The IP Law Blog

JUNE 2, 2022

Rather, Munchkin says TOMY’s counsel drafted the opinion and Darley signed it. First, the Court noted Darley stated throughout his deposition that he dictated his opinions to counsel, counsel typed up the report, it was sent to him, and he made edits.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

AUGUST 25, 2021

Call ABC client for draft interrogatory responses to #’s 2, 3, 4. Draft standard objections section of interrogatory responses. Draft interrogatory responses. Send draft interrogatory responses for attorney’s review. Run deposition exhibit report to include as exhibits in the trial exhibit list. For example: ABC v.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

His team conducted experiments where law students used GPT-4 for tasks like drafting memos, contracts, and complaints. From brainstorming contract clauses to summarizing depositions, AI shines when paired with experienced lawyers who can validate its output and refine its suggestions. The results? and start trying it out.

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Attorney at Work

MARCH 8, 2022

The mixed messages may just mean the partner forgot what they told you on the previous draft. Or, now that you’ve made the change, they can see they liked the previous draft better. The one-word responses may simply be the product of a partner who is overwhelmed or busy.

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The Estrin Report

DECEMBER 26, 2024

If your experience is primarily in research, depositions, and trial work, your chances of landing a marketing role are slim without additional preparation. For example, consider a litigation attorney aiming to transition into marketing. What aspects of your legal background establish credibility in marketing?

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Attorney at Work

OCTOBER 11, 2022

see “classic retainer” vs. “advance payment retainer” vs. “security retainer” in Illinois ), but in general, a lawyer is required to deposit flat fees and expenses paid into a client trust account in advance for representation. Some states allow a retainer that is earned upon payment (e.g., See Model Rule 1.15.

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LawSites

OCTOBER 24, 2023

At the time, I wrote about how one immigration lawyer had used it to dramatically shortcut the time-consuming process of drafting O-1 visa petitions. Users can generate a general summary or apply a summary template for specialized use cases, such as depositions or loan agreements.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The Players List can easily become your draft witness list. Conflicting testimony of the witness (a reference to prior statements, depositions, interrogatories, etc.). Deposition transcript with highlighted key questions. List of demonstrative exhibits, audio-visual aids, etc. Copies of the subpoena with proof of service.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

I have dealt with experts who charged more to read a deposition transcript than I spent taking the very same deposition and exhibit other billing practices that were hard to justify. In still other situations, drafts of expert reports might be discoverable.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Circuit ruled, that expropriated funds or the proceeds from expropriated property were deposited into a country’s general treasury isn’t consistent with the plain text of the FSIA. Justice Sonia Sotomayor wanted more information, asking Glasgow how the court should draft its opinion. Simply showing, as the D.C.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Instead of waiting for the attorney to ask you to prepare for an upcoming deposition or a summary judgment filing, you could start working on those projects well in advance of being asked. The Players List also becomes your draft Trial Witness List when you start preparing for trial. What is a Players List? Why have a Players List?

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Paralegal Bootcamp

JANUARY 4, 2024

Three primary areas of case management responsibility include: Draft pleadings and discovery. Prepare for depositions, mediations, and arbitrations. Draft pleadings and discovery. Draft pleadings and discovery. Prepare for depositions, mediations, and arbitrations. Assist at trial. What does that mean?

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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. Prepare for a deposition. Review documents. Legal research memo.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Draft Pleadings, Document Responses, and Discovery. For example, as a litigation paralegal , daily tasks can include drafting legal documents such as complaints, subpoenas, deposition notices, pretrial orders, interrogatories, and briefs with various involved parties.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

MAY 12, 2022

You can find Medical Boards here–and if you schedule the deposition of a doctor, take a quick look and see if any disciplinary information is available. Yesterday at a deposition, it was said that someone from the news media was on-scene, but the witness did not know who. Your Public Library.

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JURIST

AUGUST 11, 2021

It also introduced the concept of a drop box where the petitions, cases, applications may be deposited for filing. Working on similar lines, Madhya Pradesh High Court is giving the lawyers the freedom to choose their mode of appearance from either physical or virtual hearing in urgent matters.

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Day on Torts

MARCH 10, 2023

In an HCLA case discovery dispute, the Tennessee Court of Appeals ruled that plaintiff’s testifying experts’ “notes, drafts, and communications with counsel” were discoverable under the Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure and that plaintiff had waived any claim that the requested items were privileged. In Starnes v. Akinlaja , No.

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LawSites

MARCH 14, 2023

They can also use it to extract data from contracts, draft a legal research memo, and prepare for a deposition. Lawyers can use it to search a database, review documents, summarize documents, and review contracts for policy compliance. Watch for LawNext interview next week with Casetext about this latest news.

