Attorney at Work

OCTOBER 11, 2022

They provide the client with some certainty about the cost of legal services and lawyers with more financial stability and consistency in taking on client matters. When lawyers consider how they will charge for their legal services, the paramount benchmark of the analysis is Model Rule 1.5(a) When Are Legal Fees Earned?

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What is New York’s publication requirement ? If you commence an action in the courts of the State of New York, or if an action is commenced against you, the opposition will likely search the records of the Department of State to see if the entity is in good standing.

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Attorney at Work

MARCH 25, 2022

Rural lawyers are typically older; a New York state survey of 900 rural lawyers found that 74% were 45 or older and more than 46% said they planned to retire within 10 years. Access to legal services is going down. Regulatory Reform. The growth rate of law firms is flat. who can own and invest in law firms). “In

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LawSites

JANUARY 16, 2024

1 Legalweek is the OG of legal tech conferences. Long called Legaltech New York, it was renamed Legalweek in 2017 , and is one of the largest, longest-running and most-anticipated conferences focused on legal technology and the business of law, last year drawing over 6,000 attendees and featuring more than 300 speakers.

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American Legal Net

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

New York Court News & Updates from American LegalNet U.S. District Court, New York, Southern District: District Judge Richard J. New York State Unified Court System: Tested Positive for Covid19 , updated September 13, 2021. Sullivan posted Individual Practices , dated September 10, 2021.

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Attorney at Work

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Watch for the ABA to update its Model Rules for Lawyer Referral Services. That said, we should keep in mind the world’s largest lawyer referral service is, no doubt, Google. New York and Texas are among the last states to drop the prohibition of law firm trade names, as long as the names are not false or misleading.

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LawSites

JANUARY 17, 2025

One of my most-read stories last year was The Justice Gap in Legal Tech: A Tale of Two Conferences and the Implications for A2J.

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The Crime Report

MARCH 10, 2022

trillion spending package to fund the government through September and sending it on to the Senate, where it is expected to pass, reports the New York Times. The House has approved the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act aimed at preventing domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking, including it in a sprawling $1.5

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Attorney at Work

DECEMBER 8, 2021

People camp out in front of Apple stores before new product releases. John Grisham’s new books always hit the New York Times bestseller list. The importance of thought leadership content for marketing legal services is underscored by changes in the ways consumers are searching for and evaluating lawyers.

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

One of the most innovative general counsel ever, Jeffrey Carr describes his career as decades spent on the radical fringe of reforming legal services delivery. Yet many of his ideas for revamping legal departments, once viewed as radical, have now become mainstream. Thank You To Our Sponsors.

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LawSites

JANUARY 10, 2024

Paladin’s primary focus is on connecting legal services organizations with law firms, corporate legal departments, and bar associations to share and recruit volunteers for pro bono opportunities. Read more about Paladin on the LawNext Legal Technology Directory. , a platform to help immigrant workers fight wage theft.

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LawSites

MAY 3, 2022

Paladin , a legal technology company whose platform enables law firms and legal services organizations to manage their pro bono programs and opportunities, has raised $8 million in Series A funding, which it plans to use to further develop its product and expand its market internationally. .

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The Estrin Report

AUGUST 24, 2023

However, it also saw a fifth partner depart for Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP In New York and a civil litigator leave the firm to join Kennedys in Miami. Legal service provider Leopard Solutions has tracked 278 attorney departures from Lewis Brisbois in the past three months from May 1 to Aug.

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InHouseBlog

OCTOBER 22, 2023

LHH’s guide also indicates that the legal sector may be one of the first to be impacted by the advent of AI technology and tools that will change the delivery of legal services: “Researchers at Princeton University, the University of Pennsylvania, and New York University concluded that legal services is the industry most exposed to AI*, (..)

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LawSites

AUGUST 9, 2022

Just two weeks earlier, Utah had approved sweeping changes in legal services regulation that that allowed non-traditional legal services providers. Two years ago, Arizona became the first state to completely eliminate the prohibition. Other states continue to study the issue.

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LawSites

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

New York County Lawyers Association Formal Opinion 754-2020 (Aug. Maintaining a majority remote law firm has significant implications for the way in which lawyers discharge their duties in the areas of confidentiality (New York’s Rules of Professional Conduct (the “Rules”), Rule 1.6), competence (Rule 1.1), and supervision (Rules 5.1

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

His work at the Sabin Center will include the Renewable Energy Legal Defense Initiative , the Climate Attribution Database , the Climate Reregulation Tracker, the New York State and City Climate Law Trackers , as well as submitting comment letters on administrative proceedings.

