https://www.lawnext.com/category/people/mark-britton Tracking new and intriguing websites and products for the legal profession. Thu, 30 May 2024 22:18:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.8 https://www.lawnext.com/2022/02/launching-today-tangibly-is-first-platform-to-systematically-manage-a-companys-trade-secrets.html Thu, 03 Feb 2022 14:01:03 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=39702 Losses to businesses from the theft of their trade secrets add up to as much as three percent of the U.S. gross domestic product, according to a 2014 report by the Center for Responsible Enterprise and Trade and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Yet a 2017 study by law firm Baker McKenzie found that less than a third […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2021/12/legal-tech-look-back-12-19-07-federal-judge-tosses-class-action-seeking-to-shut-down-avvo.html Tue, 21 Dec 2021 19:25:08 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=38681 Fourteen years ago this week, a federal judge in Seattle dismissed the class action complaint filed by two lawyers seeking to shut down the lawyer-rating site Avvo, which had launched five months earlier. While calling the rating of attorneys “ludicrous,” U.S. District Judge Robert S. Lasnik nevertheless ruled that the opinions expressed through Avvo’s ratings […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2021/08/clearbrief-product-that-strengthens-legal-writing-raises-3-5m-seed-round.html Mon, 30 Aug 2021 13:14:24 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=37466 I wrote last March about Clearbrief, a first-of-its-kind product designed to strengthen your legal writing, and that was backed by some big-name early investors, including Mark Britton, the founder and former CEO of Avvo; Bryan Garner, legal writing expert and editor of Black’s Law Dictionary; and Bill Neukom, longtime Microsoft general counsel. Now, Clearbrief has brought in an additional […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2021/04/lawnext-a-coming-of-age-for-legal-tech-exclusive-interview-with-ceo-jack-newton-on-clios-1-6b-valuation.html https://www.lawnext.com/2021/04/lawnext-a-coming-of-age-for-legal-tech-exclusive-interview-with-ceo-jack-newton-on-clios-1-6b-valuation.html#respond Tue, 27 Apr 2021 13:00:05 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=36292 The legal technology company Clio this morning announced a Series E investment of $110 million at a valuation of $1.6 billion, making it the first law practice management company to achieve so-called unicorn status and one of only a small number of legal tech companies overall to achieve that status. In special episode of my […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2021/04/lawnext-a-coming-of-age-for-legal-tech-exclusive-interview-with-ceo-jack-newton-on-clios-1-6b-valuation.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2021/03/new-clearbrief-finds-the-best-evidence-to-strengthen-your-legal-writing.html https://www.lawnext.com/2021/03/new-clearbrief-finds-the-best-evidence-to-strengthen-your-legal-writing.html#respond Tue, 23 Mar 2021 13:21:34 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=35866 If I were to tell you that Mark Britton, the founder and former CEO of Avvo; Bryan Garner, legal writing expert and editor of Black’s Law Dictionary; and Bill Neukom, longtime Microsoft general counsel, were all seed investors in a new legal technology product designed to strengthen your legal writing, would I have your attention? […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2021/03/new-clearbrief-finds-the-best-evidence-to-strengthen-your-legal-writing.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2020/12/the-10-most-popular-lawnext-podcasts-of-2020.html https://www.lawnext.com/2020/12/the-10-most-popular-lawnext-podcasts-of-2020.html#respond Tue, 29 Dec 2020 16:02:14 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=35025 My LawNext podcast features conversations with the “innovators and entrepreneurs who are driving what’s next in law.” But in 2020, “what’s next” was anybody’s guess. In this list of the 10 LawNext episodes that were most popular during 2020, it may be little surprise that my April interview with legal futurist Richard Susskind was the […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2020/12/the-10-most-popular-lawnext-podcasts-of-2020.