Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

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Above the Law - Technology

JULY 17, 2023

Lit Software, founded in 2010 by Ian O’Flaherty and Tara Cheever , is the company that developed TrialPad, trial presentation software that was the first legal-specific app developed for the iPad. Its Lit Suite bundles these apps in a single subscription. We appreciate their support and hope you will check them out.

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LawSites

DECEMBER 29, 2021

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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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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Above the Law - Technology

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Stories are increasingly common of lawyers who leave law practice to start legal technology companies, but few achieve the level of success as an entrepreneur of Matt Spiegel. He was a criminal defense lawyer in 2009 when he founded MyCase , one of the earliest cloud-based law practice management companies.

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Attorney at Work

JANUARY 20, 2022

Document automation software provides a centralized process of producing agreements, motions, pleading, contracts and other legal documents. Legal tech meets fintech. A growing number of practice management software providers now offer native e-payment capabilities. Remote work is here to stay.

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LawSites

JULY 9, 2021

Now there is another stealth deal to report, this time involving the acquisition of Tabs3 Software , which is one of the oldest practice management products in the legal market, having been founded in 1979, and which also owns the cloud-based practice management platform CosmoLex , which it acquired in 2018.

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Above the Law - Technology

APRIL 25, 2023

It was major news April 4 when the legal research and technology companies Fastcase and vLex announced their merger, creating a single entity that they say now has the world’s largest subscriber base of lawyers and law firms and a legal research library of more than 1 billion documents from more than 100 countries.

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Global LegalTech Hub

DECEMBER 1, 2024

For Pascale, legal tech is rethinking the legal sector , but not its function, whose purpose is, in the end, the access and delivery of justice. Among all the benefits around legal tech that help to rethink the sector, we can find, inter alia, the increasing of operational efficiency, security and complexity.

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LawSites

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

You would be hard-pressed to find two people in legal technology more experienced in user interface and user experience design than Nicole Bradick and Andy Wishart. Bradick is founder and CEO of the legal tech design and development firm Theory and Principle. Woodpecker , legal document automation for solo and small firms. .

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Legal Talk Network

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Practical Clio Duo Automation for Your Law Firm Jonathan Watson One of the biggest splashes at this year’s ClioCon was the launch of Clio Duo , an AI-powered assistant to enhance your practice management software. New Technology Requires New Regulation (Let’s talk before it’s too late!)

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LawNext podcast

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Everlaw for Good is a program run by the e-discovery company Everlaw , through which it makes its software available at no cost to legal aid organizations, nonprofit organizations, and investigative journalists. Thank You To Our Sponsors This episode of LawNext is generously made possible by our sponsors. Littler, local everywhere.

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LawSites

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

But legal tech news announced today suggests otherwise. In an integration between two law practice products, Lawmatics , the legal CRM product founded by Matt Spiegel in 2017, now integrates with MyCase , the law practice management platform that Spiegel originally founded in 2009 and left in 2015.

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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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Above the Law - Technology

APRIL 4, 2023

It is a day of major legal tech deals. TPG has a history of investing in software companies that address the unique needs of vertical markets. We believe the legal industry is a market that is undergoing digital transformation, and Elite partners with leading firms on that journey,” said Tim Millikin, partner at TPG.

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Above the Law - Technology

JANUARY 10, 2024

To listen to the prior two, check out: Two KM Keynotes – Andrea Alliston, KM Leader At Fasken, and Mark Smolik, GC at DHL, On Disruption and Innovation in Legal , in which we spoke with the conference’s two keynote speakers. Thank You To Our Sponsors This episode of LawNext is generously made possible by our sponsors.

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Legal Talk Network

MARCH 6, 2023

Regardless of someone’s tech knowledge, there were plenty of programs and access to experts giving a leg-up on law firm operations. Legal tech companies were more than happy to discuss products and services making the practice of law easier/more profitable. Stay tuned for a little timeless Stoic Wisdom.

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LawSites

JUNE 2, 2021

The cloud practice management company SurePoint Technologies today announced a strategic investment from the private investment firm Aquiline Capital Partners by which Aquiline will acquire a majority ownership stake in the company. It was started as the sister company to a Cincinnati accounting firm of the same name.

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LawSites

MARCH 12, 2024

With new requirements for companies to collect, document and submit previously unreported information – and with many companies confused about what the law means for them — legal tech companies are stepping up to help, with new products specifically designed to facilitate understanding and compliance.

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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. Scattered systems, the report says, raises the risk of overlooked tasks or missed deadlines, and can hurt productivity and increase tech burnout.

