Robert Ambrogi BlogLegal publisher Casemaker will not fight the lawsuit filed against it by Fastcase over copyright in Georgia law, its CEO David Harriman told me today. The company agrees that state law should not be subject to copyright and will not file an answer to Fastcase’s complaint, he…
Fastcase Sues Casemaker Over Publishing of State Laws
Two of the nation’s leading legal research services will be facing off in federal court, as Fastcase has sued Casemaker seeking a declaratory judgment that could have broad-reaching implications for legal publishing in the United States.
[See also 2/12/16 update: Casemaker Says It Won’t Fight…
Announcing My New Podcast with Monica Bay, Law Technology Now, and New Interviews with Fastcase's Ed Walters and Lex Machina's Josh Becker
I am very pleased to announce the launch of our new podcast, Law Technology Now, co-hosted with Monica Bay, longtime editor of Law Technology News now a fellow at CodeX, the Stanford Center for Legal Informatics, and produced by the Legal Talk Network.
In each episode, Monica and I…
Mass. Bar Switches from Casemaker to Fastcase as Member Benefit
I’ve written any number of times here about the ongoing head-to-head competition between legal research services Casemaker and Fastcase to win the loyalty of America’s lawyers — or, to be more precise, to win the loyalty of America’s bar associations, since both services market themselves…
Shake-Up In Legal Research: Fastcase Acquires Loislaw From Wolters-Kluwer
[Updated at 10:55 a.m. with statement from Wolters Kluwer.]
The legal research company Fastcase has acquired one of its prime competitors among middle-market legal research providers, Loislaw. Fastcase has purchased Loislaw from Wolters Kluwer, which had acquired it in 2000 for $95 million.
LoisLaw subscribers…
Fastcase Remains Most Popular Legal App in ABA Tech Survey
For the third year running, the Fastcase legal research app is the most popular legal app among lawyers, according to the 2015 edition of the annual Legal Technology Survey Report compiled by the American Bar Association’s Legal Technology Resource Center.
Among lawyers who reported having downloaded a legal-specific app, 41%…
Exclusive First Look: All New Version of Fastcase Out Today in Beta
The new Fastcase 7 start page.
The legal research service Fastcase is today unveiling a complete overhaul of its platform, its first entirely new version since 2003. The new version, called Fastcase 7, promises greater speed, expanded search, more intuitive functionality, and a more readable interface.
“We want to…
Lots of News from Clio, Including Integration with Fastcase
The Clio Cloud Conference kicked off this morning in Chicago with a keynote by company cofounder Jack Newton in which he made a number of major announcements.
Notably, Newton announced a new integration partnership between Clio and the Fastcase legal research platform, making Clio the only practice-management…
Fastcase is Most Popular Legal App, ABA Survey Says
For the second successive year, the Fastcase legal research app is the most popular legal app among lawyers, according to the 2014 ABA Legal Technology Survey Report. The most popular business app among lawyers this year is LinkedIn, the survey said.
Among lawyers who reported having downloaded a legal-specific app, 36.5% listed Fastcase. Last year,…
Fastcase, Lexis Advance and Wolters Kluwer Are All Readying Major Platform Overhauls
The new Lexis Advance has a simplified search bar and quick-access pods.
The official theme of the American Association of Law Libraries annual meeting in San Antonio this week was “Beyond Boundaries.” But for three of the leading legal-research vendors in attendance there, the theme was “A Change is Gonna Come.”…
Lexis Licenses Bankruptcy Software to Fastcase
Well, here’s a licensing deal I would not have seen coming: LexisNexis and Fastcase. The two companies announced today that Fastcase will now be the exclusive provider of Collier TopForm & File, a tool for creating and filing bankruptcy…