

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Insurance Journal

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

The Louisiana Department of Insurance announced that registration for the next round of Louisiana Fortified Homes Program grants will open at 8 a.m. CT, Wednesday, Sept. 18, and close at 5 p.m. CT, on Friday, Sept. 20.

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Complex Discovery

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Editor’s Note: This article provides an in-depth look at Proteus Discovery Group’s recent acquisition of Novitas Data, focusing on the importance of cultural alignment and strategic growth in the eDiscovery industry. CEO Ray Biederman highlights how shared values between the two companies will play a key role in ensuring the long-term success of the acquisition.

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Insurance Journal

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

The focus of a lengthy probe into PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP’s China business now shifts to Hong Kong after the accounting firm was hit with a record fine in the mainland over its audit of failed developer China Evergrande Group.

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Speaker: Joe Stephens, J.D., Attorney and Law Professor

Ready to cut through the AI hype and learn exactly how to use these tools in your legal work? Join this webinar to get practical guidance from attorney and AI legal expert, Joe Stephens, who understands what really matters for legal professionals! What You'll Learn: Evaluate AI Tools Like a Pro 🔍 Learn which tools are worth your time and how to spot potential security and ethics risks before they become problems.

The Marshall Project

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Some defense lawyers fear that conservative justices could overturn this precedent for people facing death sentences.

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Insurance Journal

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Executive Summary: Artificial intelligence (AI) is on the brink of transforming most aspects of business, including insurance, but it needs to be used responsibly, according to Zywave Chief Technology Officer Doug Marquis, who takes a look at the some of …

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The Marshall Project

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

A defense team convinced jurors to not give Nikolas Cruz the death penalty in a rare trial for a mass shooter. Here are key takeaways.

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Insurance Journal

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Ten more Iowa and Iowa State athletes and an Iowa basketball equipment manager ensnared in a 2023 state gambling sting joined a civil lawsuit Tuesday seeking unspecified monetary damages from the state and its public …

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Speaker: Andrew Klein

Patent due diligence processes take too long. The information you need is publicly available but accessing it is often tedious & inefficient, requiring you to wade through dozens of PTO websites or for-free tools to gather what you need. Plus, it frequently occurs late in the game, leaving professionals under pressure, sifting through chaotic 100-page PDFs, and frustrated with poorly formatted information & patent numbers.

IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

You need to have a purpose and a goal. You need to be addressing an identifiable problem with a real, concrete, technical solution. And you need to focus on something that will actually matter to the client. Sure, with smaller portfolios each patent needs to really count, but even if you are acquiring patents by the thousands, for those innovating in the standards space, for example, you need to make sure the patent you will get actually reads on the standard, because as Eli and I discuss, a pat

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Insurance Journal

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

The Brazilian government confirmed on Monday it was in talks on a potential $18 billion payout from a trio of miners involved in a deadly 2015 dam collapse, saying the deal could also involve further repair work by the companies …

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on Tuesday announced a final rule on Motion to Amend (MTA) practice. It largely tracks the March 2024 notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) on the topic, making permanent certain aspects of the Motion to Amend (MTA) Pilot program and revising rules around the burden of persuasion governing MTAs. However, the final rule did take into account the six public comments it received on the NPRM via several changes and clarifications.

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Insurance Journal

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Floods across 14 central and West African nations have affected at least 4 million people — rendering many of them homeless — killed about 1,000 and are devastating crops in a region that’s already short of food and plagued by …

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Advertiser: Trellis

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Legal IT Insider

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Enterprise finance and HR platform Workday, Inc. announced today (17 September) that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire AI contract management vendor Evisort for an undisclosed sum. More […] The post Workday acquires Evisort to surface insights for customers across HR and finance appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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Insurance Journal

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and Cal Poly Humboldt plan to form a strategy group to undertake what Lara says will be the nation’s first public wildfire catastrophe model.

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Legal IT Insider

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

The former US group managing director of Syke/LOD has joined PwC as a partner in its legal technology team in a move that the Big Four accountant says underlines its […] The post PwC hires former Syke/LOD US managing director Lewis Bretts appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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Insurance Journal

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

A school district in Tennessee temporarily lost more than $3 million after a district employee was duped into sending funds to a fake vendor.

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Speaker: Joe Stephens, J.D., Attorney and Law Professor

Get ready to uncover what attorneys really need from you when it comes to trial prep in this new webinar! Attorney and law professor, Joe Stephens, J.D., will share proven techniques for anticipating attorney needs, organizing critical documents, and transforming complex information into compelling case presentations. Key Learning Objectives: Organization That Makes Sense 🎯 Learn how to structure and organize case materials in ways that align with how attorneys actually work and think.

Litigation

Legal Dive

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Kubient’s ex-CEO, ex-CFO and former head of audit each lied to the business’ independent auditor and reported $1.3 million in false revenue, the SEC alleges.

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Insurance Journal

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Cigna Group’s Express Scripts sued the US Federal Trade Commission over a recent report that the company said demonizes pharmacy benefit managers and asked the court to order the agency to retract it.

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Legal Dive

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

The plaintiffs still have a chance to amend their complaint to sufficiently allege a cause of action for disparate treatment, the court said.

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Insurance Journal

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Taiwan’s financial regulator rejected on Monday a takeover attempt by financial conglomerate CTBC of rival Shin Kong saying its plans were incomplete.

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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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