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Recognizing that this is a time of innovation, one way law firms can 'prepare for a future we can't yet see' is through leveraging two key levers: the need for empathy and iteration.
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Amid the seismic shift of law firms joining the digital revolution, five key trends are emerging that will help shape how clients interact with firms and determine who their representation will be in the coming year.
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What's In Store for the Blockchain Industry In 2023?
The FTX bankruptcy caps a very difficult 2022 for the entire blockchain industry, spanning exchanges to decentralized finance to non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Blockchain and crypto skeptics are shouting "I told you so," while investors watch billions of investment dollars evaporate under the harsh light of the bankruptcies of Celsius, Compute North and now FTX.
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Is Asking E-Discovery Vendors for Indemnification for Data Breaches Provide Security of Clients' Data?
Threats of cyberattacks have not only made legal professionals more wary — especially as legal teams in firms and in-house are increasingly the target of cyber hackers — but it has also changed their relationship with vendors.
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Privilege Logs: Strategy, Best Practices and Practical Advice
This article provides an overview of the different types of privilege logs, lays out best practices for negotiating ESI or privilege-log protocols, and discusses other issues that can occur with privilege logs in e-discovery.
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Marketing Tech: Avoid Making Hasty Tech Decisions When In Crisis Mode
In March 2020 and the months immediately following, many firms found themselves scrambling to implement tools that would meet the needs of new remote work realities. Understandably, many of these decisions were done quickly without the normal level of due diligence. Now, the same firms are realizing that those hasty, though necessary, decisions should be revisited or undone.
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Data Minimization Meets Defensible Disposition: Just Say No to ROT and Over-Retention of Personal Information
Like a good diet and regular exercise for the body, data minimization and routine, defensible purging of outmoded documents are essential to maintaining healthy organizational information hygiene.
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Leaning on Trusted Partners to Drive Legal Tech Adoption and Avoid Failed Implementation
Turning to familiar, trusted partners to help navigate the unruly waters of change management, adoption and an ocean of new legal technology options.
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FTX Bankruptcy Sends Tremors Through Crypto Regulation
The sudden and spectacular crash of crypto-exchange FTX will send long-lasting tremors through both the nation's financial regulatory and bankruptcy landscapes.
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