As text messaging increasingly becomes a preferred form of communication for many, the cloud practice management platform PracticePanther today said it has added built-in, two-way text messaging as a feature available to all customers at no additional cost.

Lawyers can provide the text number to clients for them to ask questions or upload documents…

In the latest installment of How It Works, we learn about Evisort, a leading provider of contract management and AI solutions for legal, procurement, sales, finance, and IT teams.

Joining me to tell us about it is Riley Hawkins, senior director of product. After providing an introduction to Evisort, Hawkins demonstrates how to:…

The legal technology company Clio today announced the expansion of its leadership team, naming four people to C-suite positions as chief operating officer, chief people officer, chief technology officer and chief marketing officer.

“These additions to Clio’s leadership will extend our capabilities on all fronts, including our products, people, operations, in what’s becoming an exciting…

Hg, a global private equity investor, is leading a further majority investment in legal technology company Litera, which it acquired in 2018 from the investment firm K1 Investment Management.

The terms of this new investment are not being disclosed.

In the two years since Hg acquired Litera, Litera has been on a trajectory…

On the latest installment of How It Works: Breaking news from the contract lifecycle management company Agiloft, which today announced its 2021 winter release, featuring new Connected Experiences for easier enterprise integration, enabling teams to collaborate on contracts within established applications and ecosystems.

Joining me today to provide an overview of Connected Experiences and…

At its Inspire 2021 customer conference today, the cloud content management platform NetDocuments is announcing that it has acquired Afterpattern, a no-code automation toolkit for legal professionals to produce document and workflow automations.

The company said that Afterpattern will be natively integrated into the NetDocuments platform, in order to allow customers to…

Last year, I wrote here about Lexion, an AI-powered contract management system for mid-market corporations that emerged out of the Allen Institute for AI, the AI research institute created by Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen.

At the time, the company had just raised $11 million in a Series A round, and discussed plans to…

This week on LawNext: A look at the innovative Tech Edge J.D. program at Santa Clara University School of Law. As law schools come under fire for failing to teach the practical skills students need to succeed in the real world, this program does the opposite. It aims to change the return on investment in…

E-discovery company Everlaw today became one of the few legal technology companies to join the elite ranks of unicorn status — companies valued at over $1 billion — with the announcement of a $202 million Series D funding at a valuation of over $2 billion.

The news follows a year in which the company experienced…

Paladin, a legal technology company whose platform enables law firms and legal services organizations to streamline and manage their pro bono programs and opportunities, is expanding from the United States to the United Kingdom.

The expansion comes by way of a partnership with six major law firms who are already Paladin customers in the…

Constandinos (Deno) Himonas, the Utah Supreme Court justice who spearheaded the state’s first-of-its-kind regulatory sandbox to license new forms of legal services and providers, is retiring from the court.

Himonas will step down on March 1, 2022, after which he will he will join the law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, helping to…

Winners have been named for the second annual American Legal Technology Awards, a competition launched last year to honor exceptional achievements in legal technology.

This year, the competition added the announcement of a runner up and honorable mention in each category. A series of videos showcasing the winners in each category will be posted…