Attorney at Work
MARCH 28, 2023
Paul Burton | The world is a noisy place. Is it best to just give up and swim in the ocean of distraction? Nope. The post Focusing Better Throughout the Day appeared first on Attorney at Work.
Discovery Advocate
MARCH 30, 2023
In re Google Play Store Antitrust Litig., — F. Supp. 3d —-, 2023 WL 2673109, No. 21-MD-02981 (JD) (N.D. Cal. Mar. 28, 2023) Practical Insight This decision illustrates three trends in e-discovery: (1) employees are increasingly using chat platforms and other means of instant messaging to engage in substantive conversations about work; (2) courts are increasingly penalizing litigants for not actively supervising compliance with litigation holds; and (3) the failure to address more cha
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Lawmatics
MARCH 28, 2023
They say behind every great lawyer is a great paralegal…. well, something like that. While not all lawyers have paralegals, also known as legal assistants, they are without a doubt a game-changer for lawyers juggling multiple cases and deadlines. A paralegal's main role is to help assist attorneys with all of the administrative tasks that it requires to keep their law firm operational.
My Shingle
MARCH 30, 2023
Hey there, Law Firm Owners, Innovators, Dreamers & Schemers! Are you ready to transform the legal landscape and jumpstart your very own law firm in just SIX weeks? Say hello to the Law Firm StartUp AI-ccelerator, the groundbreaking program that can help you make the leap. Gone are the days of going solo without support.… The post Ready to Lawnch?
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Attorney at Work
MARCH 31, 2023
Danielle DavisRoe | Here are some common keyboard shortcuts every lawyer should know. The post 15 Keyboard Shortcuts to Boost Your Productivity appeared first on Attorney at Work.
Discovery Advocate
MARCH 31, 2023
In re Google Play Store Antitrust Litig. , 21 MD 2981 (JD) (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 28, 2023) Practical Insight This decision illustrates three trends in e-discovery: (1) employees are increasingly using chat platforms and other means of instant messaging to engage in substantive conversations about work; (2) courts are increasingly penalizing litigants for not actively supervising compliance with litigation holds; and (3) the failure to address more challenging sources of potentially relevant information
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Hanzo Blog
MARCH 29, 2023
Why Are ESI Protocols Important for Legal Teams During Ediscovery? Ensure Preservation of Relevant ESI : ESI protocols help to ensure that relevant ESI is properly preserved, collected, and produced. These protocols can specify the types of ESI that must be preserved, how it should be collected and stored, and who is responsible for ensuring its preservation.
Attorney at Work
MARCH 26, 2023
How you can use proven strategy, useful structure, and stunning copy to land your firm at the top of search results. The post How to Write a Perfect Post appeared first on Attorney at Work.
CaseFox
MARCH 30, 2023
A survey by Altman Weil found that 62% of law firm leaders believe that technology will replace human lawyers for certain tasks, such as document review and due diligence. The role of judges in the judicial system is to make impartial decisions based on the evidence presented in court. However, as the volume of cases increases and the complexity of legal cases grows, there is a debate about whether we should replace judges with artificial intelligence (AI) systems.
IP Watchdog
MARCH 28, 2023
U.S. companies and inventors still filed more patent applications with the European Patent Office (EPO) than any other country, according to its Patent Index 2022, which was released today. The index showed that U.S. patent applications numbered 48,088, a 2.9% increase from 2021. However, China's filings jumped by 15.1% over 2021, keeping it in fourth place out of the top five countries of origin for applications and narrowing the gap between it and Japan, the number three filer.
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Hanzo Blog
MARCH 28, 2023
We Take Search for Granted Remember the days when you wanted to look for a document using the file manager on your desktop and you’d forgotten exactly where it was stored? It would take forever and sometimes freeze the operating system, and then you still didn’t find the file you were looking for, so you went to each folder on the C-drive and looked through everything manually.
Attorney at Work
MARCH 30, 2023
Process improvement may sound abstract for your law firm, but it actually refers to concrete efforts that can lead to substantial gains. The post Find and Fix One Workflow Weak Link appeared first on Attorney at Work.
CaseFox
MARCH 27, 2023
Slip and fall accidents are common occurrences that can happen to anyone, anywhere, and at any time. They can happen in shopping malls, grocery stores, restaurants, offices, and even on sidewalks. While most people who fall usually get up with no significant injuries, however, some suffer severe injuries that require extensive medical treatment and time off work.
IP Watchdog
MARCH 30, 2023
The U.S. Solicitor General on Wednesday filed an amicus brief with the United States Supreme Court advising it to grant Teva Pharmaceuticals’ petition for writ of certiorari relating to generic manufacturers’ liability for infringement through the use of “skinny labels” on generic drugs. The SG’s brief said that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) got it wrong, and that the decision could upend the careful balance contemplated by the Hatch-Waxman Amendments between incentivi
3 Geeks and a Law Blog
MARCH 29, 2023
On this episode, we speak with Nicole Bradick , CEO and founder of Theory & Principle , a legal technology design company. Nicole gives us an update on how their product, Map Engine, is being used by clients to track regulations and laws around the world. She also discusses how the legal industry is becoming more sophisticated in terms of user design and experience, and how this is changing the way law firms and legal tech companies approach product development.
InHouseBlog
MARCH 26, 2023
Career killers are much easier to stumble into than you’d think, especially if you are an in-house counsel. Learn what to avoid from a leading in-house counsel voice, Sterling Miller, who has seen his share of career killers over the years in law departments he has worked in. It’s key to always be learning if you want to stimulate career growth, and do your best to avoid burnout and deal with the procrastination that affects all working people.
