In a post earlier this year, I wrote about Onit, the Web-based project management tool introduced as a beta at LegalTech in February. Designed for managing projects of any size, Onit includes a Legal Edition for legal matters and cases. “The beauty of Onit is its simplicity,” I wrote then, not to mention its…
Former Lexis CEO Takes Helm of Bloomberg Law
This should be interesting: Lou Andreozzi, the former president and CEO of LexisNexis North American Legal Markets, has been named chairman of Bloomberg Law, the company announced this morning. Also, Larry D. Thompson, the former VP of business development, strategy and marketing and global chief marketing officer for LexisNexis, has joined Bloomberg Law as COO.…
Clio Announces Google Apps Integration
In a post two weeks ago about Clio, the cloud-based law practice management application, I said the company had a major enhancement in the works. Well, here it is. Today, Clio and Google announced Clio’s integration with Google Apps, Google’s cloud-based suite of office tools for…
Clio, Me and the FTC
After I published my post this morning, Clio Turns Two, As Lawyers Ease Into the Cloud, a reader wrote to ask why I hadn’t complied with the FTC’s endorsement guidelines and disclosed that Clio is an advertiser. Lest anyone think I am being in any way deceptive, let me address this.
First, Clio is…
Clio Turns Two, As Lawyers Ease Into the Cloud
Today marks the second anniversary of Clio, the Web-based practice-management suite. This milestone is notable because it signifies the legal profession’s increasing comfort with and use of cloud-based applications.
I first wrote about Clio in June 2008, when it came out in beta. When its formal version was released at LegalTech New York…
The WSJ Reports on Bloomberg Law
Last February, Law.com published my review of Bloomberg Law, in which I wrote, “Bloomberg’s biggest challenge may lie in convincing the legal market that it needs another high-end research service.” That is essentially the same conclusion reached by Wall Street Journal reporter Russell Adams, who writes about the service today in a piece titled,…
Preview of Fastcase’s App for the iPad
As I said here last week, Fastcase is preparing to launch an iPad version of its popular iPhone app. The iPhone app, which I first previewed in January, last week was named 2010 New Product of the Year by the American Association of Law Libraries.
Meanwhile, the iPad version of…
Bloomberg Law: Can it be a Contender?
[The following column originally appeared in print in January 2010. I am republishing it as part of my continuing effort to maintain an archive of my published columns. Important note: I have not updated this since its original publication. While most of the sites remain as…
Bloomberg Law: My Extended Review
Law.com now has my extended review of Bloomberg Law, the new legal research service that aims to muscle in on the turf now occupied by Westlaw and LexisNexis.
(Also see my post earlier this week about the Bloomberg Law biometric doohickey.)
(Note: The Law.com version is now behind a paywall. You can…
New Site Provides Ratings of Experts and Neutrals
A new Web site launched today, Courtroom Insight, that provides lawyer reviews of expert witnesses, mediators, arbitrators and litigation consultants. The site is a simple-to-search directory of experts, neutrals and consultants. For anyone listed in the directory, registered users can submit ratings and reviews of their services.…
The Bloomberg Law Biometric Doohickey
Last November, I published my review of Bloomberg Law, the recently launched legal research service from business news giant Bloomberg. One aspect of the service I did not mention in my review is the odd piece of hardware required to log-in. Whereas other legal research services rely on usernames and passwords, Bloomberg…
Interview with Rocket Matter Founders
During LegalTech, I recorded this conversation with the founders of Rocket Matter, Larry Port and Ariel Jatib. Rocket Matter is a Web-based practice management and time-and-billing application. They talk about their product, the cloud, social media and the cow in their…
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