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The Five Most Momentous Legal Tech Fails

Above the Law - Technology

It launched in 2017 to great fanfare, promising to “revolutionize legal services” through its dual-entity model of both a law firm and a technology company. In 2016, legal tech entrepreneur Derek Bluford was riding high. Let’s revisit five of the most momentous legal tech fails of the last 10 years. QuickLegal.

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The Need for a Data Platform to Improve Law Firm Business + Practice

Ron Friedmann

I remember seeing their platform with a consulting colleague the first time in 2016. I say shocked because between my blogging and Tweeting and my colleague’s connections to law firms, we could not understand how we were seeing enterprise grade software for the first time — that we had not heard of it previously.

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eDiscovery Assistant, Legal Research Platform for E-Discovery, Adds AI-Generated Case Law Summaries

Above the Law - Technology

” Founded in 2016, eDiscovery Assistant is a research database of e-discovery case law and resources such as rules, checklists and forms, as well as a learning center to provide practical knowledge about the field.

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Highlights From the 2025 Legal Trends for Mid-Sized Law Firms Report

Clio

Since 2016, legal experts have turned to Clios annual Legal Trends Report for a thorough examination of trends in the legal field. For lawyers in mid-sized firms, we provide unique insights with our annual Legal Trends for Mid-Sized Law Firms report. Where does the data come from?

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SCOTUSblog founder Tom Goldstein faces tax evasion charges–abajournal.com

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Between 2016 and 2022, Goldstein allegedly schemed to evade the assessment of taxes, file false tax returns and fail to pay his tax obligations when they were due, according to the indictment , which was filed in the District of Maryland. Law360 has coverage. He also underreported his gambling winnings by millions of dollars.

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Eliminating Bias in Work Allocation Is a Growing Focus for Law Firms

Attorney at Work

Does your law firm work allocation model leave too many associates behind? Historically, work allocation in law firms has primarily been driven by partner s. In a National Association of Law Placement (NALP) Foundation survey, law firms cited dissatisfaction with work quality as the top reason for associate departures.

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Small Law Firms Made Progress this Year On Their Biggest Challenge, Thomson Reuters Survey Finds

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Seven times since 2016, Thomson Reuters has conducted a survey on the state of small law firms in the U.S., and every time, it found that small firms had made virtually no progress on one of their greatest challenges, which is that they spend too much time on administrative tasks to the exclusion of practicing law.

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