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Attorney at Work

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Whether Office 365 or Google Calendar make sure meetings, hearings, depositions and trial dates are shared and don’t slip through the cracks. Draft New Office Policies. Or will GotoMeeting or Google Hangouts suffice? Is everyone consistently using online calendaring tools?

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Paralegal Bootcamp

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Document management systems organize the electronic version of everything in the case, like the Microsoft Word documents that you are drafting, memos you are drafting, etc. Then there are deposition software applications , as well as trial technology. This is also very specific to what your employer uses.

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MyCase

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

For example, instead of listing separate times for reviewing case law, drafting a motion, and attending a client deposition, they are all combined into one block of hours. hours Draft research memo: 1 hour Review and revise the memo: 0.5

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Conflict of Laws

MARCH 31, 2025

HCCH Monthly Update: March 2025 Membership On 5 March 2025, Rwanda deposited its instrument of acceptance of the Statute, becoming the 92 nd Member of the HCCH. only after it deposits an instrument of ratification pursuant to Art. On the same day, Guatemala applied to become a Member of the HCCH. More information is available here.

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Attorney at Work

JULY 22, 2021

We are incorporating AI to help users: 1) check their brief before filing it; 2) analyze an adversary’s brief to spot inconsistencies, highlight potential misrepresentations, and help formulate a response; and, 3) develop an outline for a hearing or deposition.

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CARET Legal

JANUARY 20, 2025

For instance, a litigation workflow might include predefined steps for drafting motions, scheduling depositions, and preparing for trial. Efficiency Gains LPM software dramatically reduces administrative overhead by automating repetitive tasks such scheduling tasks and events, document drafting, and billing.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

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.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Online course and coaching program that gives you proven methods to increase your billable hours, draft better time entries, and be more productive. If possible, meet with your attorney weeks before depositions, mediations, trials, etc., Billable Hour Boot Camp. LEARN MORE. How can we break the cycle of underutilization? Be Prepared.

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CARET Legal

JANUARY 10, 2025

Purchase Agreements and Contracts Purchase agreements and contracts typically undergo multiple rounds of drafting, review, and revision before finalization. These templates can be pre-populated with standard clauses and firm-specific language, dramatically reducing the time needed to draft initial documents.

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

CoCounsel Core provides customers with eight core generative AI-powered legal skills: Prepare for a Deposition, Draft Correspondence, Search a Database, Review Documents, Summarize a Document, Extract Contract Data, Contract Policy Compliance and Timeline.

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Law 360

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Paul Hastings LLP has called on a California court to compel the founder and former CEO of GenapSys to sit for a deposition in a legal malpractice suit alleging that the firm improperly drafted board documents that invited an expensive lawsuit and led to the genetic sequencing company's "demise and liquidation."

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Attorney at Work

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

”) Arteria AI is an end-to-end contract management tool originally developed by Deloitte’s AI Factory to streamline the drafting process. They can also monitor accepted settlements, tracking any pending payments, recording any deposited checks, and projecting any future income streams. A Powerful Project Management Panacea?

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LawSites

JANUARY 3, 2023

Since the company’s launch in 2018, LAWCLERK has offered the ability to hire freelance attorneys on a discrete project basis for a flat fee, such as to write an appellate brief or draft a contract. An hourly associate can perform any kind of written work and assist with research and discovery.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

For instance, let’s assume a partner asked you to draft a notice of hearing for the Doe v. Calendar any hearing you are copied on an email, and calendar any court or deposition date you find on pleadings. Doe case and you have never done it before. Don’t ask right away, “Oh, I’ve never done this before. Where should I start?”

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Law 360

MARCH 21, 2024

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. on Thursday issued a draft policy proposal that floats new ways the agency would assess the "financial stability" of proposed mergers between insured depository institutions, for the first time identifying $100 billion in assets as the threshold for deals that would get "added scrutiny."

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Paralegal Bootcamp

JANUARY 25, 2024

A document management system that organizes the electronic version of everything in the case, like the Microsoft Word documents that you’re drafting, memos, etc. Deposition software applications Trial Technology All of these are very specific to the employer type and the practice area. But it all has to come into that funnel.

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CARET Legal

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

These trends, from artificial intelligence (AI) to remote depositions and digital reporting, promise to streamline operations, enhance service delivery, and even change the way we approach litigation. It not only saves time but also enhances the accuracy of legal research, contract review, and document drafting.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

MARCH 11, 2022

OCR is also used by many attorneys when drafting appeals, where a specific section needs to be quoted and the possibility of typing is simply tedious. Online course and coaching program that gives you proven methods to increase your billable hours, draft better time entries, and be more productive. Billable Hour Boot Camp.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

MARCH 3, 2023

Remember that Attorneys are not the Grammar Police One thing that I didn’t realize is that a lot of paralegals will do their drafts and not finish the edits. Let’s assume it’s something that’s a draft or something that you’re putting together that the attorney wants to send to a client.

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