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Disagreement over recent changes to a program designed to provide public access to federal court documents has developed into a feud of sorts between two advocates for free and open access to government information – and implicated in it is a cast of characters that includes the man who created the original version of Facebook,…

What matters most to clients in choosing a lawyer?

Most practicing lawyers will have an opinion about that, but even better than an opinion is hard-and-fast data. And that is what is provided in the 2017 Legal Trends Report, compiled by practice management company Clio.

As part of its report, released last…

In this interview recorded at Legalweek, I speak with Jonah Paransky, executive vice president and general manager of Wolters Kluwer ELM Solutions, which offers technology for enterprise management of legal matters and legal spend.

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I have said before and I continue to believe that for a legal research company to compete against the longstanding dominance of Westlaw and LexisNexis, having secondary content such as treatises and practice guides is the Holy Grail.

Fastcase clearly sees it the same way. It has steadily been building its libraries of secondary…

Nicole Bradick, a veteran legal technology innovator and entrepreneur, today announced the launch of her new firm, Theory and Principle, focusing on legal technology design and development. She will serve as its chief executive officer.

Nicole Bradick

A former lawyer, Bradick was most recently partner and chief strategy officer with legal…

Fastcase today announced that it has acquired Docket Alarm,  a company that mines federal and state court dockets to provide litigation alerts and case-prediction analytics.

In announcing the acquisition, the company said:

Docket Alarm’s advanced analytical capabilities, customizable real-time litigation alerts, case prediction indicators, and technology-driven research tools complement Fastcase’s quest to

In a post here two months ago, I reported on the launch by legal research service Fastcase of a new publishing arm called Full Court Press that will produce law journals, legal treatises, deskbooks, forms, checklists and workflow tools. At the time, Fastcase also announced the forthcoming arrival of what would be its…

In what is said to be a first for a U.S. law firm, a Pennsylvania law firm will sell artificial intelligence software directly to its clients in the health care industry to enable them to better review, analyze and negotiate contracts.

The Pittsburgh-based law firm Horty Springer is partnering with the AI software…

As 2017 comes to a close, I took time to think back over the major trends and developments in legal technology over the past 12 months. I figured I write about such notable trends as artificial intelligence, bots and blockchain. But as I was thinking about the year, something else stood out – the prominence…

[Editor’s note: The following is a guest post by Nicolle L. Schippers, associate general counsel and legal industry advocate at ARAG, where she works to close the justice gap by increasing awareness of, access to and affordability of legal services and by advocating for attorneys and the value they have to consumers. Follow…

Here are 23 additions to my list of legal startups. This brings the list to 691 entries. Send additions and updates to ambrogi-at-gmail.com. To read more about this list and why I created it, see this post.…

NextChapter, the cloud-based bankruptcy platform for lawyers, has launched a new product, an online bankruptcy questionnaire and debtor portal called MyChapter.

The portal allows a bankruptcy client to input all of his or her personal and financial information in advance of meeting with the attorney. The attorney can then review and…