Executive Data Systems, the Florida company that sells the law practice management platform PerfectLaw, has sued another practice management company, Zola Media, which sells the cloud-based system ZolaSuite, alleging that Zola is violating its trademark in the phrase…
Solo and Small Firms Face Many Challenges, Survey Shows, But Few Have Made Changes to Address Them
Lawyers in solo and small firms face many challenges, chief among them being acquiring new business, according to the soon-to-be-published 2017 State of U.S. Small Law Firms survey conducted by Thomson Reuters.
Recently in my column at Above the Law, I gave an overview of the survey, which polled more than 300…
Integreon Acquires Litigation Startup Allegory; Says More Disruption To Come
Global legal services provider Integreon yesterday announced its acquisition of the cloud-based litigation management platform Allegory, a company founded in 2012 by former Gibson Dunn litigator Alma Asay. Asay is joining Integreon as chief innovation officer, legal solutions, and all of her Allegory team is moving to Integreon.
Vote Now For The Legal Tech Companies That Get To Be In Startup Alley at ABA Techshow
A bit delayed in posting this, but voting opened Monday to pick your favorite legal technology startup. Fifteen companies will be selected to participate in the ABA Techshow Startup Alley. They’ll get to go to ABA Techshow, where they’ll exhibit their products in a special portion of the exhibition hall and also…
See You Tomorrow at the Maine Ethics Program!
The Maine Board of Overseers of the Bar and the Maine State Bar Association are holding their annual ethics program tomorrow in Augusta on the topic, The Ethical Minefield of Modern Technology and Social Media.
I’ll be presenting the morning keynote, “Understanding the Duty of Technology Competence,” and also participating on the panel,…
Speaking of Birthdays, Happy 10th to Rocket Matter
In a recent post at Above the Law, I observed that two companies, Clio and Rocket Matter, literally invented the now-booming field of cloud-based law practice management. Not only that, but in popularizing cloud-based practice management, they helped pave the way for lawyers’ much broader use of the cloud.
15 Years of Blogging Here at Lawsites
Hard to believe, but Sunday will be the 15th birthday of this blog. I launched it on Nov. 19, 2002. Here was my first post. Who’d a thunk I’d still be doing this 15 years later.
This is a good occasion to thank all of the readers who follow this blog, at…
AI-Powered Legal Assistant Finds ‘Trusted’ Lawyers, Answers Legal Questions
A new virtual legal assistant, LARA, uses artificial intelligence and millions of data points to help consumers find legal help and get answers to legal questions.
Developed by Legal.io, a company that builds attorney referral networks for legal organizations, the purpose of LARA is to use data to help clients find…
An Exclusive First Look At A New Survey of Solo and Small Firm Lawyers
Soon to be released is the 2017 State of U.S. Small Law Firms, a survey conducted by Thomson Reuters of more than 300 law firms ranging in size from solo to 29 lawyers. I have been given an exclusive preview of the survey, and I write about it for my column this week at
My Visit to the LawX A2J Lab at BYU Law School: Seeing Innovation in Action
Last summer, I reported on plans for LawX, a legal design lab that…
Law Firm Productivity has Dropped 9% – Find Out How to Make Up for It Without Longer Hours
What Questions Do You Have For These Legal Vendors?
What questions do you have for vendors of legal research, practice management and other technologies and services? I would appreciate your suggestions for a series of vendor panels I will be moderating this week.
Later this week, I’ll be at the Jump-Start Your Law Practice conference in Indianapolis, where I will be moderating a…