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Legal Tech Burn Rate Dips For 1st Time Since 2018

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New data from Legal Complex has shown that the burn rate for legal tech companies dropped in 2024, the first time it has done so since 2018. It also follows the previous year’s record level f

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In Major Legal Tech Deal, vLex and Fastcase Merge, Creating A Global Legal Research Company, Backed By Oakley Capital and Bain Capital

Above the Law - Technology

Originally a legal research company, Fastcase has diversified in recent years, launching its Full Court Press publishing arm and acquiring Docket Alarm and Law Street Media in 2018, NextChapter in 2019, and the technology and team of Judicata in 2020. This is the beginning of the end of the duopoly in legal research.”

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The 10 Legal Tech Trends that Defined 2021

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As I survey the legal profession broadly, and the world of legal tech and innovation specifically, I see uncertainty and inertia. It is as if we are serving time in a legal tech limbo. After all, it was a good year for the legal tech industry. Overall, the legal tech industry saw unprecedented growth.

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How A Startup Evolves: As Casetext Marks 10th Year Anniversary, Here’s Its History Through 50 Blog Posts

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There are 49 that I found, and together they offer an overview of how a legal tech startup evolves into a mature company. While its focus has changed over the years, one characteristic has not: From the very start, Casetext was an innovator, always pushing the envelope for what a legal tech product and company should look like.

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On LawNext Podcast: Lawmatics Founder Matt Spiegel On Automating CRM for Law Firms

Above the Law - Technology

Spiegel was previously on episode 16 of this podcast in 2018, not long after he founded Lawmatics. He developed the product because he saw a gap in the legal market for software that would help firms automate their marketing and run their businesses as sales organizations. In the years since, he has raised $12.5

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Women of Legal Tech: Cindy Cohn

Law Technology Today

The Legal Technology Resource Center ’s Women of Legal Tech initiative is intended to encourage diversity and celebrate women in legal technology. Cohn was named to TheNonProfitTimes 2020 Power & Influence TOP 50 list, and in 2018, Forbes included Ms. Cohn as one of America’s Top 50 Women in Tech.

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Top 15 LawNext Podcast Episodes of 2023 and of All Time

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The first episode of LawNext was posted on July 16, 2018.) As ALSP Axiom Opens A Law Firm in Arizona, Its Chief Strategy and Legal Officer Catherine Kemnitz Shares Details. Theory and Principle Founder Nicole Bradick on Designing and Building Legal Tech Products. The first lists the top 15 episodes published during 2023.

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