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2020/11/lawnext-the-10-most-popular-episodes-of-october-2020.html https://www.lawnext.com/2020/11/lawnext-the-10-most-popular-episodes-of-october-2020.html#respond Wed, 04 Nov 2020 15:02:18 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=34596 Here are the episodes of my LawNext podcast that got the most listens during October. This reflects episode downloads only during October, not for all time. (By the way, in the all-time tally, the episode that long held first place, my September 2018 interview with Mark Britton, former Avvo CEO, has been bumped into second place […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2020/11/lawnext-the-10-most-popular-episodes-of-october-2020.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2020/06/lawnext-the-10-most-popular-episodes-of-may-2020.html https://www.lawnext.com/2020/06/lawnext-the-10-most-popular-episodes-of-may-2020.html#respond Tue, 02 Jun 2020 16:06:32 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=32996 Here are the episodes of my LawNext podcast that got the most listens during May. This reflects episode downloads only during May, not for all time. (By the way, in the all-time tally, the Richard Susskind interview listed at number six below is now the third most-popular LawNext episode ever. First place has long been held […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2020/06/lawnext-the-10-most-popular-episodes-of-may-2020.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2020/01/the-decade-in-legal-tech-the-10-most-significant-developments.html https://www.lawnext.com/2020/01/the-decade-in-legal-tech-the-10-most-significant-developments.html#respond Wed, 01 Jan 2020 17:16:48 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=31375 In legal technology, it was a decade of tumult and upheaval, bringing changes that will forever transform the practice of law and the delivery of legal services. Feisty startups took on established behemoths. The cloud dropped rain on legacy products. Mobile tech untethered lawyers. Clients demanded efficiency and transparency. Robots arrived to take over our […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2020/01/the-decade-in-legal-tech-the-10-most-significant-developments.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/2019/12/my-most-popular-posts-of-2019.html https://www.lawnext.com/2019/12/my-most-popular-posts-of-2019.html#respond Mon, 30 Dec 2019 14:56:46 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=31340 The LegalBoard is back, baby! Every year for the past decade, I have compiled a year-end list of my most-popular posts. Two years ago, by a wide margin, my top-viewed post was about the debut of the LegalBoard, a keyboard designed for lawyers. This year, the LegalBoard again takes the top spot, thanks to a […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2019/12/my-most-popular-posts-of-2019.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2019/11/cheat-sheet-here-are-all-our-lawnext-recordings-from-cliocloud9.html https://www.lawnext.com/2019/11/cheat-sheet-here-are-all-our-lawnext-recordings-from-cliocloud9.html#respond Tue, 26 Nov 2019 16:20:04 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=31161 A highlight of the recent Clio Cloud Conference in San Diego was the podcast alley — a row of tables reserved for legal podcasters to set up their equipment and record interviews with speakers and attendees. Over the last couple weeks, I have been publishing a series of LawNext “special reports” that we recorded live […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2019/11/cheat-sheet-here-are-all-our-lawnext-recordings-from-cliocloud9.