https://www.lawnext.com/category/lawnext-products/practicepanther Tracking new and intriguing websites and products for the legal profession. Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:19:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.11 https://www.lawnext.com/2026/04/practicepanther-launches-pantheraccounting-plus-a-native-trust-and-operating-accounting-suite-for-law-firms.html Tue, 07 Apr 2026 14:00:11 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=52834 PracticePanther, the cloud-based legal practice management platform that is part of Paradigm’s suite of legal software products, today launched PantherAccounting Plus, a comprehensive trust and operating accounting feature set built natively into its platform. The new capability enables law firms to manage the full lifecycle of their financial operations – from client retainers to month-end […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2025/02/todays-experiment-with-openais-deep-research-picking-the-best-cloud-based-law-practice-management-software-for-a-small-law-firm.html Tue, 04 Feb 2025 20:56:26 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=48755 As I noted yesterday, over the weekend, OpenAI released Deep Research, an AI agent capable of completing multi-step research tasks and synthesizing large amounts of online information. The company says Deep Research (not to be confused with the controversial Chinese AI product DeepSeek) can complete complex research tasks in minutes that might otherwise take hours or […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2024/09/the-shrinking-ownership-of-law-practice-management-technology-part-3-of-4-future-development-and-market-opportunities.html Wed, 18 Sep 2024 13:42:43 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=47606 In the first two posts in this series, I have talked about the consolidation of ownership that has occurred in recent years for law practice management technology. Whereas this market was once characterized by a variety of competing companies, virtually all of the major products are now owned by one of six ownership groups. Part […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2024/09/the-shrinking-ownership-of-law-practice-management-technology-part-2-of-4-a-scorecard-of-who-owns-what.html Tue, 17 Sep 2024 14:35:14 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=47550 “You can’t tell the players without a scorecard,” yelled the hawkers of olden days at major league baseball stadiums. In the modern days of law practice management, that may still be true. As I wrote yesterday in part one of this four-part series, the law practice management market has undergone dramatic consolidation, from what was […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2024/09/the-shrinking-ownership-of-law-practice-management-technology-part-1-of-4-a-market-dominated-by-just-six-ownership-groups.html Mon, 16 Sep 2024 12:52:41 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=47547 Sixteen years ago marked the beginning of a sea change in law practice management technology for solo and small law firms. On March 1, 2008, a virtually unknown company out of Canada called Themis Solutions launched the first cloud-based software product for managing a law practice, called Clio. Coincidentally, just a week earlier, another company, […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2023/11/now-available-first-two-episodes-of-the-new-lawnext-pr-podcast-featuring-law-insider-and-practicepanther.html Fri, 10 Nov 2023 19:40:55 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=45078 The first two episodes of my new podcast, LawNext PR, have now been posted: Law Insider Announces Clause Finder. A Deeper Dive into PracticePanther’s 2024 Small & Midsized Law Firm Report. As I explained in a recent post, LawNext PR is a sponsored podcast series focusing exclusively on the latest news announcements coming out of […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2023/11/live-today-on-legaltech-week-colin-levy-joins-us-to-discuss-his-new-book-the-legal-tech-ecosystem.html Fri, 10 Nov 2023 14:50:25 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=45071 Live today at 3 p.m. ET on Legaltech Week, the show where a panel of journalists and bloggers discusses the week’s top stories in legal tech and innovation, we’ll be joined by “legal technology maven” Colin Levy to hear more about his new book, The Legal Tech Ecosystem. Other stories on tap: Launching Today: Traact […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2023/11/economic-optimism-among-smaller-law-firms-drives-increased-spending-but-they-still-face-challenges-meeting-client-demands-new-survey-finds.html Thu, 02 Nov 2023 12:59:09 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=44978 Even amid a highly variable and possibly decelerating U.S. economy, smaller law firms are showing greater optimism about their futures, as evidenced by the face that they are either maintaining or increasing their 2023 budgets across most key categories, according to a survey report released today. More than 75% of firms are either maintaining their […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2022/07/lollylaw-platform-for-managing-immigration-law-practices-launches-native-e-payments-feature.html Wed, 13 Jul 2022 14:00:08 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=40996 LollyLaw, a cloud-based practice management platform designed for immigration lawyers, is today launching a native electronic payments platform, LollyPayments. The new e-payments capability enables LollyLaw customers to collect and reconcile payments without having to switch between LollyLaw and third-party vendors. It is available to all LollyLaw customers as of today. The launch of LollyPayments comes […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2022/06/ceos-of-clio-paradigm-and-profitsolv-react-to-news-of-lawpays-acquisition-of-mycase.html Mon, 13 Jun 2022 18:57:09 