Westlaw and LexisNexis are typically viewed as the dominant leaders among legal research services. But a recent survey found that Fastcase is in a virtual dead heat with Westlaw and LexisNexis among smaller-firm lawyers.
The just-released information comes from a survey conducted in 2016 by law practice management company Clio. The survey asked…
Two organizations have teamed up to launch a website to help veterans appeal denials of Veterans Affairs benefits. Through the site, veterans can either appeal their cases on their own or request a free attorney to help with the appeal.
The site, at vetsprobono.org, was launched this week by The Veterans Consortium…
The California investment firm Clearlake Capital Group yesterday announced that it has acquired NetDocuments, the cloud-based document and email management company that specializes in serving law firms and corporate legal departments.
Clearlake is purchasing the stock of NetDocuments’ previous investor, Frontier Capital, for undisclosed terms. The acquisition is being done in partnership…
The bank feed is matched against transactions recorded in CosmoLex.
In lieu of flowers or candy, CosmoLex is giving its customers something different for Valentine’s Day — automatic, direct bank data feeds.
CosmoLex says it is the first law practice management product to provide this capability. As far as I can…
The legal research service Casemaker has partnered with the international legal research service vLex in a joint licensing agreement that gives clients of both companies access to more of the world’s laws.
The agreement enables Casemaker clients for the first time to search for international case law and materials directly from Casemaker’s…
It was nine years ago this month that Rocket Matter introduced the first cloud-based practice-management platform, followed a week later by Clio. The two companies brought about a sea change in how lawyers manage their practices and use the cloud.
Recently, I sat down with Rocket Matter’s founding partner and CEO
As lawyers across the country mobilize to respond to an onslaught of immigration and civil rights issues, some legal vendors are stepping up and offering those lawyers free access to their products and services.
These are the ones I know of. Tell me of others and I’ll add them here (ambrogi-at-gmail.com).
Casetext. The…
A week ago, I reported here that that a federal judge in Georgia had dismissed without prejudice Fastcase’s declaratory judgment lawsuit against Casemaker over the latter’s claims of copyright in Georgia state regulations. Yesterday, Fastcase refiled the suit.
The court had dismissed Fastcase’s lawsuit for lack of jurisdiction on two grounds. One was…
[Updated 1/27/17, 11 a.m. Eastern, to add comments of Fastcase CEO Ed Walters.]
A lawsuit by Fastcase against Casemaker that many hoped would define the parameters of copyright in government information has been dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.
A year ago, Fastcase preemptively filed the declaratory judgment lawsuit against Casemaker…
Way back in September, this blog reported that LawBase, the case and matter management system, had signed a deal to integrate BakerManage, the award-winning legal project management system developed by the law firm Baker Donelson. Today, LawBase rolled out that integration and will be demonstrating it next week at Legaltech in…
The cloud-based law practice management platform Rocket Matter today is rolling out a major software update that adds recurring billing functionality, user interface enhancements and workflow improvements.
The recurring billing functionality can be used for two distinct billing scenarios. The first is if you have a client who pays you a flat amount…
Earlier this week, I wrote about the Minnesota State Bar Association’s decision to switch back to Fastcase as a member legal-research benefit, just six months after leaving Fastcase for Casemaker. Although I had reached out to Casemaker for comment, I did not hear back from the company until after I published…
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