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…

Live today at 3 p.m., it’s another episode of Legaltech Week, the show where a panel of journalists and bloggers discusses the week’s top stories in legal tech and innovation.

Guest panelist Kristin Calve, publisher and editor of Corporate Counsel Business Journal and the Pinhawk newsletters, will join us to share her experience attending…

The cloud-based law practice management company ZenCase has named Olivia Mockel, a lawyer and legal technology executive, as its president and chief operating officer. 

“I am driven to help legal professionals become more efficient through innovative legal technology,” Mockel said in a statement announcing her hire. “ZenCase is a platform that allows law…