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2019/11/lawnext-special-report-avvo-founder-mark-britton-at-the-clio-cloud-conference.html https://www.lawnext.com/2019/11/lawnext-special-report-avvo-founder-mark-britton-at-the-clio-cloud-conference.html#respond Mon, 04 Nov 2019 18:55:39 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=30829 In 2018, Mark Britton left Avvo, the often-controversial company he founded in 2006 and led as CEO until he sold it earlier that year to web behemoth Internet Brands. Soon after, he joined us here on LawNext Episode 11 for an insightful conversation about why he started the company, why he sold it, and why he left.  […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2019/11/lawnext-special-report-avvo-founder-mark-britton-at-the-clio-cloud-conference.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2019/10/more-from-cliocloud9-my-lawnext-interview-with-clio-ceo-jack-newton.html https://www.lawnext.com/2019/10/more-from-cliocloud9-my-lawnext-interview-with-clio-ceo-jack-newton.html#respond Mon, 28 Oct 2019 15:00:30 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=30706 As I mentioned in my post earlier today about the Clio Cloud Conference, a new feature this year was the podcast alley, where a string of podcasters were able to set up shop — LawNext among them. Among the people I sat down with to record conversations during the conference was Jack Newton, cofounder and […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2019/10/more-from-cliocloud9-my-lawnext-interview-with-clio-ceo-jack-newton.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2019/09/lawnext-special-report-clio-ceo-jack-newton-on-his-companys-250-million-investment.html https://www.lawnext.com/2019/09/lawnext-special-report-clio-ceo-jack-newton-on-his-companys-250-million-investment.html#respond Thu, 05 Sep 2019 19:20:41 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=30334 Yesterday, the cloud practice management company Clio announced $250 million funding round — one of the largest ever for a legal technology company. Shortly after making the announcement during an event in Clio’s Burnaby, B.C., headquarters, I had the opportunity to sit down with Jack Newton, Clio’s cofounder and CEO, for a live recording session […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2019/09/lawnext-special-report-clio-ceo-jack-newton-on-his-companys-250-million-investment.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2019/09/major-legaltech-news-as-clio-gets-250m-investment-adds-avvo-founder-mark-britton-to-board.html https://www.lawnext.com/2019/09/major-legaltech-news-as-clio-gets-250m-investment-adds-avvo-founder-mark-britton-to-board.html#respond Wed, 04 Sep 2019 10:00:07 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=30322 Cloud law practice management company Clio is today announcing a $250 million Series D funding — one of the largest investments ever for a legal technology company and the largest ever for a Canadian company. Clio is also announcing that Mark Britton, who founded Avvo in 2006 and sold it last year to Internet Brands, […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2019/09/major-legaltech-news-as-clio-gets-250m-investment-adds-avvo-founder-mark-britton-to-board.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/2018/12/20-important-legal-technology-developments-2018.html https://www.lawnext.com/2018/12/20-important-legal-technology-developments-2018.html#respond Wed, 26 Dec 2018 21:54:06 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=28765 What a whirlwind of a year it has been for legal technology. Barely a week into 2018, industry-changing news broke of Avvo’s sale to Internet Brands. Legal tech news has been nonstop ever since – so much that it’s a struggle to keep up with it all. For several years now, I’ve closed out the […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2018/12/20-important-legal-technology-developments-2018.