A legal information website launched this week is designed to help people in Arkansas handle legal problems on their own confidently and affordably.
Called ArkansasLegalNow (ALN), the site was developed by Brandon Haubert, a civil and family lawyer and the CEO of WH Law, a Little Rock law firm.
“We believe legal help…
As many of you know, I’ve long followed and reported on the evolving intersection of law, technology, and access to justice.
That’s why I’m proud to partner with Everlaw for Good, the National Legal Aid & Defender Association, and Paladin on a new survey launched this week at the Equal…
I am thrilled to announce a new regular contributor to our site, Jennifer Case, and tell you about her inaugural column, which was published today. She will be writing each month about AI in legal practice, with a focus on solo and small-firm lawyers.
Jennifer is a California attorney, entrepreneur and AI strategist who helps…
In what has become a distressingly familiar pattern in courtrooms across America, two more cases have emerged of lawyers submitting briefs containing non-existent legal citations generated by AI tools.
At this point, one wonders if the legal profession needs a mandatory continuing legal education course titled, “How to Avoid Becoming the Next AI Hallucination Headline.”…
John Foreman, who has served as chief product officer at two major SaaS companies, has joined law practice management company Clio as its new chief product officer, the company said today.
The company said he will lead its product strategy and delivery across its expanding platform of products, guiding the company’s long-term innovation…
In a first-of-its-kind partnership, Trellis, a legal technology company that provides state trial court data and insights, is partnering with the international labor and employment law firm Fisher Phillips to integrate its AI-generated case strategy reports directly into the daily case alerts received by the firm’s attorneys whenever their clients are named in a…
Aderant, a global provider of legal business management software, said today that it has signed a multi-year renewal of its partnership with LawPay to provide its users with integrated access to LawPay’s electronic payments solution.
The Aderant and LawPay integration fully automates and extends payment enablement options for customers of Aderant Expert and…
Paladin, a company whose platform connects lawyers with opportunities to provide free legal help, today launched a province-wide pro bono portal for Ontario, developed in partnership with the Ontario Bar Association.
While Paladin has launched pro bono portals in 13 U.S. states, this is its first outside the U.S. The company says it…
Legal technology company FirmPilot announced today that it has raised $11.7 million in total funding, with Thomson Reuters Ventures and HubSpot Ventures joining as strategic investors in its latest round.
The AI marketing platform for law firms secured $4.7 million in this strategic investment round from the two new backers. This follows $7 million…
Vals AI has put out an open call for legal technology vendors to participate in its legal AI benchmarking studies, including its upcoming evaluation of U.S. legal research tools.
Readers may recall that, in February, Vals AI issued the first-of-its-kind benchmark study of legal AI tools. The Vals Legal AI Report (VLAIR) was the first…
PERSUIT, a technology company that specializes in outside counsel management for corporate legal departments, has acquired Apperio, a spend-management platform for corporate legal.
The news comes as the CLOC Global Legal Institute, a conference devoted to legal operations professionals in corporate legal, kicks off today in Las Vegas.
“This strategic acquisition reinforces…
One of the best-known idioms about lawyers is the quote attributed to Abraham Lincoln, “A lawyer’s time and advice are his stock in trade.” But I doubt you have ever heard this one: “A good lawyer knows the law; a great lawyer knows where the law keeps its spare keys.”
Last week, social media…
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