Law Sites
FEBRUARY 7, 2025
This week, I have been experimenting with Deep Research, the AI agent OpenAI released on Sunday that it says is capable of completing multi-step research tasks and synthesizing large amounts of online information.
Attorney at Work
FEBRUARY 18, 2025
Roy Ginsburg | While the legal desert persists in rural America, promising steps toward change are being taken. Will they be sufficient? The post Can Rural America Reverse the Legal Desert Trend? appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.
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E-Discovery LLC
FEBRUARY 17, 2025
On February 11, 2025, Dukes Bolch Judicial Institute published a Letter from Paul W. Grimm Regarding Threats and Attacks on Judges. Judge Grimm reported that a federal judge who issued a TRO to stop external access to Treasury Department databases has quickly become a target of unfair, unwarranted threats and attacks lobbed via social media and news outlets across the country.
Lawmatics
FEBRUARY 20, 2025
Running a law firm means juggling a lot of moving pieces client communications, case details, marketing efforts, and scheduling, just to name a few. Without the right tools working together, things can get messy fast. Thats where Lawmatics integrations come in. Instead of wasting time on duplicate data entry or switching between disconnected platforms, you can automate key processes and keep everything in sync.
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?
Attorney at Work
FEBRUARY 10, 2025
Karin Conroy | AI marketing plans offer tremendous potential, but they also come with challenges law firms can't afford to ignore. The post The Truth About AI Marketing Plans: What Law Firms Need to Know Before They Dive In appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.
The 10b-5 Daily
FEBRUARY 25, 2025
Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court had the opportunity in the Facebook case to address the extent to which corporate risk disclosures can form the basis for securities fraud liability. After oral argument, however, the Court decided to dismiss the appeal as improvidently granted. That has left the door open for a wide range of potential decisions from the lower courts.
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The Marshall Project
FEBRUARY 25, 2025
Texas plans to execute Wood in March. George Hall says police encouraged him to lie about Wood confessing six murders to him.
E-Discovery LLC
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
Courtney Buble reports that three members of Congress hosted an impeachathon. GOP Reps. Criticize Judges At ‘Impeachathon’ – Law360 (Feb. 26, 2025). The Law360 article states that: Judges for whom they’ve either drafted or are working on drafting articles of impeachment for are: U.S. District Judges John Bates of the District of Columbia, Paul Engelmayer of the Southern District of New York, Amir Ali of the District of Columbia and John McConnell Jr. of the District of Rh
Lawmatics
FEBRUARY 6, 2025
Big changes are here, and we couldnt be more excited to share them with you! We decided there was no better way to start the year than by giving Lawmatics a refresh one designed to make your experience smoother and more straightforward. This isnt just a facelift; we made these updates based on extensive research into how our users access different features throughout their day.
Attorney at Work
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
Marc Lauritsen | We may not welcome artificial minds into our law societies, but they will grace our workplaces. The post Societies of Legal Minds: A Lens on AI appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.
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!
Insurance Journal
FEBRUARY 11, 2025
California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara approved a California FAIR Plan request for a $1 billion assessment on admitted market insurers to cover claims from the Los Angeles wildfires.
Law Sites
FEBRUARY 25, 2025
You may have heard the news earlier this month that attorneys at plaintiffs law firm Morgan & Morgan the 42nd largest U.S. law firm by headcount were facing sanctions over their submission of court filings containing fake legal cases generated by artificial intelligence. Now, the Wyoming federal judge presiding over the case, U.S.
The Marshall Project
FEBRUARY 1, 2025
The number of people imprisoned for life continues to climb, even as the overall prison population declines.
E-Discovery LLC
FEBRUARY 26, 2025
In Li v. Merck & Co., Inc., 2025 WL 429013 (N.D. Cal. Feb. 7, 2025), the court addressed a number of discovery disputes in a lawsuit by a terminated employee against her former employer. I have written three detailed blogs about the case: Consulting an Attorney Did Not Trigger the Duty to Preserve E-Discovery LLC Spoliation Discovery Permitted E-Discovery LLC Court Reviews Document Unitization Dispute E-Discovery LLC One important holding of Li is that, on the somewhat unique facts presen
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.
IP Watchdog
FEBRUARY 9, 2025
Further to reports that Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) judges will soon be required to return to the office, the lingering question for many is what effect the orderas well as the current, indefinite hiring freezewill have on Supervisory Patent Examiners (SPEs) at the Office and on day to day operations of the examining corps more broadly.
