The Estrin Report

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

” “Enhanced case efficiency by streamlining legal research and document management processes.” ” “Enhanced case efficiency by streamlining legal research and document management processes.” She is CEO of Estrin Legal Staffing , a nationwide staffing organization.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

JUNE 17, 2021

Litigation Software as a New Litigation Paralegal. As a new litigation paralegal, it is not expected that you will have mastered all of these technologies. However, it is a good idea for you to be familiar with what the different technologies can do at various stages of a litigation case. Discovery/Litigation Software.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Legal Research and Writing In my first year of studying Paralegal Studies, my school provided us with Westlaw/LexisNexis (legal research software) that we used for legal research purposes. which provided me with a comprehensive understanding of the legal system and procedures. LEARN MORE 3.

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Attorney at Work

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Using legal data for strategic law firm planning is no longer reserved for BigLaw. We’ll also discuss how to combine insights from litigation trends with lessons learned from previous articles to determine where to focus your marketing efforts for the greatest return. But they shouldn’t stop there.

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ABA Journal

JANUARY 5, 2021

Fastcase and Casemaker, two competing legal research companies that have previously faced off in litigation, announced Tuesday that they have merged. The companies have also…

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Paralegal Bootcamp

JULY 24, 2023

However, it’s essential to understand that the kind of litigation paralegal role you choose will influence your job satisfaction. This is because some paralegals might prefer a corporate setting as an in-house paralegal, while others might thrive in a law firm setting working in civil litigation or other commercial litigation.

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Attorney at Work

JANUARY 13, 2022

Artificial intelligence tools have become prevalent in legal practice, particularly in eDiscovery. That doesn’t mean, however, that law firms and litigation support teams have been quick to embrace them. Despite their benefits, many legal organizations have been hesitant to implement AI tools. AI Hesitation.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

JANUARY 4, 2024

WHAT IS A LITIGATION PARALEGAL? A litigation paralegal is someone who works under the supervision of an attorney who practices in criminal or civil litigation. A litigation paralegal assists the attorney with many case management duties, from the complaint through the trial and the appeal. Draft pleadings and discovery.

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LawSites

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Following on the heels of its $11 million Series A raise last June, Alexi, a company that uses generative AI to produce detailed legal research memos for litigators, today announced a significant expansion of its platform with new tools for case management, document analysis and summarization, and more.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The Litigation Paralegal Career Accelerator is a framework that I developed a while ago when I was outlining the curriculum for the Litigation Paralegal Boot Camp program. They taught me in school how to write a legal research memo using the IRAC method. The Litigation Paralegal Career Accelerator. But they didn’t.

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LawSites

APRIL 26, 2022

However, the judge did not accept a second antitrust theory asserted by ROSS — that TR had engaged in anticompetitive conduct by pursuing sham litigation. But Judge Stark concluded, “ROSS has failed to plausibly allege that Plaintiffs have engaged in sham litigation.” 31, 2021.

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Attorney at Work

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

The pace of litigation is dizzying. There was no effective way to perform practical legal research on state trial court records. Fortunately, much of this tedious work has already been performed by major legal technology platforms. But things are starting to change. Current Capabilities of Judicial Analytics.

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LawSites

MARCH 24, 2025

eDiscovery Assistant Rebrands as Minerva26: A New Era of Strategic Discovery Begins The trusted legal research platform evolves into a strategic command center for discovery, equipping litigators with foresight, clarity, and control over ESI.

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LawTechnologyToday

DECEMBER 9, 2022

“Slowly but surely” may be an apt phrase to describe the results from the 2022 ABA Legal Technology Survey Report covering Litigation Technology & E-Discovery. Many Years and Much Litigation. When asked to describe the type of attorney respondents mostly closely identified with, 46% stated they were “primarily litigation.”

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Above The Law

MAY 7, 2021

Any angle you miss can be disastrous.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Download it below to learn: A detailed explanation of legal AI assistants The benefits a legal AI assistant can bring to your practice Specific use cases for litigation and transactions The importance of data security and privacy protections The post Gen AI: Your Legal Research Assistant, Not Your Replacement appeared first on Above the Law.

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LawSites

APRIL 16, 2024

The global legal research company vLex today announced the launch of Vincent AI Document Analyze, a new tool in its suite of generative AI features that enables legal professionals to analyze litigation and transactional documents and surface legal and factual information that they can use in preparing a response.

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CARET Legal

MARCH 20, 2024

Reviewing Trial Court Proceedings For complex cases, such as patent litigation, the task of reviewing trial court proceedings can be quite intensive. For example, in a patent litigation case, the system would neatly categorize and store numerous documents, making it easier for the team to review and identify potential errors.

