For 23 years, Pro Bono Net has been working to harness the potential of technology to connect pro bono attorneys to those most in need of their services and to provide legal tools to help individuals advocate for themselves. In 2021 alone, the non-profit helped more than…
Wolters Kluwer Relaunches Manual IP within Kluwer IP Law with New Design and Workflow Features
Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S. today relaunched Manual IP, a key compliance source within Kluwer IP Law that explains the procedures and laws involved in filing intellectual property applications in 238 jurisdictions, with what it describes as a more user-centric and innovative design.
Manual IP is a nearly 100-year-old publication, originally…
Case Management Company Filevine Raises $108M Series D to Fuel Expansion
Filevine, a Utah-based case management company founded in 2014 with an initial focus on litigation and personal injury law, has raised $108 million in a Series D funding round that it says will help fuel its expansion more deeply into big law, insurance defense, corporate, governmental, and nonprofit legal counsel teams.
The funding was led…
Justice Tech Company Paladin Partners with Ukraine’s Legal Development Network to Launch European Pro Bono Portal to Assist with War Relief
A U.S. justice tech company and a Ukrainian legal aid organization have joined forces to launch a first-of-its-kind European pro bono portal to assist with relief efforts for Ukrainians affected by the war.
The portal is being launched today by the Legal Development Network, a group of Ukrainian community-based organizations that promotes…
Guest Post: How Ukraine-Based Legal Tech Startup Lawrina is Adapting During the War
[The following guest post is written by Inna Ptitsyna, head of communications at Lawrina and ambassador at the Legal Hackers international community.]
Lawrina started in 2020 with a small team in Ukraine and two people working abroad who had a big idea — to change the experience of law. To build a living…
Evisort Gets A New CMO: Michaela Dempsey, A SaaS Veteran Who Comes from Workday
Evisort, a provider of artificial intelligence products for contract management and analysis, has named Michaela Dempsey, who has worked more than 20 years as a marketing executive for SaaS technology companies, as chief marketing officer.
Dempsey joins Evisort from Workday, where she led marketing for its spend management…
BriefCatch Rolls Out New Version of Its Legal Editing Tool, Now Compatible with Macs
The last time I wrote about BriefCatch, it was in 2018, when I put it and two other legal editing programs to the test of editing four opinions authored by Supreme Court Justice Neil M. Gorsuch, pronounced by Slate a terrible writer.
Looks like I’ll have to go back to the…
Wolters Kluwer’s Almanac of the Federal Judiciary Now Includes Access to Judges’ Profiles and Reviews from Courtroom Insight
The Almanac of the Federal Judiciary is a publication that provides biographic profiles and financial disclosure information for every federal judge, including those sitting on the Supreme Court, Appellate Courts, Districts Courts, Bankruptcy Courts, and Specialized Courts.
Now, the Almanac’s publisher, Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S., is partnering with the company
Practice Management Company Centerbase Acquires Legal Website and Marketing Platform Legalfit
Centerbase, a Dallas-based company providing cloud legal practice management software for mid-sized law firms, has has acquired Legalfit, a Kansas City company that provides web marketing and content management technology tailored specifically for small and mid-sized law firms.
Centerbase says the acquisition enables it to expand its practice management product — which already offers…
Virtual Law Clinic, Soon to Launch, Provides Platform for Law Firms and Legal Organizations to Manage their Pro Bono Matters
A soon-to-launch product will make it easier for law firms and legal organizations to manage their pro bono matters, providing an administrative platform for assigning matters to lawyers, monitoring case statuses, documenting outcomes, and providing training materials and forms.
Called Virtual Law Clinic, it is the second product to come out of Theory and Principle,…
This Week’s Latest Additions to the LawNext Legal Technology Directory
The product listings continue to grow in the LawNext Legal Technology Directory, which we launched in February. Periodically here, I am featuring the latest products to have been added to the directory. Here are this week’s 10 most recent additions:…
LEAP Legal Software Acquires WealthCounsel and ElderCounsel
LEAP Legal Software, an international provider of cloud-based practice management software for smaller law firms, has acquired WealthCounsel, a leading provider of software, training and support for estate planning lawyers, and its related company ElderCounsel.
Founded in 1997, Utah-based WealthCounsel provides software and templates for drafting estate planning and business documents. It…