For anyone scrambling to get a Startup Alley application in under the wire, I have good news. Today’s deadline has been extended to Monday. The official (and final) deadline for applications is now Monday, Nov. 13, at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time.
This is your last chance to apply for a spot in the Startup Alley…
Live today at 3 p.m. ET on Legaltech Week, the show where a panel of journalists and bloggers discusses the week’s top stories in legal tech and innovation, we’ll be joined by “legal technology maven” Colin Levy to hear more about his new book, The Legal Tech Ecosystem.
Other stories on tap:…
“The future is already here – it’s just not very evenly distributed.”
No doubt, you’ve seen that William Gibson quote countless times. But it seems particularly pertinent to the 2023 Future Ready Lawyer Survey Report published this week by Wolters Kluwer, the fifth edition of this annual report.
After all, the very premise of…
Following the recent death of Monica Bay, longtime editor-in-chief of Law Technology News and an icon in the legal tech community, many have asked me about memorial services. I can now report that two services have been scheduled, one in San Mateo, Calif., and one in Manhattan.
Here are details:
The e-discovery company DISCO said today it has entered into a long-term license with the international legal research company vLex to obtain access to its U.S. primary law library of cases, statutes, regulations, court rules and constitutions.
The company said it will incorporate the legal research data into its core platform to create a…
Technological advancements are reshaping industries and creating new ways of working, from the rise of the cloud to 5G and the mass adoption of large-language models and AI. But law firms, typically known to be slow to change and risk averse, are grappling with their own challenges alongside these advancements—paper-based documentation and fax machines are…
Handling corporate functions such as entity management, board management and matter management can be complicated and time-consuming. But for corporate legal departments seeking to automate these functions, their choice of products is largely limited to point solutions, requiring multiple, siloed products to address multiple functions. Even worse, some of the available products are antiquated applications…
We devoted last Friday’s Legaltech Week to a tribute to Monica Bay, the longtime editor-in-chief of Law Technology News, who died last week from complications from a neurological disease. In addition to sharing our own remembrances, we invited members of the audience to come on cam or mic and share theirs.
Among those who did…
Did Pras Michel’s lawyer botch his defense by relying on an AI program to create his closing argument? That’s what the former Fugees rapper claims in asking a court to overturn his April conviction in an illegal foreign influence scheme.
Michel says his lawyer, David Kenner, made a “frivolous and ineffectual” closing…
Legal tech startups: Don’t miss out! Friday is the deadline 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 that will…
Even amid a highly variable and possibly decelerating U.S. economy, smaller law firms are showing greater optimism about their futures, as evidenced by the face that they are either maintaining or increasing their 2023 budgets across most key categories, according to a survey report released today.
More than 75% of firms are either maintaining their…
In the wake of this week’s heartbreaking news of the death of legal tech icon Monica Bay, it has been heartwarming to see how many lives she touched and friends she made over her nearly 20 years as editor-in-chief of Law Technology News and 30 years at ALM.
Now, I’d like to invite you…
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