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New Jersey Law Journal

Substantive Evidence and Demonstratives: Basics of Visual Impact

The most powerful proof you can provide at trial is visual. Using great graphics and imagery is a key to good advocacy. Using them as early as possible in the case is even better.
9 minute read

The Recorder

Zynga Names Former Tesla Attorney as Chief Legal Officer

Phuong Phillips replaces Devang Shah, who left the online gaming company earlier this year.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

5 Things to Ask Before Hiring a Robo-Lawyer: Part 2

To drive somewhere, all you have to tell an automated car is your destination, the rest is technology, albeit complex amazing and sometimes patentable technology. Given any two physical coordinates, the same technical solution should be applicable to any human passenger. However, when legal issues are involved, a human client may not be able to articulate a preferred outcome and also usually needs advice on what results are even possible. A lawyer thus needs a lot more information, and an AI needs a lot more complex, amazing and sometimes patentable technology.
5 minute read

Legaltech News

How AI Will Actually Transform the Legal Industry

A look at AI use cases finds that despite all the hype, attorneys' jobs are secure for now.
4 minute read

Legaltech News

Knowledge Is Power: Tapping Your Firm Into the Knowledge of Millennials

Your firm's knowledge about millennials—how they work, what they value, and what motivates them—can help them help you. Here's six ways to get started.
18 minute read

Legaltech News

Keywords Before TAR? What to Ask First

The application of keywords before using TAR should not be based on an "always" or "never" rule. These seven categories of questions can help make your determination.
12 minute read

Daily Business Review

Game-Changer: Closely Watched Case Could Change Florida's Evidence Rules

A closely watched multimillion-dollar suit before Florida's Supreme Court could change Florida rules on expert testimony.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

The Importance of Treating Nonattorney Staff Well

Your first few weeks as a young ­attorney at a new job (in the public or private sector) will be a whirlwind of trainings, signing forms, meeting your fellow attorneys and potentially even getting that terrifying first assignment. It should also involve introductions to your nonattorney colleagues—assistants, paralegals, office managers, supply managers, etc. While it is obviously critical for you to produce an excellent work product and develop a good reputation for yourself among your fellow attorneys, it is equally critical—though too often overlooked—that you learn (and quickly) how to properly interact with and treat your nonattorney colleagues.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Use In Limine Motions to Frame the Field of the Courtroom Battle

A primer on the use of in limine motions -- an under-deployed weapon in the trial lawyer's arsenal.
20 minute read

Daily Report Online

Summer at a Big Firm? No Thanks, These Law Students Say

While a summer job at a large firm is lucrative, a bumper crop of law students is taking low or no-paying public interest jobs instead, in part because it's a way to gain hands-on legal experience.
15 minute read

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