As the disaffected disembark from X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, they are landing in throngs on Bluesky, the X competitor that has seen its daily traffic grow 500% since the election and that shot to the top of the App Store last week. As of this week, Bluesky…
Yesterday Was the 22nd Anniversary of LawSites Blog
It was 22 years ago yesterday that I launched this blog. For its continued existence, I owe four debts of gratitude:…
How It Works: A Demonstration of MyCase Accounting Software
This week on How it Works, we have a walkthrough of MyCase Accounting software, presented to me by Sales Engineering Manager Lindsay Bushong.
MyCase Legal Accounting, in their words, “is easy-to-use accounting software built seamlessly into the MyCase practice management platform to meet the unique business needs of law firms. An…
LawNext: How Gen AI Can Be A Game-Changer for Discovery and Litigation, with Everlaw CEO AJ Shankar
Recently, the Everlaw Summit, the annual customer conference of the e-discovery company Everlaw, convened in San Francisco. In his keynote address there, cofounder and CEO AJ Shankar announced the general availability, after a year of beta testing, of a suite of generative AI features for reviewing, coding and analyzing documents in discovery and…
Lexis Releases Mobile App for Its Lexis+ AI Legal Research Platform
A year after releasing Lexis+ AI, its generative AI legal research platform, to general availability, LexisNexis Legal & Professional today announced the release of a companion app for the U.S. market, the Lexis+ AI Mobile App, which is now available for download in both the Apple App Store and Google Play.…
Latest Universal Migrator Additions brings Count to 120 Extractors to Help Migration Specialists onboard Law Firms Faster
Universal Migrator has added two new extractors that help migration specialists migrate law firms from one platform to another, bringing its total number of migration extractors to 120. It has also enhanced several of its existing extractors with additional backup options.
Universal Migrator is a tool that moves data and documents from one application to…
Knowable Introduces Gen AI Tool It Says Will Revolutionize How Companies Interact with their Contracts
Knowable, a legal technology company specializing in helping organizations bring order and organization to their executed agreements, has announced Ask Knowable, a suite of generative AI-powered tools aimed at transforming how legal teams interact with and understand what is in their contracts.
Released today as a commercial preview and set to launch for…
Legal Analytics Company Trellis Unveils AI Tools Designed to Streamline Litigation Workflows
In a move that marries a massive database of state litigation data with the generative capabilities of artificial intelligence, Trellis, a legal technology company known for its analytics tools and extensive collection of state trial court records, today released Trellis AI, a new set of generative AI tools aimed at simplifying litigation tasks.…
With Latest Additions, Lex Machina’s Legal Analytics Now Cover Every Federal District Civil Case
The litigation analytics company Lex Machina has completed what it describes as a milestone expansion of its data set of court documents, adding another 500,000 federal district court cases so that it now has full coverage of virtually every civil case filed in federal district courts anywhere in the United States.
The only civil…
How It Works: A Walkthrough of Steno’s new Transcript Genius Transcript Analysis Tool
This week on How it Works, we feature Transcript Genius, Steno’s new AI-powered transcript analysis tool.
Transcript Genius helps attorneys streamline workflows, extract insights, and build stronger cases at no extra cost. It automates transcript analysis, allowing attorneys to ask questions in a conversational format and receive specific answers with page and line…
Jury Finds Global E-Discovery Company Violated Criminal Computer Security Law when It Accessed Woman’s Emails
A Texas jury in a civil case has found that Consilio, which describes itself as “the global leader” in e-discovery, violated a Texas computer security criminal statute when it accessed the plaintiff’s computer without effective consent.
The jury also found Consilio negligent in downloading and destroying 10 years’ worth of emails and awarded $50,000…
Changing of the Tide: Law Firm-Fee Sharing and Ownership with Nonlawyers
This article originally appeared in the Trial Lawyer’s Journal Vol. I. To request a complimentary copy, sign up at www.triallawyersjournal.com to access all the articles.
The ability of a lawyer to maintain their professional independence is critical to protecting and serving the public effectively. To this…