One of the most dynamic areas of legal tech right now is practice management, which has seen a surge of investments and acquisitions over the past year. And one of the companies that best represents that trend is Paradigm, which was founded two years ago as ASG LegalTech and rebranded this…
ICYMI: Here is Legaltech Week for 5.21.21
If you missed Friday’s Legaltech Week review of the top stories in legal technology and innovation, here are the video and audio recordings.
Two guest panelists joined us this week: Roy Strom, correspondent for Bloomberg Law and formerly a reporter for The American Lawyer and the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, and
Pro Bono Net and Legal Aid Groups Partner To Launch Eviction Resource For N.Y. Tenants
At a time when many are predicting a tsunami of eviction cases resulting from the pandemic, the organization Pro Bono Net, in collaboration with several legal aid organizations, has launched TenantHelpNY.org, an online resource designed to help tenants in New York understand their housing rights.
The new site provides resources to help tenants…
Legaltech Week Live: Two Guest Panelists Today, and Here Are Our Topics
Live today at 3 E.T. is our weekly Legaltech Week journalists’ roundtable, where our panel of journalists and bloggers discuss the top stories in legal technology and innovation.
Two guests are joining our regular line-up of panelists for today’s show:…
A Conversation with David Colarusso, Director of Suffolk Law’s LIT Lab
David Colarusso, director of the Legal Innovation & Technology Lab at Suffolk Law School in Boston, recently joined me for an episode of my Law Insights program on Litera TV.
Among the topics we discussed were the work and mission of the LIT Lab and some of…
Eversheds and Fastcase Launch Data Analytics Tool To Assess Spoliation Risk
One of the riskiest aspects of litigation practice is spoliation — the destruction or alteration of evidence — which can carry costly sanctions for both lawyers and their clients.
Today, the law firm Eversheds Sutherland and the legal research company Fastcase are releasing what they say is a first-of-its-kind tool designed to assess…
Add-On To Agiloft’s CLM Platform Manages Sourcing and Suppliers
The contract lifecycle management company Agiloft today released an add-on module for companies to manage sourcing and supplier information, with the goal of reducing sourcing cycle time, automating supplier onboarding, and monitoring ongoing compliance.
Andy Wishart, Agiloft’s chief product officer, told me that this is the first of…
Wednesday: Tromans, Torpe and Me on the Past, Present and Future of #Legaltech
Did the legal tech movement begin in the 1970s? What is causing the current boom in legal tech? And what will happen once the pandemic is over?
These and other questions are the subject of a free webinar tomorrow, The Past, Present and Future of Legal Tech, presented by the University of Copenhagen and…
Alt Legal Partners with CompuMark to Expand Its Global Trademark Coverage
Alt Legal, the cloud-based trademark docketing software company, and Clarivate Plc, a leading global provider of information and insights, particularly in the area of intellectual property, today announced a partnership to integrate Clarivate’s CompuMark international trademark data into the Alt Legal platform, giving Alt Legal customers access to CompuMark and its 186…
LawNext: How Law Schools Should Teach Tech, With April Dawson
There is broad agreement that if law schools are to adequately train students for careers in law, then technology is a critical part of the curriculum. Despite this, many law schools get a failing grade when it comes to teaching tech. So how, exactly, should law schools teach tech? And what topics should such…
No-Code Legal Automation Startup Josef Raises $2.5M
Josef, an Australia-based, no-code software platform that enables legal professionals to automate common tasks, has raised $2.5 million.
The funding round was led by Australian venture firm Carthona Capital, with participation from U.S. investors, including The LegalTech Fund.
Added to the startup’s $1 million seed round in 2019, this brings its total…
Spots Coming Available To Sponsor LawNext Podcast
Since launching my LawNext podcast in 2018, I am honored to have been able to interview many of the leading innovators and entrepreneurs in the legal field, from my very first guest, Nicole Bradick, just six months after she had founded the legal tech development company Theory and Principle, to this…