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Every Lawyer In Texas Now Has Free Access to Smokeball’s Trust Accounting and Billing Software

Law Sites

Every lawyer in Texas is now eligible for free access to trust accounting and billing software, thanks to an exclusive partnership announced today between the State Bar of Texas and the law practice management company Smokeball.

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Joining The Club

The 10b-5 Daily

In Kolominsky v. Root, Inc. , 2024 WL 1854474 (6th Cir. April 29, 2024) , the plaintiffs brought claims under Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act (securities fraud) and Sections 11 and 12(a)(2) of the Securities Act (misstatements in registration statements and offerings) related to alleged misstatements about the company’s purportedly low customer-acquisition cost.

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How LLMs and Generative AI Can Transform Legal Services

Attorney at Work

LLMs and generative AI are revolutionizing text generation and comprehension, and the legal industry is feeling their impact. The post How LLMs and Generative AI Can Transform Legal Services appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.

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New Frontiers in Remote Work: From Tech Jobs to eDiscovery and Beyond

Complex Discovery

Editor’s Note: The latest article from ComplexDiscovery Staff delves into the evolving landscape of remote work within the tech and digital marketing industries. The piece provides valuable insights into high-demand remote roles, the increasing significance of remote document reviewers in eDiscovery, and the growing popularity of digital nomad residency programs.

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The Tech-Savvy Paralegals Playbook: How To Leverage AI

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?

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Oil trading giant hit with $55M fine for market manipulation

Legal Dive

Trafigura engaged in insider trading to influence prices and misused NDAs to keep employees from coming forward, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission says.

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A SHORT PLEADING POINT: PLEADING FRAUD – A BLAST FROM THE PAST

Civil Litigation Brief

I can’t think of any other case where this blog has featured a case that was decided prior to the introduction of the Civil Procedure Rules. However the judgment in Rigby v Decorating Den Systems Ltd [1999] EWCA Civ 986.

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Do I Need An Attorney? Legal Considerations For Business Owners In North Dakota

SW&L Attorneys Blog

Introduction In today’s intricate legal landscape, businesses often find themselves entangled in lawsuits that initially seem straightforward but quickly reveal themselves to be far more complex and challenging than anticipated. From navigating convoluted regulatory frameworks to managing extensive discovery processes, the reality of litigation can overwhelm even the most prepared enterprises.

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THE JUDGE HAD ADJOURNED THE HANDING DOWN OF A JUDGMENT AND RETAINED A DISCRETION OVER PERMISSION TO APPEAL: AN ISSUE LIKE LONDON BUSES – TWO ARRIVE ALMOST AT ONCE

Civil Litigation Brief

I cannot recall a case where, in the space of a week, there have been two cases about the circumstances in which a trial judge can give permission to appeal after judgment has been handed down. The second for the.

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A Mid-Year Check-In: The First Five Months of the Federal Circuit’s 2024 Precedential Rulings

IP Watchdog

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit continues to shape the patent law landscape each year with its precedential opinions. This year has been no exception, as the court issued a total of 30 precedential opinions on patent issues in the first five months of 2024. In this article, we examine nine significant opinions covering five areas of patent law.

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Stop Speculating on Your Damages Exposure

Your Trial Message

By Dr. Ken Broda-Bahm: As civil jury trials continue to become more scarce, the need to reasonably assess what result a jury would return in trial becomes even more important.

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Uncovering The Hidden Connections: A Patent Family Survival Guide

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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Elevate Co-founder Kunoor Chopra Joins Cloud Court

The Cloud Court Blog

Cloud Court, Inc. and Elevate Embark on a Strategic Collaboration to Explore the Practical Applications of AI in Litigation, with Elevate Co-founder Kunoor Chopra Bridging the Companies by Also Joining Cloud Court, Inc. as Chief Strategy Officer. [Minneapolis, Minn., June 19, 2024] – In a move that marks a leap forward in legal technology and services, Cloud Court, Inc.

