Attorney at Work
JANUARY 3, 2023
Jay Harrington | A “one and done” approach can help you make fewer decisions, and therefore make those decisions better. The post Make Better Decisions by Only Making them Once appeared first on Attorney at Work.
Simple Legal
JANUARY 12, 2023
In project management, the “ iron triangle ” of cost, scope, and time provides stability and consistency to successful projects. But in legal ops departments , you have a different iron triangle to master: data analysis, efficiency, and collaboration. Most corporate legal teams tend to tackle these 3 areas as separate components. But this leads to delays in growth — ones that can be avoided by developing an understanding of how these legal puzzle pieces connect to and influence each other.
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IP Watchdog
JANUARY 24, 2023
On Monday, January 23, the U.S. Copyright Office (USCO) Copyright Public Records System (CPRS) reflected that the registration for a graphic novel that was made using the AI text-to-image tool, Midjourney, had been cancelled. The Office has since clarified that the update was a system error (see above note). The USCO previously registered the work in September 2022.
My Shingle
JANUARY 19, 2023
What if you could create a marketing tool in under seven hours that could generate seven figures in revenue? As I discovered accidentally in my own law practice, the e-book is one of the least expensive and most effective marketing tool out there. This humble ebook that I created back in 2010 has since generated… The post Say Hello to the 7-figure ebook + ChatGPT. appeared first on My Shingle.
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Hanzo Blog
JANUARY 31, 2023
Workplace complaints are serious. Even if a claim doesn’t lead to disciplinary action, the fact that an employee has made an accusation usually indicates workplace problems that need to be addressed for productivity, morale, and quality of work life.
InHouseBlog
JANUARY 1, 2023
A great way to ring in the New Year is to take a look at the top blogs and resources for in-house lawyers from the prior year. And fortunately, Sterling Miller of Ten Things You Need To Know As In-House Counsel fame has done the work for you. If you’re not following Sterling Miller you’re probably not doing it right. “…thank you all for sticking around for the ride, for the suggestions for topics, and, most of all, for the encouragement to keep on writing!
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Simple Legal
JANUARY 5, 2023
It’s no secret to the legal industry that in-house counsel positions are generally seen as less strenuous than jobs at traditional law firms with billable hours. However, Bloomberg Law’s Attorney Workload and Hours Survey found that, on average, in-house lawyers only worked 3 hours less per week than their law firm peers. In 2021, Gartner discovered that 54% of in-house attorneys reported feeling “exhausted,” with 20% claiming they were “highly exhausted.
IP Watchdog
JANUARY 23, 2023
US Inventor is publicly opposing the appointment of Representative Darrell Issa (R – CA) to Chair the IP Subcommittee due to Issa’s record of IP reforms that are harmful to independent inventors and startups. To accomplish these IP reforms, Issa squelches the voices of independent inventors and startups while amplifying the voices of Big Tech and Chinese Communist Party (CCP) controlled multinationals.
Sound Jury Blog
JANUARY 30, 2023
On a recent Armchair Expert podcast, host Dax Shepard paraphrased a quote by Herbert Simon, the gist being “…a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention…” Wanting to get the quote just right, I looked it up and while the simple paraphrase is fantastic, there are too many gems in the full quote to not repeat it here: “In an information-rich world, the wealth of information means a dearth of something else: a scarcity of whatever it is that information consumes.
Hanzo Blog
JANUARY 17, 2023
It’s that time of year again when people are pulling out their crystal balls and doing their best to predict the future of what we’ll see in the ediscovery industry in 2023. I mean who doesn’t want to know what to look out for down the road? So in that spirit, here are some things Hanzo has been paying attention to as we move into a new year.
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InHouseBlog
JANUARY 17, 2023
Law firm rate hikes have caused shock and awe in corporate legal departments from time immemorial. The latest rounds have been a doozy, especially taking into consideration macroeconomic trends and a shift in leverage from client to firm. Law departments can, however, take proactive steps to minimize the impact of law firm rate hikes, as this article from the Thomson Reuters Institute indicates.
Attorney at Work
JANUARY 16, 2023
Brokers are the ideal referral partners for real estate attorneys. Now’s the time to nurture your relationships so you stay top of mind. Real estate attorneys, brokers and title agents are emerging from a roller coaster period that saw home sales skyrocketing throughout 2020 and 2021 before a sharp decline in 2022. While we ease […]. The post 5 Ways Real Estate Attorneys Can Get More Business This Year appeared first on Attorney at Work.
