December, 2023

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Your Reasons to Not Go Solo Are Wrong: The Top 10 Fears of Going Solo

Attorney at Work

Roy Ginsburg | Don't let your career rot at a dysfunctional firm. The post Your Reasons to Not Go Solo Are Wrong: The Top 10 Fears of Going Solo appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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December 2023 Feature Release

Lawmatics

Santa made his list, checked it twice, and decided to bring everyone a batch of stellar new features courtesy of the Lawmaticians. Read on to learn all about the sleighload of goods coming your way – no coal, just digital cheer. Collect e-signatures directly from your client’s phone Lovers of SMS and automation rejoice! This feature merges the best of both worlds: effortlessly automate e-signature requests via SMS alone, no email address validation needed.

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Copyright Office Affirms its Fourth Refusal to Register Generative AI Work

IP Watchdog

On December 11, the Review Board of the U.S. Copyright Office (USCO) released a letter affirming the USCO’s refusal to register a work created with the use of artificial intelligence (AI) software. The decision to affirm the refusal marks the fourth time a registrant has been documented as being denied the ability to obtain a copyright registration over the output of an AI system following requests for reconsideration.

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Navigating Ediscovery and AI in Legal Tech - 2023 Trends

Hanzo Blog

In 2023, the legal landscape has been significantly shaped by two key trends: the rapid evolution of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the advancements in ediscovery. These developments have not only transformed legal processes but also presented new challenges and opportunities for legal professionals. As we delve into this first part of our series, we examine the top blogs that have been at the forefront of these trends.

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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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Breaking Barriers and Building Bridges: Tackling Racial Bias in Law with LexisNexis Fellows 2023 (TGIR Ep. 231)

3 Geeks and a Law Blog

In this episode, Greg Lambert speaks with Whitney Triplet , Paul Campbell, and Adonica Black about the LexisNexis African Ancestry Network and LexisNexis Rule of Law Foundation Fellowship 2023 cohort. They discuss the goal of the fellowship program and the projects undertaken by the fellows , including technology solutions to alleviate racial bias in jury selection and law clinic support tools to combat systemic racism in the legal system.

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In-House Counsel Outworking Law Firm Lawyers

InHouseBlog

Law firm lawyers love to claim that they outwork (and outsmart!) their in-house counsel counterparts. But is this really the case? Some new data in from a Bloomberg Law study indicates that in-house counsel may actually be outworking law firm lawyers. Lawyers are notorious for struggling with work-life balance , with some going so far as to declare it a fraud.

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Lawmatics’ LM[AI] Awarded LegalTech AI Innovation of the Year

Lawmatics

Lawmatics announced today that its game-changing AI tool – LM[AI] – has won the LegalTech Breakthrough Award for LegalTech AI Innovation of the Year. The LegalTech Breakthrough Awards recognize the top technology companies, solutions and products in the legal technology industry today. LegalTech Breakthrough is part of the Tech Breakthrough organization, a leading global market intelligence and recognition platform for today’s most competitive categories of technology.

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What Lies Ahead: Here’s What IP Practitioners Will Be Watching in 2024

IP Watchdog

We are less than 24 hours out from 2024 and, after reflecting on what mattered in 2023 and other year-in-review recaps, it is now time once again to ponder what lies ahead. From exciting patent legislation to Supreme Court trademark and copyright cases that could have big implications, here is what the IPWatchdog community will be keeping on its radar in the new year.

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Navigating the Future: ACEDS and Hanzo Illuminate Collaboration Data Challenges in the Legal Sector

Hanzo Blog

In the ever-evolving world of legal technology, the annual webinar co-hosted by the Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists (ACEDS) and Hanzo has become a beacon of insight and guidance. This year, marking the fourth collaboration between ACEDS and Hanzo, the webinar brought together a panel of seasoned professionals, each offering a unique perspective on the challenges and future of legal industry collaboration data.

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MyCase Year in Review 2023: We’re Celebrating You

MyCase

That’s a wrap! As 2023 winds to a close, it’s the perfect time to look back on our New Year’s resolutions. At MyCase, our goal is always to help legal professionals build profitable law firms and free up time to focus on serving their clients. This “North Star” prompted us to expand MyCase functionality, deliver exceptional customer service, and find new ways to be a valuable partner for you.

