Bob Ambrogi

There are some 113,000 general counsel in the United States, but a statistical analysis being released today suggests that they are surprisingly homogeneous. The typical GC is male, between 35 and 54 years old, probably attended Harvard Law, and is most likely based in California or New York. While GC compensation varies widely, the average, including…

Attention startups: The deadline to apply for a spot in the third-annual Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW has been extended one week, to this Friday, Nov. 30.

This is your last chance to be one of 15 startups that will be selected to receive exhibit space in a special Startup Alley within the exhibit hall at TECHSHOW,…

In the latest episode of LawNext, we take you live to Russia, where I interview two of the leading experts on Russian legal technology to get their insights and perspectives on the state of innovation and development there. What they say may surprise you.

I recently visited Moscow as the keynote speaker at the…

Hate to ruin your Thanksgiving, but if you have not yet entered to compete for a spot in the third-annual Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW, this is your last chance — the deadline is Friday, Nov. 23.

The competition offers startups a shot at being one of 15 companies that will be selected to receive…

After 16 years, I guess I’m finally eligible to get my blogger learner’s permit.

It was 16 years ago this week, on Nov. 19, 2002, that I launched this blog. The original purpose was to “post news and reviews of Web sites of interest to the legal profession.”

Since then, I’ve expanded to cover…

I spent part of last week in Moscow, where I spoke at the Skolkovo LegalTech conference. I discovered that Russia has a vibrant emerging market of legal tech startups, several of them incubated within the Skolkovo Innovation Center, the massive, government-funded tech incubator where the conference was held.

But I also found that adoption of…



When Alvin Tedjamulia cofounded NetDocuments in 1998 as the first cloud-based platform for document and email management, few lawyers had any concept of what it meant to work in the cloud. Today, NetDocuments has grown to become one of the leading DMS…

Companies that provide services for accessing federal court dockets were caught off guard last week when a number of federal courts began sending notices to attorneys urging them to exercise caution when using such services. Some vendors said that the caution did not apply to them, while others said they were taking steps to address…

Major news this week regarding the use of legal technology to enhance access to justice. The Pew Charitable Trusts, an independent nonprofit with over $6 billion in assets, announced that it is launching an initiative to focus on the use of technology to modernize the civil legal justice system, meet unmet legal needs, and…

I’ve noted in a number of posts here Lex Machina’s continuing expansion of its legal analytics into new practice areas, particularly since its acquisition by LexisNexis in 2015.

Today Lex Machina is announcing a new module that adds ERISA litigation cases. The module encompasses nearly 83,000 cases filed in federal district court…

I am thrilled to be heading to Moscow this week to speak at Skolkovo LegalTech, said to be the largest conference in Russia that is focused on legal technology and the transformations taking place in legal practice.

I will be participating in a plenary session on the digital practice of law with a panel…

In a move that signals a new strategy for Needles, a company that provides case-management software for plaintiff-focused law firms, its owners have named a new leader to take charge of the brand and oversee the launch of its cloud version.

TrialWorks LLC, the holding company that owns both Needles and the case-management software TrialWorks, is…