Recently, Derek Miller, a veteran legal technology executive who, as president and CEO of inData Corporation for nearly three decades, oversaw Trial Director, one of the most widely used trial-presentation software products ever, joined Lit Software, the developer of a suite of litigation apps for iPad and Mac, as chief growth officer, to help…
Live at 3 ET Today: The Legaltech Week Panel Looks At The Top Stories In Legal Tech and Innovation
Live today at 3 E.T. is the weekly Legaltech Week, the program where a panel of journalists and bloggers discusses the top news in legal tech and legal innovation.
Among the stories on the agenda for today:…
New Dashboard Legal Feature Gives Law Firm Partners A Snapshot View Of All Activity Across Matters and Associates
Since launching to the legal market in 2021, the matter management platform Dashboard Legal has built a loyal following among law firm associates, who find it a superior alternative to updating and circulating checklists in Microsoft Word or Excel, says founder and CEO Mat Rotenberg.
But the company kept hearing from law firm…
Milestones, Startup that Automates Client Updates, Raises $2.1M Seed Round, Rebrands As Hona
In what is clearly a major milestone for Milestones, a legal tech company whose product provides law firm clients with automatic updates on their cases, it has closed a $2.1 million seed round and is rebranding as Hona to reflect the broader scope of its product’s capabilities.
Leading the seed round in the…
Today On Legaltech Week: Our Take On So-Called ‘Twitter Killer’ Threads, Plus, Dust Off Your Law School Training For An Actual Forum Non Conveniens Story
It was a short week for those of us in the United States, but there is still plenty for us to talk about on today’s Legaltech Week, which you can join live at 3 p.m. ET.
Among the stories we plan to discuss:…
Survey Says Gen AI Puts Law Librarians and KM Professionals At Risk of Obsolescence
Barely a week before the American Association of Law Libraries descends on Boston for its annual convention, a survey out today of legal professionals views on generative AI finds finds that a majority of them believe that librarians and others involved in knowledge management and research are at risk of obsolescence.
In the survey…
On Today’s Live Legaltech Week: Nota’s CEO Is Our Guest and We’ll Weigh In On the Casetext Acquisition
We have a packed program for today’s Legaltech Week, live at 3 p.m. ET, with a guest speaker and then our deep dive into the Casetext acquisition news.
To kick off the show, we’ll be joined by Paul Garibian, CEO of Nota, to talk about his company’s first-of-its-kind relationship with
In the Boston Area? Join Us July 18 For The Inaugural LegalTech Boston Panel Discussion with Three GCs
If you are in the Boston area, join us July 18, 5-7 p.m., for LegalTech Boston’s inaugural event — a panel discussion among three technology company chief legal officers on Boston’s unique contribution to legal tech.
I will moderate the panel, which will feature:…
LexisNexis’s New ‘Agreement Analysis’ Uses AI To Help Transactional Lawyers Analyze And Revise Deal Clauses
When LexisNexis launched its Lexis+ premium legal research service in 2020, the service included Brief Analysis, its answer to a line of products pioneered by legal research company Casetext with its CARA brief analysis tool and followed by companies such as Thomson Reuters and Bloomberg Law. Last year, LexisNexis expanded that to add…
In A First For A State Bar, Florida To Provide All Members With Free Trust Accounting Software To Help Ensure Compliance And Protect The Public
In what appears to be a first for a state bar association, The Florida Bar is providing each of its 110,000 members with free access to legal trust accounting software – a move its new president believes will help attorneys better comply with trust accounting requirements and better protect the public from trust violations.…
Court Imposes Sanctions On Lawyers Who Filed Bogus Cases After Relying On ChatGPT For Legal Research
A federal district judge has imposed monetary and other sanctions on the two lawyers who filed a brief laden with bogus cases they found when they relied on ChatGPT for legal research.
In the case of Mata v. Avianca, the judge ordered the lawyers, Peter LoDuca and Steven A. Schwartz, as well as the law…
Between Bogus Cases and Bears, Was This The Funniest Legaltech Week Ever? Plus, the Full Chat Transcript
“This episode is one for the record books.” – Stephanie Wilkins, editor-in-chief of Legaltech News.
“This has been a honey pot of a session!” – Michelle Spencer, lead product marketing manager, NetDocuments.
Between skewering the poor lawyer who filed bogus cases in court that he found on ChatGPT and pondering the grizzly question of…
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