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Shares3 The annual ABA TECHSHOW was the last major event I participated in before the world locked down. Right before leaving Chicago in 2020, we all knew that COVID would wreak havoc on the country, but assumed that the combination of a global forewarning and the contact tracing and isolation protocols that successfully stifled the H1N1 outbreak would largely shield the country from devastation. We hadn’t counted on the option that no one in government was going to bother with any of that. T...

Upgrading technology can help lawyers comply with ethics rules     Lawyer Megan Zavieh speaks Friday at an ABA Techshow 2021 session titled “Tech Ethics in a World Molded by the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Lawyers seeking to comply with their ethical duties would be wise to upgrade a wide variety of technology services they utilize, attorney Megan Zavieh said during an ABA Techshow 2021 session Friday. Home internet, online payment software and cloud storage tools were among the areas in which Za...

Do clients care more about a lawyer seeming smart or likable?   Katy Goshtasbi, CEO of Puris Consulting, speaks Wednesday at the ABA Techshow 2021. Want more leads that turn into paying clients? Embrace your authentic self and market who you are, even if it initially makes you uncomfortable, says Katy Goshtasbi, the author of Personal Branding in One Hour for Lawyers, a book from ABA Publishing. Goshtasbi, an experienced securities lawyer who now helps lawyers cultivate personal brands, spoke...

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There are many different domains in which technological progress has sped past existing laws and policies, particularly in the social media realm, Renée DiResta said during her ABA Techshow 2021 keynote Thursday morning.

Legal tech CEOs urge lawyers to keep innovating beyond the COVID-19 pandemic     Jack Newton of Clio (top) and Ed Walters of Fastcase speak Tuesday during their panel at the ABA Techshow 2021. Lawyers should continue to embrace and further develop the technological and business innovations they have adopted in recent months even after the COVID-19 pandemic subsides, two prominent legal technology leaders said Tuesday at the ABA Techshow 2021. “We have the opportunity today to build towards ...

Lawyers can better utilize practice management features that boost efficiency     Regina Edwards, owner of Edwards Family Law in Georgia, speaks virtually during the ABA Techshow 2021 on Wednesday. Lawyers are overlooking some key features in their practice management software platforms that could help them greatly improve their efficiency, two speakers said during separate ABA Techshow 2021 sessions Wednesday. Melanie Leonard, founder of streamlined.legal, pointed out that most cloud-based p...

ABAs Model Diversity Survey can help with DEI strategies     Panelists speak at the ABA Techshow 2021 panel called “Harnessing and Maximizing Technology and Data to Drive Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Legal Profession.” While most lawyers are passionate about diversity, equity and inclusion, they still struggle with actions and tangible outcomes in this space, Daniel Winterfeldt said during a Monday afternoon ABA Techshow panel called “Harnessing and Maximizing Technology and D...

Lawyers warned of AI pitfalls, cybersecurity attacks and deepfake threats     Brig. Gen. R. Patrick Huston and attorney Natalie Pierce, a partner with Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, led the session titled “Ethical AI: Playbook for a Rapidly Changing World” at the ABA Techshow 2021 on Monday. If lawyers and their clients make use of artificial intelligence, they should consider the ethical and legal implications and protect against the emerging threat of deepfake...

Array of cyber investigation tools comes with risks     Attorney David G. Ries, a cybersecurity and data protection expert and Pittsburgh-based of counsel at Clark Hill, led “The Amazing Depth of Cyber Investigations” panel on Tuesday during the ABA Techshow 2021. As courts rely more on digital forensic evidence in civil and criminal cases, attorneys have investigatory tools at their disposal that nevertheless raise legal and ethical concerns. That was the theme of Tuesday’s ABA Techsh...