When lawyers who are new to Twitter ask me how to find other lawyers to follow, I point them to either of two directories, LexTweet, operated by the folks at legal blog company LexBlog, and LegalBirds, part of the
For Paid Legal Research, WestlawNext is Most Popular, ABA Survey Says
Legal professionals have lots of options for fee-based legal research services these days, but the most popular among them all is WestlawNext, according to the latest ABA Legal Technology Survey Report. Of all lawyers who use fee-based online legal research services, 28 percent say the one they use most often is WestlawNext.
And as if…
Round-up of News from Thomson Reuters, Handshake, Rocket Matter and ALM
A few days off the grid and I return to several notable announcements from companies that cater to lawyers:
A business development platform launched. Yesterday, Thomson Reuters Elite announced the release of Business Development Premier, a platform for customer relationship management and business…
Number of ‘Virtual’ Law Practices Shows Decline in 2013 ABA Technology Survey
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…
Fastcase Announces 2013 ‘Fastcase 50’ Honorees
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…
A Social Network Custom Made for Customers of Thomson Reuters Elite
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…
Thomson Reuters Elite Readies Launch of WorkSpace
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…
Avvo Adds Reverse Auction ‘Legal Marketplace’
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,
iOrion Brings Mobile Practice Management to Midsized Firms
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,…
LegalTech Report: LexisNexis MedMal Navigator
[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…
View from the Top of Thomson Reuters NYC Offices
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 Unveils New Tools for Litigators, Corporate Counsel and Small Firms
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…
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