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In the Third Legal Tech Rebranding in Three Weeks, 40-Year-Old AbacusNext Rebrands as CARET

In the Third Legal Tech Rebranding in Three Weeks, 40-Year-Old AbacusNext Rebrands as CARET

By Bob Ambrogi
on February 21, 2023

There is a saying that once is luck, twice is coincidence, and three times is a pattern. If so, then we now officially have a pattern of legal technology companies rebranding, as it has happened three times in the last three weeks.

The latest to rebrand is AbacusNext, a provider of software for legal and…

Product Review: HotDocs, The Next Generation, by Marc Lauritsen and Bart Earle of Capstone Systems

Product Review: HotDocs, The Next Generation, by Marc Lauritsen and Bart Earle of Capstone Systems

By Bob Ambrogi
on November 11, 2022

[Editor’s note: This is the introduction to an article published in the free resource directory on the LawNext Legal Technology Directory. It is co-authored by Marc Lauritsen and Bart Earle, president and vice president of Capstone Practice Systems.]

HotDocs is one of the oldest and best-known products in a market…

The 10 Latest Legal Tech Products Added to the LawNext Legal Technology Directory

The 10 Latest Legal Tech Products Added to the LawNext Legal Technology Directory

By Bob Ambrogi
on May 27, 2022

As more and more legaltech companies add their product listings to the LawNext Legal Technology Directory, which we launched in February, I am periodically featuring the latest listings. Here are this week’s 10 most recent additions:…

The 10 Legal Tech Trends that Defined 2021

The 10 Legal Tech Trends that Defined 2021

By Bob Ambrogi
on December 29, 2021

As awful as was the year 2020 for so many reasons, my year-end report last year found reasons to be optimistic. “The silver lining of 2020,” I wrote, “is that we have been forced to consider changes that were long overdue and then given the opportunity to implement those changes.”

This year, my report…

Today’s Legaltech Week Live Roundtable: Here’s What’s On Tap

Today’s Legaltech Week Live Roundtable: Here’s What’s On Tap

By Bob Ambrogi
on July 9, 2021

The Friday Legaltech Week live journalists’ roundtable is back today at 3 p.m. E.T., when a panel of journalists and bloggers discuss the top stories in legal technology and innovation.

Having been off last week, we’ll have two weeks to catch up on. Attendance is free, but you need to register, which you can…

AbacusNext and Zola Suite Combine To Create Broad Portfolio Of Law Practice Software

AbacusNext and Zola Suite Combine To Create Broad Portfolio Of Law Practice Software

By Bob Ambrogi
on July 2, 2021

Four months after its acquisition by a private equity firm, the law practice management and accounting software company AbacusNext has combined with Zola Suite, a SaaS legal practice management software provider, to create what they are calling “the strongest portfolio of legal software solutions on the market.”

The combined companies now offer a…

Practice Management Company AbacusNext Acquired By Private Equity Firm

Practice Management Company AbacusNext Acquired By Private Equity Firm

By Bob Ambrogi
on March 11, 2021

The past six months have brought a flurry of investments and acquisitions involving law practice management software. Now there is another acquisition to report.

AbacusNext, one of the leading providers of legal, accounting and compliance software for legal professionals, has been acquired by Thomas H. Lee Partners, a private equity firm that invests in…

Post-ILTA>ON Round-up: Tons of Legal Tech News – Acquisitions, Launches, Updates and More

Post-ILTA>ON Round-up: Tons of Legal Tech News – Acquisitions, Launches, Updates and More

By Bob Ambrogi
on September 4, 2020

Last week may have been the first-ever virtual annual conference of the International Legal Technology Association, but just like past years’ face-to-face ILTACONs, this year’s ILTA>ON was the occasion for a flood of major news announcements from legal technology companies.

And given my own perfect storm last week of spending three hours a…

AbacusLaw Now Integrates with HotDocs for Document Assembly

AbacusLaw Now Integrates with HotDocs for Document Assembly

By Bob Ambrogi
on February 20, 2020

Lawyers who have the AbacusLaw practice management software can now use their client, calendar and matter information to automatically create documents in the latest version of the HotDocs Advance document-generation software.

AbacusNext, the company that owns both AbacusLaw and HotDocs, said it has launched an integration between the two products that…

Abacus Unveils Integrated, Secure Credit Card and E-Check Processing

By Robert Ambrogi
on February 28, 2017

Last year, two leading case management platforms, AbacusLaw and Amicus Attorney, came together under one roof when Abacus Data Systems acquired Amicus from Gavel & Gown Software. Now, in the first joint project between the Abacus and Amicus development teams, Abacus is unveiling the Abacus Payment Exchange (APX), a…

AbacusLaw 2015 is An All-New Version of a Practice Management Stalwart

By Robert Ambrogi
on November 18, 2014

Among many competing practice management systems, AbacusLaw is a stalwart, on the market for over three decades. And while the software has been updated and enhanced over the years, its user interface was dated. Now, AbacusLaw has undergone an overhaul. The new version released yesterday, dubbed AbacusLaw 2015, promises…

Abacus Unveils System that Puts Lawyers’ Desktops in the Cloud

By Robert Ambrogi
on September 9, 2014

A virtual desktop replaces your computer desktop.

Abacus Data Systems, the San Diego company long known for its AbacusLaw practice management system, branched off in a whole new direction today with the launch of Abacus Private Cloud (APC), a secure, hosted, cloud-based environment for law firms to run all…

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Bob Ambrogi is a lawyer and journalist who has been writing and speaking about legal technology and innovation for more than two decades. He writes the award-winning blog LawSites, is a columnist for Above the Law, hosts the podcast about legal innovation, LawNext, and hosts the weekly legal tech journalists' roundtable, Legaltech Week.

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