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Former Orrick CEO Ralph Baxter Joins the Law Technology Now Podcast

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Former Orrick Chairman and CEO Ralph Baxter brings his lifetime of experience innovating law firms and advising legal technology companies at the highest level to the microphone on our Law Technology Now podcast. For more information about Ralph Baxter and Law Technology Now , visit Legal Talk Network and ralphbaxter.com.

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Rocket Matter Unveils the Next Generation of Its Law Practice Management Platform

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The law practice management platform Rocket Matter this week rolled out the next generation of its software, a “reimagined” version of the product that emphasizes flexibility and customization to meet the varying needs of different law firms and different practice areas.

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Following Departure of its Founder, E-Discovery Company DISCO Names New CEO

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a provider of marketing automation technology and a subsidiary of Adobe Inc. From 2008 to 2018, he held a series of executive and leadership roles at SAP and SAP Concur. Read more about DISCO in the LawNext Legal Technology Directory. Previously, he was global head, commercial, SMB and growth markets, at Marketo Inc.,

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The Five Most Momentous Legal Tech Fails

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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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Updates from CEO Jack Newton On Recent Clio News: Midsized Firms, Gen AI, Legal Aid, and Clio Draft

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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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I Am Deeply Saddened To Report The Death Of Monica Bay: Friend, Mentor and Role Model to So Many in Legal Tech

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For nearly two decades, one person reigned supreme over the world of legal technology. Such was Monica Bay’s prominence and influence that, when she retired in 2015 after 17 years as editor of Law Technology News , Thomson Reuters honored her with her name and image emblazoned above Times Square.

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Thomson Reuters’ Message to Law Firms: Adapt to Market Changes or Become the Pan Am of Legal

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Over the past year, it finds, “the rates clients agreed to pay law firms for new matters grew by more than 6%, with every segment of law firms seeing aggressive increases in worked rates on par with the pace seen prior to the Great Financial Crisis of 2008-’11.”

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