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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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How Much Do You Value Your GC?

InHouseBlog

Do you value your GC? If so, please count the ways, as the role of the General Counsel is becoming more and more important to organizations. As Deborah Ben-Canaan of Major, Lindsey & Africa points out in her recent article, positioning the General Counsel is a critical task now more than ever. Those seeking General Counsel jobs need to keep abreast of these trends, as expectations are increasing and will continue to do so for years to come. “Through my line of work, I’ve had a front ro

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The Articulated Pause: You Don’t Have to Make Noise While You Think

Attorney at Work

Teddy Snyder | It turns out there’s a name for filler words such as like, you know, well, umm, and OK. The post The Articulated Pause: You Don’t Have to Make Noise While You Think appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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Lawmatics’ Best of 2023

Lawmatics

2023 has been a huge year here at Lawmatics! We continued to break ground on legal innovation, added even more features to the most robust made-for-legal CRM on the market, and teamed up with some of our friends across the legal world to make managing your business easier. If you haven’t been following us all year, or if you just need a refresher on all that we’ve been up to, here’s our recap of 2023.

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C4IP and IP Celebrities Tell Biden to Pass on Extension of TRIPS Waiver

IP Watchdog

Nearly 50 former government officials and other well-known figures in the IP space signed onto a letter today penned by the Council for Innovation Promotion (C4IP) urging President Biden to oppose the World Trade Organization’s (WTO’s) proposed extension of the COVID-19 IP waiver to therapeutics and diagnostics. The WTO announced a deal on waiver of IP rights for COVID-19 vaccine technologies under the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) in June 2022.

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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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Leveraging Generative AI in eDiscovery: The Art and Science of Prompt Engineering

Hanzo Blog

The use of generative AI in eDiscovery is opening new avenues for efficiency and precision. But, as is often the case with powerful tools, the devil is in the details. A significant part of those details? Prompt engineering. Let's take a look.

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How to Design an Attorney Business Card – A Complete Guide for Lawyers

CaseFox

In this digital era, law firm business cards still hold relevance and are essentially part of lawyers’ networking. These cards bridge the gap between the virtual and physical realms. Law office business cards can help in attracting more clients and building personal relationships. According to reports, some businesses experienced an increase in sales by 25% for every 2000 business cards they distribute.

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Flex Legal: Redesigning the Way the Legal Sector Works – Mary Bonsor – S7E34

Legally Speaking

How does social media, including TikTok, hold significance in today’s competitive marketing landscape? This week we’re super excited to be chatting with Mary Bonsor, the visionary leader behind Flex Legal. With an illustrious career and a keen eye for addressing industry challenges, Mary has propelled Flex Legal to become the fastest-growing female-led business in the UK.

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Gifts for Analog Attorneys

Attorney at Work

Buying gifts for the analog-leaning attorney in your life might seem like an impossible task. In a digital-forward gadget universe, finding something cool that doesn't need batteries or a software update is kind of maddening. Get one of these six gifts for your retro-tech friends and they'll say thanks for such a remarkably thoughtful present. Probably with a handwritten card in perfect cursive.

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Trellis Launches Trellis AI to Streamline Trial Court Litigation

Trellis AI leverages the largest repository of state trial court data to help litigators evaluate cases, automate brief drafting, suggest winning strategies, and more. Key components: Draft Arguments — Uses similar/successful motions in the Trellis database to generate arguments/citations for your motions seeking dismissal, summary judgment, etc. Case Assessment — Predict the likely outcomes of a case at any stage to help you decide to accept it, guide motion practice, make settlement offers, an

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The Future of Legal Technology

Lawmatics

As the world continues to undergo rapid technological advancements, the legal industry has not been left behind (although some lawyers may wish it was). With emerging new technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, many people have started considering what legal software might mean for the legal profession’s future. Most lawyers recognize the productivity and efficiency gains brought about by legal technology.

