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ROSS AI Plus Wexis Outperforms Either Westlaw or LexisNexis Alone, Study Finds

By Robert Ambrogi
on January 17, 2017

ROSS Intelligence, the artificial intelligence legal research platform, outperforms Westlaw and LexisNexis in finding relevant authorities, in user satisfaction and confidence, and in research efficiency, and is virtually certain to deliver a positive return on investment.

These are among the findings of benchmark report being released today by the technology…

Podcast: How Small and Solo Law Firms View Success

By Robert Ambrogi
on January 6, 2017

I’ve written a number of times here about the findings of a Thomson Reuters survey, The State of the U.S. Small Law Firms Study, in which solo and small firm lawyers were asked about how they define success, the challenges they face and what firms are doing to achieve success.

Recently, I joined

It's Last Rites for Lexis.com, As LexisNexis Sets Date for Shutdown

By Robert Ambrogi
on December 21, 2016

Prepare last rites for Lexis.com. The legacy legal research service will be leaving this world at the end of 2017.

This week, LexisNexis began notifying Lexis.com customers that it will be shutting down the service over the next 12 months and moving them to the newer Lexis Advance research platform.

“By kicking…

LexisNexis and Lex Machina Launch Silicon Valley Legal Tech Accelerator

By Robert Ambrogi
on December 9, 2016

Aiming to help give legal tech startups a leg up, LexisNexis today announced the launch of a legal tech accelerator. It will be located in the Menlo Park, Calif., offices of its legal analytics unit, Lex Machina, and will be led by Lex Machina’s CEO Josh Becker.

Josh Becker

“The…

Happy 14th Birthday to this Blog!

By Robert Ambrogi
on November 19, 2016

It was 14 years ago today that I started this blog. Here was my first post, on Nov. 19, 2002. As I’ve noted before, this blog is so old it’s in a Hall of Fame.

Let me extend a very warm thank you to everyone who has read this blog over the…

Lex Machina Adds Third Practice Area to its Legal Analytics: Antitrust

By Robert Ambrogi
on November 15, 2016

This is a screencap taking during a demo I was given last week by Brian Howard, Lex Machina’s legal data scientist.

The legal analytics company Lex Machina is announcing today its expansion into a third practice area, antitrust law. This follows its expansion in July to add securities law.

Until its…

Two New Podcasts — And A Notable Podcast Anniversary

By Robert Ambrogi
on October 24, 2016

The good folks at the Legal Talk Network — who host my two podcasts — have launched two new podcasts worth your listening time.

The newest, launched earlier this month, is Down the Hall with Practical Law. Presented by Thomson Reuters Practical Law, and hosted by Renee Karibi-Whyte, a director with the legal…

Lex Machina Unveils New Comparator Apps to Simplify Use of Analytics

By Robert Ambrogi
on September 20, 2016

Lex Machina today unveiled two “comparator apps” designed to make it simpler to access specific types of analytics insights. One, the Courts & Judges Comparator, allows up to four federal judges and courts to be compared for caseloads, case timelines, and other analytics. The other, the Law Firms Comparator, allows the same…

Avvo Wins First Amendment Fight, As Judge Compares It To Sports Illustrated

By Robert Ambrogi
on September 14, 2016

The listing that gave rise to the lawsuit.

A federal court has dismissed a putative class action against Avvo under the Illinois Right of Publicity Act, ruling that Avvo’s lawyer listings are comparable to the editorial content in Sports Illustrated and deserving of the same First Amendment protection. This is the second time…

How Solos Differ From Other Lawyers: Survey Offers Insights

By Robert Ambrogi
on September 13, 2016

I’ve been writing here about the new survey of small-solo law firm management conducted by Thomson Reuters Solo and Small Law Firm group, to which I was given exclusive first-look access. As I’ve read through the survey results, I was struck by a consistent fact. In almost every category covered, solos stood alone. Their responses…

Site That Planned to Rate Lawyers Pivots Focus to Litigation Finance

By Robert Ambrogi
on August 26, 2016

Has Legalist finally found its niche? Back in April, I reported here that the site’s founders, both Harvard undergraduates, were preparing to launch a website that would rate lawyers based on publicly available court records. Then, in July, Techcrunch reported that the site had changed its focus, and instead planned to…

Chairs of ABA Future Panel Respond to LegalZoom's Hartman on Future Report

By Robert Ambrogi
on August 23, 2016

Two weeks ago in my column at Above the Law, I gave my impressions of the Report on the Future of Legal Services in the United States, which was recently issued by the ABA’s Commission on the Future of Legal Services. Last week in that column, I published an

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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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