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Rumor Mill: Is LexisNexis About to Buy Lex Machina?

By Robert Ambrogi
on November 23, 2015

For updates to this post, see:

Now It’s Official: LexisNexis Acquires Lex Machina. LexisNexis VP Steven Errick Discusses Lex Machina Acquisition.

Rumors are swirling that LexisNexis is about to announce its acquisition of Lex Machina, the legal analytics platform that emerged out…

CosmoLex Adds Automated Bank Reconciliation, Importing of Bank and Credit Card Statements, and Third-Party Integration Platform

By Robert Ambrogi
on November 19, 2015

Being released today is a new version 3.3 of cloud practice management platform CosmoLex. Key highlights of this new version are the ability to import bank and credit card statements and automation of the month-end reconciliation process.

I’ve not yet had a chance to view the new version, but information provided to…

Rocket Matter Adds 'Advanced Analytics' Billing and Productivity Reports

By Robert Ambrogi
on November 18, 2015

The cloud-based practice management platform Rocket Matter today announced a new feature, Advanced Analytics, that allows law firms to create various reports on billing and productivity. The reports are intended to help small- and mid-sized firms understand the efficiency of their billing process and which of their attorneys and matters are most…

Podcast: Google Books, Fair Use and the Future of Copyright Law

By Robert Ambrogi
on November 16, 2015

Ten years ago, The Authors Guild and several authors filed a lawsuit against Google Inc. alleging copyright infringement through Google’s massive book-scanning project, in which it scanned tens of millions of books and made them searchable. Recently, the 2nd U.S. Court of Appeals ruled in Google’s favor, finding that the project was…

PracticePanther Raises $3.5M; Temporarily Offers Its Service for Free

By Robert Ambrogi
on November 13, 2015

I have written about a lot of cloud-based practice management platforms, but one that’s somehow stayed off my radar is PracticePanther.com. The Miami-based company got my attention this week when it announced that it has raised $3.5 million in funding and is offering its service free for the rest of the…

Recordings from the Clio Cloud Conference: Next Best Thing to Being There

By Robert Ambrogi
on November 12, 2015

Patrick Palace discusses Washington’s LLLT program.

The Legal Talk Network folks were on site at the recent Clio Cloud Conference, where they recorded a series of interviews with the speakers. The interviews are now all posted as part of the LTN’s ongoing series of Special…

Two More States Adopt Duty of Technology Competence

By Robert Ambrogi
on November 11, 2015

In my continuing effort to tally the states that have adopted the duty of technology competence, I have two more to add: New Hampshire and New York. They bring the total to 17.

Yesterday, the Supreme Court of New Hampshire entered an order adopting various amendments to court rules. In that order,…

ALM/Lexis Deal Good News for Some, But Not for Others

By Robert Ambrogi
on November 11, 2015

Legal news company ALM and legal research company LexisNexis this week announced an expansion of their content licensing agreement that is good news for LexisNexis subscribers but not so good news for the rest of the legal community.

Since 2011, LexisNexis has had the exclusive license to archived content from…

New 'Instadocket' Service Provides Docket Updates for Mass. Lawyers 

By Robert Ambrogi
on November 6, 2015

Thanks to MassCourts.org, attorneys in Massachusetts finally have electronic access to their case dockets in the state trial courts. However, the only way for attorneys to keep up with changes to the dockets for their cases is to regularly check in with the site.

Now, a new service eliminates the need to frequently…

Ravel Founder Daniel Lewis Discusses Today's News of Partnership with Harvard to Digitize All Case Law

By Robert Ambrogi
on October 29, 2015

Ravel Law CEO Daniel Lewis.

Following up on my post this morning about the Free the Law partnership between Harvard Law School and Ravel Law to digitize and make available to the public for free Harvard’s entire collection of U.S. case law, I just had an opportunity…

Huge News: Harvard Law and Ravel Law Team Up to Digitize All U.S. Case Law

By Robert Ambrogi
on October 29, 2015

See also this later post: Ravel Founder Daniel Lewis Discusses Today’s News of Partnership with Harvard to Digitize All Case Law.

Harvard Law School and Ravel Law today announced an initiative to digitize and make available to the public for free Harvard’s entire collection of U.S. case law, which…

Free Webinar Tomorrow: The Duty of Technology Competence As It Applies to E-Discovery

By Robert Ambrogi
on October 28, 2015

The past year has seen a growing number of states adopt the ethical duty of technology competence for lawyers. What does the duty mean and how does it apply to e-discovery?

I will be moderating a free webinar on that topic tomorrow, Oct. 29, from 1 to 2 p.m. Eastern time. The webinar…

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Bob Ambrogi is a lawyer and journalist who has been writing and speaking about legal technology and innovation for more than two decades. He writes the award-winning blog LawSites, is a columnist for Above the Law, hosts the podcast about legal innovation, LawNext, and hosts the weekly legal tech journalists' roundtable, Legaltech Week.

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