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2018/09/lawnext-episode-11-avvo-founder-mark-britton-started-company-sold-left.html https://www.lawnext.com/2018/09/lawnext-episode-11-avvo-founder-mark-britton-started-company-sold-left.html#respond Mon, 24 Sep 2018 15:21:26 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=28113 Earlier this year, Mark Britton left Avvo, the often-controversial company he founded in 2006 and led as CEO, after selling it to web behemoth Internet Brands. Explaining his departure in a memo to his staff, he wrote, “It’s time for me to go.” In the latest episode of LawNext, Britton reflects on his 12 years at Avvo. In a face-to-face […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2018/09/lawnext-episode-11-avvo-founder-mark-britton-started-company-sold-left.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2018/04/avvo-founders-email-staff-leaving.html https://www.lawnext.com/2018/04/avvo-founders-email-staff-leaving.html#respond Tue, 03 Apr 2018 22:49:11 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=17430 https://www.lawnext.com/2018/04/avvo-founders-email-staff-leaving.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2018/04/following-avvos-acquisition-founder-britton-leaving-company.html https://www.lawnext.com/2018/04/following-avvos-acquisition-founder-britton-leaving-company.html#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2018 13:15:59 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=17405 https://www.lawnext.com/2018/04/following-avvos-acquisition-founder-britton-leaving-company.html/feed 2 https://www.lawnext.com/2018/01/comments-ceo-mark-britton-avvos-acquisition-internet-brands.html https://www.lawnext.com/2018/01/comments-ceo-mark-britton-avvos-acquisition-internet-brands.html#comments Thu, 11 Jan 2018 19:34:03 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=16900 https://www.lawnext.com/2018/01/comments-ceo-mark-britton-avvos-acquisition-internet-brands.html/feed 3 https://www.lawnext.com/2018/01/breaking-avvo-acquired-internet-brands.html https://www.lawnext.com/2018/01/breaking-avvo-acquired-internet-brands.html#comments Thu, 11 Jan 2018 17:54:08 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=16898 https://www.lawnext.com/2018/01/breaking-avvo-acquired-internet-brands.html/feed 2 https://www.lawnext.com/2016/08/good-news-bad-news-avvo.html https://www.lawnext.com/2016/08/good-news-bad-news-avvo.html#comments Thu, 11 Aug 2016 17:14:55 +0000 http://www.lawnext.com/?p=13228 https://www.lawnext.com/2016/08/good-news-bad-news-avvo.html/feed 12 https://www.lawnext.com/2016/04/avvo-ceo-discusses-new-legal-forms-offering.html https://www.lawnext.com/2016/04/avvo-ceo-discusses-new-legal-forms-offering.html#comments Fri, 08 Apr 2016 19:54:11 +0000 http://www.lawnext.com/?p=12324 https://www.lawnext.com/2016/04/avvo-ceo-discusses-new-legal-forms-offering.html/feed 4 https://www.lawnext.com/2016/02/avvo-officially-launches-its-fixed-fee-legal-services-in-18-states.html https://www.lawnext.com/2016/02/avvo-officially-launches-its-fixed-fee-legal-services-in-18-states.html#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2016 14:05:59 +0000 http://www.lawnext.com/?p=11931 https://www.lawnext.com/2016/02/avvo-officially-launches-its-fixed-fee-legal-services-in-18-states.html/feed 15 https://www.lawnext.com/2014/10/info-avvos-demand-fixed-fee-legal-advice-service.html https://www.lawnext.com/2014/10/info-avvos-demand-fixed-fee-legal-advice-service.html#comments Fri, 31 Oct 2014 19:03:34 +0000 http://www.lawnext.com/?p=9836 https://www.lawnext.com/2014/10/info-avvos-demand-fixed-fee-legal-advice-service.html/feed 4 https://www.lawnext.com/2014/10/new-avvo-demand-fixed-fee-legal-advice.html https://www.lawnext.com/2014/10/new-avvo-demand-fixed-fee-legal-advice.html#comments Mon, 27 Oct 2014 17:59:52 +0000 http://www.lawnext.com/?p=9813 https://www.lawnext.com/2014/10/new-avvo-demand-fixed-fee-legal-advice.html/feed 7 https://www.lawnext.com/2014/10/interview-avvo-founder-mark-britton-cliocloud9.html https://www.lawnext.com/2014/10/interview-avvo-founder-mark-britton-cliocloud9.html#respond Thu, 23 Oct 2014 14:01:45 +0000 http://www.lawnext.com/?p=9804 https://www.lawnext.com/2014/10/interview-avvo-founder-mark-britton-cliocloud9.