OneLegal
JUNE 21, 2023
While obtaining a paralegal credential is a voluntary certification process that can improve a resume, it’s not an entry-level requirement to enter the field. Here are 8 reasons why paralegals should consider becoming certified. The post 8 benefits of becoming a certified paralegal appeared first on One Legal.
Above The Law
JUNE 21, 2023
Firms need cash, and those salaries are costly. The post Is The Cravath Salary Scale To Blame For Biglaw’s Layoffs? appeared first on Above the Law.
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LLRX
JUNE 21, 2023
We all know that the law firm leader’s job is unlike any other in the firm. One way of envisioning its multiple responsibilities is to map them by the constituencies one must address. Today’s leader must be an ambassador to the outside world as well as chief cheerleader, challenger of the status quo, and an implementer of their partners’ collective aspirations within the firm.
ALPS
JUNE 20, 2023
Lawyers Hate Passwords Lawyers have hated passwords since passwords first made their appearance. They resisted having them until their employer (or cyber insurance company) compelled them. Then they constructed simple, too-short passwords — 123456 and the like — easy to guess or crack. They used the names of their pets, their children, their favorite sports teams, etc.
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A Synergistic Approach to eDiscovery In the space of eDiscovery, the convergence of document summarization, sentiment analysis, and chatbots represents a significant change in how legal professionals navigate and manage electronic information. These technologies not only expedite the review process but also empower legal teams with deeper insights into the emotional context and key information within electronic documents.
LawSites
JUNE 21, 2023
A new generative AI product for immigration lawyers announced today is designed to help them conduct research, draft and summarize complex legal documents, and engage with potential clients through a chat interface. Called Visalaw.ai Gen , the product has been developed as a collaboration between the company Visalaw.ai, the technology affiliate of the immigration law firm Siskind Susser , and the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), the national bar organization of more than 16,000 i
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Law 360
JUNE 21, 2023
Potential buyers and sellers in the telecom space should take note of the recent collapse of Standard General's attempted takeover of Tegna, which could not find its way out of a procedural maze created by the Federal Communications Commission's administrative law judge review, says Dennis Corbett at Telecommunications Law Professionals.
Attorney at Work
JUNE 21, 2023
Teddy Snyder | When you find an emphatic auxiliary, a legal double, or a -self pronoun in your writing, give it the necessity test. The post Emphatic Advice: Don’t Write Like a Flight Attendant appeared first on Attorney at Work.
LLRX
JUNE 17, 2023
Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and online security, often without our situational awareness.
JURIST
JUNE 23, 2023
Four Sri Lanka activist organizations accused former Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Thursday of obstructing police investigations into mass graves discovered in an area where he served as a military officer during a Marxist rebellion in 1989. Activist groups the International Truth and Justice Project, the Center for Human Rights and Development, Journalists for Democracy in Sri Lanka, and Families of the Disappeared said in their report that Rajapaksa tampered with police records, t
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Selecting and implementing CLM technology can be daunting, leading to underutilization or abandonment. Factors like provider differentiation, inadequate planning, and lack of user training contribute to these failures. Recognizing these pitfalls is crucial for successful adoption, ensuring organizations harness the full potential of CLM for streamlined contract management.
Paralegal Bootcamp
JUNE 22, 2023
As a paralegal, confidence is key to your role and making a meaningful contribution to your legal team. Whether you’re a seasoned paralegal or just starting out in your career, developing, and maintaining confidence can impact your professional success. With the right skills, mindset, and strategies, you will become a confident paralegal. What is confidence?
NCBA Law Practice Management Blog
JUNE 23, 2023
For a while now, alternate domain extensions have been available, beyond the traditional.com. Of particular interest to attorneys is that.law and.lawyer have been available for a little while now ; and now,esq is available. That’s more inline with the.attorney extension – also available. One of the advantages of buying new domain extensions is getting access to basic domain names that have long been unavailable under the traditional.com formation.
LDA PRO
JUNE 22, 2023
Are you searching for reliable paralegal services in Sacramento to assist you with probate matters? Look no further than LDA Pro Legal. As a local paralegal service specializing in probate cases, we are here to provide you with professional support and guidance throughout the probate process in Sacramento. Why Choose LDA Pro Legal for Paralegal Services in Sacramento?
JURIST
JUNE 21, 2023
A Brooklyn, New York, jury on Tuesday convicted a former New York City police sergeant and two others for acting as illegal agents of Chinese authorities when they attempted to intimidate US residents to return to China. Michael McMahon, a former New York City police sergeant, faces up to 20 years in prison. The other two defendants, Zheng Congying Yong and Zhu Yong, face up to 10 and 25 years in prison, respectively.
