Kevin O'Keefe

OCTOBER 20, 2023

in September 2020 to just 6.5% The shift is alarming for publishers who have relied on these platforms for web traffic and advertising revenue. Data from Similarweb reveals that top news sites saw web traffic from social networks drop from 11.5% by September this year.

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Trellis.Law Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

In 2020, a survey of general counsel published by Juro and Wilson Sonsini found that 67 percent of in-house attorneys at fast-growth companies felt… Continue reading → The post Beyond the Brief: Streamlining Litigation in the Era of Artificial Intelligence (pub.

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Above the Law - Technology

MARCH 27, 2024

In their Texas lawsuit, ClaimDeck and Hermes do not deny Diaz-Roa’s claim that they granted her a stock option in 2020, but they say that, by the terms of that option, it would be forfeited in the event of a termination for cause. They say she never sought to exercise the option until after they terminated her.

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Above the Law - Technology

APRIL 10, 2024

Friedrichsen, who will start as CEO on April 29, comes to DISCO after having been CEO of Emburse, LLC, a provider of expense management products, from January 2020 to January 2024. Hill will take the position of board chair and work with Friedrichsen in transitioning to his new role, the company said.

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Above the Law - Technology

MARCH 13, 2024

Within a year, the company launched its native cloud platform, iManage Cloud, and then went on to make several key acquisitions, including of UK artificial intelligence company RAVN Systems in 2017 and of legal transaction management company Closing Folders in 2020.

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LawSites

DECEMBER 29, 2021

As awful as was the year 2020 for so many reasons, my year-end report last year found reasons to be optimistic. The silver lining of 2020,” I wrote, “is that we have been forced to consider changes that were long overdue and then given the opportunity to implement those changes.”. It is as if we are serving time in a legal tech limbo.

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Trellis.Law Blog

APRIL 8, 2024

On June 25, 2020, in Provo, Utah, The Vlog Squad, a group of multi-talented, YouTube creators, set out on another content creation adventure. That day, however, ended with one member in the hospital with life-threatening injuries.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

District of Columbia Court of Appeals, Committee on Unauthorized Practice of Law, Opinion 24-20 (March 23, 2020). Pennsylvania Bar Association Formal Opinion 2020-300 (April 10, 2020). New York County Lawyers Association Formal Opinion 754-2020 (Aug. If you know of others, please send them to me at ambrogi-at-gmail.com.

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LawSites

DECEMBER 14, 2021

.” Fast forward to 2020, and LexisNexis was once again rolling out the next generation of its legal research platform , this time with the launch in July 2020 of Lexis+, which the company positioned as a premium research service. And with that launch came an end to Lexis Advance — not to the product, but to the name.

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DECEMBER 27, 2021

For somewhat of a time capsule of the past decade in legal technology, see my prior years’ lists of my most-popular posts: 2020 , 2019 , 2018 , 2017 , 2016 , 2015 , 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , 2011 , 2010 ). 20 For 2020: The Legal Tech Trends that Defined the Year (Dec. 20 For 2020: The Legal Tech Trends that Defined the Year (Dec.

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Internet for Lawyers

JUNE 12, 2020

Learn About Free Internet Legal Research: Join us for a new CLE webinar, "Internet Legal Research on a Budget" on July 8, 2020. CLEwebinars.com is hosting a new webinar based on the the popular and newly updated book "Internet Legal Research on a Budget" on July 8, at 1:00 pm ET.

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Artificial Lawyer

JUNE 24, 2024

Then in 2020 the high-profile boss made a surprise move to Big Fou… Emily Foges was a well-known figure on the legal tech stage in her role as CEO of the Mike Lynch-backed doc AI company, Luminance.

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MAY 10, 2021

Among her many honors, Justice Timmer was named 2020 Woman of the Year by the Arizona Capitol Times and she was recognized as one of the Most Influential Business Women in Arizona in 2020. Thank You To Our Sponsors. This episode of LawNext is generously made possible by our sponsors.

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JUNE 6, 2021

Its total revenues for 2020 were $186.9 million, an increase of 10% over the same period for 2020. .” Its 1,600 customers include 96 of the top 100 law firms and seven of the top eight accounting firms, it says.

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LawSites

JULY 15, 2021

Kluck, who has been with LawGeex since April 2020 as a strategic account executive, said that her new position is her dream job. She moved to LawGeex in April 2020 as the company’s first account manager. What I’ve been put in this position to do is to tell our story externally and internally,” Kluck said. and the east coast.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The company says that total cases on its platform have more than doubled since its $62 million Series C round in March 2020, and that its platform is now used by 91 of the Am Law 200 and the attorneys general of all 50 U.S. The news follows a year in which the company experienced 80% year-over-year growth.

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Attorney at Work

DECEMBER 19, 2021

When 2020 finally ended, pundits and publications searched for a word to encapsulate the year. Attorney at Work’s Top 20 Law Firm Management Articles of 2020. ” The Guardian chose “pandemic” as the most influential word of 2020 because it best describes the sheer scale of the COVID-19 crisis. An inkling.

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JUNE 11, 2021

Alexander is well-known in legal technology circles as co-chair of the 2020 ABA Techshow planning board and founder of the ABA’s Women of Legal Technology Initiative. Alexander , who is executive director of the committee that issued the statement, the Standing Committee on Lawyer Well-Being of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.

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JULY 6, 2021

Gabriela Cubeiro , who cofounded the company, has been its CEO since January 2020. At the 2020 ABA TECHSHOW Startup Alley Pitch Competition that I run, Woodpecker was one of the top three winners. Cofounder Darren Fancher was previously CEO. Its founder and CEO is Alex Melehy.

