LawSites

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Earlier this month, e-discovery company Everlaw became one of the few legal technology companies to join the elite ranks of unicorn status — companies valued at over $1 billion — with the announcement of a $202 million Series D funding at a valuation of over $2 billion. Thank You To Our Sponsors.

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LawSites

JULY 1, 2021

The Chicago-based legal technology company Litera has acquired Objective Manager , a UK company that provides a SaaS platform for law firms to use in strategic planning, performance measurement and talent engagement.

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LawSites

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Earlier this month, e-discovery company Everlaw became one of the few legal technology companies to join the elite ranks of unicorn status — companies valued at over $1 billion — with the announcement of a $202 million Series D funding at a valuation of over $2 billion. Thank You To Our Sponsors.

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LawSites

APRIL 11, 2023

” Learn more about iManage on the LawNext Legal Technology Directory. iManage says its customers span over 4,000 legal, accounting, and financial services organizations in more than 65 countries. In 2009, Autonomy acquired Interwoven for $775 million, and then in 2011 Hewlett Packard purchased Autonomy for $11.1

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LawSites

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Two litigation-focused Canadian legal technology companies, CiteRight and Jurisage , have merged, combining CiteRight’s litigation drafting program with Jurisage’s AI technology to create an integrated legal research and drafting solution.

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ABA TECHSHOW

JANUARY 9, 2023

Now in its seventh year, Startup Alley has helped catapult the success of a long list of legal technology startups and has become the signature opening-night event of TECHSHOW, which will be in Chicago March 1-4, 2023. Bob Ambrogi Bob is a lawyer, veteran legal journalist, and award-winning blogger and podcaster.

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Legal Tech Monitor

APRIL 11, 2023

Learn more about iManage on the LawNext Legal Technology Directory. iManage says its customers span over 4,000 legal, accounting, and financial services organizations in more than 65 countries. In 2009, Autonomy acquired Interwoven for $775 million, and then in 2011 Hewlett Packard purchased Autonomy for $11.1

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Colin S. Levy

MARCH 7, 2023

Legalcomplex was my notebook chronicling the history of legal technology, starting in 2011. In 2019, I decided to quit my job and go full in on market research for the legal industry. Uncovering these insights is why we do market data analysis. Tell me a little about the purposes for Legalcomplex and Legalpioneer.

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Legal Tech Monitor

JULY 19, 2023

Since 2011, Fastcase has released an annual list of the Fastcase 50, honoring 50 of the law’s “smartest, most courageous, innovators, techies, visionaries, and leaders.” I was honored to be in the inaugural Fastcase 50 class in 2011. This year’s list of honorees reflects a year of transformation for legal services.

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Lawmatics

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

This 2011 New York Times headline boldly claimed that expensive lawyers could be replaced by cheaper software. Recent studies suggest that nearly 44% of legal work could be automated, yet the demand for human expertise remains strong. In this section, Gyi and Matt discuss why integrations should be table-stakes for legal technologies.

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LawNext podcast

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Earlier this month, e-discovery company Everlaw became one of the few legal technology companies to join the elite ranks of unicorn status — companies valued at over $1 billion — with the announcement of a $202 million Series D funding at a valuation of over $2 billion. We appreciate their support and hope you will check them out.

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Legal Tech Monitor

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Two litigation-focused Canadian legal technology companies, CiteRight and Jurisage , have merged, combining CiteRight’s litigation drafting program with Jurisage’s AI technology to create an integrated legal research and drafting solution.

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Legal Tech Monitor

MARCH 13, 2024

But after Autonomy gobbled up Interwoven in 2009 and then Hewlett Packard bought Autonomy in 2011, the deal turned into a disaster when allegations that Autonomy had inflated its value resulted in HP having to write off nearly $8.8 Learn more about iManage on the LawNext Legal Technology Directory. billion of the $11.1

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Legal Tech Monitor

JULY 19, 2023

Created in 2011, the Fastcase 50 highlights the contributions of “the top 50 most courageous innovators, techies, visionaries, and leaders in the legal industry.” The annual list is compiled by vLex, a global legal intelligence platform. Palmer has been named to the 2023 Fastcase 50.

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LawNext podcast

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

When CEO Noah Waisberg , a former lawyer, and CTO Dr. Alexander Hudek , a computer scientist, launched Kira in 2011, they thought it would be easy to develop machine-learning software to review contracts. They also discuss their new book, the topics it covers, and the “friends” from the legal tech industry who helped them write it.

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ABA TECHSHOW

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

In its six years so far, the Startup Alley competition at ABA TECHSHOW has helped catapult the success of a long list of legal technology startups. The competition is limited to startups that meet the following criteria: Your product or service is targeted to lawyers or legal professionals, not to consumers. Send them my way.

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LawSites

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Over time, I broadened the breadth of coverage to include not only websites, but also legal technology, legal innovation, legal ethics and legal media. In 2011, the blog earned me mention in the inaugural Fastcase 50 , and in 2012, the ABA Journal included LawSites in its inaugural Blawg 100 Hall of Fame.

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LawSites

APRIL 3, 2023

Venture investor Mike Suchsland , a veteran of the legal technology industry and the former president of Thomson Reuters’ legal business, had been serving as interim CEO since October after the departure of Tom Obermaier, who had been CEO since 2018. Learn more about SurePoint at the LawNext Legal Technology Directory.

