NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

MARCH 30, 2025

If you practice in or near a major city, youre likely focused on marketing your law practice in said major city. Theres just one problem with that idea: so are all your competitors. But, your vision for a local web presence can be broader, if you zoom out. The fact is that if you start looking at suburbs, youre likely to find underserved communities; and, if your law firm can focus on providing services there, youll be more noticeable, since youll have fewer direct competitors.

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Attorney at Work

APRIL 3, 2025

Wayne Hassay | No-nonsense insight on how legal service plans work and how they deliver for solo and small law firms. The post Unlocking the Full Potential of Your Legal Practice: How Lawyers Can Leverage Legal Service Plans appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.

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Above The Law

MARCH 31, 2025

Access to justice is a persistent challenge in the legal industry. While many focus on legal representation, its easy to overlook how foundational processes like service of process contribute to the problem. In Season 10, Episode 5 of “ Notes to My (Legal) Self ,” I sat down with Eric Voogt, trial lawyer and CEO of Proof Technology, to discuss how legal tech can revolutionize the practice of law and increase access to justice.

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LawSites

APRIL 2, 2025

When I speak with leaders at large law firms, the conversation often turns to the unique challenges they face in todays complex legal landscape. These firms, managing massive litigation portfolios and handling intricate, high-stakes cases, are under increasing pressure to deliver faster results while maintaining exceptional quality and meeting stringent security and compliance standards.

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Speaker: Joe Stephens, J.D., Attorney and Law Professor

The difference between a paralegal and an exceptional paralegal isn't just competence—it's the bold initiative to anticipate needs, master hidden firm dynamics, and transform challenges into opportunities that showcase your indispensable value. Join this webinar with attorney Joe Stephens to get an insider's perspective into how you can become a strategic asset to your practice!

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Above The Law

APRIL 2, 2025

Image courtesy of AffiniPay. They say time is moneyfor law firms, every billable minute counts toward profitability. Yet many firms struggle to capture the full value of their work. Manual time tracking often leads to missed billable hours, inaccurate invoicing, and lost revenue. The solution? Automating time tracking through technology. In this post, well explore how passive time tracking is helping law firms maximize revenue, increase operational efficiency, and reduce administrative burdens.

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Above The Law

APRIL 1, 2025

For the last couple years, legal tech shows mostly involve vendors explaining how they’ve “ slapped some AI on ” their products and vaguely promising that some future iteration of AI will arrive to assist every step of the attorney workflow. But great leaps in generative AI capabilities seems unlikely to arrive , being that the most exciting AI development of the last several months wasn’t an advancement but rather DeepSeek unveiling TemuGPT for a fraction of the cost.

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CARET Legal

APRIL 2, 2025

Instead of scrambling to fix problems mid-split, firms that plan ahead keep cases moving, client relationships intact, and finances in order. A law firm split inherently comes with a lot of moving parts. Clients, case files, financials, workflows, staff – all shifting at once. Without a plan, things can slip through the cracks, causing delays and disputes.

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Above The Law

APRIL 2, 2025

Litera CEO Avaneesh Marwaha Generating first drafts of legal documents. Managing contract redlines and coordinating revisions. Surfacing hard-to-find data. In the age of generative AI, the biggest legal technology use cases often focus on streamlining the tasks routinely performed by junior associates. For Litera CEO Avaneesh Marwaha, however, the focus is shifting.

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Above The Law

MARCH 30, 2025

Fallout From Skadden’s Capitulation: A principled “I QUIT” from an associate. Suddenly Skadden Associates Can’t Send Out Mass Emails: Not suspicious at all… Jenner & Block and WilmerHale Get Court Victories Against Trump: From a pair of GOP-appointed federal judges. Speaking Of Conservative Judges And Principled Stands: Maybe stop calling for impeachment when judges are just doing their jobs is a good idea.

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Speaker: David Worrell, CFO, Author & Speaker

Your financial statements hold powerful insights—but are you truly paying attention? Many finance professionals focus on the income statement while overlooking key signals hidden in the balance sheet and cash flow statement. Understanding these numbers can unlock smarter decision-making, uncover risks, and drive long-term success. Join David Worrell, accomplished CFO, finance expert, and author, for an engaging, nontraditional take on reading financial statements.

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JURIST

APRIL 1, 2025

US District Court Judge Susan Paradise Baxter ruled Monday that Pennsylvania must count undated or misdated mail-in ballots, finding that rejecting such ballots violated the First Amendment. Plaintiffs Bette Eakin, Ines Massella, Fetterman for PA, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee filed suit against Pennsylvania’s 67 county boards of elections in 2022.