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Attorney at Work

JULY 14, 2021

Legal recruiting is an important business development tool for law firms looking to expand their client roster, build up their practice areas, and open offices in new locations. In this second article, let’s discuss how firms can use litigation data to make their legal recruiting a more successful and profitable endeavor.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

APRIL 7, 2021

Business Development/Sales for legal support vendor. Professional Blogger/Marketer to the legal field. Litigation Support Analyst. Maybe you’ve been a litigation paralegal for several years (or corporate paralegal, real estate paralegal…fill in any practice area here) and you’re looking for a career change.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

JUNE 22, 2023

Your legal team is counting on your confidence to prepare documents, talk to clients, and conduct legal research. Litigation Paralegal Boot Camp Are you still waiting for on-the-job training that takes you through each phase of a litigation case and shows you what you can do to support your attorneys? GET ACCESS 7.

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LawSites

JUNE 7, 2022

Now, Casetext is formally launching that search tool under a new name, AllSearch , and with a focus on helping litigators search large sets of legal documents, including for e-discovery or to search internal databases and repositories, such as brief banks, litigation records, deposition transcripts, and expert reports.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

DECEMBER 20, 2024

As Ive been developing this new course, its bringing back some memories when back in 2010 I was telling litigation paralegals they needed to get up to speed on eDiscovery. For those who are new listeners and dont know what that means Lets say that youre a litigation paralegal working in a law firm that barely ever goes to trial.

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LawSites

JUNE 7, 2021

A first-of-its-kind tool introduced last year to automate the drafting of litigation briefs has been named new product of the year for 2021 by the American Association of Law Libraries. CARA has since spawned a generation of similar products from other legal research companies. Casetext says it can cut brief-writing time by 76%.

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Blackstone Career Institute

JULY 17, 2024

A Certificate in Legal Research to Advance in Your Paralegal Career Legal research is a fundamental skill for any paralegal, enabling them to support attorneys, draft documents, and ensure that all legal proceedings are well-informed and accurate.

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Attorney at Work

MAY 23, 2022

Keeping up on the litigation landscape with AI-powered legal analytics can help cultivate productive and meaningful client relationships. “As Mammen describes a practice many commercial litigators use to tap into new business opportunities. With registered alerts on a legal analytics platform , litigators can stay proactive.

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LawSites

JANUARY 17, 2022

The legal research company Casetext has raised $25 million in a Series C funding round, bringing its total amount raised to $64.3 In 2020, the company introduced a first-of-its-kind product, Compose , that automates the drafting of litigation briefs. million since its founding in 2013. ” Track Record of Innovation.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The Problem with Staying in Your Lane A perfect example of this is a litigation paralegal who I interviewed for a position at the firm. At her firm, they had paralegals pigeon-holed into a specific phase of a litigation case. One paralegal did all of the legal research, cite checking and investigations.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Legal Research and Presentations. A large part of this consists of conducting legal research, gathering relevant information, and assembling it all into a written report and/or a presentation. Draft Pleadings, Document Responses, and Discovery. Get the LTA Now for Only $79. Meet the Author.

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Sterno

JUNE 30, 2022

The digital age is transforming virtually every industry, and the legal field is no exception. Modern tools and techniques like eDiscovery, legal research analytics, automated document assembly, and e-filing are streamlining and improving the traditional litigation process.

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Above The Law

JULY 20, 2022

What this means for you, in a nutshell, is that the epic litigation research project that used to take you all weekend can now be completed in a matter of minutes, with full confidence that you’ve found all relevant results (or lack thereof, contrary to what that partner might think).

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LawSites

JUNE 15, 2023

Well before launching CoCounsel this year, it had already launched the powerful neural net search technology AllSearch and 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, which spawned a generation of copycat products.

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LawSites

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Two litigation-focused Canadian legal technology companies, CiteRight and Jurisage , have merged, combining CiteRight’s litigation drafting program with Jurisage’s AI technology to create an integrated legal research and drafting solution.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

A word to the wise: if you absolutely have to be out of the office no later than 5, either to pick up the kids at daycare or something else that’s not flexible with time – do NOT choose the litigation practice area. ARE YOU NEW TO LITIGATION? Back when I used to work in a law firm, I regularly worked 60-hour weeks.

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ABA Journal

APRIL 1, 2021

A corporate litigant disputing the legal bill charged by Squire Patton Boggs has filed a third-party complaint alleging that LexisNexis helped the law firm inflate…

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LawSites

MAY 29, 2024

Document management company iManage and legal research company vLex now have something else in common besides brand names that start with lower-case letters.

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LawSites

MAY 19, 2021

One of the riskiest aspects of litigation practice is spoliation — the destruction or alteration of evidence — which can carry costly sanctions for both lawyers and their clients. “Being able to see with a few clicks, in any jurisdiction across the U.S., “Being able to see with a few clicks, in any jurisdiction across the U.S.,

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