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=40825 With the acquisition last week by payments company AffiniPay, parent of LawPay, of practice management company MyCase, one intriguing aspect of the deal was that, until then, LawPay had been the legal tech equivalent of Switzerland, partnering with virtually every practice management platform, but always neutral as to which should win the competition for the […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2022/05/practicepanther-will-buy-you-out-from-up-to-seven-months-of-your-current-practice-management-contract.html Wed, 25 May 2022 14:07:25 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=40639 The law practice management platform PracticePanther is today beginning a limited-time “SwitchScription” offer by which it will buy out law firms from up to seven months of their current practice management contracts if they switch to PracticePanther. “At PracticePanther, we believe that every law firm should be able to choose the solution that best serves […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2022/04/practice-management-company-paradigm-acquires-immigration-case-management-software-lollylaw.html Wed, 20 Apr 2022 13:00:33 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=40417 The law practice management company Paradigm has acquired LollyLaw, a cloud-based, all-in-one practice management platform designed for immigration law firms. The acquisition adds immigration software to Paradigm’s portfolio of law practice products that already includes the practice management platforms PracticePanther, Bill4Time and MerusCase; the payments platform Headnote; and the legal accounting software TrustBooks, which it just […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2022/02/paradigm-acquires-trustbooks-adding-accounting-to-its-suite-of-practice-management-products.html Thu, 17 Feb 2022 13:05:25 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=39806 Paradigm, the parent company to four legal practice management and payments products — PracticePanther, Bill4Time, MerusCase and Headnote — today adds a fifth, as it acquires TrustBooks, the cloud-based accounting software built specifically for law firms. With this acquisition, Paradigm adds legal accounting to a product line-up that already includes three separate all-in-one practice management platforms and the […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2022/02/practice-management-company-paradigm-expands-management-team-with-vps-of-product-and-marketing.html Thu, 03 Feb 2022 16:00:28 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=39720 Paradigm, the parent company to four legal practice management and payments products — PracticePanther, Bill4Time, MerusCase and Headnote — today announced the expansion of its leadership team with the hiring of two executives, one who will oversee product management and the other marketing. Joining Paradigm as vice president of product management is Marie Burgess, who was previously senior director of project […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2021/12/the-10-legal-tech-trends-that-defined-2021.html Wed, 29 Dec 2021 17:22:58 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=38792 As awful as was the year 2020 for so many reasons, my year-end report last year found reasons to be optimistic. “The silver lining of 2020,” I wrote, “is that we have been forced to consider changes that were long overdue and then given the opportunity to implement those changes.” This year, my report is […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2021/12/the-top-15-lawnext-podcast-episodes-of-2021.html Tue, 28 Dec 2021 14:08:32 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=38771 In my LawNext podcast, I have the great privilege of engaging in conversations every week with the “innovators and entrepreneurs who are driving what’s next in law.” That “what’s next” spans a range of topics, from rethinking legal education to innovating legal practice,  from developing new technology to driving greater diversity. These are among the […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2021/11/practice-panther-now-includes-two-way-text-messaging-for-law-firms-and-clients-to-communicate.html Tue, 09 Nov 2021 14:15:20 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=38354 As text messaging increasingly becomes a preferred form of communication for many, the cloud practice management platform PracticePanther today said it has added built-in, two-way text messaging as a feature available to all customers at no additional cost. Lawyers can provide the text number to clients for them to ask questions or upload documents or […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2021/10/paradigm-parent-to-three-practice-management-platforms-acquired-by-francisco-partners.html Wed, 13 Oct 2021 13:00:53 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=37933 Paradigm — the parent company to practice management platforms PracticePanther, Bill4Time and MerusCase and payments platform Headnote — is being acquired by Francisco Partners, a major investment firm that specializes in investments in technology businesses. A Reuters report valued the deal at $400 million, citing “people familiar with the matter.” Francisco Partners is also the […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2021/09/how-it-works-practicepanther-cloud-based-law-practice-management-software.html Wed, 22 Sep 2021 15:50:48 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=37720 On this episode of How It Works: PracticePanther, a leading cloud-based law practice management software solution that serves tens of thousands of legal professionals in 170 countries. PracticePanther offers features in case management, time tracking, billing, client intake, payment processing, calendaring, e-signatures, and more, all designed to empower lawyers to automate their practices. Joining me […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2021/06/practicepanther-now-has-native-e-signatures.html https://www.lawnext.com/2021/06/practicepanther-now-has-native-e-signatures.html#respond Thu, 03 Jun 2021 13:01:23 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=36704 The practice management platform PracticePanther today introduced native e-signatures, enabling law firms to send and obtain signatures on documents from directly within the platform, a feature that could both save time for users and streamline tasks such as client intake. The feature is available free to subscribers to PracticePanther’s Business Plan and requires no separate subscription […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2021/06/practicepanther-now-has-native-e-signatures.