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Back in LawNext Episode 48, I traveled to Toronto to record a live interview with the founders of the AI-driven legal research platform ROSS Intelligence, CEO Andrew Arruda and CTO Jimoh Ovbiagele, in which they discussed the company’s rise from startup in 2014 to a more mature and established company.…
Bob Ambrogi
Bob is a lawyer, veteran legal journalist, and award-winning blogger and podcaster. In 2011, he was named to the inaugural Fastcase 50, honoring “the law’s smartest, most courageous innovators, techies, visionaries and leaders.” Earlier in his career, he was editor-in-chief of several legal publications, including The National Law Journal, and editorial director of ALM’s Litigation Services Division.
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New CEO at LegalZoom, As Longtime Leader John Suh Steps Aside
There is a new CEO at online legal services provider LegalZoom. John Suh, who has been CEO since 2007 and on the company’s board since 2005, is moving to a position as senior advisor. Succeeding him is Daniel Wernikoff, who comes to LegalZoom after 15 years at Intuit, where he oversaw consumer and…
In Move to Enhance Access to Justice, Oregon Bar OKs Licensed Paralegals and Bar Admission without Law School
Oregon has taken two major steps towards enhancing access to justice in the state, as the Oregon State Bar’s Board of Governors has voted to approve a recommendation to create a paraprofessional licensing program in the state and another to enable individuals to become licensed lawyers without attending law school, by completing a four-year tutelage…
With ‘Seal Now,’ AI Company Expands Into Pre-Execution Contract Review
Seal Software, the company that helped spawn the increasingly competitive field of enterprise contract review and analytics, has now expanded into the pre-execution, negotiation side of the contracts lifecycle with the launch of Seal Now, a contract analytics product specifically designed to review draft contracts prepared by a third party on its own templates.…
ILTA 2019 Tech Survey Shows AI Adoption Slow, But Cloud Move Quickening
The International Legal Technology Association has released an executive summary of its annual technology survey of law firms that underscores firms’ continuing adoption of cloud-based technologies while finding that only about 20% of firms are currently using or testing artificial intelligence and machine learning.
ILTA will release the full 2019 technology survey later…
IP Docketing Company Alt Legal Makes An Acquisition and Announces Its First User Conference
Alt Legal, the cloud-based, intellectual-property docketing software company, has acquired MarkTend, a trademark docketing and monitoring software, for an undisclosed price.
As a result of the acquisition, MarkTend will shut down its docketing software business and its customers will be transitioned to Alt Legal.
Alt Legal will continue to operate MarkTend’s trademark monitoring…
Game On: Enter Now to Win A Spot on ABA TECHSHOW 2020 Startup Alley
Attention legal technology startups: Here is your chance to compete to be featured as a presenter and exhibitor in the fourth-annual Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW, the American Bar Association’s annual legal technology conference, taking place in Chicago Feb. 26-29, 2020.
Today, we are officially announcing the call for entries for Startup Alley, offering startups…
Jones Day Uses Lawyerspeak to Try to Explain Away Botched Redaction. I Translate for You
Well, it’s happened again.
A major law firm has exposed secret information because it did not properly redact a court filing.
It is the oldest screw-up in the technology book, yet it happens with surprising frequency and by lawyers who you might think should know better.
It happened earlier this year to defense lawyers…
Two Legal Podcasts Feature the Same Unlikely Guest: Me
Technical difficulties have delayed the release of this week’s episode of my own LawNext podcast, but meanwhile I am a guest on the most-recent episodes of two other podcasts. Thanks to both for including me.
Legal Rebels Podcast: Exploring New Frontiers in Research for the Legal Industry. On the ABA Journal’s Legal Rebels…
Announcing the LexBlog Excellence Awards for Writing on Legal Blogs
I am thrilled to announce a new awards competition for legal blogs — not because the world needs another contest, but because this one aims to do something different, to celebrate excellence in blog writing and spotlight the authors who make legal blogging so vital and essential.
The entry period is now open for the…
New ‘eFiling Portal’ Provides Single Sign-On and Interface to Manage Filings in Multiple Courts
Electronic filing of court documents is one of those technologies that can be both a blessing and a curse. While e-filing eliminates the headaches of paper filing and saves time overall, there is no standardization of the process across different courts, requiring different logins, different filing formats, and different steps to take in completing the…
Litigation Finance Startup Legalist Raises $100 Million to Fund Lawsuits
Legalist, a San Francisco-based litigation finance company started by two Harvard University dropouts and advised by retired 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Richard Posner, has just raised $100 million, which it will use to fund plaintiffs in 100-200 commercial cases over the next two years.
Legalist scrapes federal and state court records…