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LawSites

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Litigation management platform Allegory Law in August 2020. AI contract drafting platform Bestpractix in June 2020. Table-of-authorities generator Best Authority in March 2020. Firm intelligence company Foundation Software in January 2021. Deal-management platform Doxly in August 2019. company Workshare in July 2019.

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Trial Technology

JUNE 27, 2022

Looking back at our trial calendar, I added a note on March 9, 2020: COVID-19 BUSINESS STOP. I was at home in Southern California's South Bay (I also have a home office in the East Bay Area in Northern California), and the next important note I see is on March 27, 2020: BEACHES AND PIER CLOSED.

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OCTOBER 13, 2021

It began by acquiring Bill4Time in 2017, followed by PracticePanther in 2018, MerusCase in 2019, and Headnote in 2020. The firm was named this week as top performer in the 2020 HEC-Dow Jones Private Equity Performance Ranking, rising from 16th in 2019. On LawNext: ASG LegalTech’s Acquisition Of Headnote: The Two CEOs Discuss (Sept.

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Attorney at Work

JANUARY 16, 2023

Real estate attorneys, brokers and title agents are emerging from a roller coaster period that saw home sales skyrocketing throughout 2020 and 2021 before a sharp decline in 2022. Now’s the time to nurture your relationships so you stay top of mind. While we ease […].

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Attorney at Work

AUGUST 26, 2021

Law firms didn’t let the pandemic get in the way of profitability or performance in 2020. on average in the fourth quarter of 2020, according to Thomson Reuters — and 15% among AmLaw 100 firms. Some executed successful staffing strategies using contract attorneys in 2020. Profits per equity partner rose 11.5%

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Above the Law - Technology

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

But ROSS’s trajectory changed in 2020, when legal research giant Thomson Reuters filed a lawsuit against ROSS , alleging that it stole content from Westlaw to build its own competing legal research product. In 2017, Forbes named the three founders to its “ 30 Under 30.”

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MAY 27, 2021

COVID was not kind to law firm marketing and business development, with two-thirds of firms reporting that business development was more difficult in 2020, and the overwhelming majority of firms pivoting their marketing strategies, turning from live conferences and face-to-face meetings to social media, email alerts and Zoom.

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Attorney at Work

JANUARY 20, 2022

the percentage of in-house legal budgets spent on technology is expected to increase threefold by 2025 from 2020 levels as legal departments “increase spending on technology to reduce the dependency on outside counsel, address COVID-19, and satisfy a long-overdue need to modernize, digitize and automate legal work.”.

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LawSites

MARCH 6, 2022

29, 2020, ABA TECHSHOW 2020 wrapped its four-day run, and those of us who had attended headed home, exhausted and exhilarated after another successful conference. TECHSHOW 2020 and TECHSHOW 2022 became a pair of karmic bookends. The end of TECHSHOW 2020 marked the beginning of a long, strange trip. So many familiar faces.

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JANUARY 5, 2022

Fried said that he expects to have strong attendance and that preregistrations so far were indicating that attendance could exceed the 2020 Legalweek. In keeping with New York City’s vaccination requirements , attendees will be required to show proof of vaccination and to wear masks.

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Kevin O'Keefe

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Times changed with GPT-3, released in 2020. So much so that OpenAI was apparently concerned people would use GPT-2 “to generate deceptive, biased, or abusive language” and decided not to release the full model. People were blown away with its ability to generate human-like text, to answer questions and generate stories.

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LawSites

MAY 13, 2021

Published for the fourth consecutive year by Aderant , a global provider of business management software for law firms, the Business of Law and Legal Technology Survey was conducted during August and September 2020. “The year 2020 was pivotal for law firms and technology,” Aderant concludes.

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Above the Law - Technology

MAY 1, 2023

In March 2020, Asay moved to Litera, where she was a domain expert and advisor to clients on litigation. Asay had been a lawyer for more than six years at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher when she launched Allegory in 2012 as one of the first cloud-based litigation management platforms.

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LawSites

AUGUST 9, 2022

But in approving the resolution today, the ABA added an endorsement of a resolution it adopted in 2020 that was designed to encourage state efforts at innovation. The amendment added today says: Further Resolved and recognizing the importance to the profession and public of the core values embodied in Model Rule of Professional Conduct 5.4

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LawSites

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

In August 2020, InfoTrack acquired a majority stake in the court calendaring company LawToolBox , also based in Denver. In March 2020, it acquired One Legal , a California provider of online litigation support services such as court filing, service of process, and document retrieval.

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Hanzo Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

According to a comprehensive market analysis conducted by Statista , digital advertising expenditures in the financial services sector in the United States surged to a staggering $21 billion in 2020. This impressive figure is expected to experience further growth, reaching an estimated $30.75 billion by the end of 2023.

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LawSites

MAY 12, 2022

Founded as a side project in 2020 by Belgium innovation consultant Daan Vansimpsen , LegalTech Jobs lists career opportunities in legal technology. Shaver launched LegalTech Hub in October 2020. As of this morning, the jobs site has already been reskinned with LegalTech Hub’s branding. .

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LLRX

JULY 31, 2022

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, sent at least 29 text messages to former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows urging him to help overturn the 2020 election has reignited a long-simmering debate about judicial ethics and the nation’s highest court. Recent evidence showing that Virginia Thomas, wife of U.S.

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