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The Estrin Report

MAY 23, 2021

The transition has major implications going forward for firm overhead costs, productivity, delivery of legal services, and technology investments. Following that sharp initial drop…demand for midsize legal services begin a slow, steady recovery in the second half of the year…(and) (p)rofits-per-equity partner grew by 5.8%

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The Estrin Report

MAY 23, 2021

The transition has major implications going forward for firm overhead costs, productivity, delivery of legal services, and technology investments. Following that sharp initial drop…demand for midsize legal services begin a slow, steady recovery in the second half of the year…(and) (p)rofits-per-equity partner grew by 5.8%

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

In the blur of activity that was last week, I attended two legal tech conferences, plus an adjacent legal technology summit. After starting the week in New York at the glitzy celebration of big law tech that is Legalweek , and ending it in Charlotte, N.C.,

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LawSites

JULY 29, 2021

The company says this new investment will help accelerate its expansion into additional states, starting with New York and Florida in the near future. Will Offer Ancillary Services. To date, Hello Divorce has expanded into three states, Colorado, Texas and Utah. divorces filed each year.

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LawSites

JUNE 2, 2021

Aquiline, based in New York and London, invests in businesses across financial services and technology, business services, and healthcare. SurePoint’s customers are primarily midsized U.S. law firms ranging in size from 20 to 300 lawyers, with some much larger firms and some firms as small as five lawyers.

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LawSites

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Stories are replete of law firms and courts and other legal services entities developing innovative methods and solutions to better perform their work and serve their clients, and legal tech developers introduced many innovative new products. legal tech IPOs, it is notable that 2021 saw three U.S.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 3, 2022

Women are more likely to have experienced sexual abuse in and before entering correctional facilities than men, while also having elevated mental health concerns, according to a study published by Prisoners Legal Services (PLS) of Massachusetts.

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LawSites

AUGUST 3, 2023

Particularly controversial is the issue of allowing the delivery of legal services by providers that are not lawyers, as U tah did when it approved sweeping changes in legal services regulation in 2020. Whether some in the ABA like it or not, the world is changing when it comes to the delivery of legal services.

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CourtTechBulletin

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Guides on resources and legal information and a pointer to Montana Law Help legal services ( [link] ) are also available. For more see: [link] The New Mexico Courts created what I would call a "Self-Help Portal" that links to all the individual court self-help pages by level and district at: [link].

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Law 360

AUGUST 2, 2021

AT&T can't stop a former Baker Botts LLP lawyer and two ex-Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP attorneys from working on a $450 million patent case against it just because they provided it legal services years before the disputed patent was ever crafted, a New York federal court heard.

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Law 360

JUNE 30, 2021

AT&T on Tuesday asked a New York federal court to disqualify a former Baker Botts attorney and two former Akin Gump attorneys from representing a company that hit the telecom giant with a $450 million patent infringement suit, arguing that the lawyers previously provided extensive legal services for AT&T.

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LawSites

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Building on the two acquisitions, Clio said that Lawyaw, which already offered automated court forms for California federal and state courts, has added forms for another five states: Florida, Georgia, Illinois, New York and Texas. We see this as a critical juncture in realizing our mission to transform the legal experience for all.”

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LawSites

DECEMBER 11, 2023

A group of us were in the hotel bar, stridently debating whether an alternative business structure, licensed under Arizona’s liberalized legal regulatory scheme, could deliver legal services in other states. New York Times writer Kashmir Hill is interviewed by Jeff Ward about Hill’s book on facial recognition technology.

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

One of the most innovative general counsel ever, Jeffrey Carr describes his career as decades spent on the radical fringe of reforming legal services delivery. Yet many of his ideas for revamping legal departments, once viewed as radical, have now become mainstream. Thank You To Our Sponsors.

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LawTechnologyToday

MARCH 29, 2022

If you practice in a state with several big cities like Pennsylvania, New York, California, Florida, or Texas, operating a virtual law office allows you to substantially expand your potential client base. . Some people try to save money on legal services by using websites such as LegalZoom or LegalShield.

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ALPS

JUNE 8, 2023

In February of 2023, the front page of the New York Times reported on a bizarre exchange between technology writer, Kevin Roose, and a chatbot he was working with, named Sydney. It can reduce the time and effort that goes into legal research and writing, which can also reduce the cost of the legal services provided to clients.

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LawSites

APRIL 14, 2022

These include: Succession to Service in Colorado, connecting volunteer lawyers to their communities through local legal services organizations to help residents obtain legal help. Indiana Legal Help Pro Bono Opportunity Guide , developed with the Indiana Bar Foundation and the Coalition for Court Access.

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

In this second of a two-part interview, we continue our conversation with Jeffrey Carr , a trailblazing general counsel who describes his career as decades spent on the radical fringe of reforming legal services delivery. Many of his ideas for revamping legal departments, once viewed as radical, have now become mainstream. .

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LawSites

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Paladin , a legal technology company whose platform enables law firms and legal services organizations to streamline and manage their pro bono programs and opportunities, is expanding from the United States to the United Kingdom.

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NewmanFerraraLLP

MARCH 28, 2023

LEGAL SERVICES GETS FEES & COSTS Prisoners’ Legal Services of New York (PLS) , a nonprofit organization representing incarcerated New Yorkers, made a Freedom of Information Law, or “FOIL” request, for a certain video that had been introduced by the Department of Corrections at an inmate’s disciplinary hearing.

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