Here is a link to my Above the Law article on the importance of words.
I recently had an LLM suggest I remove ‘hot mess’ from a blog title. When I pushed back, it suddenly agreed the term was perfect. That post was one of my more popular ones.
This got me thinking about how
Law firms are facing a perfect storm: rising client demand, increased competition, and associates leaving at double the rate from last year.
New data from BigHand shows that 43% of work assignment decisions are based on personal preference rather than merit, and 45% of firms only have partial data on associate capacity and utilization.
The
Figuring out how to train young lawyers in the AI era feels like Churchill’s description of Russia: “a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.”
NYU’s Clay Shirky argues that students are taking shortcuts with AI despite the best efforts to make it a learning partner. His solution is to go back to in-class
A few days ago, I published ten hints to help enjoy the experience of travel while avoiding the risk of hassles. As promised then, here are ten more. These are a bit more specific but are all based on experience. I’ve tried to arrange these more by categories.Continue Reading My Second Top Ten Travel Tips
Here is a link to my Above the Law post on the how safe your data is in the cloud.While cloud adoption rates by law firms keeps climbing, there’s little discussion about who’s actually responsible when that data disappears.
New research suggests 85% of law firms don’t understand that cloud providers like Microsoft and Google
NetDocuments recently launched a Judge Analytics App that mines your firm’s files to create profiles of judges, their tendencies, ruling patterns, and preferences. Good use of AI to turn past case data into practical intelligence. But will this widen the gap between big firms with massive databases and smaller practices? Maybe. Maybe not.
Here is
8am (formerly AffiniPay ) is pulling off something ambitious: launching its first Kaleidoscope conference while simultaneously rebranding.
What caught my attention isn’t the new name (though yes, some people are scratching their heads due to lack of knowledge). It’s the format: 30-45 minute panels with expert panelists tackling hard questions. No softballs.
After attending too
A recent survey by DeepL, an AI translation service, reveals a risk of continued hallucinations and inaccuracies with the use of AI. Spoiler alert: 96% of those surveyed are using AI, 71% are using it without approval of their organization (aka shadow use) mainly to deliver work faster.
Why It Hit Home
The survey resonated with me for several reasons. I recently wrote an article talking about the pressures being placed on lawyers and legal professionals to use AI but not spend the time checking results. My concern was, of course, the propensity for hallucinations and inaccuracies in the AI outputs.Continue Reading Billable Hour Demands, Shadow Use of AI and Law Reality: It’s a Hot Mess
A nuclear verdict represents every defense attorney’s nightmare scenario: a jury award that far exceeds what was considered a reasonable expectation of the case’s apparent value, often reaching into the tens of millions of dollars for cases that traditionally would have settled for far less.
From the defense perspective, these verdicts are particularly devastating because they often emerge from an exposure that appeared manageable during pre-trial evaluation. A case with what is believed to have modest damages can explode into a massive liability, destroying budgets, exceeding policy limits, and creating personal exposure for defendants.Continue Reading Nuclear Verdicts: An Analytical Look at Recognition and Prevention From The Defense Perspective
The colossus International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) Conference kicked off with an evening reception yesterday at the Gaylord Hotel and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland for the 45th time. ILTA is a global, volunteer-led organization that aspires to serve legal professionals and organizations through education, networking, and sharing innovative solutions. ILTA focuses on fostering knowledge and community around the effective use of technology in law practice.
Everything about this Conference is big; in fact it may be the biggest legal tech conference that there is. The Conference is well planned and professional although sometimes borders on being a bit over the top. It’s at a performance level equal to most large non legal tech conferences I attend.Continue Reading Let the Games Begin: ILTA 2025 Conference Lives Large