[This post was updated on 3/22 to add a statement from ALM.]

As many who are involved in legal technology were on their way to ABA Techshow last week, an announcement came out that is sure to shake up another prominent legal technology conference, ALM’s Legaltech.

Henry Dicker…

Westlaw has had an iPad app since 2010. Surprisingly, however, it has not had its own iPhone app. iPhone users could access Westlaw through a mobile-optimized site. But there was no app.

Well, now there is. Last Wednesday, Thomson Reuters introduced a Westlaw app built specifically for use on…

Do you know the one common trait seen in successful law practices?

Business intelligence, or a basic understanding of key metrics, performance indicators, and milestones that convey a pattern of success or potential pitfalls. Which give the firm’s leadership the insight they need to correct course before disaster strikes, or…

The cloud-based practice management platform Rocket Matter today rolled out a complete, top-to-bottom redesign of its user interface — its first full redesign since it launched in 2008. The redesign also adds a new workflow tool that allows firms to create templates that automate the set up of new legal matters.

“This…

Debuting at ABA Techshow this week is a new iOS app that will allow consumers to locate an available attorney and connect with him or her instantly by video, in much the same way that someone can hail a ride on demand using the app Uber.

As of this writing, the app, which…

In the latest episode of the legal-affairs podcast Lawyer 2 Lawyer, we look at the career, the jurisprudence and the legacy of Justice Antonin Scalia. We’re joined by two guests who knew Scalia well:…

I was a guest on The Digital Edge podcast to talk about the ethical duty of technology competence for lawyers. Host Jim Calloway and I discuss the duty in some depth, including where the duty came from and what it means for lawyers. (Jim’s cohost Sharon Nelson was not able to join…

The cloud-based practice management platform CosmoLex will be unveiling a new matter-based email integration at ABA Techshow next week. The integration will allow users to manage all their email from any email program within the CosmoLex platform and to keep emails together with all other documents and…

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Earlier this year, I announced an experiment for this blog for 2016 — accepting sponsored posts. Well, I can’t say the sponsors have exactly been storming the gates. There have been a couple of sponsored posts so far — thank you very much Smokeball…

The jury is still out on the role to be played by artificial intelligence in law. As a recent New York Times article observed about IBM’s attempts to commercialize its Watson AI computer, “[C]ommercializing new technology, however promising, typically comes in short steps rather than giant leaps.”

That said, there was a…

Hot off the presses is the Techshow issue of Law Practice, the magazine of the ABA’s Law Practice Division. The issue is devoted to legal technology, with a particular emphasis on becoming technologically competent.

I’m proud to say that I served as “team leader” for this issue, along…

Just before Legaltech New York in February, I wrote here about the conference word cloud created by JoAnna Forshee at InsideLegal. Now, with the 30th anniversary edition of ABA Techshow starting next week, she’s done it again.

As she did for Legaltech, Forshee pulls…