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How Law Firms Can Avoid A Summer of Cyberattack Threats
Summer at law firms creates an attack surface of which hackers love to take advantage. Legal and support staff rotate through vacations and time off, new crops of interns unfamiliar with tech processes enter the fold, and the remaining employees are often burned out and too distracted to notice the critical signs of an impending cyberattack.
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One Overlooked Element of Executive Safety: Data Privacy
Executives have access to some of the company's most sensitive information, and they're increasingly being targeted by hackers looking to steal company secrets or to perpetrate cybercrimes.
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How Modern Law Firms Are Navigating Digital Transformation
A new report emphasizes the connection between legal technology and law firm success, the importance of training to ensure technology adoption, the influence of automation and document management on digital transformation, and how law firms are deploying data to create a competitive advantage.
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AI-Generated Content, Deepfakes and New Data Push the Limits of Civil Procedure
How will traditional tools and techniques need to adapt to handle new data challenges that have never been encountered by digital forensics specialists or lawyers?
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Automating Onboarding and Offboarding Is Key to Legal Industry Transformation
Automate Onboarding & Offboarding Processes for Smoother Transitions Questions about the role of AI in the legal market continue to dominate current headlines, but firm consolidation remains a big part of the transformation the industry is undergoing. And yes, technology and automation are playing key parts in this. As firms merge or acquire others to expand their capabilities and client base, a streamlined approach to attorney onboarding and offboarding has become essential.
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Cool Your (Data) Jets! Reducing Your Organization's Carbon Footprint with a Data Retention Policy
Despite great strides toward better-for-the-world operating procedures, companies might be surprised to learn that they're likely overlooking one area of their business that heavily contributes to its overall carbon footprint — data storage. That's right: storing your company's data generates emissions. And with the continuous increase in data volumes, the impact will likely only grow.
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AI Is Coming To Microsoft 365: What You Need to Know
For those using Microsoft 365, AI tools are rapidly becoming a reality, as Microsoft has introduced and announced several applications with AI-driven components, including Microsoft Viva, Microsoft Teams Premium, and Microsoft Copilot.
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Generative AI and Copyright Law
Generative AI can do it all. However, its increasing popularity means that users of GAI programs face substantial intellectual property risks — particularly when businesses use GAI for marketing and other public-facing purposes.
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The Top 5 Law Firm Business Development Trends of 2023
The legal industry has undergone significant changes over the years with advancements in technology, shifting client expectations and increased competition driving firms to adapt and evolve. And while legal marketing and business development departments have transformed over as well, there is still much room for improvement to capitalize on the tremendous talent that exists within these teams.
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The Expanding Influence of Legal Operations: New Report Focuses on AI, CLM, and Law Department Transformation
Operations leaders are driving efficiencies, helping manage the growth of data, and harnessing the power of digital transformation to fuel business success while minimizing risk. They are also taking on greater roles and helping general counsel shape strategies that include embracing CLM, AI, and other tools to enhance the way their teams work.
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