Above the Law - Technology

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Paradigm , home to the practice management platforms PracticePanther , Bill4Time , MerusCase and LollyLaw ; the e-payments platform Headnote ; and the legal accounting software TrustBooks. In both of today’s interviews, we talk about those new products and others, as well as the company’s longer-term product roadmap.

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LawSites

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Paradigm — the parent company to practice management platforms PracticePanther , Bill4Time and MerusCase and payments platform Headnote — is being acquired by Francisco Partners , a major investment firm that specializes in investments in technology businesses. Hot Market for Practice Management.

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LawSites

MAY 16, 2022

The law practice management company MyCase said today that it has acquired Docketwise , a software platform for immigration attorneys that provides case management, immigration forms, and client-relationship management. As reported here on April 20 , the practice management company Paradigm acquired LollyLaw.

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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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LawSites

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. Know of one? Let me know.

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Attorney at Work

JANUARY 20, 2022

Related: “8 Legal Practice Areas Growing in 2021 and Beyond” Document automation levels up. For example, firms using a manual search-and-replace process to create new documents can quickly realize productivity gains with document automation while avoiding common editing errors.

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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. Cash and checks turn into electronic, automated payments.

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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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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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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 Now, Clio users can also directly file documents in certain court systems.

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LawSites

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Paradigm , home to the practice management platforms PracticePanther , Bill4Time , MerusCase and LollyLaw ; the e-payments platform Headnote ; and the legal accounting software TrustBooks. TranscriptPad , an easy-to-use app to review, search, and annotate transcripts.

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LawSites

AUGUST 2, 2021

Paradigm , home to the practice management platforms PracticePanther , Bill4Time , and MerusCase , and e-payments platform Headnote. Woodpecker , legal document automation for solo and small firms. . This episode of LawNext is generously made possible by our sponsors. A reminder that we are on Patreon.

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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. Lambert prompted the guests to identify low-hanging fruit legal technologies those new to practice should focus on. Levy pointed to document automation and AI.

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LawSites

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Paradigm , home to the practice management platforms PracticePanther , Bill4Time , and MerusCase , and e-payments platform Headnote. Woodpecker , legal document automation for solo and small firms. . This episode of LawNext is generously made possible by our sponsors. A reminder that we are on Patreon.

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LawSites

JANUARY 6, 2022

Paradigm , home to the practice management platforms PracticePanther , Bill4Time , and MerusCase , and e-payments platform Headnote. Woodpecker , legal document automation for solo and small firms. . This episode of LawNext is generously made possible by our sponsors. A reminder that we are on Patreon.

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LawSites

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Paradigm , home to the practice management platforms PracticePanther , Bill4Time , and MerusCase , and e-payments platform Headnote. Woodpecker , legal document automation for solo and small firms. . This episode of LawNext is generously made possible by our sponsors. A reminder that we are on Patreon.

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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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LawSites

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. Document management, 47%. Practice management or case management, 34%. Document automation, 26%.

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LawSites

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The 2022 Legal Industry Report was compiled by the electronic payments company LawPay and the law practice management company MyCase, both of which are owned by AffiniPay , based on a survey of more than 2,300 legal professionals during August and September. Document management software, 43%. Accounting software, 40%.

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Legal Tech Monitor

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. Secure document storage.

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LawSites

AUGUST 23, 2021

Paradigm , home to the practice management platforms PracticePanther , Bill4Time , and MerusCase , and e-payments platform Headnote. Woodpecker , legal document automation for solo and small firms. . This episode of LawNext is generously made possible by our sponsors. A reminder that we are on Patreon.

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LawSites

JULY 21, 2021

Paradigm , home to the practice management platforms PracticePanther , Bill4Time , and MerusCase , and e-payments platform Headnote. Woodpecker , legal document automation for solo and small firms. This episode of LawNext is generously made possible by our sponsors. A reminder that we are on Patreon.

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LawSites

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Paradigm , home to the practice management platforms PracticePanther , Bill4Time , and MerusCase , and e-payments platform Headnote. Woodpecker , legal document automation for solo and small firms. . This episode of LawNext is generously made possible by our sponsors. A reminder that we are on Patreon.

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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

AUGUST 17, 2021

Paradigm , home to the practice management platforms PracticePanther , Bill4Time , and MerusCase , and e-payments platform Headnote. Woodpecker , legal document automation for solo and small firms. This episode of LawNext is generously made possible by our sponsors. A reminder that we are on Patreon.

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Attorney at Work

MAY 20, 2022

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. Commoditization of Legal Documents.

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LawSites

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Agiloft , a trusted provider of agile software for contract and commerce lifecycle management. Paradigm , home to the practice management platforms PracticePanther , Bill4Time , and MerusCase , and e-payments platform Headnote. Woodpecker , legal document automation for solo and small firms. .

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LawSites

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Paradigm , home to the practice management platforms PracticePanther , Bill4Time , and MerusCase , and e-payments platform Headnote. Woodpecker , legal document automation for solo and small firms. . A reminder that we are on Patreon.

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CaseFox

APRIL 25, 2023

Here are a few ideas: Use Technology to Streamline Processes Law firms can use technology to automate repetitive tasks and streamline their workflows. For example, document automation software can help lawyers generate contracts, legal briefs, and other documents quickly and accurately.

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Rocket Matter

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Also, consider using email less and implementing legal practice management software. A dashboard—one that shows you visually which tasks are due for the day (and with pertinent documents, links, and information to complete the task)—is more efficient than searching through email. . Document automation .

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LawSites

MARCH 1, 2022

.” The new features fit naturally with those Lawmatics already offers, Spiegel said, including client intake, document automation and management, a client portal, and robust calendaring. ” Spiegel is a former lawyer who was the original founder in 2009 of law practice management platform MyCase.

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LawSites

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Over the course of 19 years, the world of legal technology has changed dramatically.

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LawSites

DECEMBER 29, 2021

was nearly two decades earlier, in 2002, when the document management company iManage debuted on the Nasdaq market. In 2015, AppFolio, which then owned practice management platform MyCase, went through an IPO , but its primary products were not in legal, but in property management. Soon after that, on Sept.

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Attorney at Work

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Smokeball is a law practice management software with document assembly capabilities. Smokeball uses a ‘hybrid cloud’ for document management, meaning that some documents will also be available offline; users can toggle documents for offline availability with the click of a button.

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Legal Tech Monitor

MARCH 7, 2024

Decades ago, I assumed that technology would soon advance to the point where automated document assembly would be fully incorporated in most law offices across the country. Automated document assembly involves investing time to set up systems that generate documents (or first drafts of documents) in minutes.

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Legal Practice Intelligence

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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