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From AI to Amgen, Here’s Everything IP that Mattered in 2023

IP Watchdog

Another year of IP is behind us, and it is time to reflect on what mattered most—what decisions will affect practice for years to come and/or continue to play out in the courts as we move into 2024? Below are reflections on milestones from this past year—some positive, some negative, and some neutral--at least for now.

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Mastering Data Management and Collaboration in Legal Tech - Insights from 2023

Hanzo Blog

The second part of our 2023 legal tech review series explores the intricate world of data management and collaboration within the legal sector. As the legal industry navigates through the digital transformation, challenges arise in effectively managing and analyzing the ever-growing volumes of collaboration data. This segment delves into how these complexities are being addressed and the role of AI in streamlining data management processes, particularly in the context of pre-litigation scenarios

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And, Cohen Both Takes The Fall And Passes The Buck

Ethicking

A quick update on New York’s Second AI Hallucination case, which I originally covered a couple of weeks ago—today we learned that Michael Cohen, the client, and not David Schwartz, the lawyer, used artificial intelligence (this time, Google Bard) to generate cases that did not exist. In a declaration he submitted to the court (available starting on page 9 of this packet from the CourtListener docket), Cohen stated that (having been disbarred several years ago) he had not kept up with legal techn

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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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Championing Change: Diversity, Tech, and Access to Justice – Christina Blacklaws – S7E33

Legally Speaking

This week we’re super excited to be chatting Christina Blacklaws, trailblazer in the legal profession and a driving force at the intersection of law and technology.

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24 Quick Tech Tips to Try in 2024

Attorney at Work

Danielle DavisRoe | As you transition into the new year, resolve to make your software work better for you with these quick tech tricks. The post 24 Quick Tech Tips to Try in 2024 appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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How Can You Use AI in Law and Legal Practice?

Lawmatics

Artificial intelligence (AI) seems to be everywhere these days, and it's definitely becoming a regular part of legal software, presenting law firms with advantages and risks that require consideration. Legal AI tools can significantly enhance law firm efficiency by rapidly analyzing document sets, automating workflows, and knocking out tedious tasks.

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How U.S. Courts Ruled on Trademarks in 2023

IP Watchdog

This year has seen a bonanza of significant trademark decisions, including several high- profile decisions from the Supreme Court. Courts ruled on issues ranging from First Amendment and parody considerations to the extraterritorial reach of U.S. trademark law, yet in most cases returned to basic principles of trademark law to resolve the open issues.

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Trial Prep: What Attorneys Really Want (And How to Deliver It)

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.

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4 tips for co-parenting conflict resolution

Valdosta Law Blog

Co-parents have the important job of making sure their children are raised in a supportive environment. It’s not always easy for them to get along, but it’s critical that they handle contentious matters appropriately. There are several things that co-parents can do to make it more effectively possible to resolve conflicts. These tips are likely appropriate for conflict resolution in most co-parenting relationships.

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Not Just Playing Court Reporter on TV (Updated)

Planet Depos

Judge Judy has a new show, and on this show, the real-life and onscreen court reporter, will be getting more attention than TV court reporters usually get. The post Not Just Playing Court Reporter on TV (Updated) appeared first on Planet Depos.

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Law Society Legal Hero: Child Marriage and Gender-Based Abuse – Shabina Begum – S7E32

Legally Speaking

“When the passion starts to waver, and the novelty wears away, it feels tough, but it’s worth it. Keep going.” This week we’re super excited to be chatting with Shabina Begum, a trailblazing legal professional making waves in the realm of child marriage, gender-based violence, and women’s rights.

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Fire a Client

Attorney at Work

Simon Chester | When you are a new lawyer, it seems any client should be welcomed. More mature lawyers know that’s not necessarily so. The post Fire a Client appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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Deposition Prep Like a Pro: Insights from a Paralegal's Playbook

Speaker: Kaitlyn "The Persnickety Paralegal" Story

Deposition preparation is a critical aspect of a paralegal's role, requiring meticulous attention to detail and proactive management of the case timeline. In this session, participants will explore how effective deposition preparation not only contributes to the success of the legal team but also helps maintain a balanced workflow, minimizing last-minute crises.