The Legal Up blog

In a relatively short amount of time, social media has become ubiquitous with American life. In fact, the Pew Research Center reports that over 70% of Americans currently use at least one social media platform. As we engage in these activities day-to-day, they seem fun and harmless. We share ...

This week’s highlights As courts reopen, divorce filings are on the rise California, Illinois eviction bans set to expire; New York’s ban extended to 2022 Legal services sector adds 4,300 jobs in August, despite an overall slowdown Several BigLaw firms may delay their office reopening until 2022 ...

Not long ago, the American Bar Association published a report titled “The Top 10 Malpractice Traps and How to Avoid Them.” Want to know what the very first sentence of that report was?

This week’s highlights Two-thirds of Americans have experienced a legal problem, says news survey Most lawyers think they work too much and bill too little time AG asks BigLaw firms, law schools to help fight evictions Facing a surge in COVID-19 cases, Florida courts re-introduce mitigation ...

As critical as eFiling is for law firms, it is not the only part of legal practice that benefits from digital technology. Document management, billing, and invoicing are just some of the tasks that can be streamlined with the right software. So what if your eFiling software can integrate with a ...

This week’s highlights Backlogs grew in more than half of state courts during the last 12 months—Report Survey finds mid-level associates strongly favor a hybrid work environment FDA’s vaccine approval may weaken plaintiff claims, lawyers say Judge’s award of $1 in attorney fees is likely ...

By Jennifer Anderson

This week’s highlights LegalZoom asks to employ lawyers under new Arizona rules Citing delta variant, New York court system reimposes mask mandates Remote access to state courts should be permanent, CA judicial council report finds Court reporting firms bet on remote reporting well beyond pandemic ...

eFiling has improved the court clerk’s day-to-day processes as well as those of legal professionals. For filers, eFiling took away lengthy wait times in lines at clerk windows and brought filing right to the office. For clerks, eFiling allowed the filer to enter in critical details that could be ...

This week’s highlights Prices for consumer legal services flat in July; corporate legal prices up 0.5 percent Fifth Circuit refuses to revive lawsuit after lawyer’s email snafu New survey of multi-district litigation plaintiffs suggests flaws in mass tort system ABA urges legal employers to be ...