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Alternative Legal Service Provider and Cenza – A quick recap of the journey

Cenza

It took years to shape into a formal industry and to be christened Alternative Legal Service Providers. This fact was further reiterated by Thomson Reuters’ Alternative Legal Service Providers 2021 Report, which unveiled that nearly 79% of law firms and over 71% of corporate law departments are leveraging the services of ALSPs.

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Alternative Legal Service Providers – An ally to embrace

Cenza

Therefore, legal service providers have been contending to streamline their processes and systems with the aid of technology. An effort to maximize the value delivered by technology and enable business growth has resulted in the genesis of Alternative Legal Service Providers (ALSPs). Tracing the ALSPs’ growth path.

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Legal Staffing Lessons for Today’s Marketplace

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Others — about 30% of organizations using contract staff in 2021, by Tower Staffing’s count — are doing so for the first time. Both resolved their issues by bringing in contract attorneys to do the routine due diligence and discovery, freeing up their partners and associates to do more substantive work.

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Pandemic-Related Legal Ethics Opinions: A Compendium

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Pennsylvania Bar Association and Philadelphia Bar Association, Joint Formal Opinion 2021-100 (March 2, 2021). ABA Formal Opinion 498 (March 10, 2021). When practicing virtually, lawyers must particularly consider ethical duties regarding competence, diligence, and communication, especially when using technology.

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Florida Bar Weighs in on Lawyers Accepting Online Payments

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” In the opinion, the Committee considered the how and why of lawyers accepting online payments from clients to pay for legal services. ” Next, the Committee explained that before choosing an online payment processing service, lawyers have an obligation to exercise due diligence when vetting the provider.

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What does legal tech mean for the legal profession?

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In this article, our partners ILSPA (The Institute of Legal Secretaries and PA’s) will consider some of the latest IT innovations affecting the profession. Law firms and government departments have been using new technologies to provide legal services for years. Automated legal research. Providing legal advice.

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Q&A With Allison Murdock: Stepping Up as Stinson LLP’s Managing Partner

Attorney at Work

Murdock: I began serving as managing partner in July 2021 after serving as the firm’s deputy managing partner for 11 years. But, in many respects, my path to managing partner began much earlier in my career and required a parallel commitment to professional development, client service and internal leadership.

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