Service of process and other documents is an essential function of law practice – one most lawyers deal with on a regular basis. But for Colorado lawyer Eric Voogt, he saw service of process as a broken system, one in which it could be difficult for an attorney to line up a process server…
Actionstep, Practice Management Platform for Mid-Sized Firms, Adds Built-In E-Payments Feature
Way back in 2020, I wrote about how the pandemic had escalated the importance of electronic payments as a feature of law practice management software. That trend has only escalated since then, with any number of practice management platforms launching not just integrated e-payments from third-party payment processors, but their own native e-payments.
Now,…
Breaking: Former Thomson Reuters President Mike Suchsland Named Interim CEO of SurePoint
Mike Suchsland, a veteran of the legal technology industry and the former president of Thomson Reuters’ legal business, today was named interim CEO of SurePoint, a company that provides practice management, financial and client relationship products for law firms.
Suchsland will serve in the role while the company searches for a permanent CEO.…
Legal Aid Chicago Pilot Integrates LegalServer Case Management with Paladin Pro Bono Management
In a pilot program announced today, Legal Aid Chicago, the largest legal services organization in the Chicago area, is launching an integration pilot program between LegalServer, a case management system for civil legal aid and public defender organizations, and Paladin, the pro bono management program.
Funded by a Legal Services Corporation…
LawNext #ClioCon Bonus Episode: Reagan Attle, Clio’s Chief Marketing Officer
At the 2022 Clio Cloud Conference held recently in Nashville, I sat sat down for a series of “bonus” LawNext in-person interviews with Clio executives. In this episode, I speak with Reagan Attle, chief marketing officer at Clio.
Known for building and leading high-performing and award-winning teams, Attle has 20 years of…
LawNext #ClioCon Bonus Episode: Shubham Datta, Clio’s VP of Corporate Development
At the 2022 Clio Cloud Conference held recently in Nashville, I sat down for a series of in-person interviews with Clio executives. In this episode, I speak with Shubham Datta, vice president of corporate development at Clio.
Datta has one of the best jobs in legal tech. He oversees the development and…
At Its User Conference, Relativity Unveils New Tools for E-Discovery, Compliance, Data Management and More
At its annual RelativityFest user conference in Chicago today, the e-discovery company Relativity announced several new tools and features for e-discovery, privacy and compliance, data management, translation, and more.
The product announcements were made during the conference’s opening keynote presented by Mike Gamson, Relativity’s chief executive officer, and Chris Brown, chief product officer.…
LawNext #ClioCon Bonus Episode: Clio’s Joshua Lenon on the Legal Trends Report
At the 2022 Clio Cloud Conference held recently in Nashville, LawNext host Bob Ambrogi sat down for a series of in-person interviews with Clio executives. In this episode, he speaks with Joshua Lenon, lawyer in residence at Clio, about the recently released 2022 Legal Trends Report.
An attorney admitted to the…
Thrilled to Announce the ‘New and Improved’ Version 2.0 of the LawNext Legal Technology Directory
Eight months ago, we launched the LawNext Legal Technology Directory, aiming to develop it into the most trusted source available for information and resources on legal technology products. Now, we are taking the next step forward with the launch of version 2.0 of the directory that brings new features and functionality.
As I
LawNext Podcast: A Deep Dive into the First Comprehensive Study of Reg Reforms in Arizona and Utah with Stanford’s David Engstrom and Lucy Ricca
Among the most divisive issues facing the legal profession today is that of revising the rules that regulate law practice – and more specifically the questions of whether to liberalize the rules to allow those who are not licensed lawyers to own law practices or to engage in the practice of law.…
MyCase Now Integrates with LawToolBox for Rules-Based Court Calendaring
An integration announced today makes the court-calendaring software LawToolBox available within the MyCase law practice management platform, enabling lawyers who use MyCase to automatically calculate key court dates and deadlines and add them to their MyCase calendars.
The integration will enable MyCase users to automatically calculate deadlines and add them to their MyCase…
Today on Legaltech Week: We’re Joined by Relativity’s David Horrigan for A Preview of RelativityFest
Today on our live Legaltech Week roundtable at 3 p.m. ET, we are joined by guest panelist David Horrigan, discovery counsel and legal education director at Relativity, for an advance look at RelativityFest, which convenes next week in Chicago.
Our panel of legal tech journalists and bloggers will…