Strictly Business

JANUARY 11, 2024

Due diligence is the buyer’s process of discovering and evaluating information about a seller’s business to confirm that acquiring the seller’s equity or assets is a sound investment. However, the process of conducting due diligence differs between transactions for a variety of reasons.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

The traditional path involves calling a law firm partner, who assigns an associate to do the first draft, resulting in a $2,000 bill for approximately four hours of workmainly research, drafting, and revisionat a weighted rate of $500 per hour.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

DECEMBER 9, 2022

They are responsible for: Drafting documents/agreements Corresponding with clients Meeting with clients for the signing of documents Legal Research Using eDiscovery software Representing individuals in small matters Administrative duties. Duties/Responsibilities/Title. One website in France calls a Law Clerk a, “Second-in-Command Lawyer.”

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Paralegal Bootcamp

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

Some of the best paralegals I’ve worked with have been the ones who walk into my office a week before something is due and tell me they’ve already started drafting it. The problem is, not every paralegal student lands a paralegal position as a litigation paralegal. Drafting legal documents. Professionalism and positive attitude.

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LawTechnologyToday

APRIL 16, 2021

Civil Litigation. In some ways, this technology is even more helpful in other areas, like civil litigation. Contract disputes, for instance, require hours of due diligence that AI can automate, saving you hours of monotonous work. Corporate lawyers can use AI to ensure they draft the most beneficial contracts for their clients.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 29, 2023

Photo by Mathias Reding on Unsplash Climate change litigation has finally reached the world’s highest court. Vanuatu published the first draft of the resolution in late 2022. The draft was then altered through a series of consultations with UN delegates in the following months. The UNGA adopted resolution (A/77/L.58)

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Legal Writing Launch

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

By honing these skills, you will be better equipped to draft persuasive motions, compelling briefs, and clear legal opinions. Legal writing tips and techniques are essential tools in this process, as they help refine your ability to draft documents that are clear, concise, and compelling.

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Attorney at Work

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Time may be tight and deadlines might be on your mind, but take the time to do your due diligence when hiring freelancers. If you are a litigator and need someone to draft motions, then you want to make sure the person is a persuasive and strong writer. What is your current schedule? Do you have any samples of your work?

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LawSites

MARCH 21, 2023

Drafting documents, 35%. Conducting due diligence, 12%. Developing litigation strategies, 5%. Draft legal documents/contracts, 39%. The most common way was for researching matters: Researching matters, 59%. Increasing efficiency, 51%. Writing emails, 36%. Understanding new legal concepts, 31%. Streamlining work.

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Legal Writing Launch

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Whether attorneys are drafting briefs, composing legal memos, or preparing litigation documents, the ability to convey arguments and information clearly and persuasively is essential. Lawyers need to draft meticulously documents such as contracts, wills, and statutes to ensure that these documents are enforceable and comprehensible.

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CARET Legal

APRIL 8, 2024

Billable Hours Recap report in CARET Legal Exhausting Case Work Consider, for instance, a lawyer handling a complex litigation case. They might have to spend countless hours reviewing documents, researching case laws, drafting pleadings, and preparing for depositions.

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Calloquy Platform Calloquy is dedicated to making remote legal proceedings safe, secure, and efficient, both to reduce cost and risk for corporate litigants and to expand access to justice for underserved communities. Read this startup’s detailed application. Learn more about this company at the LawNext Legal Tech Directory.

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Cenza

OCTOBER 27, 2021

It also acts as a huge time saver by automating contracting information related to document reviews for due diligence, litigation legalese, legal research, etc. However, ensuring error-free drafting and reviewing the multi-page documentation can be exhausting and seem like an uphill battle. Easing Contract Management.

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LawSites

AUGUST 30, 2022

Out of that voluminous record, you need to find the evidence that supports your arguments, then draft your brief citing to that evidence, and then double-check and mark your citations against the record and build a table of authorities. While learning it is simple, Falcon said, lawyers also have to be diligent about using it.

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

In fairness, the Missouri case involved a pro se litigant, not a lawyer, but that pro se litigant claimed to have gotten the citations from a lawyer he hired through the internet. Karlen , the unwitting litigant filed an appellate brief in which 22 of 24 cases were fictitious. .” In the Missouri case, Kruse v.

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Conflict of Laws

MAY 26, 2021

As was briefly announced earlier on this blog , on 29 January 2021, the Dutch Court of Appeal in The Hague gave a ruling in a long-standing litigation launched by four Nigerian farmers and the Dutch Milieudefensie. Climate change and related human rights litigation is undoubtedly of increasing importance in private international law.

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LawSites

AUGUST 10, 2021

Marwaha said he sees Kira as a natural extension of the Litera Transact workflow, adding contract analysis and due diligence. Last year, Litera acquired litigation management platform Allegory Law , AI contract drafting platform Bestpractix , and table-of-authorities generator Best Authority , and in 2019, it acquired U.K.

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Cenza

AUGUST 25, 2021

Here is a list of key alternative legal services that are enabling legal professionals in enhancing efficiency: Contract Management spanning the end-to-end process, starting with contract migration, clause extraction, due diligence review, and uploading of compatible files to a centralized Contract Management System (CMS).

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Cenza

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Allen spoke about the need for an intellectual tool to master human experience in his paper “ Symbolic Logic: A Razor-edge Tool for Drafting and Interpreting Legal Documents.” Due diligence, which is a time-intensive process, has been simplified by AI-powered tools.

