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August marked the first anniversary of the formation of the Global Legal Blockchain Consortium, an organization created to drive the adoption and standardization of blockchain in the legal industry. In that time, the GLBC has grown to have 125 organizations from 20 countries as members and is the third-largest blockchain consortia in the…
LawNext Episode 14: DoNotPay Founder Joshua Browder On Replacing Lawyers with Bots
At just 17 years old, Joshua Browder made international news when he created DoNotPay, a chatbot that helped appeal parking tickets, reportedly saving motorists in the U.S. and UK some $16 million. Now 21, he has just released a series of apps designed to help consumers solve common legal problems without…
New Bots From DoNotPay Includes One That Lets You Sue In Any Small Claims Court At The Press Of A Button
DoNotPay, the company that created a chat bot to automatically appeal parking tickets, is today launching a series of legal and consumer-protection bots, in the form of an iOS app, that includes one that will enable individuals to file an action in any small claims court in the United States.
In addition, DoNotPay is…
A Momentous Week Shows that the Cloud Has Come of Age
Last week was a perfect storm of breaking news in the world of cloud-based practice management software. It was a week that saw the acquisition by Tabs3 Software of CosmoLex, the appointment by PracticePanther of a new CEO, and the acquisition by Clio of CRM platform Lexicata, all bookended by Clio’s 10th anniversary…
Breaking: Clio Acquires CRM Platform Lexicata, Will Launch New CRM Product, Clio Grow
Kicking off his company’s Clio Cloud Conference in New Orleans this morning, cofounder and CEO Jack Newton announced that Clio has acquired Lexicata, the cloud-based client-intake and client relationship management platform. This month marks Clio’s 10th anniversary since its launch and its first acquisition.
Clio and Lexicata have been long-time integration partner…
Wolters Kluwer and Alt Legal Extend Integration to International Trademark Materials
Last year, I wrote about a partnership between legal publisher Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S. and IP docketing company Alt Legal which enabled Alt Legal customers to have one-click access to WK Trademark Navigator from within their docketing workflows and WK customers to have one-click access to their dockets in Alt Legal.
Today, the two companies…
Law Practice Management Company PracticePanther Names New CEO
The cloud law practice management company PracticePanther is announcing today that it has named Soumya Nettimi as its chief executive officer. Cofounder David Bitton, who has been CEO since starting the company in 2012, will remain with the company as chief marketing officer, and cofounder Ori Tamuz will continue as chief technology officer.…
New Round of Rocket Matter Updates Adds Module for Insurance Defense and Speeds Batch Billing
Rocket Matter is today announcing the latest round of updates to its cloud practice management platform, and they include the first of a planned series of practice-specific modules, this one for insurance defense, as well as enhancements to batch billing said to speed the process by 80 percent and improvements to the platform’s overall engineering…
Adobe Releases Major Updates to Acrobat DC, Including Integrated Adobe Sign
Adobe today announced a number of enhancements to its Adobe Document Cloud intended to enhance collaboration around PDF documents, maximize mobility, and improve the overall PDF workflow and experience. It is also making a number of enhancements to Acrobat Reader and to its Adobe Scan and Adobe Sign mobile apps.
The new…
Breaking: ILTA Names New CEO
The International Legal Technology Association today announced that Joy Heath Rush will become its CEO effective Oct. 20.
A longtime ILTA board member and past-president of the organization, Rush currently leads sales operations at Litera Microsystems, a global provider of content management software. She was formerly at the law firm Sidley Austin, where…
Breaking Practice Management News: Tabs3 Acquires CosmoLex to Expand in the Cloud
There is major acquisition news today involving practice management technology. Software Technology LLC, developer of Tabs3 Software, a leading desktop law practice management program, has acquired CosmoLex, one of the leading cloud-based practice management platforms.
With the acquisition, Tabs3 is now able to provide solo and small firms with complete suites of billing,…
Clio Cloud Tech Preview: LAWCLERK Now Lets Firms Build ‘Dream Teams’ of Freelancers
In a recent post here, I wrote about LAWCLERK, a legal services marketplace where solo and small-firm attorneys can hire freelance lawyers for short-term projects, and its integration with the practice management platform Clio. With the Clio Cloud Conference coming up this week, LAWCLERK has introduced a new feature that allows firms to rehire favored freelancers.…