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How Technology Helps Reduce the Risk of Malpractice Claims
In today's technology-centric world, there are many ways to identify early potential problems that can rapidly evolve into a claim against a law firm. Obviously, undirected these same resources can create an information overload. But there are some proven simple strategies that provide useful information for early dispute detection, reputation management, and good client relations.
Service Helps Put a Price on Social Media Efforts
Avvo Ignite, a service offered by the legal directory and forum Avvo, reports how many leads originate from lawyers' on and offline activity and the number of leads that result in new clients to calculate a return on investment in social media
N.J. Court: Replay of Video Evidence for Jurors Could Be Prejudicial
A N.J. state appeals court overturned a sex assault conviction, finding that the trial judge's allowing jury-room replays of videotaped interviews of the defendant and alleged victim was potentially prejudicial. Jurors may request the replay of testimony while they are deliberating, but the replay should take place in open court, the appeals panel said.
'Clawback' Agreements Lose Their Grip in Court
The trouble with "clawback" agreements is the creeping doubt over whether they actually preserve privilege. Unless courts accept that new realities such as e-discovery require a new standard, dispensing with a privilege review in a case looks risky. Can clawback get a grip?
Small Firms Blaze a Trail for Privacy Suits
Going where many large law firms fear to tread, Matthew Righetti and other attorneys at small plaintiffs firms are pursuing class actions over electronic privacy breaches. Because the cases rest on untested laws -- and often involve victims with no monetary losses -- larger firms are letting smaller outfits like Righetti's take the first steps in this potentially risky litigation arena. Eager to find new practice areas without competition from big firms, the small shops have been happy to oblige.
How Fulbright Transformed Its Document Review
Attorney Laurie Weiss and Tom Barce of Fulbright & Jaworski describe how the firm's deployment of Recommind's Axcelerate eDiscovery with predictive coding functionality, concept clustering and data analytics automated e-discovery workflows and reduced the time and cost of document review.Trending Stories
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