The tag line on the website of Overture Law says, “Unlock hidden revenue in your practice.” But I think this actually undersells what Overture does. It is not so much that it helps you find revenue hidden in your practice, as that it helps you capture revenue you would never have had in the…
Finalists Named for American Legal Technology Awards; Winners to be Named At Oct. 8 Event
Finalists have been named for the 2023 American Legal Technology Awards, which honor exceptional achievement in various aspects of legal technology.
Winners will be announced at a gala dinner at Gaylord Opryland Resort in Nashville on Oct. 8, the night before the Clio Cloud Conference starts at the same venue.
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Ironclad Opens A Window Into the Black Box of AI with New Chat Interface for Complex Contract Analysis
The contract management company Ironclad today announced plans to launch a chat interface for complex contract analysis that it says will open a window into the black box of artificial intelligence by showing users the steps it took to come to a conclusion.
Ironclad also today introduced an open-source visual programming environment for building…
It’s the Oscars of Legal Innovation: 5 Reasons You Gotta Go to the American Legal Technology Awards Gala
The American Legal Technology Awards launched in 2020 with a mission to honor those innovating in the legal space. It was founded by three friends (a lawyer, a law professor, and a legal tech entrepreneur) and is truly a grassroots effort with a big heart. The Awards also boasts 28 world-class judges and 10…
Two Canadian Legal Tech Companies, CiteRight and Jurisage, Merge to Power Litigation Research and Drafting
Two litigation-focused Canadian legal technology companies, CiteRight and Jurisage, have merged, combining CiteRight’s litigation drafting program with Jurisage’s AI technology to create an integrated legal research and drafting solution.
Had you listened to my LawNext podcast last week, you would have already known this, as I interviewed CiteRight cofounder Ariel Nacson…
LawNext Podcast: The Voices of ILTACON 2023, Part 2: Chats with 11 Legal Tech Companies
Recently in Orlando, Fla., at ILTACON, the annual conference of the International Legal Technology Association, I recorded a series of brief live interviews with some of the legal tech companies that were in attendance. Last week on my LawNext podcast, we featured the first set of those interviews – with 12 of the legal…
oneNDA and SimpleDocs Partner to Launch Free Software to Automate NDA Requests and Negotiations
Businesses spend significant time, money and effort negotiating that most-common of contracts – the non-disclosure agreement. With the goal of simplifying and standardizing those business dealings, the non-profit organization oneNDA developed an open-source NDA that, since its launch in 2021, has been adopted by more than 1,000 companies, including American Express, Google, Novartis and…
Practice Management Company Actionstep Acquires Australian Practice Management Company FilePro
Actionstep, a cloud-based law practice management platform, has acquired the Australian practice management company FilePro and its 4,000 law firm customers in Australia.
While both companies primarily serve mid-sized law firms, FilePro was developed as an on-premises product and has been exploring the development of a cloud product.
This deal will accelerate the…
On Day After Their Acquisition By Reveal, Some Employees At Logikcull and IPRO Get Layoff Notices
Update: A Reveal spokesperson has now confirmed that the number of employees who have been laid off is 79. Although a WARN Act notice filed in Arizona stated a higher number, Reveal said that was a clerical error and will be corrected.
Yesterday, I reported here on the acquisition by global e-discovery company Reveal…
Missed Our Legaltech Week ILTACON Post-Mortem Show Friday? Here’s the Full Video
If you missed our Legaltech Week show Friday in which we shared our takeaways from ILTACON, worry not. The full video is available below.
Our show is live every Friday at 3 p.m. ET and also available after the fact as an audio podcast and in video. Here are the links to know:…
The Voices of ILTACON 2023: Brief Chats with 12 of the Legal Tech Startups That Were There
I am just back from Orlando, Florida, where I attended ILTACON, the annual conference of the International Legal Technology Association. Mic in hand, I recorded a series of brief interviews with some of the legal tech companies that were in attendance. Over the next two episodes of my LawNext podcast, I will share those…
In A $1B E-Discovery Acquisition Double-Play, Reveal Acquires Both Logikcull and IPRO
The e-discovery landscape will be needing a new map after the global e-discovery company Reveal said today that it has acquired two other leading e-discovery companies, Logikcull and IPRO.
The combination of the three companies, Reveal said, will create the first end-to-end e-discovery platform that addresses matters of all sizes and for…