DAPHNE ALABAMA CRIMINAL DEFENSE BLOG
JANUARY 30, 2023
The siren and flashing lights from a police car is the first sign of trouble. Confusion and uncertainty reign supreme. A night out with friends celebrating the holiday season suddenly turns into being pulled over and arrested for DUI. Several components make up a drunk driving arrest and include: Vehicle operation Sleeping off a night of drinking may seem like a good option.
IP Watchdog
JANUARY 28, 2023
As Robert Frost poetically noted, two roads diverged in the woods he was exploring. One road was well trod, easy to traverse, and the other less traveled, difficult and getting weedy. Sadly, although Americans pride themselves on innovation, American innovation, particularly inventorship, is now the difficult road. Bad decisions made in previous forks in the road have gradually undermined the innovative spirit in our nation, but some inventors in Washington, DC, next week want to change course b
3 Geeks and a Law Blog
JANUARY 30, 2023
[Note: Please welcome guest bloggers Jennifer Wondracek , Director of the Law Library, Professor of Legal Research & Writing at Capital University Law School, and Rebecca Rich , Assistant Dean for the Law Library and Technology Services, and Assistant Teaching Professor at Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law. – GL] AI content generation tools, such as ChatGPT, have been in the news a lot lately.
Hanzo Blog
JANUARY 25, 2023
Let’s face it, if litigation is imminent and you’re preparing for the discovery process, friction has already taken place between opposing parties. But that’s not what I mean when I’m talking about “frictionless ediscovery.
InHouseBlog
JANUARY 18, 2023
Landed an in-house counsel job that requires reviewing incoming contracts? A significant number of in-house counsel jobs involve contracting skills , and in many cases you are reviewing contracts developed by your counterparty rather than your own organization’s library of templates. Don’t fret, this is all part of the job and Contract Nerds can help you turn around a redline faster than you think.
Attorney at Work
JANUARY 9, 2023
Ensuring a more comfortable workplace is good for employees, and that’s good for the employer, too. The post Are You Making Your Employees Sick? appeared first on Attorney at Work.
Legally Speaking
JANUARY 22, 2023
Change and innovation in the legal industry are helping to improve the quality and accessibility of legal services, creating new opportunities for legal professionals and making it easier for individuals and businesses to navigate the legal system. This week, we’re chatting with Awin Tavakoli , Founder and CEO of Tavakoli Advisory , an advisory firm in Zürich, Switzerland.
IP Watchdog
JANUARY 19, 2023
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today jointly held an all-day listening session featuring speakers from patient advocacy and industry groups, academia, and brand and generic pharmaceutical companies who weighed in on the relationship between patents and affordable access to medicines. The session was announced via a Federal Register Notice and request for comments on the subject, published on November 7, 2022, stemming from a joint July 202
3 Geeks and a Law Blog
JANUARY 25, 2023
This week we are joined by Shayne Phillips , Director of Analytics Solutions at Anaqua / Acclaim IP. Shayne talks about the value that Patent Agents bring to the legal industry. She explains how Patent Agents can use data to uncover insights about competitors and potential markets, and how they can go beyond the typical patent search to provide competitive intelligence and business intelligence.
Hanzo Blog
JANUARY 27, 2023
Today is the 78th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest of the Nazi death camps. On this Holocaust Memorial Day, we remember all of those who were killed in genocides across the world. The most infamous of these genocides is the Holocaust, where six million Jews were killed in death camps, alongside other marginalized groups such as the Roma, disabled people, homosexuals, and political enemies.
InHouseBlog
JANUARY 7, 2023
Think 2023 is going to be a doozy for the legal industry and its workers? Not according to all players in the field including the President of Major, Lindsey & Africa , a prominent legal recruiting firm. Anyone who watched the mad rush for lawyers at the end of 2021 and beginning of 2022 may be happy to hear that additional robust hiring is on the way.
Attorney at Work
JANUARY 19, 2023
Jamie Spannhake | When we set a “goal” to experience joy, we may end up having one of our best years yet — personally, financially and professionally. The post 10 Ways to Experience Joy for a Successful 2023 appeared first on Attorney at Work.
