LawSites

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

The law practice management company Smokeball has secured a $30 million investment from private investors and employee shareholders in order to double down on growth, it said today. It also offers automatic time tracking, document automation and form libraries, advanced matter management, and complete legal billing.

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OCTOBER 13, 2022

Are you looking for ways to take your law practice to the next level? Consider using document automation tools to help streamline your workflow and produce more accurate documents faster. Document automation tools can help you create and manage documents more efficiently, which can save your firm time and money.

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Attorney at Work

JULY 26, 2021

This true standalone practice management experience by MyCase focuses on the modern law firm experience with lead intake, collaboration and payments. During the course of the last 18 months, it’s become clear that the practice of law has been changed irrevocably. MyCase is focused on the customer experience.

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DECEMBER 5, 2023

Each year for the past three years, the LexisNexis African Ancestry Network LexisNexis Rule of Law Foundation Fellowship has awarded fellowships to promising law students to participate in research projects related to eliminating racism in the legal system. Clarke School of Law.

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LawSites

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

In its second acquisition in six weeks, law practice management company Clio has acquired Lawyaw , a document automation and assembly platform designed for solo, small and mid-sized law firms. Note: I oversee the Startup Alley.]. All 25 Lawyaw employees will also join Clio.

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Law practice management company Clio said today that Lawyaw, the document automation software it acquired in 2021, will now be called Clio Draft. “It also sets us up to enhance the future capabilities of legal document innovation by consolidating and centralizing our efforts. .

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Attorney at Work

JANUARY 20, 2022

Law firms of all sizes are feeling pressure to meet client demand for both tailored services and greater efficiencies in this rapidly changing industry. Legal teams are being pressed to control costs and better respond to changing regulatory and risk management obligations. Increasing law practice specialization.

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LawSites

AUGUST 31, 2022

It has been a notable year for the practice management company MyCase , one in which it made four notable acquisitions of other practice management products, and then itself was acquired by AffiniPay , the parent company of the electronic payments platform LawPay. Document Automation.

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MAY 16, 2023

The majority of law firms use just five or fewer unique software products, according to a legal industry study published today by the law practice management company Smokeball. Practice management or case management, 34%. Document automation, 26%. Reputation management, 10%.

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APRIL 26, 2022

Yet, while it is common for legal document automation software to detect the male or female gender of the subject of the document and adjust the pronouns accordingly, the same is not true for individuals who identify as nonbinary. Learn more about Smokeball on the LawNext Legal Technology Directory.

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LawSites

JULY 6, 2021

The law practice management company MyCase has quietly acquired two legal technology companies in recent months, without announcing the acquisitions to the public. On March 31, MyCase acquired CASEpeer , a case management platform for plaintiffs’ attorneys. Cofounder Darren Fancher was previously CEO.

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Attorney at Work

MAY 20, 2022

Law specialization has become increasingly common — almost a necessity. . Abraham Lincoln, licensed to practice law in 1837 in Illinois, may be the archetypal general practice attorney. The Lincoln Legal Papers Project identified over 5,600 cases and nearly 100,000 documents related to Lincoln’s law practice.

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DECEMBER 14, 2022

A legal industry report released today by the sibling legal technology companies LawPay and MyCase provides unique insights into the technology tools that matter most to smaller law firms in the post-pandemic era. Other types of cloud software used by firms: Calendar management software, 44%.

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LawSites

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

program at Santa Clara University School of Law. As law schools come under fire for failing to teach the practical skills students need to succeed in the real world, this program does the opposite. Prior to joining the Santa Clara Law faculty, Norris was in private practice representing technology startups and entrepreneurs.

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LawSites

AUGUST 2, 2021

Nicholas d’Adhemar , founder and CEO of the London-based spend management company Apperio , believes so. By identifying it, d’Adhemar says, both clients and law firms will be better positioned to manage legal costs. Before founding Apperio, d’Adhemar worked six years as a lawyer for a large international law firm.

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

A common pain point for law firms is failing to track and invoice all reimbursable client expenses, resulting in losses to firm profits. Launching initially for MyCase, and later in other AffiniPay products, MyCase Smart Spend provides law firms with a LawPay-branded Visa credit card for their attorneys and staff.

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Rocket Matter

OCTOBER 24, 2022

By creating efficient processes, you can increase satisfaction in your law firm. Before you can fix anything—including inefficient processes—you need to determine where your law firm wastes time. Also, consider using email less and implementing legal practice management software. The client experience is also affected.

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LawSites

OCTOBER 9, 2023

At its annual Clio Cloud Conference in Nashville today, the law practice management company Clio introduced an array of major new products and product updates, calling the series of announcements its most expansive product update ever in its 15-year history. (I

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Attorney at Work

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Virtual law firm status has worked out so well for some firms, they’re making the switch permanent. While firms are announcing their back-to-the-office plans, you may be wondering if it is possible to move your law office to a virtual setting permanently. Related: “How to Ethically Practice in Place” by Mark C.

