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How to Build Your Law Firm’s Cyber-Resilience

Attorney at Work

Law firms must prepare for the 2024's looming security issues by building cyber-resilience into their risk-management strategy. The post How to Build Your Law Firm’s Cyber-Resilience appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms & Lawyers.

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Battle Between Newspaper Giant and Generative AI Boils Down to Definition of Fair Use

IP Watchdog

The training of artificial intelligence models using copyrighted material continues to stir debate and prompt litigation. In the latest salvo, the New York Times Company sued Microsoft and OpenAI – the creator of ChatGPT – for infringement under the federal Copyright Act. As often is the case with claims like these, the merits will center on the fair-use doctrine, a well-recognized legal principle in copyright law that aims to balance the interests of copyright holders with the public benefit of

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Navigating the Future of Legal Tech with Caroline Hill (TGIR Ep. 233)

3 Geeks and a Law Blog

This week, Greg Lambert sat down with ⁠ Caroline Hill ⁠ , Editor-in-Chief for Legal IT Insider to discuss the new partnership with NetLaw Media. Hill described the ⁠ new partnership between Legal IT Insider and NetLaw Media ⁠ as a mutually beneficial collaboration with significant synergy between the two organizations. She emphasized the complementarity of their focuses, with Legal IT Insider’s emphasis on impartial coverage and promotion of various conferences in the legal tech sector, and NetL

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Personal Injury, High-Profile Cases, & Social Diversity – Trevor Sterling – S7E39

Legally Speaking

What are the strategies we need to implement to foster diversity within the firm and the wider legal community? This week we’re super excited to chat with Trevor Sterling, Senior Partner at Moore Barlow. He has a remarkable 40-year journey in the legal profession, focusing on his specialisation in personal injury and major trauma cases.

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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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The Key to Having It All as a Full-Time Lawyer Mom

Attorney at Work

Susan Cohodes | As a member of the generation of female attorneys who wrestled with whether we could “have it all,” I now wonder if anyone paid the price for my trying. The post The Key to Having It All as a Full-Time Lawyer Mom appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms & Lawyers.

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Richard Prince Effectively Settles, Dodging Post-Warhol Fair Use Ruling

IP Watchdog

On Thursday, final judgments were issued in a pair of copyright infringement cases that arose from a now infamous 2014/2015 project New Portraits, where appropriations artist Richard Prince displayed Instagram photos and user comments as a purported commentary on social media and art. The two nearly identical final judgments were entered in favor of the photographer plaintiffs’ claims that Prince and the exhibiting galleries willfully infringed on their photographs, and the court dismissed all t

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What is constructive possession in a Georgia drug case?

Valdosta Law Blog

Drug possession charges are the lowest-level drug offenses possible in Georgia. However, they can still trigger numerous consequences. As a result, someone with a controlled substance violation on their record may lose out on certain opportunities in the future. A simple possession offense could lead to jail time, fines or probation depending on the circumstances and the disposition of the judge hearing the case.

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10 Hacks for Beating Procrastination

Attorney at Work

Ninety-five percent of us procrastinate. That's what professor Piers Steel reported in his book "The Procrastination Equation: How to Stop Putting Things Off and Start Getting Stuff Done." So, the question isn't whether we procrastinate. The question is how negatively does it impact our lives? Here are some ideas for reducing the impact of procrastination in your life, assuming you are among the 95 percent.

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The Federal Circuit Could Make the ITC a More Appealing Forum

IP Watchdog

In a pending case, the Federal Circuit is primed to provide much-needed clarity on the economic prong of the domestic industry requirement at the United States International Trade Commission (ITC). In ruling, the court will likely resolve a long-running dispute between individual commissioners regarding how to apply the so-called “mere importer” test when determining whether the domestic industry requirement is met.

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Fix Your Microsoft Word Font Frustrations

Attorney at Work

Danielle DavisRoe | Issues with Microsoft Word fonts plague lawyers every day. The good news is it’s easy to fix once you know how. The post Fix Your Microsoft Word Font Frustrations appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms & Lawyers.

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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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Three Strategies for a Profitable 2024 for Your Law Firm

Attorney at Work

Use these three strategies for a more profitable law firm in 2024. You can be on your way to making every year more profitable than the last. The post Three Strategies for a Profitable 2024 for Your Law Firm appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms & Lawyers.

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Iancu, Michel and Other PTAB Masters Panelists Float Ways to Make the System Better

IP Watchdog

Speakers at IPWatchdog’s PTAB Masters 2024 program this week predicted there will be little movement on the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking anytime soon, but some pinned their hopes for change at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) to the pending Promoting and Respecting Economically Vital American Innovation Leadership (PREVAIL) Act.

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Biden Admin and U.S. Chamber Clash Over IRA Drug Pricing Impact

IP Watchdog

Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) made its initial offers to pharmaceutical companies pursuant to the Biden Administration’s Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA), which allows the U.S. Government to “negotiate” Medicare drug prices under a set framework based upon the amount of time a drug has spent on the market. Opponents of the program, including the U.S.

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Patent Filings Roundup: ‘Schedule A’ Filings Continue; Uptick in Discretionary Denials

IP Watchdog

It was an average week for patent filings at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) and a slightly above-average week in district courts, with 62 district court complaints filed and 21 new PTAB petitions—one petition for Post Grant Review (PGR), and 20 for Inter Partes Review (IPR). The PTAB instituted 13 cases; iInstitution was denied in 12 cases and 15 cases settled.

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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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Liquidia Urges SCOTUS to Restore Preclusive Effect to PTAB Final Written Decisions

IP Watchdog

Last week, biopharmaceutical company Liquidia Technologies filed a petition for writ of certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court to appeal a Federal Circuit ruling that affirmed induced infringement findings against Liquidia following the patent at issue being invalidated at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). In the petition, Liquidia argues that two previous Supreme Court rulings lead to a result contrary to the Federal Circuit’s determination that the invalidation of patent claims at the

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Pfizer Alleges Inconsistencies in Moderna’s Statements to FDA and PTAB

IP Watchdog

In a recent brief to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), Pfizer and BioNTech (Pfizer) told PTAB judges that Moderna’s dismissal of prior art listed in Pfizer’s August 2023 petition for inter partes review (IPR) of Moderna’s patent on mRNA vaccine technology is inconsistent with its declarations to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) during the drug approval process.

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The March-In Drug Price Control Narrative Crumbles While Its Damage to American Innovation Grows

IP Watchdog

It was little more than a month ago when the Biden Administration unleashed its draft guidelines for applying the march-in provisions of the Bayh-Dole Act. For more than 43 years, the law was implemented as written. Every Administration—including the Biden Administration—rejected repeated attempts to misuse the law so the government could license copiers when critics felt that a product based on a federally-funded invention was too expensive.

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Other Barks and Bites for Friday, February 2: Centripetal Wins $151.5 in Patent Infringement Case; USPTO Report Finds Pro Bono Services Have Donated Nearly $40 Million to Inventors and Small Businesses; Walmart, Google, and Amazon Win at CAFC

IP Watchdog

This week in Other Barks & Bites: a U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) report finds pro bono legal services have amounted to $39.3 million in free legal services for inventors and small businesses; Canada announces plans to retain more IP domestically, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) rules in favor of Walmart, Google, and Amazon in a computing patent infringement case.

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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