I am just back from Orlando, Florida, where I attended ILTACON, the annual conference of the International Legal Technology Association. Mic in hand, I recorded a series of brief interviews with some of the legal tech companies that were in attendance. Over the next two episodes of my LawNext podcast, I will share those…

The e-discovery landscape will be needing a new map after the global e-discovery company Reveal said today that it has acquired two other leading e-discovery companies, Logikcull and IPRO.

The combination of the three companies, Reveal said, will create the first end-to-end e-discovery platform that addresses matters of all sizes and for…

Google’s Local Services Ads can be both effective and economical for generating leads for certain types of law practices. Unlike pay-per-click ads, local services ads appear at the top of Google’s results for relevant searches, and you pay only if the potential client calls or messages you through the ad.

Now the law practice management…

Spread across five days and with some 350 distinct educational opportunities, ILTACON 2023, the annual conference of the International Legal Technology Association, is a marathon, not a sprint. But it was a marathon well worth the effort, and almost all of the attendees I spoke to considered themselves winners for having participated.

When I…

Steve Errick, a legal tech and publishing veteran who was formerly chief operating officer at Fastcase and head of the Legal Research Information Division at LexisNexis, has joined the American Arbitration Association as senior vice president and chief development officer.

In this new role, Errick will guide various strategic initiatives, develop services and…

A new international survey of lawyers, law students and consumers finds that nearly half believe generative AI will have a significant or transformative impact on the practice of law.

Conducted by LexisNexis and released this morning at ILTACON, the annual conference of the International Legal Technology Association, the survey polled 7,950 lawyers, law students and…

If you are one of the 3,300 people currently attending ILTACON in Orlando, here is the most important thing you need to know that no one has yet told you: Fail to return your name badge when the conference ends and you will be fined $50.

ILTACON is the annual conference of the International Legal…

At ILTACON today on Orlando, the document management company iManage introduced iManage AI, an AI search engine built natively into its cloud platform that is designed to help customers improve productivity, drive added value from their knowledge assets, and protect data against security risks.

Because I am at ILTACON with a packed schedule, I plan…

Today at ILTACON in Orlando, the e-discovery company Relativity announced the launch of Relativity Contracts, a tool for contract analysis and due diligence review integrated within RelativityOne, the company’s cloud platform.

“Relativity Contracts allows users to glean actionable insights when analyzing agreements to meet changing regulatory requirements, realize business value and reduce legal risk,”…

A survey out today of trends in litigation and e-discovery finds that 40% of legal professionals are already using generative AI tools or are planning to do so in the near future.

The 2023 Ediscovery Innovation Report, compiled by Everlaw in partnership with the Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists (ACEDS) and the International Legal…

The lawyer ranking and review company Best Lawyers has acquired Good2bSocial, a digital marketing agency that specializes in serving law firms, legal marketers, lawyers and organizations in the legal industry.

With the acquisition, Best Lawyers will expand the services it offers law firms to include digital marketing strategy, content marketing, social media, search engine…

Last May, I reported here on the emergence out of its stealth development phase of The Contract Network, whose goal is to “radically accelerate the time for contract negotiations” by providing an AI-powered collaboration platform that can be used by all parties to a transaction to more quickly “get to the point” in their…