Above the Law - Technology

APRIL 11, 2024

The year 2008 saw the launches of the first two cloud-based law practice management platforms, Clio and Rocket Matter, followed in 2009 by the launch of MyCase. Yet even though the company is no longer operating, it continues to fight the lawsuit, with its defense and counterclaims funded by insurance coverage. LexisNexis Firm Manager.

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Kevin O'Keefe

MARCH 8, 2024

Chmielewski: The truth is that I actually started my first legal blog in 2008 (it’s still on the web today). I am sharing excerpt Chmielewski’s LinkedIn post, liberally, because it’s such a good story – and one that should motivate lawyers everywhere.

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Above the Law - Technology

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Although Clio started in 2008 with a “laser focus” on solos, Newton said, it quickly started seeing demand from two-person firms, then multiple-lawyer firms, then 20-30 person firms, and ultimately into midsized firms, which Newton defines as firms of 20-200 people.

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LawSites

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

On March 1, 2008, a virtually unknown company out of Canada called Themis Solutions launched the first cloud-based software product for managing a law practice, called Clio. Sixteen years ago marked the beginning of a sea change in law practice management technology for solo and small law firms.

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Above and Beyond KM

MARCH 30, 2023

What can a time capsule from 2008 tells us about progress in law firm knowledge management? In this case, I’m referring to a wiki page created by attendees of the 2008 predecessor to the SKILLS conference. Analysis of SKILLS 2023 Survey But how does this compare to our 2008 time capsule?

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LawSites

DECEMBER 21, 2021

A computer scientist by training, Balachandran founded Exterro in 2008, quickly convincing a Fortune 100 pharmaceutical company to sign on as his first customer. In a year in which so many legal tech companies have seen significant growth, it is a notable honor. But Balachandran is hardly resting on his laurels.

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lennyesq

APRIL 1, 2024

On June 30th, 2008, four years after images of torture at Abu Ghraib horrified people all over the world, a group of victims filed suit against CACI, the Virginia-based private security company hired by the U.S. government to conduct interrogations at the prison.

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LawSites

JANUARY 2, 2023

Lawyerist Media LLC , which started as a blog in 2008 and evolved into a leading business coaching and training company for small law firms, is merging with Affinity Consulting Group LLC , one of the top companies in the U.S. Lawyerist started as a blog created in 2008 by Sam Glover , then a practicing lawyer in Minneapolis.

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LLRX

AUGUST 31, 2021

Articles and Columns for July / August 2021 2021 Update to Choosing Law Librarianship: Thoughts for People Contemplating a Career Move – AALL Gallagher Award recipient Mary Whisner, Public Services Librarian, University of Washington, Marian Gould Gallagher Law Library, has updated her 2008 guide about choosing a career in law librarianship.

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Eric Goldman

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

Also, though not individual liability, in 2008-09, the USDOJ prosecuted the search engines for publishing illegal gambling ads and Google for publishing illegal pharmaceutical ads in 2011. Brazil and Musk are locked in a test of wills right now Diego Dzodan ( Facebook/Brazil ) Yes, Internet executive prosecutions occur in the US too.

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Colin S. Levy

MARCH 5, 2024

When we launched in 2008, we were the first cloud-based practice management system to market. The first period of transformation, spanning 2008 to 2018, was about driving adoption of the cloud and helping lawyers migrate their systems. How have you and how has Clio adapted to accommodate the dynamics of the legal world?

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LawSites

JANUARY 19, 2023

Among the things the two e-discovery companies Exterro and Zapproved have in common is that they were both founded in the same year, 2008, and in the same city, Portland, Ore. Now they have something else in common, as they announce today that Exterro has acquired Zapproved. She and her entire team will join Exterro.

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LawSites

JUNE 16, 2021

One of the first companies to offer a cloud-based, end-to-end e-discovery platform when it launched in 2008, Casepoint was granted three patents last October related to its technology assisted review (TAR) technology, including two linked patents specifically tied to its CaseAssist technology.

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

as its answer to a then-growing crop of cloud-based practice management software such as Clio, which launched in 2008 , MyCase, which launched in 2010, and LexisNexis Firm Manager, which LexisNexis launched in 2011 and then shut down in 2017.

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Ron Friedmann

JUNE 29, 2020

“) The 2008-10 Great Financial Crisis changed the legal market. I last blogged about the Law Firms in Transition survey in 2017, here ] Views of GFC-Induced Trends are Stable Question: “Which of the following legal market trends do you think are temporary and which will be permanent?

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Rocket Matter

APRIL 15, 2025

Trusted by law firms since 2008, its the all-in-one legal solution built for now and whats next for your practice. Rocket Matter can help you with that. Schedule a demo today.

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Attorney at Work

JULY 7, 2021

Since the rise of cloud-based legal software began in 2008, there has been lots of movement on developing productivity tools, accompanied by a legendary foot-dragging exercise respecting the advancement of marketing software.

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LawSites

APRIL 4, 2023

In the 15 years since he and Rian Gauvreau cofounded the legal practice management company Clio in 2008, Jack Newton has learned a thing or two about what it takes to build a successful company.

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Ron Friedmann

AUGUST 6, 2020

Conclusions From 2008 to 2010, the legal market shifted from a sellers’ to a buyers’ market. The main ways of doing so are in staffing (especially appropriate delegation) and efficiency. So in my mind, if firms say pricing is more mature, as they do, then that suggests value-enhancing strategies lag pricing.

