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For transactional lawyers, many of the most popular legal research tools seem to be geared only toward litigators thanks to their focus on caselaw, but a recent trend of new software aiming to bridge that gap has emerged. One such web application is Thomson Reuters’ Practice Point. Launched last year, the subscription-based service for transactional attorneys in specific practice areas and corporate counsel focuses on tasks transactional practitioners commonly encounter. It provides wor..

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Artificial intelligence is the capacity of a machine to perform operations that are analogous to learning and decision-making by humans. The field was first conceived by the Greeks in antiquity, but until the 20th century, it was only the stuff of philosophers and science fiction writers. The advent of digital computers in the 1970s, however, enabled the first marketable expert systems a decade later. Since then, AI has expanded into many facets of our lives. In fact, if you think about it in..

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Sadly, your greatest asset—your employees—is also the greatest threat to your cybersecurity. We know this because we regularly see data breaches and ransomware infections caused by click-happy staffers. You also have rogue employees determined to use their own devices and go where they want on the internet, irrespective of firm policies. 

Let’s look at a few statistics. A 2015 Computing Technology Industry Association online survey of 1,200 full-time empl..

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