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CaseFox

APRIL 25, 2023

Law firms that embrace innovation and incorporate new technologies into their practice are better equipped to provide better client service and stay competitive in a rapidly changing marketplace. One of the main reasons why innovation is so critical for law firms is that clients are becoming increasingly demanding.

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LawSites

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

In 2012, he founded PacerPro , originally focusing on providing an enhanced interface to the PACER system, but, in the years since, developing it beyond that, into a system that also enables law firms to automate the process of collecting and distributing court documents and properly filing them within a DMS or knowledge system.

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3 Geeks and a Law Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The book provides an overview of key technologies transforming the legal industry like automation, AI, blockchain, document automation, CLM, and more. The guests offered advice to law students and lawyers looking to learn about and leverage legal tech. Levy pointed to document automation and AI.

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LawSites

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Paradigm , home to the practice management platforms PracticePanther , Bill4Time , MerusCase and LollyLaw ; the e-payments platform Headnote ; and the legal accounting software TrustBooks.

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Attorney at Work

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Smokeball is a law practice management software with document assembly capabilities. Smokeball has an unusual name, to be sure; but, it actually comes from a famous legal case , which just about every substantive law-loving attorney can appreciate. (I I love the smell of precedent in the morning.)

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LawSites

AUGUST 17, 2021

Osofsky took office as dean of Northwestern University’s Pritzker School of Law , after four years as dean of Penn State Law School and nearly two decades of teaching law. Paradigm , home to the practice management platforms PracticePanther , Bill4Time , and MerusCase , and e-payments platform Headnote.

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LawSites

DECEMBER 29, 2021

If a law firm is unable even to decide whether its staff should return to the office, or when that return should happen, or how to structure that return, then how can that firm implement lasting and innovative changes in its technology infrastructure and systems? Consolidation continued in practice management.

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LawSites

MARCH 1, 2022

Lawmatics , a company whose product provides client relationship management (CRM), client intake and marketing automation for attorneys, is now adding timekeeping and billing tools, with the goal of offering law firms a comprehensive platform with everything they need to manage their administrative sides.

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LawSites

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The Clio Cloud Conference is always the occasion for the law practice management company to announce new and enhanced products, and today’s kick-off of this year’s event was no different, with CEO Jack Newton unveiling what he described to me as the most important product release since Clio’s debut 13 years ago.

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LawSites

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Five years ago, I was honored to be invited to become a columnist for Above the Law. While I am no longer with LexBlog, I am deeply grateful for its support over the years — in particular from LexBlog’s founder and CEO Kevin O’Keefe , who has been a true friend to me and to this blog.

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JUNE 13, 2022

In light of that, I reached out to CEOs and executives at several practice management companies for their thoughts on the deal — including on how it may impact their partnerships with LawPay going forward. Last year, it acquired two additional products, Lawyaw for document automation and Calendar Rules for court calendaring.

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LawSites

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Krow left a partnership at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, one of the world’s largest law firms, to start Digitory Legal, and has never looked back. Paradigm , home to the practice management platforms PracticePanther , Bill4Time , and MerusCase , and e-payments platform Headnote. A reminder that we are on Patreon.

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AUGUST 16, 2024

Actionstep, a leading cloud-based law firm management software provider, announced the initial integration of Legal Accounting (formerly Soluno) with the Actionstep practice management platform. Builder, a complete document automation solution,

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LawSites

JULY 2, 2021

Four months after its acquisition by a private equity firm, the law practice management and accounting software company AbacusNext has combined with Zola Suite , a SaaS legal practice management software provider, to create what they are calling “the strongest portfolio of legal software solutions on the market.”.

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LawSites

JUNE 9, 2022

In a deal that is sure to shake-up the already hyperactive market for law practice management software, AffiniPay , the parent company of the electronic payments platform LawPay , has acquired the law practice management company MyCase. ” Already, LawPay’s integration within MyCase is live. .

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Lawyerist

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

In that time, Lawyerist has continued its mission to help solo and small law firm owners build healthier businesses. But after graduating from law school in 2011, she ended up at the small two-person family law firm where she had clerked. During her four years at the firm, her ardor for practicing law never materialized.

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Attorney at Work

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Abacus Payment Exchange (APX) is a proprietary tool that has been built from the ground up and engineered exclusively for law firms. If queried, most law firms would point to March of 2020 as the point in time that everything changed. APX allows law firms to offer that flexibility via a number of different payment applications.

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JANUARY 3, 2024

For more from the conference, check out the last episode of LawNext , which featured interviews with the two keynote speakers from that conference: Andrea Alliston, partner and leader of knowledge and practice innovation programs at Fasken, Canada’s largest law firm, and Mark Smolik, chief legal officer at DHL.

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