What technology tools rank most important to lawyers in driving efficiency? Given all the hype these days around artificial intelligence, it must be at or near the top of the list, right?

Actually no. In a survey being released today, AI and another much-ballyhooed technology, blockchain, rank at the bottom of the list.

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Friday, Aug. 9, is the deadline for startups to apply for the fourth cohort of the LexisNexis Legal Tech Accelerator, a program designed to give start-ups a leg-up in the legal tech industry.

The accelerator runs September to December and is co-located in the Menlo Park, Calif., offices of Lex Machina and the LexisNexis Raleigh…

Finalists have been named for The Changing Lawyer Awards, paving the way for the announcement of the winners during ILTACON 2019, the annual convention of the International Legal Technology Association later this month.

This is the second year of the award, which recognizes individuals, firms and companies in the legal industry for their role…

The Utah State Bar, which currently offers its members free access to legal research through an affinity deal with the research company Casemaker, will switch to Fastcase as of Sept. 1, Fastcase announced today.

That brings to 33 the number of state bar associations that offer their members free access to legal…

E-discovery company Casepoint is unusual among legal technology companies in that it has achieved significant growth in recent years, without taking on outside funding. Since 2015, the company has grown from 45 employees to 370, and in just the last year has seen its install base grow by more than 70 percent.

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I am moderating a free webinar this Wednesday at 1 p.m. EDT, Modernizing Business Development from Reactive to Predictive. It is produced by Above the Law the sponsored by Intapp. Here is the full description:

Law firm marketing is at an inflection point. Today’s legal clients scrutinize their spending and are well…

Earlier this week, I reported that Mary Mack, the executive director of the Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists (ACEDS), the leading membership and certification organization for e-discovery professionals, and Kaylee Walstad, who Mack brought on in 2018 as vice president of client engagement, will leave the organization at the end of October.

Today, I spoke with…

Here’s a roundup of recent news from the world of legal technology.

Search nonprofits’ tax records. The nonprofit news organization ProPublica has launched a new feature allowing free, full-text search of nearly 3 million tax filings sent by nonprofits to the IRS since 2011. The new feature is an enhancement to ProPublica’s Nonprofit…

Mary Mack, the executive director of the Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists (ACEDS), the leading membership and certification organization for e-discovery professionals, will leave the organization at the end of October, as will Kaylee Walstad, who Mack brought on in 2018 as vice president of client engagement.

Stephen Fredette, chairman and CEO of The…

Last October, I reported here on the launch of an innovative project, Learned Hands, that uses a game to train a machine-learning algorithm to better identify the legal issues in the words that ordinary people use to describe their problems. The goal was to use artificial intelligence to help legal services providers better…

Judy Perry Martinez is a lawyer who has made public service a part of her career from the start. She continues that legacy in August as she assumes the presidency of the 400,000-member American Bar Association during its annual meeting in San Francisco. On this episode of LawNext, Martinez joins host Bob Ambrogi…

Was this the same ROSS Intelligence that I’d wondered and speculated about?

For years, the artificial-intelligence legal research company maintained a shroud of secrecy around its product. Sure, they talked about it plenty. They garnered lots of media coverage. And CEO Andrew Arruda was a ubiquitous presence at legal conferences, touting the future…