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CLM tools have always strived to push contract management into the digital age for almost 30 years. But the complexities of digitising a legal document are numerous. The current scenarios in business development have shown that having a fully automated CLM has become a mandate for every law firm and in-house legal department. To determine if you need a CLM system, it's essential to clearly identify the on-ground business challenges you aim to solve.
Above The Law
JUNE 20, 2023
Rudy used an alias for his election emails. but that's not the real problem. The post Rudy Giuliani Went By Fake Name ‘Helen’ While Building Fake Claims About Fake Ballots appeared first on Above the Law.
NCBA Law Practice Management Blog
JUNE 23, 2023
Data breaches are quite common for small law firms; and, they happen far more often than you might expect. The obvious implication is that one could happen to you. But, if you create and observe a data management program, you’ll be able to reduce your risk significantly – since that document will force you to outline data security threats + how to manage them.
SCOTUSBlog
JUNE 22, 2023
Share Under a historic water crisis in the desert southwest, the Navajo Nation asked for a court order requiring the federal government to determine the Nation’s water needs and to devise a plan to meet those needs. In a 5-4 decision on Thursday, the Supreme Court held that the United States owes no “affirmative duty” to the Navajo Nation to secure water, reversing a decision by the U.S.
JURIST
JUNE 23, 2023
The Higher Regional Court of Koblenz convicted 37-year-old German citizen and former Islamic State (IS) member Nadine K. on Wednesday of unlawfully possessing weapons of war and keeping a 22-year-old Yazidi woman as a “household slave.” Nadine K was sentenced to 9 years imprisonment. The defendant is a German citizen who met her husband, who was a Syrian doctor, in 2013 and converted to his religion, Islam.
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Above The Law
JUNE 21, 2023
Sam Alito tried to get ahead of a ProPublica expose and it didn't work. The post Sam Alito Somehow Manages To Make Himself Look MORE Guilty appeared first on Above the Law.
NCBA Law Practice Management Blog
JUNE 23, 2023
One of the biggest issues attorneys have with developing effective content marketing profiles is that they can’t find the time to write or produce the content they ultimately need to distribute. That’s always been the sticking point. Enter AI, which is taking the world by storm, via ChatGPT , a generative AI tool, which will produce information for you based on queries, or ‘ prompts’.
SCOTUSBlog
JUNE 23, 2023
Share The Supreme Court on Friday decided Samia v. United States , making it easier for the government to introduce confessions in criminal trials involving multiple defendants. In civil and criminal trials involving multiple defendants, evidence is often admissible against one defendant but not another. The most common solution is a jury instruction.
JURIST
JUNE 22, 2023
The US Supreme Court ruled Thursday that an 1868 peace treaty between the US government and the Navajo Tribe does not require the government to secure water access for the tribe. In a 5-4 ruling in Arizona v. Navajo Nation , the court found that, while the treaty assures the tribe’s access to water from various sources, it does not require the government to take affirmative steps for the tribe to obtain water during times of scarcity.
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LawSites
JUNE 22, 2023
A federal district judge has imposed monetary and other sanctions on the two lawyers who filed a brief laden with bogus cases they found when they relied on ChatGPT for legal research. The judge ordered the lawyers, Peter LoDuca and Steven A. Schwartz, as well as the law firm of Levidow, Levidow & Oberman, to pay a penalty of $5,000. He also ordered them to notify their client of the sanctions, and to notify each judge who was falsely identified as the author of the fake court opinions gener
NCBA Law Practice Management Blog
JUNE 23, 2023
There is still a not insignificant subset of attorneys who still dictate communications. Some lawyers w ill dictate to staffpeople , while others use standalone technology, like Dragon Naturally Speaking , to manage the trick. But, you don’t really need any substitute technology to dictate, any longer. All of Microsoft Word , Google Docs and Apple Pages feature dictation tools built-in, at no extra cost.
SCOTUSBlog
JUNE 23, 2023
Share On Thursday, the Supreme Court held that a federal prisoner cannot raise a claim of legal innocence if he has already challenged his conviction – even if that claim was unavailable at the time he filed his challenge. The court’s decision in Jones v. Hendrix turns on the interpretation of the federal habeas statute, as amended by the Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996.
JURIST
JUNE 23, 2023
The EU agreed on Wednesday to issue their eleventh sanctions package against Russia for continuing the war in Ukraine. The new package aims to prevent countries and companies from circumventing sanctions already in effect. President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen welcomed the agreement and assured that the agreement will render the sanctions more effective.
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