Legal directory Avvo is shutting down its controversial Avvo Legal Services, a service that provides fixed-fee, limited-scope legal services through a network of attorneys.
Internet Brands, the company that acquired Avvo last January, has decided that the service does not align with its business and focus, according to a letter sent by B.…
Budgeting legal matters is the bane of many a law firm. Whether creating a budget for an hourly matter or setting a price for a fixed-fee representation, firms fear setting prices too low or too high.
A new cloud-based product from Thomson Reuters Elite, 3E Matter Pricing, provides a suite of tools intended…
Firm Central, the Thomson Reuters cloud-based practice management platform, recently rolled out a new reporting module, replacing its former reporting feature with more robust features and a wider array of user options.
In addition, Firm Central has introduced a number of improvements in recent months to its time and billing functions and across various…
Over the nearly 16 years of this blog’s existence, it had just two homes. When I launched it in 2002, I published it on an early version of Google’s Blogger that supported hosting on non-Google servers. But in 2010, after Blogger decided to discontinue support for externally hosted blogs, I moved the blog to Justia,…
Thomson Reuters today announced the appointment of co-chief operating officers to lead its legal and tax and accounting businesses and the departure of Susan Taylor Martin as president of the legal business.
Brian Peccarelli
Effective July 1, Brian Peccarelli, president of Tax & Accounting, will become co-COO with responsibility for customer markets.…
In the book, Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, Michael Lewis documented how the Oakland Athletics used analytics to build a competitive baseball team. In much the same way, lawyers are increasingly using analytics to get the upper hand in litigation and business development.
One of the companies that pioneered the…
At the annual meeting of the American Bankruptcy Institute on April 20, I moderated a plenary panel, “Artificial Intelligence: Why It Matters To Your Future Bankruptcy Practice.” In advance of the panel, the ABI recorded a series of video interviews I conducted with some of the panelists. Here is…
At the annual meeting of the American Bankruptcy Institute on April 20, I moderated a plenary panel, “Artificial Intelligence: Why It Matters To Your Future Bankruptcy Practice.” In advance of the panel, the ABI recorded a series of video interviews I conducted with some of the panelists. Here is…
LawGeex, a company whose product uses artificial intelligence to help in-house legal teams automate the review and approval of everyday contracts, is today announcing the closing of a $12 million Series B funding round led by venture capital fund Aleph.
This investment brings the total funding for
The legal research and information site Justia this week added peer-based lawyer ratings and reviews as part of the Justia Lawyer Directory.
The new Justia Lawyer Rating and Reviews is based solely on attorney-to-attorney reviews and is intended to provide clients with valuable insights from peers and colleagues personally familiar with the…
Yesterday, I reported that Mark Britton, founder and CEO of Avvo, is leaving the company in the wake of its acquisition in January by Internet Brands. Following is the email he sent to Avvo staff informing them of this news.
…Dear Team:
Many of you have been asking about what’s happening with
Mark Britton
Mark Britton, the 51-year-old lawyer and entrepreneur who founded the often-controversial legal marketplace and lawyer-rating site Avvo in 2007 and served as its CEO ever since, is leaving the company.
In January, Avvo was acquired by Internet Brands, a web behemoth that already owned a portfolio of legal sites…
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