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Nextdoor’s new GC on AI, moving in-house and why outside firms are critical

Legal Dive

The hyperlocal social network promoted Sophia Contreras Schwartz to general counsel this spring amid a management overhaul.

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SEC Charges Texas Resident with Submitting Bogus Offer to Invest $200 million in Virgin Orbit

Securities Docket

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Dallas-Fort Worth resident Matthew Brown and his company, Matthew Brown Companies, LLC, for engaging in a fraudulent scheme to submit and publicly tout a bogus offer to invest $200 million in Virgin Orbit Hol dings, Inc. (“Virgin Orbit”), formerly a public company listed on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol VORB.

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Federal court dismisses ExxonMobil lawsuit against activist shareholder

Legal Dive

Judge Mark Pittman said “second time’s the charm” for Arjuna Capital, and ruled the case to be moot following the investor’s pledge to not submit climate proposals to the energy giant.

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AI for Paralegals: Everything You Need to Know (and How to Use It Safely)

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.

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Bundledocs hits milestone of serving over 100 of the UK’s Top 200 law firms

Legal IT Insider

Cloud-based document bundling software provider Bundledocs has reached a significant milestone, now counting over 100 of the UK’s Top 200 law firms as customers, based on Legal IT Insider’s UK […] The post Bundledocs hits milestone of serving over 100 of the UK’s Top 200 law firms appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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Need a Health Care Directive? What Would Jesse Solomon Do?

Practice of Law

The Summer House Season 8 officially wrapped last week when castmates reunited with Bravo host Andy Cohen in New York City to rehash their time together in The Hamptons. The reunion revisited relationship issues between married cast members Kyle Cooke and Amanda Batula and took a closer look at Carl Radke’s reasoning for breaking off his engagement to Lindsay Hubbard.

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DeepJudge raises $10.7m seed funding and launches gen AI Knowledge Assistant 

Legal IT Insider

Swiss-founded legal tech startup DeepJudge has raised $10.7m in an oversubscribed seed funding round led by New York private equity firm Coatue. Additionally, the company today (18 June) announced the […] The post DeepJudge raises $10.7m seed funding and launches gen AI Knowledge Assistant appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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How Steno’s DelayPay Helps New Law Firm Win $32 Million Verdict

Steno

Shahrad Milanfar spent most of his career as a defense attorney, handling catastrophic personal injury cases in California. Looking for a new challenge after almost two decades in practice, he started Milanfar Law Firm, PC. in 2020 and transitioned to plaintiff’s work. Shortly after starting his firm, Milanfar took on yet another challenge with a plaintiff’s elder abuse case.

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The New Way of Conducting Patent Research: Proven Strategies For Efficient Due Diligence

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.

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‘Hot-tubbing’ and more. New terms in Black’s Law Dictionary | Reuters

Securities Docket

Here are some newly added terms that caught my eye. Hot-tubbing. Sure, you could say “witness conferencing” or “concurrent expert evidence hearings” to mean the same thing, but where’s the fun in that? Black’s says it is “the practice of having expert witnesses testify as a panel rather than one by one, answering questions in each other’s presence.

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Supreme Court Agrees to Take Up Nvidia Securities Suit On Pleading Standards Issues | The D&O Diary

Securities Docket

While I am sure the plaintiffs are griped that the Court granted cert in this case, the company did make a valid point that it would create quite a mess in the securities litigation arena if there were to be a split between the Second and the Ninth circuits on issues as important as pleading scienter and falsity. The company correctly pointed out in its petition that in fact most of the securities litigation that is filed is filed in either the Second or Ninth Circuits.

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William H. Donaldson, Wall St. Lion Who Led the S.E.C., Dies at 93 – The New York Times

Securities Docket

… President George W. Bush appointed him chairman of the S.E.C. in 2003. The commission was under fire at the time for appearing too lax in its watchdog role. After the stock market boom of the late 1990s, Americans were stunned and angered to learn that the energy firm Enron and telecommunication-services provider WorldCom had used accounting trickery to inflate their reported profits.