Bob Ambrogi

Henchman, a legal tech startup that provides legal teams with quick access to their previously written contract clauses and definitions directly within Microsoft Word, today released what it says is a first-of-its-kind integration with Microsoft Copilot through which Copilot users will be able to surface clauses and precedents from their document management systems that…

For solo and small law firms, the current state of legal technology offers both promises and pitfalls. Technology such as generative AI poses traps for the unwary, but for those who understand and embrace technology, there are opportunities to run more profitable and efficient practices, provide better customer experiences, and improve work-life balance.

In light…

Two years ago, Clio, the law practice management company, made an offer that some law firms might have found difficult to refuse. It offered to buy them out of up to six months of their contracts with competing practice management platforms if they switched to Clio’s platform.

Now Clio is reviving that offer, which…

One of the most talked-about legal technologies of the last few years is contract lifecycle management software. But a survey released today finds that the majority of companies do not use CLM software at all, and of those that do have a dedicated CLM system, most use it only on a limited basis.

Instead of…

One of the challenges of e-discovery for smaller law firms is that so many of the e-discovery products on the market are designed for large cases handled by large law firms, putting them out of range for smaller firms in both price and complexity.

For smaller law firms, the leading guide to e-discovery practices and…

Jimoh Ovbiagele, cofounder in 2014 of the now-shuttered AI legal research startup ROSS Intelligence, is returning to legal tech as chief executive officer of a new startup, Bench IQ, that says it is using generative AI to provide comprehensive insights into the decision-making patterns of judges — based not just on their written…

On this episode of LawNext: A conversation about Thomson Reuters’ strategy around generative artificial intelligence with two of the executives most directly responsible for its development and implementation. 

In a year dominated by discussion of generative AI and its potential impact on the legal profession,…

If you read my review last October of the inaugural Knowledge Management & Innovation for Legal Conference (or KM&I for short), you will understand why I look forward to returning to New York City for the 2024 edition on Oct. 17 and 18. 

Conference organizer Patrick DiDomenico, president and founder of InspireKM Consulting and…

The contract review company LegalOn Technologies today released LegalOn Assistant, a generative AI chat interface that can answer questions about your contracts, draft clauses, summarize contract terms, and more.

The assistant is available directly within LegalOn’s in-browser contract editing interface and it is available immediately to all customers at no extra cost.

The…

A common pain point for law firms is failing to track and invoice all reimbursable client expenses, resulting in losses to firm profits. A first-of-its-kind product being unveiled today by AffiniPay, the parent company of LawPay and MyCase, aims to solve that problem for smaller firms by marrying a business credit card…

I was greatly honored to be interviewed by Luke Campbell, CEO of VXT, the New Zealand-based VoIP system for lawyers, for his podcast File Notes. It was a lot of fun, and Luke — a great interviewer, by the way — dug deep into my entire career, and how both journalism and…

Does page speed matter to the search engine ranking of your law firm website?

Turns out it does. Page speed is an important ranking factor for Google and other search engines. It can make the difference between a ranking on page one of Google or somewhere lower.

But many law firm websites are more focused…