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American Arbitration Association Acquires ODR.com and Mediate.com to Expand Online Dispute Resolution

Law Sites

In a move designed to expand its products for online dispute resolution, the American Arbitration Association has acquired ODR.com, a company that builds ODR systems, and its parent company, Resourceful Internet Solutions Inc. (RIS), which also owns Mediate.com, Arbitrate.com and Ombuds.org.

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Achieving Attorney Work-Life Balance: Is It Possible for Today’s Attorney?

Attorney at Work

Is work-life balance possible? Yes. With the right environment, tools and understanding of what it means to have balance. The post Achieving Attorney Work-Life Balance: Is It Possible for Today’s Attorney? appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.

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Breaking: Investment Firm KKR Acquires Majority Ownership of CLM Company Agiloft

Law Sites

I am running out the door, but this news just broke. Here is the unedited announcement: KKR, a leading global investment firm, today announced that a fund managed by KKR has entered into an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Agiloft (“the Company”), a trusted global leader in data-first contract lifecycle management (“CLM”).

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Five Best Fountain Pens Under $40

Attorney at Work

Analog Attorney | For an everyday fountain pen, you want a workhorse. You want a pen you can drop on the floor. Here are classy but affordable choices to suit your various needs. The post Five Best Fountain Pens Under $40 appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.

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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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Building On Last Year’s Seed Round, BriefCatch Adds Three Legal Tech Veterans To Its Management Team

Law Sites

Legal editing software company BriefCatch has expanded its management team with the hiring of three legal technology veterans to key positions. The hires follow the company’s raise last year of $3.5 million in an oversubscribed seed round.

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Court Holds Privilege Was Waived by Failure to Timely Provide a Privilege Log

E-Discovery LLC

Many decisions state that the failure to timely provide an adequate privilege log may result in a waiver of the privilege. However, frequently they hold that there is no waiver on the facts presented. [1] In Bautech USA, Inc. v. Resolve Equip., Inc., 2024 WL 1929486 (S.D. Fla. May 2, 2024), untimely privilege logging did have that harsh result on the facts presented.

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Roadmap To Pedestrian Safety

SW&L Attorneys Blog

Winter is gone and the sidewalks and streets are once again bustling with people enjoying the warmer weather. I’ve been running the sidewalks training for a local half marathon. This has given me time and a greater opportunity to observe the delicate balance between cars and people as well as how often pedestrian safety is in jeopardy. Nationwide, nearly 8,000 pedestrians lost their lives in motor vehicle crashes in 2021, translating to approximately one death every 66 minutes.

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How the UPC Courts Have Ruled on Security/ Bonds for Initiating Actions

IP Watchdog

An interesting decision of the Unified Patent Court’s (UPC’s) Munich Local Division, issued on April 23, 2024 (UPC CFI No. 514/2023), confirmed that “the prerequisite for a successful application (for security/bond) would be a demonstration that the financial circumstances of the other party give rise to fears that any claim for reimbursement of costs cannot be satisfied or that, despite sufficient financial resources, enforcement of a decision on costs appears to be impossible or fraught with p

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A Healthy Patent Family Is A Tree That Continues to Bear Fruit

IP Watchdog

When the Senate Judiciary Committee convened on May 21 for a hearing on Competition in the Prescription Drug Market, Senators were besieged with an array of tired and superficial arguments against patents for biopharmaceutical innovation. The main premise seemed to be that holding more than a single patent for a single product must be anti-competitive.