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For Disabled Attorneys, Remote Work Brought Much-Needed Flexibility. Will It Last?

Disabled attorneys say the pandemic finally proved what they've long tried to explain to law firms: Remote work isn't inferior.
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Legaltech News

5 Steps to Get Information Governance Policy to Control Your Mail Room

Distributed work in some capacity or other is here to stay, and if that means continuing to scan inbound postal mail as an attachment to an attorney's email, this brings us to the question: Should we be concerned about IG now?
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Legaltech News

5 Important Conversations Legal Departments Should Have With Tech Vendors

Selecting the wrong legal tech provider can have long-lasting implications for in-house law departments. To mitigate the risk, GCs and their cohorts should consider having specific conversations about security, product development and liabilities upfront.
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The American Lawyer

'Remote Forever': Lawyers Look to Move Firms so They Don't Have to Leave Their House

Changing jobs now can mean a courier comes and picks up your old laptop and another arrives to deliver your new one.
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Law.com

Seattle Litigator David Ko Sees 'Silver Lining' of the Pandemic: Surprise! Technology Works

Ko, a partner at Keller Rohrback in Seattle, argued Thursday before the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation on opioid cases filed against McKinsey & Co. He says virtual hearings should remain. "Do we really need to fly across the country for two minutes?"
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The American Lawyer

Can Law Firms Innovate Remotely? Thompson Hine's Deborah Read Is Ready to Find Out

"We started brainstorming by Zoom, but it's just not the same," says Read, the firm's managing partner, in an interview about how her firm reoriented itself toward innovation—and why the pandemic stands in the way.
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Legaltech News

Amid High Demand, Some Organizations Are Still 'Lowballing' E-Discovery Hires

It's a good time to be a job candidate in the e-discovery market, but not all law firms or legal departments may be ready or willing to fork over the large salaries that many are expecting.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

The Sandbox Grows, and So Do Outside Investors for Law Firms

Some established firms are quietly shifting to non-lawyer ownership, alongside legal tech providers.
6 minute read

Legaltech News

DocuSign Plans Acquisition of Smart Contract Provider Clause

DocuSign joins a growing number of legal tech and services providers exploring blockchain-powered smart contracts.
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Legaltech News

Relativity Acquires AI Company Text IQ to Elevate Core E-discovery, Compliance Offerings

Relativity is banking that Text IQ's technology will help to drive improvements to its own platforms—in particular the AI and machine learning functionality in tools like RelativityOne and Relativity Trace.
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