Lawyers are largely limited to practicing law in the states in which they are licensed. But now, calling that rule anachronistic, the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers has asked the American Bar Association to amend the model rules that govern law practice to allow lawyers admitted in…
New Beta Feature of Law.com Radar Uses Algorithm to Detect Trends and Surges in Litigation News
Two years ago, the legal and business news company ALM launched Law.com Radar, a service of the legal news site Law.com that delivers custom-tailored news drawn from court dockets, with a unique twist — its news summaries are generated algorithmically, rather than by human editors. It later added transactional news to the…
Law Practice Management Company MyCase Acquires Immigration Platform Docketwise
The law practice management company MyCase said today that it has acquired Docketwise, a software platform for immigration attorneys that provides case management, immigration forms, and client-relationship management.
This is the second time in less than a month that a practice management company has acquired a platform for immigration lawyers. As reported…
LegalTech Hub acquires LegalTech Jobs, Adding Job Listings to Its Directory
In all my years of covering legal tech, a question I’ve never had to confront is how to — or even whether to — cover my competitors. But now that I have launched a business of my own, the LawNext Legal Technology Directory, that is the awkward question I faced as Nicola…
Breaking: Contract Management Company Evisort Raises $100M in Series C Funding
Evisort, a provider of no-code, artificial intelligence products for contract management and analysis, has raised 100 million in capital, including equity and venture debt financing, bringing its total funding to date to $155 million.
This latest round of funding was led by global growth investor TCV, a…
LexisNexis Acquires CLM Company Parley Pro As Part of Broader Enhancement of Its CounselLink ELM Platform
It is a busy day for contract lifecycle management technology. First came the news that enterprise CLM company SirionLabs has raised $85 million in a Series D funding round, and now LexisNexis Legal & Professional says it has acquired the CLM platform Parley Pro as part of a broader set of enhancements…
SirionLabs Raises $85M Series D to Drive Growth of its Enterprise Contract Lifecycle Management Platform
SirionLabs, a global provider of AI-powered contract lifecycle management (CLM) software for large enterprises, has raised $85 million in Series D funding, bringing its total raise since its founding in 2012 to $157 million.
Ajay Agrawal, cofounder and CEO, said the company will use the funding to scale its operations and enhance its…
How It Works: LollyLaw, Cloud-Based Case Management Software for Immigration Law Firms
On this episode of the video series How It Works: LollyLaw, a cloud-based, all-in-one case management platform for immigration law firms.
LollyLaw, which was recently acquired by law practice management company Paradigm, is designed to allow immigration lawyers to effortlessly manage all major functions of their practice through a single, intuitive platform.
LollyLaw helps…
Today at 3 ET: Our Legal Tech Journalists’ Roundtable is Back to Unpack the Week’s Top Stories
Today at 3 E.T., the Legaltech Week panel of legal tech journalists and bloggers is back to unpack the week’s top stories in tech and innovation.
Attendance is free, but, if you have not already done so, you need to register, which you can do here. Register once and you are signed up for all…
With the Mission of Turning Contracts into Data, TermScout Raises $5M in Seed Funding
Last year, I wrote about the launch of TermScout, a unique legal technology startup devoted to reviewing, rating and comparing contracts. Well, not only has the company’s scope grown since then, so has its budget, as it today announces a raise of $5 million in seed funding and the launch of a new…
On LawNext Podcast: Carl Malamud on His Three-Plus Decades of Working to Free the Law
No one has worked harder, worked longer or had more success at the cause of making government information accessible to the public than Carl Malamud and his organization Public.Resource.Org. From putting the SEC’s EDGAR database online in 1993 – effectively shaming the…
Pro Bono Management Platform Paladin Raises $8M in Series A Funding to Fuel International Expansion
Paladin, a legal technology company whose platform enables law firms and legal services organizations to manage their pro bono programs and opportunities, has raised $8 million in Series A funding, which it plans to use to further develop its product and expand its market internationally.
Bringing Paladin’s total financing to over $12 million, this…