Online Legal Research Advances Key to the Practice of Law Legal research requires identifying and analyzing fact-based precedent to handle a legal task with authority and confidence. With the right facts and circumstances, practitioners can prove or disprove...
A lot of lawyers list an internet search engine as one of their go-to online legal research tools. While that’s a handy way to research your favorite 1980s TV show , it may not be prudent to rely on Google™ for legal advice. Why? It’s a simple...
For attorneys in law firms, the client intake process is as important to their success as the actual legal work they do. After all, they can’t do that legal work if they don’t have any clients. The intake process begins when a prospective client contacts...
We’re guessing that many lawyers—perhaps even you—have had an issue come up in litigation regarding an adversary or a third party and thought, “If only we could have known what their website said about this topic back then.” When...
By Lindsey Watson, LexisNexis® Knowledge & Research Consultant The renewed visibility of law firm library departments and their strategic importance in a competitive legal services marketplace has led to an increased scope of responsibilities for these...
Big data analytics technologies are becoming omnipresent in many industries, and the legal sector is no exception. Listen to this article: Click here to play this audio clip Put simply, legal analytics is the science of drawing insights from large volumes of...
When you think of artificial intelligence, it’s easy to pull in visions of beeping, whirring robots from science-fiction movies. Truth is, AI is far more cerebral than that (pun intended). Listen to this article: Click here to play this audio clip For...
Some of us are old enough to remember the screech of a 56K modem and the rhythmic hum of a floppy drive—maybe even the tap-tappa-tap of an IBM ® Selectric . But like any small business, lawyers in solo and small law firms must always look ahead to new...
Write a Winning Brief: Why It’s Important How to Write a Winning Legal Brief The Importance of Judicial Analytics Start Winning with Legal Briefs First impressions matter — that's why writing a powerful legal brief is critical when building...
The next generation of lawyers is reshaping the future of law, including the way law firms think about technology as a strategy for the recruitment of top talent and the professional development of their new associates. This is because incoming associates have...
Efficiency is important to law firm success You can improve your law firm’s efficiency by: Knowing when to grow Hiring a marketing specialist Prioritizing rest Preparing for the future of law Embracing legal technology Discover legal technology...
By Carolyn Bach The 2022 American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) Annual Meeting returned to an in-person format for the first time since 2019 — and a large cross-section of the law library community was ready to assemble live once again. This year’s...
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR SETS NEW GUIDELINES FOR INTERN COMPENSATION THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR (DOL) HAS ADOPTED new guidelines for determining whether interns working at for-profit companies are entitled to compensation under the federal Fair Labor Standards...
By: Janet Marvel Pattishall, Mcauliffe, Newbury, Hilliard & Geraldson LLP The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is commencing random audits of trademark registrations in which Declarations of Use have been filed to verify that the registered mark is...
By: Torsten M. Kracht, Michael J. Mueller, Lisa J. Sotto, and Daniella Sterns Hunton & Williams LLP Litigation alleging the improper collection and storage of biometric data is being driven by the Illinois Biometric Information Protection Act (BIPA). The...