Many law firms recommend CARET Legal for a simple reason: it brings everything together in a single, easy-to-use platform. Instead of juggling
An investigation into why serious AI work depends less on clever prompts and more on defending invariants, boundaries, and human judgment.At the end of a long, technical AI session this week, something became clear to me: human-in-the-loop is being misunderstood in ways that matter.The issue wasn’t whether the system could generate outputs quickly or fluently.
New AI-driven product eliminates manual time tracking and fast-tracks time to bill, extending Actionstep’s momentum in operational and profitability innovation for law firms.
January 28, 2026 — Denver, CO — Actionstep, a leading provider of cloud-based law firm management software supporting nearly 5,000 law firms globally, today announced a major acceleration of its product
Managing your firm’s finances should not feel harder than practicing law. Many attorneys still struggle with billing, bookkeeping, and trust account rules. Retainers create extra steps. Matter-based billing adds more detail to track. Trust requirements leave little room for mistakes. Small gaps can turn into big problems.
QuickBooks is a popular tool for small businesses.
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – January 14, 2026 – Filevine has acquired Pincites, an AI-powered drafting and contract redlining tool built for Microsoft Word and trusted by enterprise teams at high-growth technology and global companies including Redis, Glean, and Vercel. With this acquisition, the full Pincites team has joined Filevine and together will create litigation-specific
Off to Las Vegas for my 7th year covering CES, where the AI hype machine often runs at full throttle. I’m going to try to separate substance from noise and get an idea of trends and issues that may impact legal.I’ll be especially interested in the gaps between vendor promises and implementation reality. Will also
Imagine this scenario: A midsize firm discovers a compromise through an employee’s credentials. While teams investigate and leadership prepares a statement to their customers, clients begin calling for reassurance or to initiate transfers. Internally, workflows start to stall, staff scramble, and partners confront not just the financial exposure, but the fall out of broken trust that underpins the entire practice.
According to the
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We recorded this episode live at the TLTF Summit and the energy in the room made it feel like the perfect place for a conversation about growth, training, and the rapid climb of legal tech. We grabbed our gear, claimed a corner in the podcast room, and pulled in two guests with front row seats
Personal injury attorneys know the law inside out. The real challenge is managing the hundreds of moving parts that pile up in every case because, from the moment a client walks through the door to the final settlement, your firm juggles a range of responsibilities.
Effective case management is about reducing risks. It’s the discipline
A couple of big announcements at Filevine’s LEX Summit this week. The company announced its entry into legal research by integrating AI into its Chat with My Case tool.
While the Actionstep team can’t claim four decades of attendance, we did pay attention to what ‘moved the needle’ this year and how it impacts our legal community. Here are our top five prevalent themes:
Acquiring new clients and growing your law firm has never been more challenging. According to the American Bar Association, there are over 1.3 million active lawyers in the United States, meaning knowing how to get legal clients requires standing out in an increasingly crowded field.
Combined with the fact that clients are more discerning
Who this is forFirms with 5–50 people, limited ops/IT, and a willingness to run one weekly 20-minute huddle. You’ll combine O Data (what happened) with X Data (how clients felt/behaved) to speed cases and improve outcomes. (O vs. X definition and value come straight from the roadmap white paper.)
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Challenge #1: Resistance to change
Compared to many other fast-moving industries, the legal profession tends to be resistant to change, AI-powered tools included. Legal professionals tend to be meticulous Type A individuals, and the apparent unpredictability and novelty of AI-powered tools can be difficult to accept. On top of this, many in the legal industry
Midsize law firms continue to stand at a pivotal point in legal industry evolution. You’re not small enough to run lean and agile on spreadsheets, and you’re not large enough to afford sprawling in-house IT systems. But what you are is poised: poised to scale, improve profitability, and deliver top-tier client service. However, that’s only