Robert Ambrogi BlogSmart phones make lousy conference phones. Sure, you can put your phone in speaker mode and place it in the middle of the conference table. But those in the room have a tough time hearing the phone and those on the phone have an equally tough time hearing all of you.
How Law Firms Spent their Tech Money in 2013
Where did law firms spend their technology dollars in 2013? Every year, the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) and the market research and consulting firm InsideLegal team up to conduct a survey examining the technology purchasing trends and budgets of ILTA firm members. That’s old news, insofar as
Lexis Licenses Bankruptcy Software to Fastcase
Well, here’s a licensing deal I would not have seen coming: LexisNexis and Fastcase. The two companies announced today that Fastcase will now be the exclusive provider of Collier TopForm & File, a tool for creating and filing bankruptcy…
Two Sites Offer Platforms for Crowdsourced Legal Research
My latest “Ambrogi on Tech” column for the ABA Journal, 2 new websites offer platform for crowdsourced legal research, looks at Casetext and Mootus, two sites that bring crowdsourcing to legal research, but in somewhat different ways.…
9th Circuit Begins Live Audio Streaming Today
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco will offer live audio streaming of all oral arguments beginning today, it announced last week. You can listen to the proceedings online by visiting the court’s website and clicking on links listed under “Live Oral Arguments.”
Audio streaming begins today with oral arguments from the…
‘Bump’ App Gets Bumped Off
It’s been a bad couple of weeks for apps that let you share contact information. Recently, I wrote about problems with CardMunch, the LinkedIn app that uses actual humans to read and transcribe business cards you scan with your mobile device. Now, Google has announced that it is shutting down Bump, the…
Podcast: ABA Journal Editors Discuss Year’s Top Stories
In our latest edition of the legal-affairs podcast Lawyer2Lawyer, we are joined by Allen Pusey, editor and publisher of the ABA Journal, and Molly McDonough, deputy managing editor, to discuss the most important legal stories of 2013.
Alan Pusey has been with the ABA Journal since 2007 and was named editor and…
Federal Judge Hangs Up His Blogging Robes
Last summer, Law Technology News published my article, Blogging From the Bench, in which I surveyed the fairly paltry number of judges who blog. In a subsequent post here, I added more blogging judges.
Prominently featured in the LTN piece was Senior U.S. District Judge Richard Kopf, who last…