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From : Blog Entry >> Brian's Blog Entry
****Please enjoy this quick cheat sheet posted on behalf of the author, Denise Ash, Event Education Manager, ILTA. Concatenate Have you ever been tasked with having to combine multiple fields? If so, hopefully you used a formula to do it! If not, you should definitely check out the Concatenate function. Here is how I always get to it because it’s how I found it initially. 1. Click the Insert Function button (it is an fx ) to the left of the Formula Bar. 2. The Insert Function box [More]

From : Blog Entry >> Brian's Blog Entry
***Please enjoy this blog posted on behalf of the author, Phil Weldon, Director of eDiscovery and Litigation Support Technology, Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP. With Artificial Intelligence and Robotic Process Automation (RPA), software has undertaken a Copernican Revolution. OpenAI's GPT3-5 has passed both Evidence and Torts on the bar exam . Where we used to have to point and click, we now have software that pushes its own buttons. We can now use low code RPA workflows coupled with [More]

From : Blog Entry >> Brian's Blog Entry
***Please enjoy this blog posted on behalf o f the author, Stephanie Clerkin, Director of Litigation Support, Korein Tillery, LLC. Automation can be a powerful tool for streamlining processes, saving time, and increasing efficiency. Automation can also reduce the risk of human error, leading to more accurate and consistent results. However, it is important to approach automation with care, as there are also potential dangers to consider. Given I am a department of one, I have no [More]

From : Blog Entry >> ILTA's Blog Entry
(Chicago, IL) January 10, 2023–  The International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) Announces a new partnership with Legaltech Hub. ILTA is pleased to announce a new member and business partner benefit via a partnership with Legaltech Hub . With this new partnership, ILTA members will have free access to an integrated directory featuring over 2,000 legal technology products and services, together with a powerful search tool and filters to help members find the solutions that will [More]

From : Blog Entry >> David's Blog Entry
Hiring cyber security professionals to fill current vacancies is one of the toughest and most important challenges we face when trying to build out a successful cybersecurity team. A strong team with a good bond is important and that can be hard to accomplish when supply is low and demand is high. The cybersecurity market quickly evolved into a global market over the pandemic and with work from home options available the competition for limited resources is fierce. This blog will look take a look [More]

From : Blog Entry >> Ryan's Blog Entry
Please enjoy this blog posted on behalf of Mike Murray, Director of Technical and Creative Solutions, Veritext. With the multitude of formats available for transcripts and exhibits, ensuring your order with the court reporter is accurate can save you hours of hunting for the right file. This article will provide information on the different transcript and exhibit formats, as well as tips on best practices for requesting and organizing them. ASCII Transcript The raw file coming from the [More]

From : Blog Entry >> Denise's Blog Entry
Our last blog established that far more matter mobility is taking place nowadays, and that this is a trend, not a phase. Since it can cause a significant administrative burden to fall on firms, they should try to minimize the impact. But how do you ensure that off-boarding and on-boarding are performed as efficiently and compliantly as possible? The answer is that firms should develop policies, systems, processes and procedures for both. Off boarding data The first rule of off-boarding, which [More]

From : Blog Entry >> Sachin's Blog Entry
We want to hear from YOU ILTAns!! We want to know how you manage your tasks, projects, and matter. Do you use project management software? How do you manage your inbox? How do you manage tasks for billable matters? Please consider sharing your thoughts, in confidence, using the link, here: https://www.cognitoforms.com/ILTA1/TaskProjectMatterManagement The ILTA Practice Management CCT greatly appreciates your time and responses in advance! #PracticeManagementandPracticeSupport #KnowledgeManagementandSearch [More]

From : Blog Entry >> Beth Anne's Blog Entry
For decades, ILTA has been the leading educational resource for legal technologists. You come to ILTA to learn and grow your skill set, to challenge yourself and become an innovator. You join us at ILTACON, LegalSEC, onsite for ILTACON Europe, for our one-day roadshows, and throughout the year, virtually, to expand your knowledge base and to connect with peers and partners. Now, more than ever, ILTA’s peer-powered network is connecting members, partners, subject-matter experts, and all #legaltechnologists [More]

From : Blog Entry >> Denise's Blog Entry
The key to resolving the challenge of excess data is for firms to establish a robust data retention and disposition policy. This means drafting and agreeing a policy, supporting it with appropriate processes, controls and procedures, and then ensuring it’s faithfully executed. Creating a data retention and disposition policy Policies don’t have to be elaborate, but they must be adequate, realistic, and signed off by all parties. A retention schedule sits at the core of your policy. This living [More]

From : Blog Entry >> Marcelo's Blog Entry
We all know how much the word Budget gives us butterflies in our stomachs, normally the end of the year is the time when we have to stop everything we are doing to start understanding what we spend, list what we are not going to spend and with this information start spending planning for the following year. And the best, all for yesterday… A major barrier in developing an assertive Budget is controlling what we spent during the past few months, where we exceeded what was planned and where we have [More]

From : Blog Entry >> Melanie's Blog Entry
Whenever there's a group swapping horror stories about work, I bring up that I was the schmuck supporting DocuSign at a law firm when Covid happened. If you work in KM, that joke will likely make you laugh and cry. In reality, I knew I was (and still am) one of the lucky ones. There are a couple of reasons I felt lucky during peak Covid . For one, I had a job, and many people I knew did not. More than that, though, I worked with a supportive and caring group of people. The moral of this lengthy [More]