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…
Yesterday, I reported that law practice management company Clio acquired the automated court-calendaring company CalendarRules. This was Clio’s second acquisition, after its 2018 acquisition of Lexicata, which it developed into its CRM platform Clio Grow.
Yesterday, I discussed the acquisition with Jack Newton, cofounder and CEO of Clio, and Scott…
Hello Divorce, a California startup whose platform facilitates low-cost do-it-yourself and attorney-assisted divorces, has raised a seed investment of $2 million to help fuel its expansion to all 50 states.
The investment was led by CEAS Investments, a single-family office that specializes in long-term investments in disruptive technologies.
Other investors included Jack…
Law practice management company Clio has acquired the automated court-calendaring company CalendarRules, Clio’s first acquisition since becoming the first law practice management company to achieve unicorn status earlier this year and its second acquisition ever.
“This acquisition is an important one as we continue to help law firms navigate a changing legal…
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Rian Gauvreau, who in 2008 cofounded practice management company Clio with Jack Newton, has left the company, where he most recently held the position of chief people officer.
He continues to serve on the company’s board of directors.
A company spokesperson said that Gauvreau decided to step down from his position at…
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…
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…
It is a happy ending, after all, for Faster Suite and its customers, as it is back up and running as an integration with the practice management platform Clio.
As reported here last week, Clio booted the popular app last Monday over concerns that it could expose Clio customer data to a…
The Clio Cloud Conference will remain a virtual event for 2021, Clio said today.
Clio’s annual conference, which has become one of the most popular annual events in the U.S. focused on law practice and legal technology, will be held as a virtual event on Oct. 26-29, 2021, the company said.
The 2020 conference,…
A distinguishing feature of the practice management platform Clio is its ecosystem of more than 200 third-party applications that integrate to provide added functionality.
But on Monday, Clio terminated a popular app, Faster Suite, over concerns that it could expose Clio customer data to a privacy or security breach.
Then, early this morning,…
As ABA TECHSHOW kicks off today, the practice management company Clio is announcing a new, broader vision for the company and its future.
It also made several other announcements, most notably the launch of The Law Community, an online platform for connecting Clio customers and others in the legal industry, as well as…
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