Attorney at Work

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Answer: In previous articles, I’ve focused on ways to successfully use email — “the grand champion of modern-day communication” – as well as try to get lawyers to ditch email for more secure client engagement (read: client portals). Four Ethics Considerations for Lawyers Texting Clients. Confidentiality. Communication. Documentation.

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Above The Law

MARCH 10, 2025

It taught me that my role as product counsel isnt just about drafting contracts or mitigating risks. Take enterprise contracts, for example. For more strategies on building trust and driving business wins as a product lawyer, check out my book, “ Product Counsel: Advise, Innovate, and Inspire.” The result?

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Attorney at Work

JANUARY 18, 2022

Advances in technology and access to legal staffing is helping rural lawyers improve workflows and operate more efficiently. How can rural attorneys consistently get on the same playing field as urban and suburban lawyers? Other legal technology tools can help lawyers handle billing, time-tracking and case management.

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Attorney at Work

APRIL 5, 2022

A lawyer sets clients at ease by effectively communicating, which means client email that is prompt, informed, easy to read and proactive. For most lawyers fresh out of law school, it’s going to be a bit before they’re arguing in a courtroom or negotiating in a boardroom on behalf of a client. Let’s break that down in more detail.

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Attorney at Work

APRIL 15, 2022

Catherine Tang (@attorneycat) is a business and trademark lawyer licensed in California and Wisconsin. He is also a sought-after trainer and presenter for lawyers who seek to integrate Macs and iPads into their practice. Related reading: “ Lawyer Tech Tips: Collaboration Tools.”). Time to enhance your productivity.

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ABA Journal

APRIL 17, 2024

Contract management. Compliance updates. Discovery responses. Intellectual property portfolio management. These rote, often-time-consuming tasks can all be part of an in-house counsel’s day-to-day schedule. The…

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ABA Journal

MARCH 20, 2023

Husband-and-wife lawyers Jared and Elizabeth Lee Beck have filed a breach of contract suit in a bid for reinstatement to Twitter that is based on…

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LawSites

JANUARY 31, 2024

TermScout , an AI contract review company, has launched a first-of-its-kind AI marketplace where lawyers and other contracting experts can build and sell their own contract review AIs, developed based on their unique expertise. In effect, users can get an expert review of a contract with just a few clicks.

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Attorney at Work

JUNE 4, 2022

So, let’s focus on two parts of your question: Do the Rules of Professional Conduct allow lawyers to store and transmit client information in the cloud? What steps should lawyers take to ensure the security of the data stored there? Some of those opinions may be found on the ABA Legal Technology Resource Center’s webpage.

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OneLegal

JUNE 23, 2023

Can non-lawyers draft contracts? Delegation is key to what makes a firm work, but attorneys should know where they stand on contracts. The post Can non-lawyers and paralegals draft contracts? appeared first on One Legal.

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Attorney at Work

AUGUST 26, 2021

Contract attorneys have made it possible for legal organizations to level up their teams’ expertise without increasing headcount. . In many cases, this meant that they, like their law firm counterparts, hired contract attorneys to fill in gaps, provide niche expertise and keep costs in check. Here are some lessons they learned.

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

When it comes to contract negotiations, lawyers often find themselves spending countless hours haggling over standard agreements such as NDAs and SaaS contracts, with both sides often saying more or less the same thing, but in different words. What if there was a better way?

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Above The Law

MARCH 5, 2025

Now, in 2024, AI is transforming how lawyers work, raising new questions about ethics, bias, regulation, and intellectual property. Why SXSW Matters for the Legal Profession So why am I, a lawyer and legal technology blogger here? Stephen Embry is a lawyer, speaker, blogger and writer. This is what makes SXSW so valuable.

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Above The Law

MARCH 6, 2025

Its a golden age for thought leadership, and any lawyer can step into the spotlight and build their reputation. contract disputes, compliance issues, estate planning) Why youre uniquely qualified (your experience, approach, or expertise) Write like a human, not a law textbook. Try this format: Who you serve (e.g., The good news?

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JURIST

DECEMBER 4, 2021

JURIST EXCLUSIVE – Armed Taliban fighters broke up a press conference by Afghan lawyers about to start at a Kabul hotel early Sunday morning, arresting several of the lawyers in attendance. The lawyers arrested were held for about half an hour before being released.

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Above The Law

AUGUST 7, 2023

Human lawyers will always be crucial for ensuring contracts and licensing agreements related to AI systems and services are comprehensive, clear, and adhere to relevant laws and regulations. The post 7 Key Considerations For Lawyers Negotiating Contracts For AI Services appeared first on Above the Law.

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Above The Law

MARCH 5, 2025

” Its filled with actionable insights to help lawyers like you become trusted partners in building better products. The post How I Became The Lawyer My Product Team Trusts appeared first on Above the Law. Have you had a moment where understanding the product made all the difference?

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Attorney at Work

APRIL 8, 2022

Of course, the lawyer-client relationship doesn’t center on billing processes or project management. Jake, I’m going to send you an email with a secure link to that contract in three days. The link will take you to a portal where you’ll sign the contract electronically in three places. Then, find another lawyer to help you.

