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Practical Microsoft Copilot Guidance for Lawyers
Artificial intelligence has already become part of our everyday work lives—often without us realizing it. When we search the web, AI-generated summaries appear before traditional search results. We routinely interact with various chatbots a…
Is Copilot Studio the Key to Unlocking AI Efficiency for Your Firm?
Imagine creating powerful AI agents tailored to your firm—without writing a single line of code. That's what Microsoft Copilot Studio delivers, offering flexibility beyond standard Copilot Chat or competitors like ChatGPT, Claude, CoCounsel…
What Lawyers Should Know about the GENIUS Act
Lookout for Crypto Scams
On July 18, 2025, the United States enacted the "Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U. S. Stablecoins Act" (GENIUS Act). This law seeks to create a new framework for digital payments. While stablecoins are promoted by people i…
Lessons Learned from a Real-World Artificial Intelligence Experiment
In my previous post, “Artificial Intelligence and the Practice of Law,” I discussed how ChatGPT has ignited tremendous interest in general artificial intelligence. Additionally, I advised firms to take a cautious approach to the adoption of…
Artificial Intelligence and the Practice of Law
A mere two months after launch, Chat GPT had an estimated 100 million users. Four months later, it was one billion people. This overnight success has sparked tremendous excitement about the potential of artificial intelligence and chatbots …
What is Blockchain, How Does it Work, Who Created it, and Why?
In 2018, an employee from the State Bar of Arizona asked me to write an article to describe Blockchain to lawyers. The only way I could do justice to the topic was to write a book about it. Now that I've published that book, I'm going to at…
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Important Microsoft Updates to Stop Bad Actors
In August 2023, Microsoft rebranded a set of services formerly known as Azure Active Directory to Entra ID. Microsoft gave this product a new name to underscore how far Microsoft has come in developing these defenses how important it is tha…
Defending Against Phishing Attacks in 2022
According to recent reports, Microsoft edged out Facebook to become the brand most impersonated by phishers in the first half of 2022. The day after I read this news update, I received the following phishing email:…
Why AntiVirus Software Cannot Stop Ransomware
AntiVirus (AV) software is a tool in your security toolbox. But AV software alone is not going to stop the bad actors from infiltrating your systems. It is important, but it is only one item on a checklist of necessary precautions. And this…
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