In 1996, Jerry Goldman, then a professor at Northwestern University, assembled a few dozen recordings of Supreme Court arguments and made them available through a website originally called The Oyez Project. Today Oyez, as it is now known, has grown to become the authoritative source for all of the Supreme Court’s audio…
Are Lawyers Relying on a False Premise to Buy .law, .lawyer and .attorney Domains?
Are lawyers relying on a false premise to be lured into buying the new .law, .lawyer and .attorney domains? That is the conclusion reached in a blog post published today by Conrad Saam, principal of Mockingbird Marketing.
Some domain resellers are heavily marketing the new domains, the latest of which, .law, went…
With Features Upgrade Out Today, CosmoLex Targets Larger Law Firms
A firm can choose to enable UTBMS code sets and set which codes to allow or restrict.
The cloud practice management platform CosmoLex today rolled out a set of upgrades designed to extend its suitability to larger law firms. The upgrades include the incorporation of LEDES 1998B billing codes and…
Exclusive: Web-Capture Site Page Vault Closes $1.75M Funding Round
Capturing and preserving web and social media pages as evidence is an increasingly common need for legal professionals. But doing it in a way that is forensically defensible and that preserves the chain of custody is a challenge.
Enter Page Vault, a company whose software accurately captures and archives web pages to be used…
At CodeX FutureLaw, Another List Debuts of Legal Tech Companies
As regular readers know by now, I recently started building a list of legal startups, in an attempt to develop a more-accurate list of these startups than was then available. Today, another such effort — and a much more sophisticated one than mine — is being unveiled at the CodeX FutureLaw Conference…
Matthew Bender Seeks to Become Amicus in Georgia Copyright Suit Against Public Resource
There was a flurry of activity this week in the copyright lawsuit by the state of Georgia against Public.Resource.Org over publication of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated.
Both the plaintiff, the state of Georgia’s Code Revision Commission, and Public.Resource.Org filed motions for summary judgment. And Matthew Bender & Company, the
Today's Additions to Legal Startups List: 5/19/16
A few weeks ago, I began compiling a list of legal startups. Almost every day now, I receive suggestions of other startups to add to the list. From the initial 408 companies I listed on April 28, the list is now up to 540.
As I was adding the latest updates…
Coming Soon: An Online Network Exclusively for In-House Counsel
Launching this summer is an online networking community where only in-house counsel will be allowed to participate. Called In the House, the professional networking site will be the online companion to the eponymous In the House networking organization for in-house counsel that has been operating since 2011.
The purpose of the In the…
Friday Round-Up: News, Updates, New Blogs and Blogs Renewed
On this Friday the 13th, catching up on some of the week’s news and updates:
How AI And Crowdsourcing Are Remaking The Legal Profession. Fast Company writer Sean Captain picks up on recent posts of mine about legal startups (here and here) and goes in deeper, looking at three of…
Fastcase Files for Summary Judgment in Casemaker Copyright Lawsuit
Legal research company Fastcase yesterday filed a motion asking for summary judgment in its lawsuit against rival Casemaker over copyright in Georgia state regulations.
The motion alleges that there is no genuine dispute as to any material fact and asks the U.S. District Court in Atlanta to enter a judgment declaring that Casemaker…
Adobe Acrobat's Integrations with Box and OneDrive Are Now Live
I recently reported that Adobe would be rolling out Box and OneDrive integrations for Acrobat DC on the desktop. As of yesterday, those integrations are live.
From the Home tab within Acrobat DC, click Add Account to add a Box or OneDrive account. You may have to download the latest version of DC to see…
New Data, Companion Website, Score States on Access to Justice
New data released today and a companion website rank the 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico on the degree to which they use best practices for ensuring access to justice. Compiled by the National Center for Access to Justice at Cardozo Law School, the Justice Index 2016…
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