In the wake of this week’s heartbreaking news of the death of legal tech icon Monica Bay, it has been heartwarming to see how many lives she touched and friends she made over her nearly 20 years as editor-in-chief of Law Technology News and 30 years at ALM.
Now, I’d like to invite you to share some of your
Continue Reading Friday on Legaltech Week: Bring and Share Your Monica Bay Stories and Celebrate Her Life
Many readers of this blog already follow my LawNext podcast, where I interview the “innovators and entrepreneurs who are driving what’s next in law,” and our Legaltech Week podcast, where a panel of journalists dissects the week’s news in legal tech and innovation.
Today I want to let you know about a new show we’re introducing: LawNext PR,
Continue Reading Introducing LawNext PR, Our New Podcast for Legal Tech News, and A Chance to Win A $50 Gift Card
Thomson Reuters said today that it will unveil generative AI enhancements to its flagship legal research product Westlaw Precision on Nov. 15 that will build on its $650 million acquisition of Casetext last June.
TR said it is taking a “best of” approach to product development, leveraging Casetext to accelerate the time for bringing its product to market, while also
Continue Reading Thomson Reuters Teases Generative AI Updates to Westlaw Precision Coming Nov. 15
Today in the LawSites video series How It Works, we get a demonstration of iManage Tracker, a matter-centric task management service to capture and manage tasks, track progress, and get work done – all integrated within iManage Work.
Joining me to demonstrate how it works is Becky Bloom, senior product manager and attorney at iManage. Becky provides a
Continue Reading How It Works: iManage Tracker, iManage’s Fully-Integrated, Matter-Centric Task Management Service
On Oct. 9, during the Clio Cloud Conference in Nashville, the law practice management company Clio released the 2023 edition of its annual Legal Trends Report. Since it was first published in 2016, the report has established itself as a benchmark of the state of law practice and technology adoption among smaller law firms.
Among the findings in this
Continue Reading On LawNext: Unpacking the 2023 Clio Legal Trends Report, with Joshua Lenon, Clio’s Lawyer in Residence
For nearly two decades, one person reigned supreme over the world of legal technology. Such was Monica Bay’s prominence and influence that, when she retired in 2015 after 17 years as editor of Law Technology News, Thomson Reuters honored her with her name and image emblazoned above Times Square. As a dear friend, trusted mentor, and inspirational role model to
Continue Reading I Am Deeply Saddened To Report The Death Of Monica Bay: Friend, Mentor and Role Model to So Many in Legal Tech
Ever since its founding in 2018, Steno has been on a mission to disrupt depositions. It started as a court reporting agency that also offered non-recourse financing of deposition costs, and then in 2020 launched Steno Connect, its own web-based video conferencing technology specifically built for remote depositions and exhibit handling.
In the early days of the pandemic when
Continue Reading Steno’s Web Deposition Software Now Available As A Zoom App for Easy Exhibit Marking and Sharing
Last month, I was a panelist, together with David Lat, author of the newsletter Original Jurisdiction and founding author of Above the Law, on a program, “The New Legal Paradigm: Challenges, Trends, and Strategies for Success.”
Our focus was on the top pain points firms face as they navigate a world where innovation and technological advancements are reshaping the
Continue Reading Watch Replay: David Lat and I in A Webinar On the New Innovation and Tech Paradigm for Law Firms
Last May, LexisNexis first revealed plans to launch Lexis+ AI, a new product that would use large language models to answer legal research questions, summarize legal issues, and generate legal document drafts. At the time, it limited availability to a select group of Am Law 50 firms that had agreed to participate in a commercial preview.
Today, LexisNexis is
Continue Reading LexisNexis Rolls Out Lexis+ AI for General Availability, Promising Hallucination-Free Answers to Legal Questions
Last year, I reported here on the acquisition by LEAP Legal Software, an international provider of cloud-based practice management software for smaller law firms, of WealthCounsel, one of the leading providers of software, training and support for estate planning and elder law attorneys.
Now, building on that acquisition, LEAP is today announcing a new integration with WealthCounsel, making
Continue Reading LEAP Announces Integration with WealthCounsel, Providing Estate Planning Tools Directly within Its Practice Management Platform
The law practice management platform Filevine has added the build-in ability for law firms to accept electronic payments from clients, capping off its suite of time and billing capabilities in a new feature set it calls Time Tracking, Billing, and Payments.
The new Payments by Filevine allows firms to accept ACH, credit card and debit card payments, and to
Continue Reading Practice Management Platform Filevine Adds Native Payments Feature to Round Out Its Time and Billing
This week, LawNext veers slightly off-topic for a conversation about wrongful convictions. But, as you’ll hear from our guests, there is a legal tech angle, even to this.
At the recent Clio Cloud Conference, I had the opportunity to sit down for a live conversation with one of the keynote speakers, Brian Banks, whose aspirations for a career in
Continue Reading LawNext Podcast: A Conversation About Wrongful Convictions, with Brian Banks and Michael Semanchik
In July, NetDocuments announced the limited launch of PatternBuilder MAX, a generative AI-driven version of its PatternBuilder document assembly product that it said would enable firms to create custom generative AI automations tailored to the needs of their specific practice areas. At the time, I wrote about how one immigration lawyer had used it to dramatically shortcut the time-consuming process
Continue Reading NetDocuments’ AI-Driven PatternBuilder MAX Is Now Generally Available; Comes with Nine Apps for Common Legal Use Cases
This is a reminder that the deadline is fast approaching for legal tech startups to apply for a spot in the Startup Alley competition at the American Bar Association’s TECHSHOW 2024, which takes place in Chicago Feb. 14-17, 2024.
Out of all the entries received, 15 startups will be selected to participate in a live pitch competition that will be the
Continue Reading Reminder: Deadline Approaching for Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW – Apply Soon!
With more than 10,000 attorneys across the country, the U.S. Department of Justice describes itself as “the world’s largest law office.” Given that broad scope, it is particularly notable that the DOJ today announced a partnership with the justice tech company Paladin to provide every DOJ attorney with access to Paladin’s pro bono platform where they can search and sign
Continue Reading Paladin Partners with U.S. Department of Justice To Boost Pro Bono At ‘World’s Largest Law Office’
In this episode of the LawSites video series How It Works, we get a demonstration of Sage Timeslips, a time-and-billing platform for law firms, legal professionals, and service-based businesses that offers a suite of features to streamline time tracking, invoicing and financial management.
To demonstrate the features of Sage Timeslips, our guest today is Desi Williams, sales engineer.
Continue Reading How It Works: A Demonstration of Sage Timeslips, Software for Attorneys’ Time Tracking and Billing