https://www.lawnext.com/category/lawnext-products/sixfifty Tracking new and intriguing websites and products for the legal profession. Mon, 25 Nov 2024 15:09:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.6 https://www.lawnext.com/2024/11/sixfifty-unveils-project-to-encode-all-u-s-employment-law-as-data-with-free-access-for-academics.html Mon, 25 Nov 2024 15:09:40 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=48240 SixFifty, a company that helps businesses automate employment law compliance and documentation, today released the first phase of its Employment Law Informatics Project (ELIP), an effort to catalog, summarize, and encode the logic of every employment law in the United States, to enhance both academic legal research and practical business use. Phase 1 covers over […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2024/01/free-tool-from-sixfifty-helps-companies-comply-with-new-beneficial-reporting-requirement.html Thu, 11 Jan 2024 12:00:25 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=45537 With the new year came a new reporting requirement for many companies in the United States. The new requirement, which came about as part of the federal Corporate Transparency Act of 2021, means that many companies will have to report information about their beneficial owners — the individuals who ultimately control the company. To help […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2022/11/in-expansion-of-business-model-sixfifty-launches-new-line-of-a-la-carte-automated-business-documents-for-small-to-medium-companies.html Wed, 02 Nov 2022 12:31:03 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=41855 With its release today of a new line of automated business documents for small- and medium-sized businesses, SixFifty is making three notable changes to what has been its business model to date. For one, it is expanding into corporate and commercial documents after previously focusing its automation technology on privacy, employment and pro bono documents. […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2022/07/new-sixfifty-product-automates-compliance-with-all-state-data-privacy-laws.html Wed, 20 Jul 2022 13:00:56 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=41055 SixFifty, the technology subsidiary of the law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, is today launching a tool to help companies comply with the patchwork of data privacy laws in the United States by automating the creation of customized compliance documents. Five U.S. states — California, Colorado, Virginia, Utah, and Connecticut — have passed data privacy […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2022/03/new-tool-helps-ukrainians-remain-in-u-s-by-automating-the-application-forms-they-need.html Thu, 31 Mar 2022 12:10:18 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=40134 As Russia continues its invasion of Ukraine, many Ukrainians who are currently in the United States have two options for extending their stays: apply for either Temporary Protected Status or asylum. For either, however, the applications they must complete are complicated to fill out and available only in English. To help Ukrainians living in the […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2021/09/new-sixfifty-product-automates-compliance-with-chinas-impending-data-privacy-law.html Wed, 08 Sep 2021 11:54:10 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=37602 With companies facing a Nov. 1 deadline to comply with China’s new Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL), SixFifty, the technology subsidiary of the law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, is today launching a product to help organizations automate the paperwork they need to comply with the law, generating the necessary documents in both English and Chinese.  […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2021/06/employment-2-0-automated-toolset-helps-employers-navigate-the-new-workplace.html https://www.lawnext.com/2021/06/employment-2-0-automated-toolset-helps-employers-navigate-the-new-workplace.html#respond Wed, 09 Jun 2021 13:00:14 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=36802 As we emerge from the pandemic, it is clear that the workplace of 2021 and beyond is going to be drastically different than the workplace of yesteryear. To help businesses address this new era of workplace legal challenges, SixFifty, the technology subsidiary of the law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, is releasing Employment 2.0, an […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2021/06/employment-2-0-automated-toolset-helps-employers-navigate-the-new-workplace.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2021/05/wilson-sonsinis-digital-hub-provides-free-resources-for-founders-and-vcs.html https://www.lawnext.com/2021/05/wilson-sonsinis-digital-hub-provides-free-resources-for-founders-and-vcs.html#respond Thu, 06 May 2021 12:54:48 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=36436 Are you a startup founder wondering what type of business entity to create? Or maybe you have a question about the best structure to raise seed capital. The answers to these and many other questions can be found in a digital hub launched yesterday by the Emerging Companies Practice of the Palo Alto-based law firm […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2021/05/wilson-sonsinis-digital-hub-provides-free-resources-for-founders-and-vcs.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2021/04/byu-law-students-develop-web-resource-to-address-flaws-in-expungement-process.html https://www.lawnext.com/2021/04/byu-law-students-develop-web-resource-to-address-flaws-in-expungement-process.html#respond Thu, 29 Apr 2021 14:01:11 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=36320 Eight students in the LawX legal design lab at BYU Law have developed an online resource, called Goodbye Record, that is designed to address flaws in the process for expunging criminal records in Utah and potentially other states as well. I’ve written a number of times about LawX, a lab program launched in 2017 in […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2021/04/byu-law-students-develop-web-resource-to-address-flaws-in-expungement-process.