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Attorney at Work

JUNE 5, 2022

Although it was introduced in 2008, the Metropolitan is based on pen designs of the 1940s. That said, you can’t go wrong with the Pilot Metropolitan. It’s cheap, beautifully designed by one of the world’s best fountain pen companies, and a breeze to use.

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Technology Law Dispatch

APRIL 4, 2023

The Critical Entities Resilience Directive (‘CER’) entered into force on 16 January 2023, replacing the 2008 European Critical Infrastructure Directive. The new rules are aiming to strengthen the resilience of critical infrastructure to a range of threats, including natural hazards, terrorist attacks, insider threats, or sabotage.

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Richmond Journal of Law and Technology

MAY 2, 2023

Act (2008), [link] ; Electronic Commu’n and Transactions Act (2002), [link] Dyer et al., 1, 2021), [link] Electronic Transactions Act (2008), [link] Electronic Signature Law No. 2008-08 on the Electronic Transactions , [link] Evidence Act (2011) § 93, [link] [8] Lloyds Bank, E-Commerce in Algeria (last updated Apr. at 15–16. [5]

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Joshua Gilliland

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Immigration & Customs Enforcement Div., 350, 357 (S.D.N.Y. Metadata is not produced if it was not initially requested or if the ESI was produced in another form. McSparran, at *11, citing Romero v. Allstate Ins. 96, 106 (E.D. 2010) and Autotech Techs. P’ship v. AutomationDirect.com, Inc.,

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Technically Legal

APRIL 14, 2022

Logik Systems was doing great until the economy crashed around 2008. At Logik Systems, Andy and his co-founder created software that processed email to make it easier to transfer and review electronically rather than printing them out. That is when the duo launched Logikcull.

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The Barrister

MARCH 11, 2025

: A Lawyer’s Guide to Career Alternatives Inside, Outside & Around the Law by Deborah Arron. Career Services Office, Car. 50 Unique Legal Paths: How to Find the Right Job by Ursula Furi-Perry. General Collection KF 297.F87 Conclusion A law degree is a powerful tool that can lead to a variety of non-traditional career paths.

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LawSites

JULY 25, 2022

” Earlier this month, Balachandran, who founded Exterro in 2008, was named to the 2022 Fastcase 50 , honoring law’s “smartest, most courageous, innovators, techies, visionaries, and leaders.”. In 2021, he was named LegalTech CEO of the Year in the Legaltech Breakthrough Awards. .

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Technically Legal

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

In 2008, with the economy in shambles, Eric, like many, had to pivot and launched Pacific Workers which was initially a workers compensation law firm for athletes, but later came to represent workers from all fields. Ultimately he moved to private practice and represented entertainers and athletes.

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

She wrote the first edition of this book in 2008. (In After today, the price goes up. For nearly two decades, Carolyn has been the guru of solo practice, ever since starting her MyShingle blog in 2004. In fact, I interviewed her about the book that year for my Lawyer2Lawyer podcast.).

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DECEMBER 21, 2021

A computer scientist by training, Balachandran founded Exterro in 2008, quickly convincing a Fortune 100 pharmaceutical company to sign on as his first customer. In a year in which so many legal tech companies have seen significant growth, it is a notable honor. But Balachandran is hardly resting on his laurels.

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 26, 2023

Some possible reasons why: The 2008 en banc ruling functionally became dicta in 2012 when the Ninth Circuit held that Roommates.com never touched illegal content at all. Roommates.com has become one of the most cited Section 230 cases of all time (per Shepard’s, over 350 times) and ranked #2 on my list of top 10 Section 230 cases.

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Legal Tech Monitor

APRIL 4, 2023

In the 15 years since he and Rian Gauvreau cofounded the legal practice management company Clio in 2008, Jack Newton has learned a thing or two about what it takes to build a successful company.

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Technically Legal

JULY 27, 2018

Jae explains that a “new normal” confronts many law firms and discusses how they must now compete for business post-2008 recession. We discuss Han Solo, the true distance of a parsec and how she came up with the name for her company.

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LawNext podcast

OCTOBER 30, 2019

George Psiharis was employee number six at Clio, which he joined shortly after the practice management company was founded in 2008. Now, he is COO of an enterprise with more than 400 employees and growing, responsible for customer success, business development and data operations.

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Legal Tech Monitor

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

as its answer to a then-growing crop of cloud-based practice management software such as Clio, which launched in 2008 , MyCase, which launched in 2010, and LexisNexis Firm Manager, which LexisNexis launched in 2011 and then shut down in 2017.

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Clio

MARCH 22, 2023

Established in 2008, the annual International Be Kind to Lawyers Day falls on the second Tuesday of April (April 11, 2023). As a small token of appreciation, Steve Hughes , a renowned communications expert and speaking coach, created International Be Kind To Lawyers Day in 2008.

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Global LegalTech Hub

MARCH 1, 2021

Blockchain technology, bitcoin, and ethereum: A brief overview. In 2018 17th International Symposium INFOTEH-JAHORINA (INFOTEH), pages 1–6, 2018. Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System. White Paper. Conditional tail-risk in cryptocurrency markets. Journal of Empirical Finance, 50(C):1–19, 2019. Eyal and E.

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LawSites

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

In October 2021, Clio , the law practice management company, launched Clio Payments , native e-payments technology built into the Clio Manage law practice management platform — a launch that CEO Jack Newton described at the time as the company’s most important product release since its debut in 2008.

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