Pangea3 Cofounder Named President of Bloomberg BNA Legal

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Bloomberg BNA announced this morning that David Perla, cofounder of the global legal process outsourcing provider Pangea3, is joining the company as president of Bloomberg BNA Legal, effective July 21. Perla will report directly to Bloomberg BNA CEO Greg McCaffery and play a key leadership role in overseeing the company’s legal business, which…

A Review of CosmoLex Time and Billing (Plus Exclusive News about New Features)

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Earlier this year, I included the cloud-based billing and trust accounting platform CosmoLex on my list of the Top 10 Product Announcements at ABA Techshow. "This is a comprehensive time and billing system with everything you expect in such a system," I wrote then. Well, CosmoLex is about to get even more comprehensive, adding in practice-management features such as contact management, matter management and calendaring. Those additions will be coming within the next three to four months, CosmoLex CEO Rick Kabra told me during a recent interview. "Our goal is to become the leading cloud provider for solo…

Venerable LawBase Aims to Be ‘Best of Breed’ for Case Management

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Recent years have brought an influx of new practice, case and matter management systems, primarily in the cloud. With so much attention paid to these newcomers, it is easy to overlook the venerable old-timers – the companies that have been at this a long time and, because of that, have learned a thing or two about what lawyers want. One such platform is LawBase, a case and matter management system first launched in 1981 by Synaptec Software Inc. Although the company is old, the software is not, says its CEO Philip Homburger. "We adapt and stay up with…

We Test WordRake’s Beta Version 2.0 on ‘McCutcheon’

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When WordRake , the editing program for lawyers, was first released in 2012, I put it to the test against two of the most eloquent writers on the Supreme Court, Justices Antonin Scalia and Elena Kagan. If WordRake could improve on Scalia and Kagan, I reasoned, imagine what it could do for the rest of us. Now, WordRake is preparing to release version 2.0 of its software and it provided me with a beta version. This time, I decided to give Justices Scalia and…

Which Legal Sites Did Heartbleed Affect?

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You've no doubt heard about Heartbleed, the security flaw that exposed personal information at many leading websites. The flaw was in OpenSSL, an open-source version of the SSL protocol that is used to encrypt transmissions between you and a website. The flaw created a vulnerability that could have exposed sensitive information. The vulnerability affected several leading Internet companies, including Google, Yahoo and Netflix. It made me wonder how many companies that cater to the legal profession were affected. I've collected a bit of information here. If you know of others, please let me know or add a comment below. If…

Clio Gets $20 Million Financing Deal

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Big news this morning from Clio, the cloud-based practice management platform: It announced this morning that it has raised $20 million in Series C financing led by Bessemer Venture Partners. Clio says it will use the new funding to accelerate product development and sales and fuel international expansion. Clio says it plans on doubling its workforce over the next year, to more than 200. The expansion will come in the U.S. and Canada, as well as in Europe, where Clio recently opened an office in Dublin. Clio says it will also continue to invest aggressively in mobile.

Rocket Matter Rolls Out Enhanced Search

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As you begin to type a search, matching results are shown.

The cloud-based practice management platform Rocket Matter this week announced what it called “a complete overhaul” of its search functionality. Dubbed “Galactic Interdimensional Search,” it is Rocket Matter’s first major upgrade of its search feature since the product’s launch six years…