Factor, the managed services company that spun off in 2019 from alternative legal services provider Axiom, describes itself as providing “complex legal work at scale” for the corporate legal market it serves. But more recently, it has begun to position itself as falling within a new category of alternative legal services. It calls this…
Case Status, Mobile Client Portal and Messaging App, Raises $5M Series B, For Total Raise of $11M
Case Status, a mobile client portal and messaging platform with a primary focus on consumer law firms, has raised $5 million in a Series B round, bringing its total funding to over $11 million.
Last January, the company raised $3.5 million in a Series A venture capital round, and it had previously
We’re Back! After Two Weeks Away, the Legaltech Week Panel Returns Today at 3 P.M. ET; Join Us Live
Thanks to Thanksgiving, the regular Friday Legaltech Week panel has not met for two weeks. But we are back today at 3 p.m. ET to discuss the latest developments in legal tech and legal innovation, and there is a lot to talk about.
Attendance is free, but, if you have not already done so, you…
Major Japanese Contract Review Company Expands to U.S.; Names Former Ravel Law Founder and LexisNexis Exec Daniel Lewis As CEO
In Japan, the legal technology company LegalOn, which has operated there under the name LegalForce, is one of the largest providers of AI contract review technology to corporations and law firms, with more than 3,000 customers, 400 employees and $131 million in fundraising, including $101 million this year.
But in the U.S., LegalOn is…
Attention Startups: Applications Now Open for the ABA TECHSHOW 2023 Startup Alley and Pitch Competition
In its six years so far, the Startup Alley competition at ABA TECHSHOW has helped catapult the success of a long list of legal technology startups. Now the competition is returning for its seventh year, and applications officially open today to enter for a spot at TECHSHOW 2023, which takes place in Chicago…
Small Tech Company Takes On Major Law Firm Over Ownership of Bill-Drafting Software
A 25-person legal technology company in California is fighting back against one of the world’s largest law firms in a lawsuit over ownership rights to legislation-drafting software that each side says was its idea.
In October, the law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld filed a lawsuit against Xcential Legislative Technologies for misappropriation…
No-Code Legal Automation Platform Josef Raises $3.5M to Fuel Further U.S. and In-House Expansion
Josef, an Australia-based, no-code software platform that enables legal professionals to automate common tasks, today said it has raised AU$5.2 million, or approximately $3.5 million in U.S. dollars, which it says it will use to further bolster its presence among enterprise customers.
The company previously raised $2.5 million in 2021 and a seed…
A Mechanical Keyboard Designed for Lawyers
For many writers, programmers, and gamers, there is no substitute for a mechanical keyboard. With mechanical switches under each key, mechanical keyboards are more tactile and durable than other laptop and desktop keyboards, which can translate to a more enjoyable typing experience. Until now, however, there has not been a mechanical keyboard designed expressly for…
Clio Launches E-Payments Solution for Canadian Legal Market; Plans to Expand Payments to Other Countries
In October 2021, Clio, the law practice management company, launched Clio Payments, native e-payments technology built into the Clio Manage law practice management platform — a launch that CEO Jack Newton described at the time as the company’s most important product release since its debut in 2008.
Today, in its first international expansion…
Celebrating 20 Years of LawSites Blog
Hard for me to believe it, but Saturday was the 20th anniversary of this blog, which I founded on Nov. 19, 2002, with this introductory post.
I actually started writing about this stuff even earlier, in 1995, when my fascination with the potential of the internet for lawyers prompted me to launch a syndicated…
New LawNext Resource: The Ins and Outs of Choosing Legal Software for Your Solo or Small Law Firm
Choosing technology for your solo or small law firm can feel like a daunting task. Fortunately, it’s not as difficult as it might seem, as long as you have a plan that helps you choose the technology your firm needs and sufficiently vet the products and providers.
So says Nicole Black, nationally recognized author,…
Exclusive: Filevine to Publish Its .vine Spec and Open API By Year End; I Get A Demo of the Document Format
Earlier this month, the practice management company Filevine announced that, as part of a new document assembly feature, it had developed a proprietary document format, “.vine,” that it said would replace Microsoft Word and Google Docs in the legal industry. (See, Say What? Filevine Introduces Proprietary Document Format to ‘Become the New Standard in…
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