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Avoid Making Tech Decisions In Crisis Mode

Some law firms are realizing that the hasty, though necessary, decisions made to facilitate remote work should be revisited or undone. Many of the tools implemented in an emergency are insufficient to withstand the increasing cybersecurity threats law firms are facing today. The good news, though, is that it's not too late to implement the right tech to protect your firm.
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Litigation Daily

A 'Moneyball' Approach to Jury Selection?

Asking the whole panel of potential jurors scaled questions about issues that actually apply to a case can yield a dataset to drive peremptory challenges.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

How to Brainstorm a Tagline for Your Law Firm

Before trying to come up with a tagline, it's a good idea to take some time to jot down some notes about your firm. For example, what do you want to tell prospective clients? What sets you apart from other firms?
4 minute read

Litigation Daily

'This Would Be a Good Time to Run Out': Sidley's Carter Phillips on Getting Comfortable Behind the Podium

Even Phillips—who in nearly four decades at Sidley Austin has more U.S. Supreme Court arguments in private practice than anybody—felt like he was frozen to his seat during his first argument at the High Court.
7 minute read

Litigation Daily

Everything's Not Lost: Pushing Back Against Class Certification With Debevoise's Maura Monaghan

The co-chair of the commercial litigation group at Debevoise & Plimpton has a message for defendants facing a certified class: "Don't take counsel of despair."
5 minute read

Litigation Daily

Ending Up Where You Started? Some Thoughts on Closing Arguments

Charla Aldous of Aldous \ Walker in Dallas and Steven Quattlebaum of Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull in Little Rock, Arkansas, walk through their respective approaches to preparing closing arguments.
5 minute read

Law.com

Legal Sales Strategies

The "best choice" provider pitch may not be the optimal sales strategy. It's better to adjust to where the prospect is in their buying decision process — whether that means they are looking for providers, they are studying the situation, they already have counsel, or they have decided not to address the issue.
5 minute read

Litigation Daily

'Punctuating with Actual Evidence': Defense Opening Statements with Cris Arguedas

Cris Arguedas discusses the 100-hour, 50-draft effort that went into her opening statement for FedEx Corp. when the company was accused of conspiring with online pharmacies to ship drugs based on bogus prescriptions. Just four days after her opening in the 2016 bench trial, the government dropped its case.
6 minute read

Litigation Daily

'Tell Them What Verdict You Want': Closing Complex Cases With Cooley Partner and Former Federal Prosecutor Zach Hafer

Zach Hafer, who spent 14 years as a federal prosecutor in Boston prior to joining Cooley last year, says closing arguments are where a lawyer takes the complex and makes it simple, uses visuals to do so, and gives the jury a roadmap for deliberations.
6 minute read

Law.com

Proactively Tackling Unstructured Data Can Give Competitive Advantage

Unstructured data comprises 80% of total data volume for legal organizations, which means that on average, only one-fifth of the entirety of the data set is properly secured and actively managed. Although some believe that ignoring unstructured data establishes plausible deniability that relinquishes them from culpability when a breach occurs, it's an untenable position from both a regulatory and brand reputational perspective.
7 minute read

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