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What Lawyers Need From Technology Right Now

As the pandemic rages on, it's become clear that tech enablement is only part of the equation. As a result, this moment demands new, innovative ways to bring dispersed legal teams together, beyond the Zoom meeting.
8 minute read

Legaltech News

Stenography Dropouts Find Ample Opportunity in Budding Digital Court Reporting Market

The legal industry's growing acceptance for transcribing previously recorded legal proceedings, as well as the needs of emerging AI transcription companies, are creating new opportunities for those rethinking a stenographer career.
3 minute read

The Recorder

California Bar Threatened With Lawsuit Over Online Bar Exam Technology

The Lawyers' Committee For Civil Rights Under Law argues that California's use of facial recognition software to verify the identities of online bar exam takers and monitor them for cheating is discriminatory against women and non-white examinees.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

"Gut" Trumps Analytics When In-House Teams Select Preferred Providers

While the data gleaned from e-billing and matter management solutions an help in-house teams take a structured approach to refining their list of preferred providers, many are still relying on the comfort of pre-established relationships and familiar brand names to help guide their spend.
3 minute read

Legaltech News

Meeting Diversity Goals Starts with Measuring Them

While increasing diversity can seem like a daunting task, having quantifiable goals is a key and helpful step for kickstarting progress. Here are three steps for ensuring your organization can quantify its pathway to diversity.
4 minute read

Legaltech News

The Latest Section 230 Proposal: The End of the User-Generated-Content Era?

The latest Section 230 reform proposal would more than triple the number of statutory exceptions to the law that helps shield online platforms from liability for user-generated content.
7 minute read

The American Lawyer

Majority of US Firms Are Working with ALSPs, With Pandemic Likely Fueling Reliance

Law firms' captive ALSPs saw the most growth from 2017 to 2019 compared with other ALSPs, according to a new report.
3 minute read

Law.com

Diversity Data Is More Than Just Numbers on a Spreadsheet

Amidst this new rush to measure diversity, it's also worth asking the question: What data should the legal industry actually be measuring?
7 minute read

Corporate Counsel

UnitedLex Fishes 5 New Hires From Big Four Talent Pool

UnitedLex announced Tuesday that it had made five new management-level hires hailing from Big Four members Deloitte and PwC. The move comes as the service provider anticipates a new urgency around legal departments' digital transformation and looks to bulk up on the technical talent and experience necessary to address those needs.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Will Future Legal Departments Spend More on Tech, Less on Lawyers?

"We're reaching a point where there's going to have to be a much more dramatic investment in legal technology," said Zack Hutto, director of advisory in Gartner's legal and compliance practice.
4 minute read

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