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At ABA TECHSHOW in Chicago last week, it struck me that it is conceivable that an attendee could be the third generation within a family to have been to a TECHSHOW. After all, the conference was first held nearly four decades ago, way back in in 1987. That means that, in a multi-generational…

As the person who plans and emcees the Startup Alley pitch competition at ABA TECHSHOW, I was pretty sure that I knew how the 90 minutes would unfold when the event kicked off TECHSHOW in Chicago last week. But in the final moments, after the pitches were done and just as I had invited the…

Aiming to help law firms capture more client leads and streamline client intake, the law practice management company Smokeball is introducing Smokeball Intake, an intake workflow system integrated within its platform that is intended to provide potential clients with the kind of digital experience they expect from a modern law firm.

The new feature…

Building on its acquisition last year of the contract lifecycle management (CLM) platform Parley Pro, LexisNexis is today announcing the integration of Parley Pro’s CLM capabilities to its cloud-based CounselLink enterprise legal management solution for corporate legal departments.

CounselLink is also today introducing work intake features designed to facilitate the submission and management…

For many law firms, live chat is a critical link in converting prospective clients to actual clients. While few firms have the capacity to manage live chat themselves, there are a number of companies that provide this service for law firms.

Of course, that begs the question, How do you choose? What should a law…

There is a saying that once is luck, twice is coincidence, and three times is a pattern. If so, then we now officially have a pattern of legal technology companies rebranding, as it has happened three times in the last three weeks.

The latest to rebrand is AbacusNext, a provider of software for legal and…

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Two weeks ago, we announced a unique campaign to encourage writers to contribute to the resources library of the LawNext Legal Technology Directory.

Contribute an article during February and put…

Yesterday, Allen & Overy, one of the world’s largest law firms, announced that it had integrated the legal artificial intelligence product Harvey into its global practice, where it will by used by more than 3,500 lawyers across 43 offices operating in multiple languages.

I wrote about Harvey in November, when the…

A survey out today of lawyers, paralegals and administrative support professionals at midsized law firms finds that nearly three-quarters report feeling stress, burnout, or being overwhelmed in the past year, and that understaffing is a leading cause, with 92% saying their firms have been impacted by staffing or resources shortages.

Of the lawyers and paralegals…

At its LEX Summit user conference this week, the law practice management company Filevine made two major product announcements, and its CEO outlined a broad vision for incorporating AI throughout the company’s products.

The first of the two product announcements is a feature that uses artificial intelligence to translate client documents and then…

A website that monitors data breaches and ransomware attacks has reported that the New York City Bar Association was hit with a ransomware attack in December and that the attackers have posted screenshots showing the bar’s file directory, as well as passports of certain individuals.

The bar did not respond to emails I sent…

On this episode of LawNext: Joshua Browder, founder of DoNotPay. Browder achieved international recognition when, at just 17 years old in 2015, he founded DoNotPay, touted as the world’s first robot lawyer, to help people appeal parking tickets. The company claims the…