In the wake of news that Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law and senior advisor, had been downgraded from his top-secret security clearance, we take an in-depth look at the security clearance process on the latest episode of the legal-affairs podcast Lawyer 2 Lawyer. What are they levels of security clearances? How are…
I Missed One, So Now It’s 31 States That Have Adopted Ethical Duty of Technology Competence
My post yesterday about Kentucky having adopted the duty of technology competence brought an email alerting me that Indiana had also adopted the duty, bringing the total to 31. The complete list of states that have adopted this duty can be found here.
A hat tip to William C. Wagner,…
Suffolk Conference on Innovation and Technology in Clinical Legal Education
Suffolk Law School is hosting a full-day conference on legal innovation and clinical pedagogy on April 9 in Boston.
Called Clinnovation, the conference will feature presentations from leaders of legal innovation labs at several law schools, including the Legal Design Lab at Stanford, the Access to Justice Lab at Harvard, the NuLawLab at Northeastern, The…
Make That 30 States, As Another Adopts Ethical Duty of Technology Competence
Just a week ago, I reported on the 29th state to have adopted the duty of technology competence, as part of my ongoing tally of states, and now there is the 30th to add: Kentucky.
The duty took effect on Jan. 1, 2018, having been adopted by the Supreme Court of Kentucky on…
Voice-Driven Time Tracker Tali Announces New Features and A New Bar Partner
I’ve written a number of times about Tali, the voice-driven time-tracking application, most recently in January, when it announced its integration with the Rocket Matter practice management platform. Today, I have three more updates to report about Tali: a partnership with the Ohio State Bar Association, integration with Google Assistant,…
With $3.2M in Second-Round Funding, Gavelytics Plans to Expand Its Judicial Analytics
The judicial analytics platform Gavelytics is today announcing that it has closed a $3.2 million funding round that will support the development of new features and the platform’s expansion into new jurisdictions. The company had previously raised $2.5 million in funding.
As I reported here when it launched last September, Gavelytics…
Lawyerist Says It’s Moving In ‘A New Direction’
The legal website Lawyerist, which started a decade ago as a blog run by Sam Glover about law technology and practice, will now move in a new direction, Lawyerist CEO Aaron Street announced yesterday.
“After years of planning—and a year of behind-the-scenes building and recruiting—we are excited to announce a new…
Following Fastcase Acquisition, Docket Alarm Expands to Cover 11 State Dockets and Begins Integration with Fastcase Research Platform
In January, Fastcase acquired Docket Alarm, a company that mines federal and state court dockets to provide litigation alerts and case-prediction analytics. (See my coverage here.) In its first update since the acquisition, Fastcase is today announcing that Docket Alarm has now expanded its coverage of state dockets to 11 states,…
Six Highlights to Watch Out for at ABA Techshow This Week
If you will be in Chicago this week attending ABA TECHSHOW, I’ve compiled a list of six highlights to watch for.
Find it in my column this week at Above the Law: 6 Things To Watch For At ABA TECHSHOW This Week.…
Another State Adopts Duty of Technology Competence; Total Now at 29
As I continue my effort to keep a tally of the states that have adopted the duty of technology competence. I’ve just learned, belatedly, of another.
On Sept. 26, 2017, the Supreme Court of Missouri adopted the amendment. It amends Rule 4-1.1 of Missouri’s Rules of Professional Conduct by revising Comment 6, Maintaining Competence, to be in…
Practice Management Platform PracticePanther Takes ‘Large’ Private Equity Investment
Panther Software, Miami-based developer of the cloud-based law practice management platform PracticePanther, is announcing today that it has taken an investment from Alpine SG, a portfolio company of the San Francisco private equity firm Alpine Investors.
The parties are not disclosing the amount of the investment, but PracticePanther CEO David Bitton…