Bob Ambrogi

For nearly two decades, one person reigned supreme over the world of legal technology. Such was Monica Bay’s prominence and influence that, when she retired in 2015 after 17 years as editor of Law Technology News, Thomson Reuters honored her with her name and image emblazoned above Times Square. As a dear friend, trusted mentor,…

Ever since its founding in 2018, Steno has been on a mission to disrupt depositions. It started as a court reporting agency that also offered non-recourse financing of deposition costs, and then in 2020 launched Steno Connect, its own web-based video conferencing technology specifically built for remote depositions and exhibit handling.

In the…

Last month, I was a panelist, together with David Lat, author of the newsletter Original Jurisdiction and founding author of Above the Law, on a program, “The New Legal Paradigm: Challenges, Trends, and Strategies for Success.”

Our focus was on the top pain points firms face as they navigate a world where innovation…

Last year, I reported here on the acquisition by LEAP Legal Software, an international provider of cloud-based practice management software for smaller law firms, of WealthCounsel, one of the leading providers of software, training and support for estate planning and elder law attorneys.

Now, building on that acquisition, LEAP is today…

Last May, LexisNexis first revealed plans to launch Lexis+ AI, a new product that would use large language models to answer legal research questions, summarize legal issues, and generate legal document drafts. At the time, it limited availability to a select group of Am Law 50 firms that had agreed to participate in a…

The law practice management platform Filevine has added the build-in ability for law firms to accept electronic payments from clients, capping off its suite of time and billing capabilities in a new feature set it calls Time Tracking, Billing, and Payments.

The new Payments by Filevine allows firms to accept ACH, credit card and…

This week, LawNext veers slightly off-topic for a conversation about wrongful convictions. But, as you’ll hear from our guests, there is a legal tech angle, even to this.

At the recent Clio Cloud Conference, I had the opportunity to sit down for a live conversation with one of the keynote speakers, Brian…

In July, NetDocuments announced the limited launch of PatternBuilder MAX, a generative AI-driven version of its PatternBuilder document assembly product that it said would enable firms to create custom generative AI automations tailored to the needs of their specific practice areas. At the time, I wrote about how one immigration lawyer had used…

This is a reminder that the deadline is fast approaching for legal tech startups to apply for a spot in the Startup Alley competition at the American Bar Association’s TECHSHOW 2024, which takes place in Chicago Feb. 14-17, 2024.

Out of all the entries received, 15 startups will be selected to participate in a live pitch competition…

With more than 10,000 attorneys across the country, the U.S. Department of Justice describes itself as “the world’s largest law office.” Given that broad scope, it is particularly notable that the DOJ today announced a partnership with the justice tech company Paladin to provide every DOJ attorney with access to Paladin’s pro bono…

In this episode of the LawSites video series How It Works, we get a demonstration of Sage Timeslips, a time-and-billing platform for law firms, legal professionals, and service-based businesses that offers a suite of features to streamline time tracking, invoicing and financial management.

To demonstrate the features of Sage Timeslips, our guest today is…

The contract lifecycle management company SpotDraft today launched a generative AI add-in for Microsoft Word that is designed to help lawyers streamline the process of reviewing contracts — and it is available for anyone to try for free through the end of December.

The new product, called VerifAI, uses generative AI to check…