The past year has laid bare, in shockingly explicit detail, the racial inequities of the justice system. Now, LexisNexis and the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Law School Consortium have partnered to launch a fellowship initiative for 12 law students to spend nine months working to end…
An E-Discovery Acquisition, As Lighthouse Acquires H5
News today of further consolidation in the e-discovery market, as Seattle-based Lighthouse, a provider of technology-enabled e-discovery, compliance and information governance services, announced that it will acquire H5, a company that offers technology assisted review and analytics products that work within the Relativity and RelativityOne e-discovery platforms.
Lighthouse said that this acquisition marks…
MyCase Quietly Makes Two Key Acquisitions Of Legal Tech Companies
The law practice management company MyCase has quietly acquired two legal technology companies in recent months, without announcing the acquisitions to the public.
On March 31, MyCase acquired CASEpeer, a case management platform for plaintiffs’ attorneys.
Around the same time, MyCase acquired Woodpecker, which provides legal document automation software for solo and…
BNY Mellon’s Work With AI CLM Platform Evisort Wins Global Innovation Award
The international investment banking company BNY Mellon has won a global award for innovation in contracting as a result of its work with the AI-powered contract lifecycle management company Evisort.
Global Custodian magazine named BNY Mellon recipient of its Innovation Award for Client Contracting for the bank’s work with Evisort to support…
AbacusNext and Zola Suite Combine To Create Broad Portfolio Of Law Practice Software
Four months after its acquisition by a private equity firm, the law practice management and accounting software company AbacusNext has combined with Zola Suite, a SaaS legal practice management software provider, to create what they are calling “the strongest portfolio of legal software solutions on the market.”
The combined companies now offer a…
More Details From Alma Asay On Her Move To Crowell & Moring Leading Practice Innovation
Earlier this week, I reported that Alma Asay, the former litigator who founded the litigation management platform Allegory Law, has joined the law firm Crowell & Moring as senior director of practice innovation and client value. Yesterday, I had the opportunity to catch up with Asay and learn more about why she made the move…
LawNext: Defining the ‘Future Ready’ Lawyer, with Wolters Kluwer VPs Martin O’Malley and Dean Sonderegger
As the legal profession continues to transform and evolve, how can a law firm or legal department be “future ready”? What are the characteristics that define future-ready organizations and foretell their continued success?
Just out from Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory is its 2021 Future Ready Lawyer Survey Report, documenting the top trends affecting…
Litera Acquires UK Goal-Setting Software Company Objective Manager
The Chicago-based legal technology company Litera has acquired Objective Manager, a UK company that provides a SaaS platform for law firms to use in strategic planning, performance measurement and talent engagement.
The purpose of the platform is to enable firms to accelerate their strategic and performance agendas by aligning their people to the…
Allegory Founder Alma Asay Joins Crowell & Moring In Practice Innovation Role
Alma Asay, the former litigator who founded the litigation management platform Allegory Law, has joined the law firm Crowell & Moring as senior director of practice innovation and client value.
In partnership with the firm’s clients, Asay will focus on driving efficiency, delivering measurable value, and creating customized innovative service solutions, the firm…
For Pride Month, A Conversation About Gender, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion with Gillian Power
After struggling privately for decades with her assigned gender, Gillian Power, chief information officer at the law firm Lathrop GPM in Kansas City, finally made the difficult decision to come out as transgender, first to her family and then to her professional colleagues. Through her journey, she acquired compelling insights on diversity, equity…
Aderant Names Scott Moretti to Lead Eastern U.S. Sales
Atlanta-based Aderant, a global provider of business management software for law firms, has named Scott Moretti as senior director of sales for the Eastern U.S. region.
Moretti steps into a position held for the past decade by Kevin Standing, who recently retired after some 35 years in the legal industry, 25 of them with Aderant.…