Updates, 10/9/13, 3:53 p.m.: Some additions and clarifications to my original post from earlier today:…

The challenge of developing an app for the legal market is to define a compelling reason for lawyers to use it. We are all busy and we all have established sources for getting the news and information we need. A new app introduced last week is an example of one that is nice enough in…

Last Tuesday, Oct. 1, Frank Rivera, developer of the HoudiniEsq practice management software, posted an article to his blog entitled, “IT Consultant, Friend or Foe: Is Your Law Firm’s Clients’ Private Personal Data at Risk?” In it, Rivera claimed that a North Carolina IT consulting firm, Out of the Box Developers…

ANOTHER UPDATE: According to a representative of LexisNexis, the free offer described below has NOT been rescinded, as stated in my last update. Rather, it has been expanded to all solo and small-firm attorneys — not just those who belong to the GP Solo section. The offer is still limited to the first 600 firms that…

I was the plenary speaker last week at the annual meeting of the Communications Section of the National Association of Bar Executives. My topic was, “Communicating Amid Clamor and Calamity: How Technology Has Rewired Lawyers’ Practices and What It Means for How You Communicate With Them.”…

After 15 years of writing the Web Watch column for Law Technology News, I am giving it up. My final column is now posted at the LTN site: Swan Song: Robert Ambrogis Finale.

Stay tuned, however, for further developments, as I will be debuting a new column in a new location.

I would like to…

Here are the slides from the presentation I gave this morning at the Clio Cloud Conference.

http://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/26465131…

I am at the Clio Cloud Conference in Chicago today, where Clio, the cloud-based practice-management platform, is announcing the launch of its all-new app for iPhones and iPads. I’ve had a few days to try out a beta version, and I have to say……

When lawyers who are new to Twitter ask me how to find other lawyers to follow, I point them to either of two directories, LexTweet, operated by the folks at legal blog company LexBlog, and LegalBirds, part of the

Talk about a living Constitution — here’s one the framers never saw coming. Today, the U.S. government is marking Constitution Day by launching an official annotated Constitution app that will provide legal analysis and interpretation directly on your iPhone or iPad. (Sorry Android folks, that one is still in development.)

The app is…

Two of the leading cloud-based law practice management platforms, MyCase and Rocket Matter, are each announcing major new enhancements today. MyCase is rolling out full integration with QuickBooks accounting software, while Rocket Matter is unveiling a significant update to its client portal.

MyCase QuickBooks Integration

Starting…

Legal research is often a solitary pursuit, with lawyers hunched over their computers or law books in absolute silence, sometimes with looks of panic or confusion on their faces. But in an age of infinite connectivity, why can’t it be more collaborative, even for lawyers who are on their own as…