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On-Prem v. The Cloud. It’s Game Over

By Stephen Embry

May 4, 2021

Most recognize that cloud computing will be the new norm for lawyers, if it’s not already. But not just because of the usual cited reasons of accessibility, efficiency or security. I chat periodically with David Carns, Chief Revenue Officer of Casepoint, to find out what his company is up to. But also to get his take on what’s going on in the legal tech world. Casepoint is an e-discovery cloud-based provider. It offers…

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Live From West Virginia, It’s the Annual State Bar Association Meeting

By Stephen Embry

April 27, 2021

Want to have an in-person event again? It’s all about organization and risk management. Just ask the West Virginia State Bar Association. It’s spring. A time for rebirth. And slowly, ever so slowly, people are getting back together, coming out of their caves bleary-eyed. And while some organizations are beginning to THINK about returning to in-person live meetings and conferences, one organization has already done it. On April 10-12 at the Greenbrier resort…

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Natalie Kelly: Fighting Hate, Teaching Tolerance, Enhancing Justice

By Stephen Embry

April 26, 2021

I was pleased to hear the recent announcement that Natalie Kelly, the former Director of Law Practice Management for the Georgia State Bar Association, has accepted the position of Director of Legal Management at the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC or Center). Natalie is one of my favorite people. Since I hadn’t had the chance to talk with her in a while, I reached out to Natalie recently. I wanted to get…

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Lawyers Can Be Avatars: Just Give ‘Em a Chance

By Stephen Embry

April 22, 2021

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Legal and legal tech conferences have shied away from using avatar platforms for fears their constituents won’t accept them. They shouldn’t. Like most of you, I’ve been to more virtual conferences the past year than I care to count. You know the drill: you sign up thinking you will diligently attend. The conference starts, and your attention wanders. You look to the exhibit hall, and it’s a bunch of videos or chat rooms populated…

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It’s a Good Time to Be a Litigator…If

By Stephen Embry

April 21, 2021

“There are two kinds of people in the world. Those with loaded guns and those that dig. You dig”. Blondie to Tuco in the 1966 movie, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly The increased number and sophistication of litigation analytical programs calls to mind the above line from one of my favorite movies, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. In the movie, the line sums up the obvious advantage a character holding…

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New York’s Vision of the Future of Courts

By Stephen Embry

April 12, 2021

“The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.” Malcolm X Last week, the Future Trials Working Group of the New York Commission to Reimagine the Future of Courts rendered a comprehensive Report. And it’s chock full of sound analysis and imagining about where Courts, at least in New York, may be going. The Report identifies the critical issues and challenges evolving technology poses for our court systems. (A tip of the…

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This Is NOT About LegalTech…

By Stephen Embry

April 5, 2021

If you’re looking for a post about legal tech and innovation like those which usually appear here, you will be sorely disappointed. This post has nothing to do with legal tech, tech in general, or innovation. No gentle reader, this post is about something else entirely. It’s about a celebration and hope for the future. If you’re wondering why I’m straying from the usual fare, it’s because I can. As then-candidate Ronald Reagan once said…

TechLaw Crossroads

Can a Non-JD Professional Head a Practice Group? A Law Firm? The (Gasp) GC Office?

By Stephen Embry

March 29, 2021

It makes perfect sense for business people to lead practice groups, law firms and even corporate legal departments. But lawyers are held back by hubris and an antiquated business structure. Kate To mpkins is the Practice Group Leader of Latrobe GPM’s Intellectual Property Group. And she is not a practicing lawyer; she doesn’t even have a JD. Marlene Gebauer and Greg Lambert recently interviewed Tompkins on their Geek In Review Podcast.…

TechLaw Crossroads

Law Firms Reduce Office Space: Three Reasons It’s Important

By Stephen Embry

March 23, 2021

According to a recent article by Gregg Wirth in Thompson Reuters Legal Executive Institute, the notion of the fancy traditional downtown office of law firms is fundamentally changing. And with it ultimately, in my view, the nature of the profession. Three immediate factors are driving this change: partners are embracing remote work, the trickle-down effect on the use of technology, and a new emphasis on cutting costs. All three of these factors will change how…

TechLaw Crossroads

Non Equity Partnerships and the Changing Law Firm Culture

By Stephen Embry

March 5, 2021

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The traditional law firm. Composed of partners: the firm owners who toiled in the associate vineyards for several years and who were ultimately rewarded with the brass ring. A partnership, a piece of the ownership of the firm. A piece of security that tied you to the firm and your partners. On the other side were the associates—those who worked hard toward partnership and the security it brought. …

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On-Prem v. The Cloud. It’s Game Over

Live From West Virginia, It’s the Annual State Bar Association Meeting

Natalie Kelly: Fighting Hate, Teaching Tolerance, Enhancing Justice

Lawyers Can Be Avatars: Just Give ‘Em a Chance

It’s a Good Time to Be a Litigator…If

New York’s Vision of the Future of Courts

This Is NOT About LegalTech…

Can a Non-JD Professional Head a Practice Group? A Law Firm? The (Gasp) GC Office?

Law Firms Reduce Office Space: Three Reasons It’s Important

Non Equity Partnerships and the Changing Law Firm Culture

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