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September 14, 2021
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6 Factors for Drafting High-Quality Contracts
Contract drafters often get caught up in legalese that frankly make documents less clear and less approachable. Here are five factors to keep in mind when drafting easy to read, well made agreements. We put together a short helpful guide that should help you write better to read agreements that will make you clients happy!…
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August 16, 2021
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7 Best Practices Using Contract Definitions
Defined terms and definitions should only be used to make reading a contract easier. If you are making it more complicated, don’t use them. Here are some helpful rules for using defined terms. Rule 1. Don’t Introduce Ambiguity When You Don’t Need To! This should be your lodestar rule when contract drafting and using…
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August 06, 2021
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The Tech Tip You Need For Every Contract Negotiation
How To Scrub Meta-data From Your Word Documents One of the worst nightmares a lawyer can face is inadvertently disclosing confidential client information. By doing so, you put your client at risk as well as face sanction from your local bar. Yet, many attorneys do this every day when they send documents to opposing counsel…
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July 08, 2021
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Will Robots Spell the Doom of Junior Associates?
If you just read the sensational headlines (Like the header above), you might get the impression that legal tech will leave junior associates out of work – like work horses put to pasture by the combustion engine and the industrial revolution. Images come to mind of a post-apocalyptic sci-fi world, like Terminator or Blade Runner,…
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March 29, 2021
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In Bad Form: 10 E-Filing Mistakes to Avoid
E-filing legal documents has become a part of attorneys’ daily life. All 50 states have established e-filing technology and portals for their court systems. Some, including California and New York, mandate that all case documents (with a few exceptions) must be filed and shared electronically. It’s tempting to view e-filing as an easy, convenient process….
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February 25, 2021
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Motionize Named a Finalist in the ABA Startup Alley Competition
Much like our company’s name suggests, Motionize is on its way. We are proud to announce that based on votes we are one of the 15 finalists competing in the fifth edition of the American Bar Association’s Startup Alley, to be held virtually in 2021 as part of ABA TECHSHOW 2021 the week of March…
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February 01, 2021
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Motionize On A Mission: The Five Legal Industry Dragons We Will Slay
When Luke Waltman and I started Motionize, all we knew was that we wanted to build a solution that made the law work better. After a circuitous route and early naiveté, we have begun our hero’s quest. No longer in the Shire, we are off slaying the dragons that have plagued the legal industry. These…
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January 12, 2021
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Announcing Motionize – Launching Our Revolutionary Document Automation Platform
AiLanthus Corp., a company developing the next generation of technology tools for attorneys, today announced the launch of Motionize, a simple, cloud-based document automation and management solution for busy law firms that require efficiency and productivity. Motionize uses proprietary machine-learning technology that reads existing legal documents and automatically turns them into reusable templates. Attorneys and paralegals…
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