Articles Posted in September, 2022

Hanzo, a company whose products help enterprise legal, governance and compliance teams manage collaboration and web-based data, has introduced a new version of its legal hold product, formerly Hanzo Hold, that comes with a new name, Hanzo Illuminate, and new features for more quickly and easily capturing dynamic and interactive web data and identifying…

Our usual Friday panel of legal tech journalists and bloggers will be joined this week by a special guest panelist: Joshua Lenon, who is marking his 10th anniversary as lawyer in residence at the law practice management company Clio.

We will chat a bit with Joshua and then have him join us as…

The folks at Helm360 have been putting their knowledge as a full-service IT company to another use of late, developing products that build on their experience implementing technology solutions for  legal and professional services firms. 

I wrote about one of these products in May, Termi, an AI-enabled chatbot that aims to solve the problems…

Reynen Court, the so-called app store for legal technology, has promoted two of its key executives to new roles. Christian Lang, formerly head of strategy, is now president and chief operating officer. Lodewijk Bonebakker, formerly head of operations and security, is now chief compliance and security officer. 

Both will continue to report…

A Stanford Law School study published today of regulatory reforms in Utah and Arizona finds that they are “spurring substantial innovation,” that they are critical to serving lower-income populations, and that they do not pose any substantial risk of consumer harm.

“The evidence gathered in this report shows that rule reforms can spur significant innovation,…

For those who have to go to court without a lawyer, navigating the justice system can be daunting. Courtroom5 is a unique justice tech company that addresses that problem by providing pro se litigants with the training, tools, documents and support they need to represent themselves. For litigants who need extra help, it also offers…

Reynen Court, the so-called app store for legal technology, today launched a general solicitation stock offering in order to bring on individual lawyers and “legal technology enthusiasts” as investors in the company. 

The offering, which is described at invest.reynencourt.com, is being made under Rule 506(c) of the federal securities…

Lawpath, an eight-year-old Australian company that has become the leading legal document and contract management platform for small businesses in that country, has now launched in the United States to serve American small businesses.

You might think of Lawpath as similar to LegalZoom. In fact, LegalZoom is a major investor in the company, which…

Something I hear repeatedly from legal professionals is that it is difficult to find articles that provide practical guidance on choosing, implementing and using legal tech.

With our recent launch of the LawNext Legal Technology Directory, one of our goals has been to help fill this gap by building a robust, freely accessible…

In case you missed it, here is Legaltech week from Friday, Sept. 16.

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Devshi Mehrotra was a computer science undergraduate at the University of Chicago when she and classmate Leslie Jones-Dove developed JusticeText, an platform that makes it easier for public defenders to review and analyze the massive quantities of police body cam and other video footage that is becoming increasingly common in criminal cases. 

At the…

World Software, whose Worldox document management software is used by law firms worldwide, has named new leadership following the arrest this week of its president.

Worldox’s longtime Chief Financial Officer Julie Ann Camporini and Chief Information Officer Rebecca Sattin have taken over as co-executives, according to a source within the company.

Raymond…