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In A First For Practice Management Apps, CosmoLex Adds Bank Data Feeds

By Robert Ambrogi
on February 14, 2017

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…

Casemaker Gets International Legal Materials Through Partnership With vLex

By Robert Ambrogi
on February 9, 2017

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…

Podcast: A Wide-Ranging Interview With Rocket Matter CEO Larry Port

By Robert Ambrogi
on February 8, 2017

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

Legal Companies Offer Free Access to Lawyers Fighting Civil Rights and Immigration Issues

By Robert Ambrogi
on February 4, 2017

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…

Fastcase Refiles Its Federal Lawsuit Against Casemaker

By Robert Ambrogi
on February 3, 2017

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…

Breaking: Court Dismisses Fastcase’s Lawsuit Against Casemaker

By Robert Ambrogi
on January 27, 2017

[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…

LawBase Add Module for Legal Project Management Based On BakerManage

By Robert Ambrogi
on January 25, 2017

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…

Rocket Matter Update Adds Recurring Billing and Payment Plans, Speed Increases and Workflow Enhancements

By Robert Ambrogi
on January 10, 2017

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…

Casemaker Responds to Minnesota Bar’s About-Face to Fastcase

By Robert Ambrogi
on January 5, 2017

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…

New CosmoLex E-Book Aims to Demystify Law Firm Accounting

By Robert Ambrogi
on January 5, 2017

The practice management provider CosmoLex today is releasing Law Firm Accounting Demystified, an e-book intended to serve as a detailed guide for law firms to handling legal, trust and business transactions.

The book is available for free online at www.LegalAccountingGuide.com or can be purchased as a downloadable e-book for $42.50.

Written by Rick Kabra, CEO…

Debuting Tomorrow: A Keyboard Designed Just for Lawyers

By Robert Ambrogi
on January 4, 2017

[Update: See my hands-on review of the LegalBoard and a video unboxing.]

Brian Potts had me at the section symbol.

The lawyer and founder of Pro-Boards LLC was explaining why he has developed the LegalBoard, a computer keyboard designed specifically for lawyers, which he will formally introduce tomorrow at the…

MN Bar Returns to Fastcase, Six Months After Switching to Casemaker

By Robert Ambrogi
on January 3, 2017

In their ongoing competition to win over bar associations as the legal-research member benefit, Fastcase is starting 2017 with an unprecedented victory over Casemaker. Just six months after the Minnesota State Bar Association left Fastcase and switched to Casemaker, it is going back to Fastcase in response to demand by its…

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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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