Today we welcome another lawyer to legal tech entrepreneur, Lauren Sturdivant, CEO of Case Status, a secure platform for lawyers to communicate with clients with real-time updates, with the added cool feature of allowing satisfied clients to refer their lawyer with the click of a button. Case Status enables lawyers to respond to clients
We are back on track with our Lawyer to Legal Tech Co-Founder Series. Today, we welcome Pablo Arredondo, former litigator and Casetext Co-Founder and Chief Legal Research Officer. Last year, I wrote that Casetext is one of the companies that is truly innovating legal research. And in fact, since my last post, Casetext has
Have you ever had to research a broad topic like whether a search is lawful under the Fourth Amendment or whether an employee is an independent contractor? Although this kind of research question seems as if it would be simple to answer in twenty seconds, figuring out the black letter law on these kinds of
This evening, I’ll join my family for the first Seder of Passover. With nine cousins ranging in age from 4-21, we’ll zip through the Haggadah, the reader that contains not only the story of Passover, but rabbinical commentary, upbeat songs and parables like The Four Sons – that I wrote about here .
For those
Written By: Eric Fox, Director of People Analytics, Hire an Esquire
Before Cambridge Analytica and a Facebook data breach made personality profiling front page news— “moneyball” for Major League Baseball (MLB) and the National Football League (NFL) was proving the effectiveness and accuracy of industrial psychology-based personality testing. Both MLB and the NFL famously and
Six years ago, I questioned why self-scheduling options for clients hadn’t been as successful for the legal professions as for other industries. I came up with a couple of theories: scheduling platforms that weren’t quite ready for prime-time and inadequate information on lawyers’ websites about the potential cost of an initial phone or in-person consultation.
When we talk about innovation, technology is only one piece of the puzzle. Many times, it’s also necessary to innovate underlying business models to enable the technology to gain traction.
I learned this lesson in my “day job,” representing alternative energy developers. Back in 2005, wind power was all the rage. Meanwhile solar remained mired
According to Bob Ambrogi, 31 states have now adopted the ethical duty of technology competence. Yet ironically, many of the same states that have adopted the duty of technology competence are home to bar associations that aren’t setting a very good example for members. Here’s what I mean.
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In a digital world, legal ethics are no longer the center of the universe.
Today, lawyers who advertise or engage in business online are subject to four distinct pillars of governance.
First, there’s the law of the online world. That includes the Federal Trade Commission Act enforced by the FTC to prevent deceptive trade practices
Author: Thomson Reuters
“Clients expect 100% perfection from their lawyers and expect everything to be done yesterday.”1
With the complexity of today’s legal needs, today’s small law firm attorney needs to be a jack-of-all-trades. With constant access to ever-evolving technology, expectations to deliver fast and accurately are at an all-time high. While all firms navigate