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The Five Most Momentous Legal Tech Fails

Above the Law - Technology

When it launched, I questioned in an Above the Law column whether it was a case of Clearspire déjà vu, recalling the demise of the strikingly similar dual-entity firm Clearspire, which opened in 2010 and shut down four years later. LexisNexis Firm Manager. As of this writing, the lawsuit is ongoing.

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On LawNext Podcast: A Closer Look At Smokeball, with Chief Revenue Officer Jane Oxley and President Ruchie Chadha

Above the Law - Technology

On this episode of LawNext, we take a closer look at Smokeball , the law practice management company whose roots are in Australia but that is firmly entrenched in the United States. In fact, after Smokeball was founded in 2010, its very first customer was a law firm in Chicago.

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Thomson Reuters Is Shutting Down Its Firm Central Law Practice Management Software

LawSites

Thomson Reuters is shutting down its Firm Central law practice management software and will discontinue support for the product after Sept. The Small Law Practice Management market’s very fragmented with many companies funded by private equity competing in this space.

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LawNext Podcast: The Past, Present and Future of Trial Presentation Software, with Lit Software’s Tara Cheever and Derek Miller

Above the Law - Technology

Lit Software, founded in 2010 by Ian O’Flaherty and Tara Cheever , is the company that developed TrialPad, trial presentation software that was the first legal-specific app developed for the iPad. We appreciate their support and hope you will check them out.

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Thomson Reuters Is Shutting Down Its Firm Central Law Practice Management Software

Legal Tech Monitor

Thomson Reuters is shutting down its Firm Central law practice management software and will discontinue support for the product after Sept. The Small Law Practice Management market’s very fragmented with many companies funded by private equity competing in this space.

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No Smoke and Mirrors: Smokeball Is an Impressive Toolbox for Law Firm Management

Attorney at Work

Smokeball is a law practice management software with document assembly capabilities. Smokeball was founded in 2010 and has been adding useful features for law firms ever since. I love the smell of precedent in the morning.)

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Continuing Its Acquisition Streak, Onit Acquires SecureDocs for Deal Rooms and Contract Management

LawSites

Building from the same platform, it later launched ContractWorks , an easy-to-launch contract management system for midsized and smaller companies. Until 2014, it was owned by AppFolio, the company that also owned practice management platform MyCase from 2012 to 2020, when MyCase was sold to a private equity firm.