Fast-growing private equity backed legal services group Lawfront has selected ShareDo as its new case management system and is building a practice management system on Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, […]
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This week, we sit down with ⁠Rachael Bosch⁠, the founder and managing director of ⁠Fringe Professional Development⁠, to discuss the importance of communication and leadership development within the legal industry. Rachael, with her extensive background in law firm talent management and certifications from prestigious institutions like the NeuroLeadership Institute, Harvard Law School, and Cornell University, offers valuable insights…
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Our Professionalism Spotlight series highlights Illinois legal professionals who demonstrate the ideals of professionalism and a commitment to equitable, efficient, and effective justice.
In this Professionalism Spotlight, we spoke with Sterling, Ill.-based attorney Trent Bush. Serving a rural area, Trent has experience in most civil practice areas but has primarily focused on litigation in the last several years.
He is…
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“It’s time for Smith to face the music,’ said U.S. Attorney Damian Williams for the Southern District of New York, as he laid out the indictment against a musician who obtained $10 million in royalty payments via AI-generated songs and streaming bots.
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A 10-year passion project recently came to fruition for Chicago attorney Jim Fine, when the Roosevelt University Legal Clinic (RULC) officially launched this summer.
RULC, which is being led by Fine, will begin by providing pro bono and low-cost basic legal services to Roosevelt’s students, faculty, and staff, and hopes to expand into the larger Chicago community.
The clinic will…
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The Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Access to Justice (ATJ Commission) and the Access to Justice Division of the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts (AOIC) have announced a new grant initiative to support local courts in improving accessibility for people with disabilities.
The Disability Accessibility Improvement Grant will help Illinois courts bridge budget gaps to address barriers that prevent…
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The court rejected an appeal from the nonprofit digital library and owner of the Wayback Machine, stemming from a lawsuit brought by Hatchett, Penguin Random House, Wiley and HarperCollins over Internet Archive’s practice of scanning and lending digital books.
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Brian Gaines, a University of Illinois political science professor, said vendors of software designed to do automatic transcription promise that the work can be better in the virtual setting. But in speaking with attorneys, Gaines said he did not hear from anyone who shared that view.
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IAALS, the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System at the University of Denver, released Unlocking Legal Regulation: Lessons Learned and Recommendations for Launching and Sustaining Regulatory Reform. This new report highlights results and recommendations on how legal regulation innovation can address the continued and urgent legal services gap faced by the majority of Americans today.“IAALS has…
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