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2021/05/lawnext-how-one-company-aims-to-change-the-paradigm-for-law-practice-management.html https://www.lawnext.com/2021/05/lawnext-how-one-company-aims-to-change-the-paradigm-for-law-practice-management.html#respond Mon, 24 May 2021 19:27:37 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=36605 One of the most dynamic areas of legal tech right now is practice management, which has seen a surge of investments and acquisitions over the past year. And one of the companies that best represents that trend is Paradigm, which was founded two years ago as ASG LegalTech and rebranded this year as Paradigm, to […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2021/05/lawnext-how-one-company-aims-to-change-the-paradigm-for-law-practice-management.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2021/05/report-law-firms-that-adopt-e-payments-see-speedier-collections-increased-revenues.html https://www.lawnext.com/2021/05/report-law-firms-that-adopt-e-payments-see-speedier-collections-increased-revenues.html#respond Wed, 05 May 2021 13:04:41 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=36411 Not surprisingly, the pandemic drove greater use of electronic payments across all industries, with the volume of electronic payments up 11.2 % in the first quarter of 2021 over the prior year. Law firms were no exception to this trend, as they realized that the old way of collecting payments via paper checks was impacting […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2021/05/report-law-firms-that-adopt-e-payments-see-speedier-collections-increased-revenues.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2021/01/asg-legaltech-parent-to-four-legal-practice-products-rebrands-as-paradigm-exclusive-interview-with-company-execs.html https://www.lawnext.com/2021/01/asg-legaltech-parent-to-four-legal-practice-products-rebrands-as-paradigm-exclusive-interview-with-company-execs.html#respond Thu, 07 Jan 2021 15:00:24 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=35189 ASG LegalTech, a portfolio company composed of four popular legal practice products — PracticePanther, Bill4Time, MerusCase and Headnote — today introduced a new brand for itself, Paradigm, to better represent how the company views itself, its customers and its plans for moving forward. In a special episode of LawNext recorded in advance of today’s announcement, […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2021/01/asg-legaltech-parent-to-four-legal-practice-products-rebrands-as-paradigm-exclusive-interview-with-company-execs.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2020/09/on-lawnext-asg-legaltechs-acquisition-of-headnote-the-two-ceos-discuss.html https://www.lawnext.com/2020/09/on-lawnext-asg-legaltechs-acquisition-of-headnote-the-two-ceos-discuss.html#respond Fri, 25 Sep 2020 13:51:25 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=34232 In this exclusive LawNext interview recorded in advance of the announcement of ASG LegalTech’s acquisition of electronic payments company Headnote, I speak with the two companies’ CEOs: Soumya Nettimi of ASG LegalTech and Sarah Schaaf of Headnote, on the reasons for the deal and the significance for customers. (I also posted this earlier this week as part of […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2020/09/on-lawnext-asg-legaltechs-acquisition-of-headnote-the-two-ceos-discuss.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2020/09/exclusive-asg-legaltech-acquires-payments-platform-headnote-we-interview-the-two-companies-ceos.html https://www.lawnext.com/2020/09/exclusive-asg-legaltech-acquires-payments-platform-headnote-we-interview-the-two-companies-ceos.html#respond Tue, 22 Sep 2020 12:59:40 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=34142 ASG LegalTech, the company that owns cloud practice management platforms PracticePanther, Bill4Time and MerusCase, has acquired Headnote, the online payments platform that provides e-payments and accounts-receivable management for law firms. At the same time, ASG LegalTech is announcing the first fruit of this acquisition — a fully integrated, all-in-one payment system within the PracticePanther platform […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2020/09/exclusive-asg-legaltech-acquires-payments-platform-headnote-we-interview-the-two-companies-ceos.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2019/03/asg-legaltech-adds-another-practice-management-acquisition-to-its-growing-portfolio.html https://www.lawnext.com/2019/03/asg-legaltech-adds-another-practice-management-acquisition-to-its-growing-portfolio.html#respond Thu, 14 Mar 2019 14:00:28 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=29263 Three weeks after investment firm Alpine SG merged two practice-management companies it acquired, PracticePanther and Bill4Time, to create a unified legal technology business, ASG LegalTech, the firm is today announcing the acquisition of another practice management company, Merus Inc., developer of MerusCase. Founded in 2008, MerusCase is a cloud-based case management platform designed as a […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2019/03/asg-legaltech-adds-another-practice-management-acquisition-to-its-growing-portfolio.html/feed 0