At ABA Techshow tomorrow, the cloud-based practice management platform Clio will announced integrations with two cloud-based third-party platforms: NetDocuments, for document management and sharing, and Xero, for accounting and banking.
According to Clio’s announcement, the NetDocuments integration will…
I will be attending ABA Techshow in Chicago this week. If you’re planning to attend, be sure to say hello.…
The title of this post is actually the title of a two-day program being put on in three cities by LexisNexis and How to Manage a Small Law Firm, the practice management and marketing firm run by RJon Robins, former…
The lawyer-rating service Super Lawyers today won a U.S. patent on its system for rating excellence within the legal profession. The patent, which is number 8,412,564, makes Super Lawyers the first lawyer-rating service to receive this unique distinction. Super Lawyers is owned by Thomson Reuters.
The abstract…
Rocket Matter, a company known for its cloud-based law practice management platform, is blasting off into an entirely new direction. Today, it is announcing the launch of Rocket X1, an Internet-marketing service for law firms that combines a website and blogging platform with consulting services…
Last September, I wrote here about the private beta launch of BriefMine, a database of legal briefs that lawyers can mine for arguments and legal theories they can use in their own legal briefs. As I wrote then, the site uses intuitive,…
Ever wonder whether a Twitter feed is really from the government body or official it claims to be? There is certainly reason to doubt sometimes, given the frequency of fake and spoof social-media accounts.
To help clear up any doubt, the U.S. government has a web…
At ABA Techshow next week in Chicago, the cloud practice management platform MyCase is slated to debut a mobile app that will be a first for practice-management apps in that it will allow both clients and lawyers to access their case information. While other practice-management platforms…
Last May, I wrote about the launch of Lexis Practice Advisor, a series of practice-specific modules intended to provide transactional lawyers with one-stop shopping for the information and tools they need for their practices. Today, LexisNexis will announce the…
Does it make sense for a judge to allow blogging but ban tweeting from the courtroom? That was the question in a recent Massachusetts murder trial, and the judge’s explanation of why he did it has failed to satisfy media observers.
The recent first-degree murder trial of Nathaniel Fujita attracted national media to Superior Court…
Among the mainstream media, they call it checkbook journalism and it is frowned upon as highly unethical. “Money can corrupt almost anything it touches,” explains the Society of Professional Journalists, “and that certainly includes the news.”
Ethics notwithstanding, the legal blog JD Journal announced this week that it will now pay…
Last August, I moderated a CLE webcast, “The Expert’s Guide to Change Management at Law Firms,” presented by the North Carolina Bar Association and LexisNexis Firm Manager. Having just realized that the webcast is available on YouTube, I thought I’d post it here.
The…
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