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Sophisticated Ransomware Criminals Pose Growing Threat to Law Firms
The new year brings with it worrying trends about the rising threat to law firms posed by ever-more sophisticated ransomware attacks. Cybersecurity firm Skybox Security reported that ransomware criminals are thriving in the remote work environment ushered in by the COVID-19 pandemic. According to a recent Skybox security update, ransomware attacks rose 72% during…
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Report: Lawyers Are Behaving Better, Particularly During Depositions
Depositions are among the least likely places to encounter unprofessional behavior by opposing counsel, according to a survey recently released by the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism. In fact, videotaped depositions were the most infrequently cited environment for encountering incivility — lower than the responding attorney’s own law office. This (somewhat surprising) data point…
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Judges Have a Crucial Role in Promoting Lawyer Wellness
The practice of law can be a bruising, competitive profession, especially for litigators. Competition for clients, competition for advancement within the law firm, competition in the courtroom, and the overarching stress of attempting to wring positive outcomes out of stressful problems all take their toll on a lawyer’s physical and mental well-being — a fact…
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2021 Saw Litigators Keenly Interested in Keeping Pace With Technology
Out of the many law-related articles Esquire Deposition Solutions published in 2021, those dealing with technology and the future of the legal profession consistently attracted the highest level of interest within our community of lawyer readers. We believe this admittedly minor data point bodes well for the legal profession. This is an exciting time to…
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Cognitive Science Says Metaphor, Emotion, and Brevity Drive Juror Behavior
The philosophers of the Enlightenment believed that rational thought is one of the highest values in human life. They could be right. Rational thought, defined as thinking “based on facts or reason and not on emotions or feelings,” has created the modern world we live in today. We’re comforted by the idea that our world…
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Exercising Due Diligence in the Selection of a Tech Vendor
The task of conducting due diligence in the selection of technology vendors is a critical component of the lawyer’s ethical obligation to maintain reasonable security over client confidential information. However, for several reasons, it is also one of the most difficult tasks that law firms will undertake. Rule 1.6 of the American Bar Association’s Model…
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8 Ways Lawyers Are Getting Together Online This Year
There’s no doubt that most lawyers are social creatures and that, until recently, the practice of law has been a hands-on, in-person, tradition-bound business. Litigators spend a large part of their professional lives in social settings: courtrooms, conference rooms, and public meeting spaces. Opportunities for in-person communication — “networking” — are vital for business development.…
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eLitigate Platform Improves Questioning, Document Handling in Remote Depositions
When the COVID-19 pandemic struck in early 2020, litigators reached for any technology they could find to conduct depositions at a safe distance. In most cases, that technology was Zoom video conferencing — an inexpensive, user-friendly technology platform that could, with preparation and practice, be repurposed for remote depositions. Remote depositions — many of them…
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Post-Pandemic Reforms Are Remaking the U.S. Justice System
When the COVID-19 pandemic struck in early 2020, the legal profession responded with a one-two punch. The first response was to fashion emergency procedures that enabled courts to function during the pandemic and, if possible, to find ways to use technology to replace in-person proceedings. Overnight virtual arraignments, virtual bench trials, and remote depositions emerged…
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4 Small Tech Investments That Pay Big Dividends for Remote Depositions
Professional communications today are pervasively mediated by technology. Courtrooms, conference rooms, and judges’ chambers — those familiar environments where most of a litigator’s work was traditionally accomplished — are now frequently replaced by microphones, cameras, and computer screens. As is the case with most technological progress, these changes carry both peril and opportunity. And while…
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