The Legal Up blog

There is no doubt that social media is permeating every facet of our society. Now it is increasingly making its mark on our legal system too. There is a growing trend of service of process being accomplished through social media and other electronic communications.

By Jennifer Anderson

This week’s highlights Parking ticket fighting app was engaged in unlicensed practice of law, FL Supreme Court finds Presidential commission divided on Supreme Court expansion, term limits Attorneys across the country are frustrated at pace of return to in-person proceedings Law firms struggle to ...

By Jennifer Anderson

This week’s highlights Legal industry adds 4,300 jobs in September One-in-five corporate lawyers “high exhausted” says survey CA judges may critique lawyer performance, opinion says Courts can’t use remote proceedings to limit physical access, says new CA law Reuters reports that “The Queen’s ...

For growing law firms, there are many reasons to open offices in multiple states. New clients, new legal areas, a larger national footprint – the list goes on. But for any type of business, there are also many potential pitfalls arising from out-of-state expansion. And law firms face hurdles unique ...

In a world of remote work and digital communications, protecting confidential information is more important than ever. Nowhere is this more true than at your law firm. This is why the legal industry is pushing for higher levels of privacy compliance. In this push, many firms are also finding that ...

This week’s highlights New U.S. Supreme Court term: Abortion, gun rights, and religion on the agenda. Fears of “eviction tsunami” yet to transpire. Experts conflicted as to why. 131 federal judges heard cases involving companies in which they or their families owned stock Major accountancy firm to ...

The unthinkable has happened. A security breach at your law firm. Now what?

This week’s highlights Law firms are investing in new tech, but lawyers are slow to make use of it—survey Citing speedier courts, more access CA’s Judicial Council lobbies for permanent remote courts NY begins publishing live eviction filing data, revealing gradual return of residential evictions ...