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Legal Tech Monitor

APRIL 3, 2023

Venture investor Mike Suchsland , a veteran of the legal technology industry and the former president of Thomson Reuters’ legal business, had been serving as interim CEO since October after the departure of Tom Obermaier, who had been CEO since 2018. Learn more about SurePoint at the LawNext Legal Technology Directory.

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LawSites

AUGUST 10, 2021

Kira Systems , a 10-year-old Toronto company that pioneered the use of artificial intelligence in contract analysis, is to be acquired by the global legal technology company Litera , its 12th acquisition over the span of two years.

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Lawyerist

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

But after graduating from law school in 2011, she ended up at the small two-person family law firm where she had clerked. From Helping Clients to Helping Lawyer Clients Jeff Schoenberger never thought of legal technology as its own career path. During her four years at the firm, her ardor for practicing law never materialized.

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ABA TECHSHOW

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Attention legal technology startups: Applications are now open for the sixth-annual Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW , the American Bar Association’s annual legal technology conference, to be held March 2-5, 2022, both live in Chicago and virtually. ABA TECHSHOW is one of the world’s pre-eminent legal technology conferences.

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LawNext podcast

APRIL 1, 2019

It was the first legal technology company to receive an investment from Andreessen Horowitz, a firm known for backing a wide-ranging portfolio of successful companies such as Facebook Twitter, Airbnb, Box, Skype and Slack.

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ABA TECHSHOW

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Attention legal technology startups: Here is your chance to compete to be featured as a presenter and exhibitor in the fifth-annual Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW , the American Bar Association’s annual legal technology conference, to be held virtually on March 8-12, 2021. What Do I Get Out of This? Send them my way.

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LawSites

DECEMBER 27, 2021

This was the International Legal Technology Association’s return to a live event, and I had fully intended to be there in the flesh. Price Wars in Legal Research Mean Deals for Small Firms; I Compare Costs (May 23, 2019). The 20 Most Important Legal Technology Developments of 2018 (Dec. 30, 2020).

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LawSites

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Over time, I broadened the breadth of coverage to include not only websites, but also legal technology, legal innovation, legal ethics and legal media. In 2011, the blog earned me mention in the inaugural Fastcase 50 , and in 2012, the ABA Journal included LawSites in its inaugural Blawg 100 Hall of Fame.

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LawSites

DECEMBER 27, 2021

This was the International Legal Technology Association’s return to a live event, and I had fully intended to be there in the flesh. Price Wars in Legal Research Mean Deals for Small Firms; I Compare Costs (May 23, 2019). The 20 Most Important Legal Technology Developments of 2018 (Dec. 30, 2020).

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LawSites

DECEMBER 29, 2021

In the realms of legal technology and innovation, the pandemic had yielded silver linings – greater adoption of technology, more flexible workplaces, hybrid courts – that promised a future in which the legal profession and justice system would better serve those who need them. Legal tech went public.

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LawSites

DECEMBER 29, 2021

In the realms of legal technology and innovation, the pandemic had yielded silver linings – greater adoption of technology, more flexible workplaces, hybrid courts – that promised a future in which the legal profession and justice system would better serve those who need them. Legal tech went public.

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LawSites

DECEMBER 27, 2022

For somewhat of a time capsule of the past decade in legal technology, see my prior years’ lists of my most-popular posts: 2021 , 2020 , 2019 , 2018 , 2017 , 2016 , 2015 , 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , 2011 , 2010 ). A Former Legal Tech Founder Is At the Center of the Musk Affair Allegations.

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3 Geeks and a Law Blog

MARCH 9, 2023

Benjamin Alarie and Abdi Aidid are legal experts who are heavily involved in the development of legal technology. They are releasing a new book, The Legal Singularity: How Artificial Intelligence Can Make Law Radically Better later this year. And, and as an academic, my focus is tax law.

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Clio

JULY 3, 2024

Nolo Review for Lawyers Nolo started off as an independent source for free legal information and do-it-yourself legal guides over 40 years ago. It was acquired in 2011 by Internet Brands and made part of the Martindale Legal Marketing Network. Their primary service offerings are do-it-yourself legal filings and documents.

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Legal Tech Monitor

MARCH 9, 2023

Benjamin Alarie and Abdi Aidid are legal experts who are heavily involved in the development of legal technology. They are releasing a new book, The Legal Singularity: How Artificial Intelligence Can Make Law Radically Better later this year. And, and as an academic, my focus is tax law.

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Dewey B Strategic

APRIL 3, 2023

Today vLex and Fastcase , two of the fastest-growing legal technology companies, announced that they are merging to form the world’s largest digital law library. The combined company will also have the world’s largest law firm subscriber base and resources containing more than one billion legal documents from more than 100 countries.

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Legal Tech Monitor

APRIL 3, 2023

Today vLex and Fastcase , two of the fastest-growing legal technology companies, announced that they are merging to form the world’s largest digital law library. The combined company will also have the world’s largest law firm subscriber base and resources containing more than one billion legal documents from more than 100 countries.

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ABA TECHSHOW

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Readers have been voting to select the 15 legal technology startups that will get to participate in the sixth-annual Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW 2022 , taking place March 2-5, 2022. Bob Ambrogi Bob is a lawyer, veteran legal journalist, and award-winning blogger and podcaster. After nearly 32,000 votes, the results are in.

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