I took advantage of my flight home from Austin to write my review of 8am’s inaugural Kaleidoscope conference, which I’d just attended there. I published that review earlier today, and you can see it in full here.

Once done with that, I pulled out my Kindle and returned to reading Travels with Charley,…

Attending the inaugural Kaleidoscope conference in Austin last week, I couldn’t shake a strange feeling: I’d been here before. That was impossible, of course, as this was 8am’s very first customer conference. But the energy, the setup, the vibe all felt uncannily familiar. It was, as Yogi Berra might have said, déjà vu all over…

Two weeks after the company formerly known as AffiniPay unveiled its rebranding as 8am, it convened its inaugural Kaleidoscope customer conference in Austin today, where its chief product officer, Leslie Witt, took to the stage to deliver a keynote address in which she announced key platform integrations, new AI-powered tools, and expanded financial services…

Red Panda Systems, a provider of IT and cybersecurity services for law firms, has selected Universal Migrator to accelerate document migrations into the popular LPMS Clio. The collaboration is based on Universal Migrator’s continued role as a trusted solution for technology partners tasked with helping law firms modernize their technology stacks.

As a Clio Certified…

Twenty years ago today, on Aug. 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina wreaked havoc on the city of New Orleans and surrounding parishes. Eighty percent of the city was flooded, many people died, and many others lost their homes.

For many of us, the images from those awful days are seared into our collective memory – the…

As I continue to play catch up on some of the news announced during ILTACON, the e-discovery company Everlaw made two notable announcements there: The expansion from private to open beta of its AI Deep Dive, a tool that can answer complex questions about large document collections, and its having secured FedRAMP certification for its…

In February 2024, I wrote here about the launch of Bench IQ, a company that is using generative AI to provide comprehensive insights into the decision-making patterns of judges — based not just on their written rulings, but also their rulings from the bench and other data.

At the time, the company had just…

I am often asked about the best legal tech conferences for solo and small firm lawyers. Having previously attended and spoken at the State  Bar of Georgia’s law practice management conference, which is slated for Sept. 18-19, I can strongly recommend you check it out if you are in the vicinity.

The theme of this…

Even though ILTACON ended more than a week ago now, I am still digging out from the deluge of briefings and meetings I attended there. One of particular note was a media briefing with LexisNexis executives in which they provided further information on the company’s AI strategy.

Just ahead of ILTACON, LexisNexis had announced the…

Join us live today at 3 p.m. E.T. for Legaltech Week — our weekly breakdown of the top stories in legal tech — as the panelists share their impressions and takeaways from the recently concluded ILTACON.

Plus, to help us do that, we will be joined by a special guest: Jeffrey Brandt, editor of Law…

Universal Migrator has announced its August 2025 update, adding five new connectors to its ever-expanding migration platform. The latest additions of Amazon S3 Buckets, CP Financial, iCal ICS Calendars, Intapp, and M-Files bring the company’s library to more than 135 connectors, further extending its reach and reliability.

Universal Migrator specializes in providing technology and IT…

First movers in legal tech often win the day, says Ken Crutchfield, but without also anticipating what’s ahead, an early move can be quickly outmoded.

This is particularly true given the pace of development of major AI developers such as OpenAI, Google, Meta and others.

Ken Crutchfield

But what if an AI innovator…