Legally Speaking
JANUARY 21, 2023
About Clio Clio is a legal practice management software that is designed to help law firms, solo practitioners, and legal departments manage their practice and client relationships. It offers a wide range of features, including client and matter management, document management, time tracking, billing, and task management. Clio also offers collaboration tools that allow multiple members of a legal team to work together, as well as integrations with other legal-specific technologies such as court
IP Watchdog
JANUARY 19, 2023
According to new research released by Corsearch, a significant number of websites engaging in piracy and counterfeiting use Cloudflare’s Content Delivery Network (CDN) services. Cloudflare was detected as providing services to websites that infringed trademarks and copyright six times more than the next service provider. 49% of the websites Corsearch flagged for content piracy used Cloudflare in addition to 23.5% of websites flagged for offering counterfeit goods.
3 Geeks and a Law Blog
JANUARY 13, 2023
DALL-E drawing of a librarian looking over lots of documents. There is obviously a ton of hype and buzz going on right now with ChatGPT and other AI tools, including this week’s Geek in Review podcast. I wanted to see if there’s something that I could do that was a practical use of GPT in my job as a law librarian. I think I’ve found something that might fit that bill.
Evidence at Trial
JANUARY 30, 2023
When it comes to hearsay exceptions in California, litigators will instinctively (and appropriately) consider the code sections found in Division 10 of the Evidence Code ( i.e. , Section 1200 et seq. ). Party admission? Declaration against interest? Spontaneous statement? In addition to knowing the enumerated exceptions, trial lawyers must know an as-important hearsay exception found outside this list: the rule of completeness.
InHouseBlog
JANUARY 7, 2023
Privacy pros and compliance professionals should check out Husch Blackwell’s State Privacy Law Tracker. And if privacy is part of your job, don’t forget to check out the latest in-house counsel jobs requiring privacy law experience. “Update your bookmark, we just released our 2023 State Privacy Law Tracker. With state legislatures starting to open for the 2023 session, lawmakers are already introducing CCPA-like consumer privacy bills.
Attorney at Work
JANUARY 10, 2023
Law firms, lawyers and other professionals can learn from past economic downturns. There are many useful and inspirational lessons to learn about how law firms and other organizations have successfully weathered prior economic storms, then survived and thrived. As the writer and philosopher George Santayana said in 1905, “Those who cannot remember the past are […].
Legally Speaking
JANUARY 29, 2023
Although there is no one-size-fits-all route to entrepreneurial success, embracing your purpose and mission will give you the drive and bravery to really make the necessary leap. This week, we’re super excited to be chatting with Charles Lew , a renowned Los Angeles attorney. Charles Lew is a multifaceted humanitarian and business leader. He is a board member of the nonprofit Mental Health America Los Angeles in addition to running The Lew Firm and sits on the Board of Directors at Loyo
IP Watchdog
JANUARY 13, 2023
AUTM, which represents the academic technology management profession, just released the results of the survey of its members for 2021. Once again, the results are impressive, particularly considering that the U.S. economy was just beginning to emerge from the devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s clear that despite continual attacks on the Bayh-Dole system, which allows academic institutions to own and manage federally funded inventions without Washington micro-management, our syste
3 Geeks and a Law Blog
JANUARY 10, 2023
There is a lot of buzz around ChatGPT and GPT 3.5 , but is it really the next Tesla, or is it the next IBM Watson? We talk with HyperDraft’s Tony Thai and Ashley Carlisle about OpenAI’s popular tool and why, lawyers at least, shouldn’t be ready to go all in on this specific technology. While there are great examples of how GPT 3.5 impressively handled things like Bar Exam questions, there are still a lot of unknowns from this resource from a company that started out as Open Source and non-profit
Attorney at Work
JANUARY 4, 2023
Neville Pokroy | It’s quite simple to compete successfully with larger firms, as long as you keep these 10 factors in mind. The post How Do Small and Midsize Law Firms Punch Above Their Weight? appeared first on Attorney at Work.
Attorney at Work
JANUARY 5, 2023
The nonstop tide of regulatory change can be overwhelming for lawyers. Here are three practical ways to keep up with regulation changes in your practice area. The pace, volume and nuance of regulatory change is staggering. One moment, you’re up to date on the latest laws and rules in your areas of expertise. But the […]. The post Practical Ways to Keep Up with Regulatory Change in Your Practice Area appeared first on Attorney at Work.
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