Despite investment in legal tech slowing down for much of the year, generative AI-powered platforms are bucking the trend.
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The Post-Pandemic State of Legal Practice, with Nicole Black of MyCase

Over the past year, the sibling legal technology companies MyCase and LawPay have published a series of reports on law practice, including benchmark reports based on anonymized data from the two companies’ customers, as well as an in-depth 2022 year-end legal industry report, based on a survey of over 2,300 legal professionals. Together, they provide an in-depth look at…
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Passive Timekeeping Can Earn A Lawyer An Extra $22K A Year, MyCase Data Analysis Shows
Let’s face it, hourly billing is cursed in so many ways. But for the lawyers who bill by the hour, perhaps the greatest curse is simply have to keep track of their time. That is why several companies in recent years have developed passive timekeeping tools for lawyers — tools that keep track of a lawyer’s time even when the…
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Legalweek News Roundup Part 2: CASEpeer, Evisort, Everlaw, Hanzo, LawPay, LexCheck, LinkSquares, LegalEase, Logikcull, Milestones, MyCase
This week marked the annual Legalweek show in New York, one of the world’s largest and most prominent legal technology conferences. Although COVID kept me from attending, it is not keeping me from covering the news coming out of the show.
Previously, I posted part one of my roundup of Legalweek news, featuring news from Reveal-Brainspace, Casepoint, DISCO, ContractPodAi, Haystack…
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LawPay Launches LawPay Pro: New 'Stepping Stone' Between Billing, Practice Management
Dru Armstrong, CEO at AffiniPay, LawPay’s parent company, told Legaltech News that LawPay Pro seeks to provide attorneys with a more catered, lightweight offering that is less intimidating than a full practice management solution.
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LawPay Introduces ‘Pro’ Tier to Bridge Features Gap Between Payments and Practice Management

With ABA TECHSHOW beginning Wednesday, you can expect several companies to introduce new products and features this week. First up is the online payments company LawPay, which today is announcing a new product tier, LawPay Pro, that enhances the standard LawPay electronic payments platform with the addition of legal billing features.
The additional features, such as time tracking and…
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Announcing the 2023 Legalweek Leaders in Tech Law Awards Finalists and Lifetime Achievement Winners
The final winners in all categories will be announced during an in-person awards ceremony on March 20, 2023, during the Legalweek conference in New York.
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Top 15 LawNext Podcast Episodes of 2022 and of All Time
Since starting my LawNext podcast in 2018, I have had the great fortune of sitting down almost every week for conversations with the “innovators and entrepreneurs who are driving what’s next in law.” While I enjoy each and every conversation, the numbers of listens reveal something about which topics and guests you, the listeners, found most interesting.
I have two…
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6 Legal Tech Companies that Closed Multiple M&A Deals in 2022
While some legal tech providers closed two M&A deals this year, others had four under their belt, helping fuel more market consolidation.
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What Technology Do I Need to Set Up a Solo or Small Firm Practice?
I often consult with lawyers setting up a new solo or small firm practice. There are many items involved in setting up any new business – like applying for an employer identification number (EIN) and
deciding on the best entity to use for the business.
But there are also aspects of setting up a law practice unique to the legal…
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2022 Legal Industry Report Reveals A Lot Of Firms Still Relying On Generic Solutions
Try using the right tool for the right job instead.
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Law Firms Prioritize Tech Integration, With Some Welcoming Market Consolidation
The 2022 Legal Industry Report from LawPay and MyCase found that while firms’ tech transformation born out of the pandemic is here to stay, new dynamics such as market consolidation and a looming recession are shaping lawyers’ procurement habits.
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New LawPay/MyCase Survey Provides Insights Into The Tech That Matters For Smaller Law Firms
A legal industry report released today by the sibling legal technology companies LawPay and MyCase provides unique insights into the technology tools that matter most to smaller law firms in the post-pandemic era.
While the report finds that law firms have largely recovered from pandemic-related declines in revenues, it concludes that, with regard to technology, the pandemic “drastically impacted” its…
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New Leaders: 5 of the Biggest Legal Tech Moves This Fall
This fall has already seen a host of career shifts spanning multiple areas of the legal tech market.
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New LawNext Resource: The Ins and Outs of Choosing Legal Software for Your Solo or Small Law Firm

Choosing technology for your solo or small law firm can feel like a daunting task. Fortunately, it’s not as difficult as it might seem, as long as you have a plan that helps you choose the technology your firm needs and sufficiently vet the products and providers.
So says Nicole Black, nationally recognized author, journalist and speaker on legal…
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Fast-Growing AffiniPay Bulks Up C-Suite by Hiring First General Counsel
CEO Dru Armstrong said Catherine Dawson “has a proven track record as a general counsel and legal adviser to many high-growth companies across a range of topics and transactions.”
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