Dan Roe of law.com recently reported on a study by Edge International on the problem of underperforming partners. I have written on this issue before.

Identifying and defining underperforming and underproductive partners will prove more and more challenging given the changing dynamics in the profession. Those firms that evaluate partners’ performance and productivity only on current financial metrics may…
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Jacqueline Schafer, the founder and CEO of Clearbrief, was inspired to start the company based on her own experiences as a litigator and appellate advocate. A pivotal moment for her came in an asylum case she was handling pro bono, when her ability to point the judge to critical evidence that supported her arguments saved her client from…
Continue Reading LawNext Podcast: How Clearbrief Helps Lawyers Find the Best Facts to Support their Writing, with Founder Jacqueline Schafer 

From : Blog Entry >> Marketing’s Blog EntryLaw firms that plan to increase litigation lawyer leverage in the next year, should invest in the right legal tech now. According to the Citi Law Firm Leaders Survey , around 62 percent of large law firms plan to increase their lawyer leverage by 2025. However, only one-third of firms plan to…
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As law firms face pressure to head into mediation earlier and earlier, junior associates feel the need to hit the ground running quicker than ever before. The new AltaClaro training series is hoping to speed up the process with real-life litigation simulations.
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For decades, legal industry pundits have proclaimed the imminent demise of the billable hour. Yet despite numerous challenges and alternatives, it has stubbornly remained the dominant pricing model for most law firms. However, the rapid emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) and generative AI technologies is perhaps the most significant threat to the billable hour’s reign we have seen.
As…
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Did you know that if you are a holder of digital assets, you can take a loan out against those tokens?  Ledn is a company that offers this service.  I met with Mauricio Di Bartolomeo, Co-Founder and CSO  of Ledn for a dynamic conversation about how this works. 

More about the company from CoinDesk:

Cryptocurrency lending company Ledn is offering…
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Last October, during its annual Clio Cloud Conference, the law practice management company Clio announced its plan to roll out an e-filing service, called Clio File, during 2024, starting with Texas, which would make it the first law practice management platform with built-in e-filing. Today, it delivered on that promise, launching Clio File for e-filing in Texas courts.
“Lawyers…
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A cardiologist with a background in medical technology, computer science and artificial intelligence has launched a product for legal professionals and physician expert witnesses that targets the tedious task of reviewing and analyzing thousands of pages of medical records.
The product, Quench SmartChart, uses generative AI to streamline the medico-legal review process, enabling users to quickly extract, summarize and…
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European gen AI startup Leya and UK corporate law knowledge provider FromCounsel have entered a partnership to bring FromCounsel’s knowledge content directly into Leya’s workspace. The closed pilot launches on […]
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