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Paralegal-Edu.Org

APRIL 26, 2024

Yet, behind every successful attorney stands a diligent and indispensable ally: the paralegal. Starting from document drafting, such as pleadings, motions, and briefs, paralegals assume a major function in making sure that legal documents; together with their contents, are accurate, complete, and consistent.

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LawTechnologyToday

MARCH 1, 2023

Our all-in-one virtual litigation platform streamlines and professionalizes the process of conducting and managing remote and hybrid litigation. Users host meetings, mediations, and depositions that mimics real-life litigation scenarios and provides a level of security befitting legal proceedings.

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MyCase

JUNE 5, 2024

AI Legal Analytics Tools What they do: Legal and litigation analytics AI software sorts through and analyzes massive amounts of litigation data, providing reports and data points that enable lawyers to make informed decisions about the course of a litigation matter. Who uses them: Litigation attorneys (often in larger firms).

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Patently O

JANUARY 23, 2024

The Schedule A litigation phenomenon continues apace in the Northern District of Illinois, a court that has become, in the words of Judge Seeger, “ an assembly line for TROs.” But Schedule A litigation is not confined to Chicago. Joes Identified in Schedule A, No. 1:23-cv-02605 (SDNY Jan. 2, 2024), ECF 76.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Imagine if the firm was sued for malpractice for not doing enough work to “diligently defend” that client. 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? Not anymore.

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LawSites

JANUARY 23, 2023

Calloquy Platform Elevator Pitch: Calloquy is dedicated to making remote legal proceedings safe, secure, and efficient, both to reduce cost and risk for corporate litigants and to expand access to justice for underserved communities. What makes you unique or innovative? Read this startup’s detailed application.

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MyCase

JUNE 7, 2024

Redundant Back-and-Forth Client Communications : AI can reduce the need for repetitive communications by providing clearer initial drafts and automated follow-ups. AI for drafting legal documents ensures that routine tasks are handled efficiently. Here’s a breakdown of how AI contributes to different legal functions.

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Cenza

JUNE 15, 2020

This poses a very practical problem in the legal market where the amount of information that needs to be processed and managed, for both litigation and transactional matters, keeps growing at a similarly explosive rate. We are inundated by data, which is currently estimated to be growing at the rate 1.7 Outcome Prediction.

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Strictly Business

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The purchase agreement is typically drafted by the buyer’s counsel after the letter of intent has been signed and the buyer has done enough due diligence to feel confident that it wants to pursue the transaction. where a lawsuit will be held in the event of litigation, payment of expenses associated with the transaction, and so forth).

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CARET Legal

JULY 3, 2024

Imagine you’re working on a complex litigation case involving thousands of documents spanning several decades. Due Diligence in Mergers and Acquisitions: In a large M&A deal, you might need to review thousands of contracts from both companies. With OCR, you can quickly digitize all these documents, making them searchable.

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Legal Writing Launch

OCTOBER 14, 2024

This sample is not just a mere formality; it is a representation of how well you can draft documents, your proficiency in legal research, and your ability to present arguments logically and persuasively. If you are applying to a litigation-focused firm, submit a brief or memorandum that showcases your litigation skills.

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InHouseBlog

JULY 29, 2023

Due Diligence. The next step is for the Buyer to do legal, accounting/financial and business due diligence on the Target. Business due diligence will typically include calls and possibly meetings between the Buyer and the Target’s key customers and suppliers, which will usually be arranged by the Target or its investment bank.

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 3, 2023

The EU Sustainability Directive and Jurisdiction The Draft for a Corporate Sustainable Due Diligence Directive currently contains no rules on jurisdiction. Sommerfeld ) The Proposal for a Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence The process towards an EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive is gaining momentum.

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Conflict of Laws

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

425–493, [link] One component of the European Green Deal is the implementation of a harmonized supply chain law in the form of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CS3D). This article describes how private-law enforcement mechanisms so far have fallen short in ongoing human rights, environmental and climate litigation.

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Conflict of Laws

MAY 17, 2024

28] Be that as it may, if His Majesty’s Government implements its ratification plan as diligently as promised, the HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention may well be the first new building block in the reconstruction what has been significantly shattered on both sides by the twists and turns of Brexit. 30] Draft Statutory Instruments 2024 No.

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Fordham Law News

APRIL 21, 2021

1] In the absence of an international authority with universal jurisdiction over the resolution of international commercial disputes, the only recourse is reliance upon state-based jurisdiction, i.e., litigation, or arbitration. [2] Haydock, International Commercial Disputes Drafting an Enforceable Arbitration Agreement , 21 Wm.

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Cenza

MARCH 30, 2022

The following are some of the reasons why law firms should consider outsourcing their legal processes: Costs: Due to increased regulations and litigation expenses, corporate legal spending is soaring. As per Research and Markets, between 2019 and 2025, the litigation support segment of LPO is forecasted to register a CAGR of over 34.0%.

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Conflict of Laws

JANUARY 27, 2021

A welcome but not unique initiative (Comparison with the UN draft Treaty). This is the second part of his contribution; a first one on the law applicable to strategic lawsuits against public participation can be found here. Neither Article 6a of Rome II nor the proposal for an EU Directive are isolated initiatives.

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