Articles Posted in April, 2015

Join Us for Drinks in Boston on April 24

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When we heard legal blogger and technology writer Nicole Black was coming to Boston, we said, “How about meeting for a drink?”

Next thing we knew, not only are we meeting for a drink, but we are inviting any Boston legal bloggers and legal professionals who’d like to join us.

And…

'Hopper' App Tells You The Best Time to Buy Air Tickets

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If you’re planning a trip, whether for business or travel, run — or maybe I should say hop — to the iTunes store and get Hopper.

Consider Hopper a Big Data tool for finding small airfares. It constantly monitors and analyzes flight prices to predict how prices will change. It uses those…

A New Title in the Biglaw C-Suite: Chief Discovery Officer

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The C-suite at the law firm Milberg LLP just got a little cozier. Recently, the firm announced that it had appointed Paul H. McVoy the newly established position of “chief discovery officer.” He will be responsible for guiding the firm’s lawyers, clients and co-counsel with regard to the technical aspects of discovery, the

Former Head of Bloomberg Law, LexisNexis to Lead New .Law Top-Level Domain

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Lou Andreozzi, the former chairman of Bloomberg Law and CEO of LexisNexis North American Legal Markets, has been appointed as CEO to lead the new .law generic top-level domain (gTLD). Andreozzi will head a new division within the Santa Monica, Calif., company Minds + Machines, which has been granted an exclusive license to operate the…

Washington OKs Fee Sharing and Joint Ownership Between Lawyers and LLLTs

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The Supreme Court of Washington has approved revisions to the Rules of Professional Conduct governing lawyers in that state that allow lawyers and limited license legal technicians to form partnerships and share fees. To my knowledge, this makes Washington the first state to allow fee sharing and joint ownership of a law practice between a…

Adobe Acrobat's Next Version Puts Paper in the Cloud

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Sometime in the next 30 days, Adobe will launch the latest version of its popular Acrobat PDF software, and it will be notably different from prior versions. The new Acrobat DC, as it will be called, will be part of a broader offering, Adobe Document Cloud, all aimed at reducing the waste and inefficiency…