PacerPro, a company that provides automated distribution of federal court filings, said today that it is offering three months of free access to its service, as a way of helping legal professionals transition to remote work.

PacerPro’s service automatically sends notices of new filings, together with their associate PDFs, to everyone on a litigation…

The document technology company Litera has acquired Best Authority, which is possibly the leading standalone product among legal professionals for generating tables of authorities in legal briefs.

Best Authority, developed by Levit & James Inc., is in use at over 90% of Am Law 100 law firms has over 1,000 customers in total.…

Fueled by interest in its new brief-automation product, the legal research company Casetext said today that it has raised $8.2 million in new funding in a round led by “one of the top revenue-generating law firms in the country.” It did not disclose the name of the firm.

Casetext cofounder and CEO Jake Heller…

As working from home becomes the new normal for legal professionals, a new daily podcast highlights their stories.

Called In Seclusion, the podcast is hosted by Greg Lambert, chief knowledge services officer at Jackson Walker and better know to many as a blogger at 3 Geeks and a Law Blog and cohost…

As many businesses across the United States struggle to deal with the employment issues arising out of the COVID-19 pandemic, SixFifty, the technology subsidiary of the law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, today released a free automated tool to help them develop essential policies on working from home, sick leave, and other critical…

As the COVID-19 pandemic has stymied standard ways of closing deals and signing documents, Litera said today it is offering six months of no-cost access to a lite version of its deal-management platform Litera Transact.

In a message sent to Litera customers today, CEO Avaneesh Marwaha said that he is hearing from law…

On Monday, March 23, the practice management company Clio announced that it was committing $1 million to a disaster relief fund to help the legal community successfully navigate the challenges and hurdles brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.

“We want to ensure lawyers are set up to succeed as well as ensuring…

The practice management company Clio is announcing today that it is committing $1 million to a disaster relief fund to help the legal community successfully navigate the challenges and hurdles brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.

“We want to ensure lawyers are set up to succeed as well as ensuring their their clients can…

The coronavirus pandemic has forced organizers of legal conferences to cancel a multitude of events. Today, a free webinar will explore options for moving these events online, through online conferences, webcasting and virtual summits.

It is being presented by Events.Legal. I will be a panelist, along with:…

To help legal professionals who are having to work from home or make other adjustments during the coronavirus crisis, I have created a page where I will track offers of free products and services from legal technology companies and others.

I have started it here: Coronavirus Resources.

If you have something to add, email…

In response to the coronavirus pandemic, the global legal services provider Integreon said today that it has taken steps to enhance the ability of its employees working from home or other remote environments to provide their services securely, including a partnership with SecureReview, a company that provides a secure infrastructure for remote workers.…

To help solo and small-firm lawyers during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Australia-based company Legaler is offering its secure online video chat platform free to firms of 10 lawyers or fewer.

Legaler’s platform allows lawyers to schedule, host and archive secure video meetings with multiple participants and screen sharing.

While Legaler’s starter package is already…