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How to Champion New LegalTech: Rig the Game

The Cloud Court Blog

Instead of implementing a new alternative tool and crossing one’s fingers or insisting unilaterally that everyone use the new stuff immediately, successful innovation adoption efforts often work like a wedge. I’ll use the Cloud Court app for example. The list is long. Adjust your metrics of success in stages. Start small and expand.

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Case preview: Justices to consider procedural issue in major climate-change lawsuit

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The Supreme Court will hear oral argument on Tuesday in a lawsuit brought by the city of Baltimore against companies that produce fossil fuels, seeking to hold them responsible for their role in global warming. Baltimore asked the district court to send the case back to state court, and the district court agreed.

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Billable Hour Q & A

Paralegal Bootcamp

Whenever there are write-offs, you also have to ask yourself – is the attorney writing off that time because the time entry itself – the way the time entry is drafted – does it convey the real value of the work I did? Here’s an example, in most cases client won’t pay for a paralegal to draft a notice of deposition anymore. Not anymore.

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Time to Vote! Pick the 15 Finalists to Compete At Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW 2023

LawSites

Your votes determine the 15 companies selected to face off in a live pitch competition that will be the opening-night event of this year’s TECHSHOW, which is March 1-4 in Chicago. We have listed 40 companies on the ballot as semifinalists. Learn more about this company at the LawNext Legal Tech Directory.

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Litigators with a Data Fetish: Moneyballing Testimony

The Cloud Court Blog

That obsession extends to deposition data as well as to the psychology of the players involved: the attorneys taking and defending depositions; the witnesses being deposed; as well as the court reporters. It explains why retailers don’t send their competitors drafts of their Black Friday advertising campaigns.

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What IS a paralegal, exactly?

LexBlog

I think a shorter list is what one is not, but in summary, paralegals provide day to day support by assisting attorneys, law offices, or other various agencies conducting research, drafting legal documents, and handling cases. Nor is a paralegal a court reporter. What skills make for a successful paralegal?

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Voting Is Open! Pick the 15 Finalists to Compete At Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW 2024 in February

LawSites

Your votes determine the 15 companies selected to face off in a live pitch competition that will be the opening-night event of this year’s TECHSHOW, which is Feb. The companies listed below, in alphabetical order, are: Ai.Law. We are the first AI-driven platform to focus specifically on drafting litigation documents. BriefCatch.