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FDA Law Blog

MARCH 31, 2025

By Steven J. Gonzalez On March 31, 2025, U.S. District Judge Sean D. Jordan ordered that FDAs Laboratory Developed Tests (LDT) Final Rule be vacated and set aside, in its entirety. That Rule sought to codify FDAs view that LDTs are medical devices subject to FDA regulation under the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) and then phase out, over a four-year period, FDAs purported policy of enforcement discretion for such tests.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 2, 2025

Share The Supreme Court on Wednesday largely upheld the Food and Drug Administrations denials of two companies applications to sell flavored liquids for use in e-cigarettes. In a unanimous ruling, the justices threw out a ruling by the conservative U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit holding that the FDA had improperly pulled a regulatory switcheroo when it gave the companies instructions that they followed but then ignored those instructions and denied authorization while imposing new req

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Above The Law

APRIL 3, 2025

Getting started is hard to do. Whether you are transitioning from a law firm to an in-house role or stepping into your first in-house position, the shift can be overwhelming. Many lawyers quickly realize that law school does not fully prepare them for the realities of in-house practice. Its a common complaint among legal professionals — some argue that law schools should do more to bridge the gap, while others believe that new in-house lawyers must take the initiative to gain practical exp

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Analyzing contract trends with manual contract management is like sifting through a pile of papers in a dimly lit room, trying to find clues manually. Advanced CLM software’s contract data analytics, on the other hand, is like having an AI-based, intelligent magnifying glass that not only highlights key clues but also connects the dots for you. With innovative, AI-powered contract data analytics, you can solve the mystery of trends faster and with greater accuracy, making informed decisions base

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JURIST

MARCH 31, 2025

The French competition regulator, Autorit de la concurrence, fined Apple on Monday $162 million over its App Tracking Transparency (ATT) tool. The regulator found that the ATT framework was unnecessarily complex and biased, violating France’s and EU’s privacy laws. The agency fined Apple because the consent required by ATT is burdensome for users, violating the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the French Data Protection Act.

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LLRX

MARCH 31, 2025

This semi-monthly column by Sabrina I. Pacifici highlights news, government documents, NGO/IGO papers, conferences, industry white papers and reports, academic papers and speeches, and central bank actions on the subject of AIs fast paced impact on the banking and finance sectors. The chronological links provided are to the primary sources, and as available, indicate links to alternate free versions.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 31, 2025

Share The Supreme Court on Monday appeared sympathetic to the argument by a Catholic Charities chapter that Wisconsin violated the Constitution when it refused to give the group the same exemption from the states unemployment tax that it provides to churches, religious schools, and some religious groups. Justices from both sides of the ideological spectrum seemed to agree that the states denial of the exemption amounted to discrimination against Catholic Charities, with Justice Elena Kagan sugge

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Above The Law

APRIL 1, 2025

Ed. note : This is the latest in the article series, Cybersecurity: Tips From the Trenches , by our friends at Sensei Enterprises , a boutique provider of IT, cybersecurity, and digital forensics services. Another week and another data breach hit the press with thousands of victims medical records accessed by attackers. Bassford Remele, a Minnesota-based law firm, announced that it had experienced a data breach starting last summer.

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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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JURIST

APRIL 2, 2025

The US District Court for the Northern District of California on Monday granted the plaintiffs’ motion to postpone Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem’s attempt remove the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) from Venezuelan immigrants. Earlier this month, the DHS sought to reduce TPS as a way to limit migration pathways to the US on the grounds of national security.

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Attorney at Work

APRIL 2, 2025

Teddy Snyder | More effective communication with clients starts with understanding you know too much. The post The Curse of Knowledge: Effective Communication When You Know Too Much appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.

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HowAppealing

APRIL 1, 2025

“Supreme Court Leans Toward Catholic Charity in Tax Case; The Wisconsin Supreme Court had ruled that the groups activities in serving the states poor were not religious enough to qualify for a tax exemption”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report. And Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post reports that “ Supreme Court appears to back tax exemption for Catholic Charities; The Wisconsin Catholic Charities case has implications for other religiously connected nonprofits

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Above The Law

MARCH 31, 2025

Uh-oh! As noted by Reuters , the national Multistate Bar Examination (MBE) mean scaled score is back to an all-time low. This isnt what we like to see when it comes to the bar. Higher MBE scores from recent administrations of the exam gave those in legal academia some hope that the future would be brighter for test-takers. Unfortunately, according to the the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE), average MBE scores are down to a dismal 130.8.

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JURIST

APRIL 2, 2025

The Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea ordered a recall of parliament on April 8, 2025, to debate a motion of no confidence on Monday. The court decided that parliament’s rejection of an earlier motion of no-confidence against the prime minister was unconstitutional. The Supreme Court ruled that the parliament’s Private Business Committee’s decision to reject the motion of no confidence, acted on by Deputy Speaker Koni Iguan on November 27, 2024, was unconstitutional and breache

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LawSites

MARCH 31, 2025

Two leading international legal transformation think tanks, Digital Legal Exchange (DLEx) and Liquid Legal Institute (LLI), are joining forces effective April 1.

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HowAppealing

APRIL 1, 2025

“J&J Effort to Use Bankruptcy to End Talc Cancer Claims Rejected”: Steven Church, Jonathan Randles, and Jef Feeley of Bloomberg News have this report. And Dietrich Knauth of Reuters reports that “ US judge rejects J&J’s $10 billion baby powder settlement.” You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas at this link.

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Above The Law

APRIL 3, 2025

Contracts are the backbone of commerce, but they often create friction, delay, and unnecessary expense. In Season 10, Episode 7 of “Notes to My (Legal) Self,” I sat down with Jake Stein, co-founder and CEO of Common Paper, to explore how standard contracts can transform the way businesses negotiate, close deals, and manage obligations. Jakes journey from tech founder to legal innovator offers valuable insights into the challenges and opportunities of standardization in the legal fiel

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