Is there a better way to train lawyers to draft and negotiate contracts? Laura Frederick thinks so. This former Tesla and BigLaw commercial contracts attorney is the founder of How to Contract, a learning platform that trains lawyers and professionals how to draft and negotiate contracts in the real world. She is also…
Justice Tech Speculative Fiction? Yes, That’s Now A Thing
Multifaceted is barely word enough to describe Jason Tashea. Lawyer, startup founder, legal affairs writer, law professor, consultant and podcaster, he is now taking on another role: creator of speculative fiction about the criminal justice system.
Over the past decade, Tashea says, the topics he has covered in his non-fiction writing about criminal justice…
I’ll Be Joining Ari Kaplan’s Virtual Lunch Today to Demo the New LawNext Legal Technology Directory
Last week, I announced the launch of the LawNext Legal Technology Directory, which we hope will become the most trusted source of legal tech products in the market.
If you are curious to learn more about it, I will be joining Ari Kaplan’s Virtual Lunch today, Feb. 23, at noon Eastern time,…
Starting A Firm? I Suggest You Choose ‘Solo By Choice’ – And Do It Today for Savings
It is not my practice to endorse a book without having read it. But I am doing so today because I know the book, I know the author, and you can save money if you buy it today.
The book is the just-released third edition of Solo by Choice, by Carolyn Elefant, creator of…
iManage and Microsoft Announce Strategic Partnership to Drive Innovation and Better Outcomes for Customers
Two of the companies whose products are among the most widely used in the legal profession, iManage and Microsoft, are today announcing a global strategic development partnership aimed at innovation, development of new solutions, and delivery of better business outcomes for customers.
The agreement announced today expands on the “better…
Looking to Practice Remotely from Florida? This New Supreme Court Opinion Answers Whether You May
In this new normal of working remotely, many lawyers have opted to relocate their home offices to more desirable climes, moving out of state to vacation homes in places where the sun shines and the beach is nearby.
One such destination for many lawyers has been Florida, and now a decision from the Florida Supreme…
Paradigm Acquires TrustBooks, Adding Accounting to its Suite of Practice Management Products
Paradigm, the parent company to four legal practice management and payments products — PracticePanther, Bill4Time, MerusCase and Headnote — today adds a fifth, as it acquires TrustBooks, the cloud-based accounting software built specifically for law firms.
With this acquisition, Paradigm adds legal accounting to a product line-up that already includes three separate…
SurePoint Acquires ContactEase, Creating First Practice Management Platform to Integrate CRM and Financial Data
In a move sure to shake up the market for practice management software for mid-sized law firms, the cloud practice management company SurePoint Technologies has acquired Cole Valley Software, developer of ContactEase, a popular client relations management (CRM) software for law firms.
The companies say that the acquisition creates the first legal technology…
MyCase Names New Chief Product and Technology Officer
Practice management company MyCase has named Arman Samani, an executive with more than two decades’ experience leading product development and innovation at high-growth SaaS companies, as its chief product and technology officer.
Samani’s experience is in building and implementing SaaS software products for businesses that serve professionals. He most recently served as chief…
I Am Proud to Announce the Launch of the LawNext Legal Technology Directory
After years of writing about the launches of other companies’ legal technology products, I am proud to announce one of my own: the LawNext Legal Technology Directory, which we hope will become the most trusted source of legal tech products in the market.
Consider this our…
LawNext Podcast: From Radical to Trailblazer: How Innovative GC Jeffrey Carr Disrupted the Legal Department, Part 2
In this second of a two-part interview, we continue our conversation with Jeffrey Carr, a trailblazing general counsel who describes his career as decades spent on the radical fringe of reforming legal services delivery. Many of his ideas for revamping legal departments, once viewed as radical, have now become mainstream.
As general counsel…
Reuters Legal News is Free to Access and Now Customizable to Your Interests
Over the past two years, Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, has been beefing up its coverage of legal news, bringing on the former editor-in-chief of Law.com to lead legal news, hiring several well-known legal-industry commentators as columnists, and increasing its hiring of legal news editors and reporters.
One result of this…