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The number of lawyers who describe their practice as a “virtual” law practice declined this year to 5 percent, from 7 percent the year before, according to the 2013 ABA Legal Technology Survey Report. The number of virtual law practices is higher among solos, where 7 percent describe themselves as virtual, and among firms of…

As a member of the inaugural 2011 class of Fastcase 50 honorees, I am pleased to report that Fastcase today announced its 2013 group of Fastcase 50 honorees. This year’s group is a diverse list of legal innovators that ranges from…

The main page features a ‘wall’ showing the user’s updates.

Thomson Reuters announced something last week that I cannot think of any other vendor having done in the legal industry – the launch of a social network tied exclusively to a group of products. The Thomson Reuters Elite Community, as it is…

After talking about it for more than a year, Thomson Reuters Elite is preparing to launch Workspace within the next month. Workspace is Elite’s attempt to bring together distinct but related products within an environment where they share a common workflow and a common look and feel, across both web…

The legal directory and Q&A site Avvo this week added a new feature, the Avvo Legal Marketplace, through which consumers can obtain proposals from lawyers interested in handling their case. Initially, this will be available for two practice areas,

When it comes to law practice management technology, recent years have seen the launch of a bevy of cloud-based platforms. Clio was the first of these, followed by a number of products that include Rocket Matter, MyCase,…

[First in a series of mini-reports on what I saw at the annual LegalTech conference in New York this week.]

As I’ve noted before, LexisNexis is engaged in an ongoing project to standardize a range of products on the look and feel of Lexis Advance and to better integrate related products and services. Towards…

Just back from LegalTech New York, where I had an opportunity to visit the Thomson Reuters offices at 3 Times Square. The top floor looks down on the world-famous New Years Eve ball. My mobile phone picture doesn’t do it justice, but it’s a very nice view.…

Thomson Reuters announced several new products yesterday, targeting different sectors of the legal market – litigators, corporate counsel and small firms – but all designed around a common theme, that of integrating related products and services through the cloud and mobile devices in order to simplify and streamline a lawyer’s day-to-day workflow.

Even bigger news…

An interesting coincidence is occurring tomorrow. On the very same day, in very different locations, the nation’s two leading legal publishers are both staging day-long summit meetings, to which they have invited a variety of legal bloggers, journalists, industry analysts and “influencers.”

In New York City, LexisNexis is conducting what it is billing…

Notice anything missing from Avvo today? That’s right, the doctors are gone. In a return to its roots, Avvo has sold off its directory of medical doctors and its health Q&A forums and will once again focus solely on the legal profession.

Avvo derives its name from the Italian word for…

The legal directory and Q&A forum Avvo today introduced Avvo Lawyers, an app  that allows lawyers to follow and answer consumer legal questions directly from their iPhones or iPads. Using the app, you can: