A few weeks ago, in a post here about Fastcase’s addition of blog commentary from the LexBlog Network, I wrote that for any legal research company aiming to compete in the big leagues against the likes of Westlaw and LexisNexis, “secondary content is the Holy Grail.”
Well, in its own quest…
How well are law schools preparing students to deliver legal services in the 21st Century? A new Law School Innovation Index, launched today, aims to provide a measure of that, and finds that Chicago-Kent College of Law and Michigan State University College of Law are at the top of the…
Legal professionals can now earn an online certificate in legal innovation and technology, thanks to a program being launched by Suffolk University Law School in Boston.
A series of six courses will focus on teaching lawyers and other legal professionals how to deliver their services more effectively and efficiently. Those who…
Although blockchain is emerging as one of the technologies that will most change the practice of law, many legal professionals still know little about it. In this episode of Law Technology Now, I have a conversation with David Fisher, CEO of Integra Ledger, a blockchain for the legal industry, about blockchain and its applications…
Today (Oct. 26) at 12:30 Eastern time, I will be moderating a webinar, Five Reasons Information Governance is Critical for Legal Practitioners, produced by Above the Law and sponsored by Box. The webinar will address the complexities of information governance for legal practitioners, particularly with the explosive growth of cloud-based content.
Among the…
The Oct. 1 mass shooting at the Route 91 Harvest music festival in Las Vegas left 58 people dead and more than 500 wounded. In the wake of that terrible tragedy, victims and their families have been left to deal with a host of very real legal issues, ranging from probate matters to insurance…
A reminder that the deadline is fast approaching for legal technology startups to apply for one of 15 spots in the second-annual Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW. Winners get a spot in a special Startup Alley in the TECHSHOW exhibition hall and participate in an opening night startup pitch competition judged by conference attendees.
Startups…
The legal research company Casetext has introduced a feature that monitors an attorney’s litigation dockets for briefs and memoranda from opposing counsel and then automatically delivers a report of case law that is relevant but not included in the document.
The feature uses Casetext’s legal research assistant CARA, an analytical tool…
The legal and business publishing company ALM today launched a new digital platform that unites its 18 U.S. legal brands — including The American Lawyer, Corporate Counsel and The National Law Journal — under the common Law.com URL.
ALM says this follows from its launch last year of its global newsroom,…
RegReview enables the user to navigate to all forms, regulations and SEC guidance related to the filing.
In a post here in July, I provided a preview of RegReview, a new component of its Transactional Law Suite for Securities that Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S. planned to showcase at the annual convention of…
Clio’s App Directory
I wrote recently about major announcements made by Clio at its annual Clio Cloud Conference, including a major reengineering of its platform and a new direction for the company, from “law practice management” in the cloud to “law practice” in the cloud. Key to that new…
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