On this episode of LawNext: Joshua Browder, founder of DoNotPay. Browder achieved international recognition when, at just 17 years old in 2015, he founded DoNotPay, touted as the world’s first robot lawyer, to help people appeal parking tickets. The company claims the…
Bessemer Venture Partners Acquires Majority Stake in Legal Practice Management Company Litify
Bessemer Venture Partners, a VC firm that has already made substantial investments in legal technology companies such as Clio, DISCO and Anaqua, has acquired a majority stake in Litify, a law practice management platform founded in 2016 by a team of people who came out of Morgan & Morgan, the largest plaintiffs’ law…
On LawNext Podcast: Documate Founder Dorna Moini on Rebranding As Gavel and How Law Firms Can Productize their Legal Services
Last week, Documate, the no-code document automation platform, rebranded as Gavel, a move designed to better reflect the company’s mission to become the platform of choice for legal professionals and legal organizations wanting to “productize” the delivery of legal services by packaging services as online legal products.
Gavel founder and CEO Dorna Moini joins LawNext…
With Launch of Second-Generation Platform, Legatics Expands from Transaction Management into Project Management
With the launch today of its second-generation platform, London-based Legatics is expanding the capabilities it offers customers from its core of legal transaction management into broader legal project management.
With some 40 templates, customizable templates, and a new interface designed to be more intuitive, Legatics now supports legal project workflows and deal closures across a…
Announcing: A Fun Way to Recognize the Legal Tech Writers Who Contribute to LawNext During February
Are you an expert in legal tech? Or are you are a legal professional who uses legal tech? Either way, here is your chance to share your knowledge or experiences to benefit the legal community at large — and possibly win a gift card for doing so.
Let me explain. Last September, I
Your Votes Are In: Here Are The 15 Finalists You Chose To Be In The 2023 Startup Alley At ABA TECHSHOW
The ballots are closed and the votes are counted: Your votes have determined the 15 legal tech startups that will get to participate as finalists in the seventh-annual Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW 2023, taking place March 1-4 in Chicago.
The 15 finalists will face off in an opening night pitch competition that will is…
As It Expands Into Other Verticals, Time by Ping Rebrands As Laurel
Time by Ping, a company whose product is designed to help lawyers capture time automatically, this week announced that it has rebranded the company as Laurel as it expands beyond the legal industry into serving customers in all fields of professional services, including accounting and consulting.
The company, which last year raised $36.5 million…
Talking Tech for Solo and Small Law Firms on the Florida Bar’s Legalfuel Podcast
When it comes to legal technology for solo and small law firms, I don’t think there’s a topic we didn’t touch on in this episode of the Florida Bar’s Legalfuel podcast. Hosts Christine Bilbrey, director of the Florida Bar’s practice resource center, and Jamie Moore, practice management advisor, asked me about…
Startup Alley Voting Ends Friday; Here Are The Current Standings
Friday is the last day to vote for the finalists for the seventh-annual Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW 2023. Your votes determine the 15 startups that will be selected to face off in a live pitch competition that is TECHSHOW’s opening-night event. The 15 startups also get to exhibit in a special Startup Alley portion…
Contracts Company Ironclad Taps Into GPT-3 For Instant Document Redlining Based On A Company’s Playbook
The contract lifecycle management company Ironclad has tapped into the power of OpenAI’s GPT-3 to introduce AI Assist, a beta feature that instantly redlines contracts based on a company’s playbook of approved clauses and language.
The redlines, made using GPT-3’s generative artificial intelligence, appear as tracked changes in Microsoft Word, where a user…
LawNext Podcast: Theory and Principle Founder Nicole Bradick on Designing and Building Legal Tech Products
When this podcast launched in July 2018, the very first guest on the very first episode was Nicole Bradick, who six months earlier had launched the legal technology design and development company Theory and Principle.
Now, as her company marks its fifth anniversary, Bradick returns to LawNext with news that the company is branching…
Docket Alarm Now Uses GPT-3 To Show You Summaries Of PDF Litigation Filings As You Review Docket Sheets
Docket Alarm, which is owned by Fastcase, is one of several products on the market that allow legal professionals to search and browse dockets of federal and state courts. But, when using any of these services, as you browse docket entries, there is no quick way to know what a litigation filing is…