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2021/03/sixfiftys-latest-product-automates-every-wilson-sonsini-employment-policy.html https://www.lawnext.com/2021/03/sixfiftys-latest-product-automates-every-wilson-sonsini-employment-policy.html#respond Thu, 04 Mar 2021 14:10:05 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=35641 I’ve written a number of times about SixFifty, the technology subsidiary of the law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, which has been automating the firm’s legal expertise to create tools that businesses and individuals can use to make legal processes more efficient and affordable. Its first product, launched in 2019, automated compliance with the California […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2021/03/sixfiftys-latest-product-automates-every-wilson-sonsini-employment-policy.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2020/10/new-tech-tool-helps-organizations-achieve-diversity-and-inclusion.html https://www.lawnext.com/2020/10/new-tech-tool-helps-organizations-achieve-diversity-and-inclusion.html#respond Wed, 07 Oct 2020 12:17:00 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=34317 A technology platform unveiled today is designed to help organizations develop and implement plans to achieve greater diversity, equity and inclusion. The platform helps organizations assess their diversity and inclusion efforts, create a plan of action, and generate the policies and paperwork they need to move forward. The platform was developed by SixFifty, the technology […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2020/10/new-tech-tool-helps-organizations-achieve-diversity-and-inclusion.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2020/06/latest-sixfifty-product-helps-churches-assess-readiness-to-resume-services.html https://www.lawnext.com/2020/06/latest-sixfifty-product-helps-churches-assess-readiness-to-resume-services.html#respond Wed, 24 Jun 2020 13:01:10 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=33206 Last month, I wrote about the launch by SixFifty, the technology subsidiary of the law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, of the Return-to-Work Toolset, a tool to help U.S. businesses safely transition their employees back to work as COVID-19 stay-at-home orders expire. Now, SixFifty is releasing another tool in a similar vein, only this one is […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2020/06/latest-sixfifty-product-helps-churches-assess-readiness-to-resume-services.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2020/05/new-tool-from-wilson-sonsinis-sixfifty-helps-businesses-safely-return-employees-to-work.html https://www.lawnext.com/2020/05/new-tool-from-wilson-sonsinis-sixfifty-helps-businesses-safely-return-employees-to-work.html#respond Tue, 12 May 2020 12:30:15 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=32743 As some states begin to loosen stay-at-home restrictions and allow certain businesses to reopen, and other states prepare to do so, employers face a difficult balancing act between reopening their workplaces and ensuring the safety of their employees and customers. In the early days of the pandemic, I wrote about the launch of a tool […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2020/05/new-tool-from-wilson-sonsinis-sixfifty-helps-businesses-safely-return-employees-to-work.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2020/03/free-legal-tool-helps-businesses-create-key-covid-19-employment-policies.html https://www.lawnext.com/2020/03/free-legal-tool-helps-businesses-create-key-covid-19-employment-policies.html#respond Wed, 25 Mar 2020 15:14:34 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=32181 As many businesses across the United States struggle to deal with the employment issues arising out of the COVID-19 pandemic, SixFifty, the technology subsidiary of the law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, today released a free automated tool to help them develop essential policies on working from home, sick leave, and other critical issues. Readers […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2020/03/free-legal-tool-helps-businesses-create-key-covid-19-employment-policies.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2020/03/new-gdpr-tool-helps-companies-automate-compliance-and-documentation.html https://www.lawnext.com/2020/03/new-gdpr-tool-helps-companies-automate-compliance-and-documentation.html#respond Wed, 18 Mar 2020 14:03:54 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=32080 Even amid a global pandemic, companies are not exempt from compliance with the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation, which applies to any company that stores or processes personal information about EU citizens, including U.S. companies. Aiming to make GDPR compliance easier for companies, SixFifty, the technology subsidiary of the law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2020/03/new-gdpr-tool-helps-companies-automate-compliance-and-documentation.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2019/12/the-10-most-popular-lawnext-podcasts-of-2019.html https://www.lawnext.com/2019/12/the-10-most-popular-lawnext-podcasts-of-2019.html#respond Tue, 31 Dec 2019 14:25:55 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=31353 In my LawNext podcast, I have conversations with the “innovators and entrepreneurs who are driving what’s next in law.” Here are the 10 episodes that were most popular during 2019. Note: This reflects unique downloads during 2019. It is not the most popular of all time. That honor goes to my 2018 interview with Avvo […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2019/12/the-10-most-popular-lawnext-podcasts-of-2019.