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2014/04/avvo-gets-another-37-5-million-financing.html https://www.lawnext.com/2014/04/avvo-gets-another-37-5-million-financing.html#comments Tue, 15 Apr 2014 13:15:49 +0000 http://www.lawnext.com/?p=8821 https://www.lawnext.com/2014/04/avvo-gets-another-37-5-million-financing.html/feed 2 https://www.lawnext.com/2013/05/lomaps-marketing-conference-is-may-16-in-boston.html https://www.lawnext.com/2013/05/lomaps-marketing-conference-is-may-16-in-boston.html#respond Sat, 04 May 2013 13:54:46 +0000 http://www.lawnext.com/?p=7014 https://www.lawnext.com/2013/05/lomaps-marketing-conference-is-may-16-in-boston.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2013/02/avvo-adds-reverse-auction-legal-marketplace.html https://www.lawnext.com/2013/02/avvo-adds-reverse-auction-legal-marketplace.html#comments Fri, 22 Feb 2013 15:08:18 +0000 http://www.lawnext.com/?p=6503 https://www.lawnext.com/2013/02/avvo-adds-reverse-auction-legal-marketplace.html/feed 4 https://www.lawnext.com/2012/11/avvo-returns-to-its-roots-sells-off-m-d-directory.html https://www.lawnext.com/2012/11/avvo-returns-to-its-roots-sells-off-m-d-directory.html#comments Fri, 30 Nov 2012 18:45:59 +0000 http://www.lawnext.com/?p=6152 https://www.lawnext.com/2012/11/avvo-returns-to-its-roots-sells-off-m-d-directory.html/feed 1 https://www.lawnext.com/2010/11/lawyer-rating-site-avvo-adds-doctor-ratings.html https://www.lawnext.com/2010/11/lawyer-rating-site-avvo-adds-doctor-ratings.html#comments Mon, 01 Nov 2010 12:01:32 +0000 http://www.lawnext.com/?p=3175 The lawyer-rating site Avvo.com is taking on a whole new profession with its launch today of doctor ratings. As of today, Avvo is adding an entirely new section of its site that contains profiles and ratings of medical doctors from all 50 states. As it does with lawyers, Avvo is rating doctors on a scale of […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2010/11/lawyer-rating-site-avvo-adds-doctor-ratings.html/feed 5 https://www.lawnext.com/2010/03/lawyer-rating-site-avvo-raises-10.html https://www.lawnext.com/2010/03/lawyer-rating-site-avvo-raises-10.html#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:48:00 +0000 http://www.lawnext.com/2010/03/lawyer-rating-site-avvo-raises-10.html https://www.lawnext.com/2010/03/lawyer-rating-site-avvo-raises-10.html/feed 3 https://www.lawnext.com/2008/07/avvo-unveils-major-overhaul.html https://www.lawnext.com/2008/07/avvo-unveils-major-overhaul.html#comments Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:34:00 +0000 http://www.lawnext.com/2008/07/avvo-unveils-major-overhaul.html https://www.lawnext.com/2008/07/avvo-unveils-major-overhaul.html/feed 4 https://www.lawnext.com/2008/03/avvo-expands-to-mass-florida.html https://www.lawnext.com/2008/03/avvo-expands-to-mass-florida.html#comments Mon, 31 Mar 2008 09:41:00 +0000 http://www.lawnext.com/2008/03/avvo-expands-to-mass-florida.html https://www.lawnext.com/2008/03/avvo-expands-to-mass-florida.html/feed 3 https://www.lawnext.com/2007/07/lawyer2lawyer-avvo-responds.html https://www.lawnext.com/2007/07/lawyer2lawyer-avvo-responds.html#respond Wed, 11 Jul 2007 22:57:00 +0000 http://www.lawnext.com/2007/07/lawyer2lawyer-avvo-responds.html https://www.lawnext.com/2007/07/lawyer2lawyer-avvo-responds.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2007/06/lawyer2lawyer-browne-discusses-avvo.html https://www.lawnext.com/2007/06/lawyer2lawyer-browne-discusses-avvo.html#respond Mon, 18 Jun 2007 22:51:00 +0000 http://www.lawnext.com/2007/06/lawyer2lawyer-browne-discusses-avvo.html https://www.lawnext.com/2007/06/lawyer2lawyer-browne-discusses-avvo.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2007/06/avvo-responds-to-lawyers-lawsuit.html https://www.lawnext.com/2007/06/avvo-responds-to-lawyers-lawsuit.html#respond Fri, 15 Jun 2007 18:10:00 +0000 http://www.lawnext.com/2007/06/avvo-responds-to-lawyers-lawsuit.html https://www.lawnext.com/2007/06/avvo-responds-to-lawyers-lawsuit.html/feed 0 https://www.lawnext.com/2007/06/bravo-for-avvo-not-so-quick.html https://www.lawnext.com/2007/06/bravo-for-avvo-not-so-quick.html#comments Tue, 05 Jun 2007 15:39:00 +0000 http://www.lawnext.com/2007/06/bravo-for-avvo-not-so-quick.html https://www.lawnext.com/2007/06/bravo-for-avvo-not-so-quick.html/feed 11