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Above the Law - Technology

JANUARY 24, 2024

AffiniPay is kicking off this initiative by releasing the first two of these features in beta within the MyCase law practice management platform. ” Listen: On LawNext: AffiniPay CEO Dru Armstrong on the Intersection of Fintech, Legal Tech and AI. .

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Attorney at Work

JANUARY 27, 2022

As a practicing attorney, I benefit every day from legal software designed to streamline the everyday lives of legal professionals. These are the promised benefits of legal tech. These are simply my observations of software developed to address specific fields of law. Family Law Software.

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Legal IT Professionals

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

MyCase, a leading law practice management software designed for the modern law firm, has introduced an innovative suite of new features and enhancements including a public API, easy card recharging and more.

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LawSites

JULY 27, 2023

On July 18, 2023, the top legal officers of three Boston-area technology companies came together for a live panel discussion about the city’s unique contributions to the legal tech landscape, which I moderated The panelists graciously agreed to allow LawNext to record the conversation, and this episode is that recording.

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Above the Law - Technology

JULY 10, 2023

In what is clearly a major milestone for Milestones , a legal tech company whose product provides law firm clients with automatic updates on their cases, it has closed a $2.1 Read more about Milestones/Hona in the LawNext Legal Technology Directory. The company works with the firm for the initial setup of the triggers.

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LawSites

JANUARY 31, 2022

Dashboard Legal is a collaboration and project management tool built for attorneys. Our new software helps lawyers organize their inboxes, track documents and deadlines, and collaborate with colleagues. Current solutions are built for specific departments but not legal functions. EmotionTrac.

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Attorney at Work

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Anne Haag (@CBA_LPMT) is a Practice Management Advisor at the Chicago Bar Association. Anne worked as a patent paralegal at a Chicago IP firm before arriving at the CBA in 2017 as the Law Practice Management and Technology department’s trainer/coordinator. The post Lawyer Tech Tips: Things That Go Bump in Legal Tech!

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LawNext podcast

APRIL 8, 2025

Among them were three individuals with deep ties to the legal tech community, each of whom lost their home to the fire. This week on LawNext, we speak with those three individuals: Valerie Chan, founder of the legal PR firm Platform PR. Rick Merrill, former founder of Gavalytics and current COO of Bridgeline Solutions.

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LawSites

JANUARY 19, 2024

The law practice management company LEAP Legal Software has hired Misti Holmes , a 20-year veteran of the legal technology, as its new chief operating officer in the United States. LEAP says that experience will help her ensure that new LEAP customers are getting the most out of LEAP and its cloud-based software.

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LawNext podcast

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

When Zach Posner was last on this podcast , it was 2021 and he was less than a year into having cofounded The LegalTech Fund , the first venture capital firm to be laser-focused on law and legal technology. His firm has also launched his own conference, the TLTF Summit , which will convene for the third straight year starting Dec.

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LawSites

APRIL 1, 2022

Catching up on recent legal tech news, there are four notable deals to report. First up is Athennian , the Canadian company that offers a cloud-based entity management platform. The company’s software allows legal departments and professional services firms to automate management of subsidiaries and legal entities.

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Legal Talk Network

JUNE 28, 2022

Choosing which legal software systems to use in your law practice is a big decision. New innovations in legal tech have become the great equalizer for many law firms, helping them output that’s competitive with other, larger law firms. Do you need to be able to access the software both in-office and remotely?

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AUGUST 6, 2024

Among the world’s top 100 private cloud computing companies are two in the legal tech sector, according to Forbes Cloud 100 2024. This is […]

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Above the Law - Technology

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Help pick the 15 legal tech startups that will get to compete at the eighth-annual Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW 2024. This groundbreaking concept of systemizing and optimizing a firm’s approach to non-hourly pricing through the use of a purpose-built software tool is an incredibly substantial innovation in the legal pricing space.

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AUGUST 29, 2022

Apart from the simple act of convening, ILTACON is the ideal venue to take the pulse of the legal tech community, to gauge the themes that are driving product development. Last week, LexisNexis announced API partnerships with two notable legal tech companies, as part of what Jeff Pfeifer , chief product officer for Canada, the U.K.,

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Legal Talk Network

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Consider adopting legal tech solutions, such as case management software or AI-driven legal research tools, that streamline workflows, enhance client communication, and improve overall efficiency.

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Lawyerist

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Clio Duo, an advanced AI-powered tool built into Clios law practice management software, offers features designed to streamline your workflow and enhance productivity. Furthermore, Duo can inform you about upcoming court appearances and client meetings, helping you manage your schedule effectively.

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