Top stories this week include more layoffs in legal tech as Epiq, suffering the double blow of a ransomware attack and the pandemic is reported to let go as many as 200. Also in the news, cutbacks at other legal tech companies, a report on the state of legaltech Down Under, Fastcase says…

If you are a legal professional who blogs, I’d like to hear why.

In conjunction with LexBlog.com, I am helping to launch a series devoted to sharing tips, advice and best practices on how to start, build and maintain a blog.

To kick it off, I’d love to share some of your stories about why…

My last out-of-state travel before this time of sheltering in place was a trip to Provo, Utah, for a meeting at Brigham Young University Law School. While there, I took a detour to visit Filevine, the case management company that is headquartered in Provo, where I met with Ryan Anderson, cofounder and CEO,…

The international e-discovery and managed services company Epiq Global has laid off some 200 employees, with more layoffs yet to come, according to several sources familiar with the situation.

Epiq has not responded to emails seeking to confirm these reports.

If true, the layoffs follow news first reported on this blog of a…

As sheltering in place rules out traditional legal conferences, I reported last week on a virtual legal conference, Rocket Aid, and now there is another to report.

Litera, the document-technology company, today announced The Changing Lawyer LIVE!, a one-day virtual conference on April 23 that will focus on the changes in…

David Lat defied the popular conception of who should be hit with a serious case of COVID-19. Just 44 years old, a two-time marathoner, with a young family and a successful career as a legal recruiter and journalist, and best known as the founder of the blog Above the Law, he…

Join me tomorrow, April 9, for a webinar, Tools Legal Professionals Need When Working From Home.

Presented by RPost, a company that provides secure and certified electronic communications technology, and The Florida Bar, the free one-hour webinar will look at the best tools to help minimize disruption to your practices as you…

Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S. today launched a comprehensive free resource for tracking state and federal laws, executive orders, and regulations related to the COVID-19 pandemic, built using WK’s Smart Chart technology that allows users to easily filter by parameters such as jurisdictions and topics to create custom summaries.

WK says it is…

As part of its response to the coronavirus crisis, the document automation company Litera has launched Litera TV, a daily live stream of interviews, educational programs, and tips around legal tech and legal practice.

I am thrilled to announced that starting tomorrow, and for at least the next four weeks, I will host a…

In Australia, as elsewhere, COVID-19 is creating a surge in the demand for legal help, especially among low-income individuals, as people face job losses, evictions, bankruptcy, domestic violence, and end-of-life issues. Further complicating the situation there is that parts of the country are still recovering from the bush fires that only recently were extinguished.…

In what appears to be a first-of-its kind member benefit, the Kentucky Bar Association has entered into an affiliation with two legal research companies, Casemaker and vLex, to offer its members free access to both platforms, plus access to vLex’s artificial intelligence research assistant, Vincent.

While virtually every state bar offers its…

The first in a new series of planned reports on legal tech globally looks at the market in Australia, where it finds good and bad — a vibrant and kaleidoscopic industry, but one where women are under-represented as founders or cofounders of companies.

“Our inaugural report on Australia’s legal tech companies reveals a vibrant, thriving…