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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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

AffiniPay, the parent company of payments platform LawPay and practice management platform MyCase, today named Catherine Dawson, a lawyer with 20 years of experience in data privacy, cybersecurity and mergers and acquisitions, as its general counsel. The news comes a week after AffiniPay named another woman to its executive suite, marketing…



Last week, the cloud-based content management company NetDocuments was in Denver for its annual three-day Inspire 2022 conference for customers and partners. As it happens, I was there also, where I sat down for an exclusive live interview with the company’s two top executives, Josh…

What with COVID, the economy and the day-to-challenges of practicing law and managing a firm, it’s been a tough three years. Yet despite it all, smaller law firms have a bullish outlook on their future prospects — and with good reason.

So says the 2022 State of U.S. Small Law Firms survey conducted by…

What were the top stories this week in legal tech? Find out when our live Legaltech Week roundtable reconvenes today at 3 p.m. ET, to discuss the latest developments in legal tech and legal innovation.

Among the stories we’re planning to take up:…

Our live Legaltech Week roundtable is back today at 3 p.m. ET, , where our panel of legal tech journalists and bloggers discusses the week’s top stories in legal tech and legal innovation.

Among the stories we’re planning to take up:…

I have said it before and I will say it again: So much of legal ethics is simply common sense. If a lawyer wants to avoid ethical trouble, think before you act.

That would seem to be the case with copying your clients on emails to your opposing counsel. There are various reasons why that…

At the 2022 Clio Cloud Conference held recently in Nashville, I sat down for a series of in-person LawNext interviews with Clio executives. In this episode, I speak with Jonathan Watson, Clio’s chief technology officer.

With over 20 years of leadership experience in large-scale SaaS and live gaming solutions, Watson’s unique approach…