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2019/10/byus-lawx-partners-with-wilson-sonsini-and-sixfifty-to-tackle-asylum-through-design-thinking.html https://www.lawnext.com/2019/10/byus-lawx-partners-with-wilson-sonsini-and-sixfifty-to-tackle-asylum-through-design-thinking.html#respond Thu, 24 Oct 2019 15:00:03 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=30670 I have written a number of times here about the innovative LawX lab at BYU Law, in which students use design thinking to tackle issues in access to justice. The lab has already produced two notable applications: SoloSuit, an award-winning online tool to help self-represented people who have been sued for debt, and Hello Landlord, an […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2019/10/byus-lawx-partners-with-wilson-sonsini-and-sixfifty-to-tackle-asylum-through-design-thinking.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2019/07/on-the-one-year-anniversary-of-my-lawnext-podcast-here-are-the-top-10-most-popular-episodes.html https://www.lawnext.com/2019/07/on-the-one-year-anniversary-of-my-lawnext-podcast-here-are-the-top-10-most-popular-episodes.html#respond Wed, 17 Jul 2019 13:27:30 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=29999 Yesterday marked the one-year anniversary of the launch of my podcast LawNext, focused on interviews with the “innovators and entrepreneurs who are driving what’s next in law.” Starting it was a bit of a gamble. As I explained in another post, Why I’m Signing Off the Podcast I’ve Done for 13 Years, I was walking […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2019/07/on-the-one-year-anniversary-of-my-lawnext-podcast-here-are-the-top-10-most-popular-episodes.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2019/07/annual-fastcase-50-named-honoring-laws-innovators-and-visionaries.html https://www.lawnext.com/2019/07/annual-fastcase-50-named-honoring-laws-innovators-and-visionaries.html#respond Wed, 10 Jul 2019 12:45:48 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=29958 Annually since 2011, legal research company Fastcase has named the Fastcase 50, an award that honors “the law’s smartest, most courageous innovators, techies, visionaries, and leaders.” Today, Fastcase named its 2019 honorees, a list that includes practicing lawyers, legal academics, law librarians, corporate counsel, journalists, company executives, bar leaders, and government officials. [Full disclosure: I […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2019/07/annual-fastcase-50-named-honoring-laws-innovators-and-visionaries.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2019/06/in-unique-partnership-two-law-schools-and-a-private-company-collaborate-on-tool-to-reduce-evictions.html https://www.lawnext.com/2019/06/in-unique-partnership-two-law-schools-and-a-private-company-collaborate-on-tool-to-reduce-evictions.html#respond Wed, 26 Jun 2019 14:00:20 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=29863 A unique collaboration between two law schools and a private company has produced a tool designed to help low-income tenants avoid eviction and seek redress for unsafe living conditions. The new tool, being unveiled today, is called Hello Landlord, and is designed to help tenants more effectively communicate with their landlords about issues that can […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2019/06/in-unique-partnership-two-law-schools-and-a-private-company-collaborate-on-tool-to-reduce-evictions.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2019/05/wilson-sonsinis-tech-subsidiary-sixfifty-releases-first-product-for-calif-privacy-compliance.html https://www.lawnext.com/2019/05/wilson-sonsinis-tech-subsidiary-sixfifty-releases-first-product-for-calif-privacy-compliance.html#respond Wed, 22 May 2019 13:00:36 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=29698 In February, I reported here that law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati had launched a software subsidiary, SixFifty, to develop automated tools designed to make legal processes more efficient and affordable for businesses and individuals. Today, it is releasing its first product: SixFifty Privacy, a suite of tools to help businesses comply with the […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2019/05/wilson-sonsinis-tech-subsidiary-sixfifty-releases-first-product-for-calif-privacy-compliance.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2019/03/lawnext-episode-32-kimball-parker-head-of-wilson-sonsinis-new-tech-subsidiary-sixfifty.html https://www.lawnext.com/2019/03/lawnext-episode-32-kimball-parker-head-of-wilson-sonsinis-new-tech-subsidiary-sixfifty.html#respond Tue, 26 Mar 2019 15:08:20 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=29353 In February, Silicon Valley law firm Wilson Sonsini announced the launch of SixFifty, a software subsidiary that will develop automated tools designed to make legal processes more efficient and affordable for individuals, small businesses and emerging companies. Named president of SixFifty was Kimball Dean Parker, the lawyer who helped develop the innovative LawX design lab at BYU Law School. […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2019/03/lawnext-episode-32-kimball-parker-head-of-wilson-sonsinis-new-tech-subsidiary-sixfifty.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2019/02/law-firm-wilson-sonsini-launches-subsidiary-develop-consumer-facing-tech-products.html https://www.lawnext.com/2019/02/law-firm-wilson-sonsini-launches-subsidiary-develop-consumer-facing-tech-products.html#respond Tue, 05 Feb 2019 18:44:34 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=29048 The law firm Wilson Sonsini today announced the launch of SixFifty, a software subsidiary that will develop automated tools designed to make legal processes more efficient and affordable for individuals, small businesses and emerging companies. Named to lead the new subsidiary are Kimball Dean Parker as president and Lincoln Porter as CTO. Parker is the […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2019/02/law-firm-wilson-sonsini-launches-subsidiary-develop-consumer-facing-tech-products.html/feed 0