The legal analytics platform Lex Machina has introduced a “fetch” functionality that allows users to request and retrieve specific documents from state court dockets.
The functionality is designed to enable users to dig into the details of analytics research they perform on Lex Machina, obtaining specific motions, orders or other documents that can provide details
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Clearbrief, Product that Strengthens Legal Writing, Raises $3.5M Seed Round
I wrote last March about Clearbrief, a first-of-its-kind product designed to strengthen your legal writing, and that was backed by some big-name early investors, including Mark Britton, the founder and former CEO of Avvo; Bryan Garner, legal writing expert and editor of Black’s Law Dictionary; and Bill Neukom, longtime Microsoft general counsel.
iManage CEO Neil Araujo: ‘Making Knowledge Work is Why We Exist’
It has been quite a journey for the document management company iManage. Cofounded in 1995 by Neil Araujo and Rafiq Mohammadi, it was acquired in 2003 by Interwoven for $171 million. In 2009, Autonomy acquired Interwoven for $775 million, and then in 2011 Hewlett Packard purchased Autonomy for $11.1 billion, getting iManage in
Guest Post: Beating the Alternative – Why The Billable Hour is the Truest Representation of Cost
The billable hour has been unfairly painted as the villain of law firm pricing, when in fact opacity is the issue
Guest Post By Nicholas d’Adhemar, Founder and CEO, Apperio
A while back I had a contractor out to my home to quote some remodeling work. The job seemed straightforward, and the contractor gave
ILTA Reveals Final Attendance Numbers for Its Hybrid ILTACON
Much uncertainty surrounded attendance at this years ILTACON, the annual conference of the International Legal Technology Association, and the first hybrid version of the conference, as the rise in the Delta variant of COVID-19 cause some to reconsider in-person attendance.
Last week, two major vendors announced that they were withdrawing their staff from attending
Targeting Midsized Firms, Practice Management Platform Centerbase Receives ‘Significant’ Growth-Equity Investment
Centerbase, a Dallas-based company providing legal practice management software for mid-sized law firms , has received a growth equity investment from Mainsail Partners, a growth equity firm that invests exclusively in fast-growing, bootstrapped software companies.
In an interview with LawSites, John Forbes, founder and CEO, declined to say the amount of the
LawNext: Reregulation of Legal Services – A Panel of Five Leading Experts Discuss
There may be no more critical issue facing the legal profession than reregulation of legal services. Amid an escalating crisis in access to justice, proponents of regulatory reform argue that the only way to meaningfully address the crisis is to loosen restrictions on non-lawyers investing in and providing legal services.
So critical is the issue
LawPay Looks to Expand Beyond Payments, While Staying True To Core Mission, New CEO Says In Interview
Last month, AffiniPay, parent of the popular legal payments platform LawPay, named Dru Armstrong as its new CEO. With degrees in both law and business from the University of Chicago, Armstrong was previously CEO of Grace Hill, a company that provides software for owners and operators of real estate properties.
Prior to
Featured Resource: A Lawyer’s Guide to Online Marketing
This week’s featured resource from LawSites Resources: A Lawyer’s Guide to Online Marketing.
Marketing your law firm is a different beast today than it was 20, 10, or even five years ago. Whereas previously firms were jostling for prime Yellow Pages placement (“AAAA Divorce Attorneys,” anyone?), the Internet has revolutionized how clients find
Contract Management Company Evisort Named ‘Hot Vendor’ By Aragon Research
The market research and advisory firm Aragon Research has named the contract management company Evisort as one of three emerging “hot vendors” in workflow and content automation.
In the newly published research report, Hot Vendors in Workflow and Content Automation, 2021, Aragon’s analysts reviewed key trends in workflow and content automation and identified three
Litera Makes Another Acquisition, of UK Relationship Marketing Company Concep
Barely a week after acquiring AI pioneer Kira Systems, and building on its acquisition earlier this year of Foundation Software, the legal technology company Litera is today announcing another acquisition, of U.K. company Concep, a provider of B2B relationship marketing technology for law firms, corporations, and professional and financial services.
Concep will become
Another Major Vendor Appears to Have Pulled Its Employees from Attending ILTACON
Last Friday, I reported that a major exhibitor, iManage, facing mounting fears around the surge in the Delta variant of the coronavirus, had decided to pull its staff from attending ILTACON, while continuing to support the conference virtually.
Now, it appears that another major vendor has pulled its staff. A customer of Litera has confirmed
Litera Issues Statement on Withdrawal from Attending ILTACON
After I reported earlier today that Litera had withdrawn its employees from attending ILTACON next week, the company issued the following statement.
“After assessing the coronavirus (COVID-19) situation in the US, it is with regret that we have decided that our team will not be attending ILTACON 2021 in Las Vegas. We apologize for any
Why I’m Pulling My Chips Out Of Attending ILTACON In Las Vegas
It is fitting that Las Vegas is a major mecca of gambling, given that, next week, several hundred people will take a gamble on their safety to attend the physical portion of the first-ever hybrid ILTACON, the annual conference of the International Legal Technology Association. While I’d planned to be among them, I have decided
International Working Group Creates Best Practices Guide for Drafting Legal Documents
An international working group of academics, vendors, lawyers and other legal professionals is today releasing the legal industry’s first comprehensive guide to best practices and workflows for creating effective legal documents in Microsoft Word.
Document Competency: What Every Legal Professional Should Know for Effective & Efficient Drafting in Word, is intended to establish for
On LawNext: Northwestern Law’s New Dean Hari Osofsky On Leading the School’s Next Chapter of Innovation
On Aug.1, Hari M. Osofsky took office as dean of Northwestern University’s Pritzker School of Law, after four years as dean of Penn State Law School and nearly two decades of teaching law. Having herself established a reputation for driving innovation, and coming into a school that is already recognized as innovative, her mission