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The Estrin Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Lawyers are often smart, ambitious, and highly educated. That being said, what does it take to stand out and become a “Top Lawyer” in your specific field of law? What better way to use those skills in a professional environment than as a lawyer? How important is it for a lawyer to go to a top-tier school?

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Above The Law

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Bloomberg Law News ] * Babe, wake up -- new contracts hypo just dropped: "Cheating husband sues wife for house after mother-in-law died watching them fight" [ Hindustan Times ] * Firms merging to form "Antitrust Powerhouse" in most ironic news of the day. Texas Lawyer ] * Thou Shalt Not Violate The First Amendment.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

JURIST EXCLUSIVE – One of our law student correspondents in Myanmar sends this update on the latest arrests of protestors and dissidents opposed to the new military government that seized power in the country in the February 1 coup : Right now, they’re targeting the lawyers. He’s now being chased too. Thura U Shwe Mann. U Kyaw Toe.

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ABA Journal

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The founding partners of Tully Rinckey should each be suspended for 90 days because of employment and separation agreements that restricted departing lawyers’ right to…

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

JURIST EXCLUSIVE – Law students and lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the fall of Kabul to the Taliban. In particular, judges, prosecutors, and lawyers were trained in and outside of Afghanistan to better perform and run the judicial system of the country.

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LawSites

JANUARY 4, 2024

In October, the contract lifecycle management company SpotDraft announced an early-access release of its new generative AI add-in for Microsoft Word, called VerifAI , designed to help lawyers streamline the process of reviewing contracts. It also answers open-ended, contextual and logical questions about contracts.

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LawSites

OCTOBER 20, 2023

The contract lifecycle management company SpotDraft today launched a generative AI add-in for Microsoft Word that is designed to help lawyers streamline the process of reviewing contracts — and it is available for anyone to try for free through the end of December. You can also opt to check just a single guideline.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Artificial intelligence has gone from science fiction to boardroom reality, and if youre an in-house lawyer, chances are youre grappling with its implications already. Imagine drafting a contract and, instead of starting from scratch, a tool like ChatGPT generates a well-structured template in seconds.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Armed with a team of six associates, Stephen Fackler , a Gibson Dunn partner based in Palo Alto and New York, volunteered to take the lead, advising on media distribution contracts, tax strategy, and charity solicitation regulations. “I was reviewing contracts as late as hours before the concert started.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Heres a breakdown of what these terms mean, how they differ, and the key legal issues that in-house lawyers should prioritize. Why The Distinction Matters For in-house lawyers, distinguishing between these AI types is not just semantics — it informs how you assess risks, ensure regulatory compliance, and allocate liability.

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ABA Journal

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic may be changing the composition of juries because of the exclusion of people who fear contracting the virus, defense lawyers have told…

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

While law firms struggle to keep a lid on AI security threats and otherwise control lawyers using AI out of turn , Linklaters has a forward-thinking solution that more firms should embrace. out of 10 and bet-the-company lawyering doesn’t grade on a curve. It’s not like Linklaters is alone on this.

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Above The Law

JANUARY 27, 2025

Contracts are the backbone of commerce, but they often create friction, delay, and unnecessary expense. Heres what we learned about why standard contracts matter and how they can reshape the way we do business. The concept of standard contracts isnt new. Jake sees standard contracts as the free lunch of legal innovation.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

In a recent conversation, he shared his insights into the profound ways generative AI (GenAI) is reshaping the legal profession — and why experimentation and data-driven approaches are essential for lawyers navigating this technological shift. Watch the full conversation here: Empirical Evidence on the Impact of AI in Law. The results?

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NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

JANUARY 18, 2025

Ideally, two things: First, you want to clearly explain to both the payor and the client that the payor is not the client, the client is which sounds like an obvious thing for lawyers, but wont be for your clients and the person paying the legal fees. If youd like to talk law firm fees, and managing same contact us today!

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Above The Law

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Our friends at LegalOn Technologies share real world use cases on how legal professionals are transforming their contract review process. The post Now Is The Time For Efficiency Revolution In Contract Review appeared first on Above the Law.

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JURIST

MAY 19, 2023

This was shortly before his company was awarded several high-profile government contracts to operate in Papua New Guinea. Matheson has a career that has been marked with controversy in Australia. Through his lawyers Matheson has denied all wrongdoing and stated the charges are “nothing short of obfuscatory.”

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LawSites

MARCH 1, 2023

After all, this is the company that had already launched the powerful neural net search technology AllSearch and that had pioneered products such as Compose , to help lawyers draft litigation briefs, and, in 2016 , CARA, the first product to use AI to analyze briefs. Contract policy compliance. Extract data from contracts.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

For in-house lawyers, the legal landscape has always been unpredictable. Embrace Uncertainty In-house lawyers learned to embrace uncertainty the hard way during the pandemic. That is the worst thing an in-house lawyer can do. The best in-house lawyers know when to act decisively and when to wait. Lets face it.

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