Evidence at Trial
MARCH 30, 2023
It's not the trial of the century. I'm not even sure if it's the trial of the month. But the current Deer Valley whodunnit (aka Sanderson v. Paltrow ) has had so many head scratching moments that it's worth a closer look. To be sure, watching a trial from the couch is like watching baseball from the couch: it looks easy. The further we are from the action, the better we think we would be.
IP Watchdog
MARCH 25, 2023
Following the Supreme Court oral arguments in Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc. v. VIP Products LLC last week, I was reminded of an article I penned years ago for Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal exploring the boundaries of parodies when up against allegations of trademark infringement and dilution. That article observed: "Many of the trademark parody cases do not spend time analyzing what a parody is.
CaseFox
MARCH 30, 2023
A survey by Altman Weil found that 62% of law firm leaders believe that technology will replace human lawyers for certain tasks, such as document review and due diligence. The role of judges in the judicial system is to make impartial decisions based on the evidence presented in court. However, as the volume of cases increases and the complexity of legal cases grows, there is a debate about whether we should replace judges with artificial intelligence (AI) systems.
Hanzo Blog
MARCH 27, 2023
The hot topic this year was how new technologies, like ChatGPT, are poised to disrupt the way legal work is done. Some lawyers are scrambling to adapt while others are already using this latest iteration of AI to automate tasks such as drafting legal documents and conducting legal research. Chatbots are also being used to provide legal advice and customer service, but the full impact and ethical concerns around these technologies are still unknown.
Legally Speaking
MARCH 26, 2023
There are a lot of commendable professions in the legal industry, but whether you are currently practicing law or are just starting out, you are likely familiar with the terms intellectual property. This week we’re super excited to be chatting with Ana Juneja , one of Chicago’s most sought-after attorneys. She is the founder of the law firm Ana Law Group , which concentrates on intellectual property law.
IP Watchdog
MARCH 27, 2023
This week in Washington IP news, the House Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax, and Capital Access examines how well creditors are able to identify small businesses that are eligible for additional capital. Elsewhere, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) hosts the third event of the 2023 Women’s Entrepreneurship Symposium. Also, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) discusses the future of manufacturing innovation in Germany and the United States.
CaseFox
MARCH 28, 2023
As Artificial Intelligence becomes increasingly advanced and integrated into our daily lives, it is crucial that we have clear and comprehensive policies in place to govern its use and ensure ethical practices. This is a representative sample of faculty responses to the question “If you have successfully integrated use of ChatGPT into your classes, how have you done so?
Lawmatics
MARCH 30, 2023
Register for upcoming Monthly Deep Dives here. From consultations to court dates to signing meetings, you undoubtedly schedule a plethora of appointments with potential clients. Lawmatics has all the tools you need to facilitate a smooth process, from the initial booking to confirmation, reminders, and post-meeting correspondences. While you may know that all of these tools exist in Lawmatics, you may not yet be using them all to their full potential.
Simple Legal
MARCH 29, 2023
Matter management is one of the top priorities for any in-house legal team, yet only about 53% of teams currently use matter management software. Matter management keeps your organization running smoothly with tools for gathering, tracking, and reporting for budgets, time tracking, and vendor management. It also helps with knowledge management and empowers your organization to engage internal stakeholders to address issues first and only to engage external counsel when needed.
IP Watchdog
MARCH 26, 2023
On Monday, March 27, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Amgen v. Sanofi, a case with the parties and 27 Amici, including the United States, weighing in on whether and how the Court should address the enablement requirement of Section 112 in the context of genus claims, and in particular, genus claims to antibodies in the pharmaceutical sciences.
IP Watchdog
MARCH 31, 2023
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Thursday upheld two Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) decisions finding VirnetX’s patent claims unpatentable in inter partes review (IPR) challenges brought by Apple, Inc. and Mangrove Partners. The dispute relates to VirnetX’s U.S. Patent Nos. 6,502,135 and 7,490,151, which are directed to a “secure mechanism for communicating over the internet.
IP Watchdog
MARCH 30, 2023
A bipartisan group of congress members sent a letter to U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Kathi Vidal late last week urging her to implement some of the proposals outlined in her October 2022 Request for Comments on Robust and Reliable Patents in order to address problems around drug pricing. The letter was sent by Representatives Jodey Arrington (R-TX), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Ann McLane Kuster (D-NH), and Darrell Issa (R-CA).
IP Watchdog
MARCH 27, 2023
Last week, cyber threat intelligence firm Centripetal Networks filed a petition with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit seeking mandamus relief from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (PTAB) “extraordinary departure from basic elements of due process” during inter partes review (IPR) proceedings challenging Centripetal’s patent claims.
IP Watchdog
MARCH 27, 2023
The U.S. Supreme Court heard three separate arguments today in Amgen v. Sanofi, a case that even Sanofi’s counsel agreed could effectively wipe out patents involving genus claims if the Court sides with Sanofi, or—as counsel for Sanofi and the Solicitor General’s Office suggested the Court could do—if it were to dismiss the case as improvidently granted.
IP Watchdog
MARCH 31, 2023
This week in Other Barks & Bites: the Federal Circuit affirms the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s invalidation of VirnetX patent claims supporting a $502 million verdict against Apple; the U.S. Solicitor General asks the Supreme Court to overturn an infringement ruling against Teva’s skinny label for carvedilol; the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board reverses a trademark examiner’s refusal to register several column titles for The New York Times; the UK High Court invalidates robotics warehou
IP Watchdog
MARCH 28, 2023
Yesterday’s oral argument in Amgen v. Sanofi was long-awaited and closely watched by many in the patent community. The Justices seemed skeptical that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit’s (CAFC’s) decision was a significant departure from existing law, and they repeatedly questioned whether this particular case can be resolved on the facts and by employing current legal tests.
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