Attorney at Work
FEBRUARY 20, 2025
Considering a legal career advocating for children? Shari Shink, founder of Rocky Mountain Children's Law Center, explains what it takes. The post It Takes Legal Warriors to Advocate for Children in Foster Care appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.
Insurance Journal
FEBRUARY 23, 2025
As consumer complaints have apparently mounted over unpaid hurricane losses, Florida’s top insurance regulator and some lawmakers are signaling new scrutiny on insurance carriers’ claims-handling and other practices.
Law Sites
FEBRUARY 12, 2025
Legal workflow automation provider Gavel announced today that it has expanded its AI-powered document automation tool, Gavel Blueprint, to support a total of 60 languages. Previously, Blueprint support only English-language documents, while the company’s original rules-based platform supported 19 languages and is in use by legal professionals across 23 countries.
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.
The Marshall Project
FEBRUARY 18, 2025
The grand jury subpoena also focuses on Mark Dottores company, which has earned more than $500,000 in fees from the court since 2017.
E-Discovery LLC
FEBRUARY 25, 2025
In Canales v. OPW Fueling Components LLC , 2025 WL 553623, at *3 (E.D. N. Cal. Feb. 19, 2025)(Emphasis added), the court wrote: Throughout his responses, Canales objects to OPWs requests on the ground that they are not reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence. OPW correctly notes that while this was once a valid objection, it has not been an appropriate basis to object to discovery for nearly a decade.
Legal Dive
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
The agency’s new chairman says he’s concerned the cable TV, network and theme park operator continues to promote diversity, equity and inclusion.
Attorney at Work
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
Lindsay Hanoski | Bluesky-curious? The new social network is gaining traction, and now could be the optimal time for attorneys to join the platform. The post Lawyers on Bluesky: A Guide to the Rising Social Media Platform Attracting Legal Professionals appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.
Advertiser: Trellis
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Insurance Journal
FEBRUARY 25, 2025
Various media outlets have reported shots were fired into the home of the head of Oregon worker’s compensation insurer SAIF Corp. The outlets are reporting that the early-morning Feb.
Law Sites
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
Factor, a managed services company that describes itself as a provider of “integrated law” to corporate legal departments, has acquired Theory and Principle, a legal technology design and development agency, in a move intended to advance Factor’s strategic shift toward developing and delivering AI-first legal services.
The Marshall Project
FEBRUARY 22, 2025
Correctional officers complain of unsafe conditions, but critics say the protests were meant to deflect attention from a moment of reckoning.
E-Discovery LLC
FEBRUARY 24, 2025
In Li v. Merck & Co., Inc., 2025 WL 429013 (N.D. Cal. Feb. 7, 2025), the court addressed a number of discovery disputes in this lawsuit by a terminated employee against her former employer. Document unitization is the issue presented when a number of separate documents are presented as a single file, without natural breaks. If, for example, four separate documents are scanned as a single PDF, a search hit on any one of them will return all four of them, resulting in false positives that are
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.
Plaintiff Trial Lawyer Tips
FEBRUARY 26, 2025
Trial lawyers should investigate the concepts of NLP. NLP stands for Neuro Linguistic Programming and has been around since 1970s when its co-founders, Richard Bandler and John Grinder first modelled the therapists Milton Erickson, Gregory Bateson, Fritz Perls and Virginia Satir. Neuro Linguistic Programming enables us to better understand the way our brain (neuro) processes the words we use (linguistic) and how that can impact on our past, present and future (programming).
Attorney at Work
FEBRUARY 11, 2025
The demands of work dont stop when you are depressed. Dan Lukasik, of LawyersWithDepression.com, on the struggle to get things done when you're a depressed lawyer. The post How to Be Productive When You’re a Depressed Lawyer appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.
Insurance Journal
FEBRUARY 12, 2025
The Federal Emergency Management Agency said it needs to borrow $2 billion from the U.S. Treasury to cover claims from National Flood Insurance Program policyholders.
Law Sites
FEBRUARY 28, 2025
Are you still on the fence about whether generative artificial intelligence can do the work of human lawyers? If so, I urge you to read this new study. Published yesterday, this first-of-its-kind study evaluated the performance of four legal AI tools across seven core legal tasks.
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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