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LawNext PRFilevine Unveils the Next-Generation MedChron by FilevineTo hear more about about Filevine's recent MedChron announcement, Bob Ambrogi sits down with Filevine CEO Ryan Anderson, Vice President of Data Science Brianna Connelly, and Vice President of ML Initiatives Jonas Kratochvil.00:00 Introduction to LawNext PR and MedChron Launch00:59 Overview of MedChron and Its Importance04:30 Technical Innovations in MedChron07:38 Improved User Experience09:37 On the Verification and Accuracy of the Medical Records13:56 Security Measures17:23 Conclusion and Future Developments_____________________________About the Announcement:Salt Lake City, UT, June 11, 2025 – Fi...2025-06-2519 minLawNext PRLighthouse Announces AI SearchIn this episode of LawNext PR, Bob Ambrogi interviews Dan Brassil, executive director of search and information retrieval at Lighthouse, about the launch of Lighthouse AI Search.Lighthouse AI Search is an AI-First search tool designed specifically for eDiscovery, that allows litigation teams to better identify evidence, understand narratives, and build case strategy. Read the full press release on LawSites:https://www.lawnext.com/2025/05/lighthouse-launches-ai-search-to-transform-litigation-and-investigations.htmlCHAPTERS:00:00 Introduction to Lighthouse02:42 Understanding Lighthouse AI Search05:59 How does AI fit into...2025-06-0516 minLawNext PRInterview with CEO Ed Watts on InfoTrack IntelligenceIn this interview with CEO Ed Watts, we delve into InfoTrack's launch of InfoTrack Intelligence, the first AI-powered court filing solution tailored for U.S. law firms.Chapters:00:00 Introduction to InfoTrack01:37 Announcing InfoTrack Intelligence e-filing03:00 Streamlining Court Filing: The Value of InfoTrack Intelligence04:35 How does this change the user experience inside InfoTrack05:48 How long do filings take with InfoTrack Intelligence06:46 How does InfoTrack Intelligence accommodate differences in court filing requirements?08:07 Accuracy and Reliability: Addressing AI Concerns10:47 What states is this available...2025-06-0514 minLawNext PRClauseBase expansion into North America welcomes former Deloitte Legal leader Jan Roggen as VP of growthMontreal, April 24, 2025 – ClauseBase, the all-in-one legal drafting platform, is proud to announce its expansion into North America with the opening of a new office in Montreal. This strategic move is driven by the appointment of Jan Roggen as Vice President of Growth.“At Deloitte, I had the opportunity to work extensively with ClauseBase and was continually impressed by the team and its products,” said Jan Roggen. “The platform’s intuitive design and powerful features made a significant impact on our legal operations. I jumped at the opportunity to join the team, and I’m thrilled to make the move to No...2025-04-2914 minLawNext PRThread Legal Announces Launch of Version 3Estera Orsolic, Operations Lead at Thread Legal Software, discusses the launch of Thread Legal Version 3 on February 24th on behalf of CEO Shane Branagan. Estera highlights the key new features, including a modernized UX, Kanban task management, an integrated matter calendar, enhanced time tracking, and streamlined document management—allowing users to update statuses, assign files, and organize documents with ease.______________________________00:00 IntroductionABOUT THREAD LEGAL:01:00 About Thread Legal: Overview02:15 About: What type of user do you serve?03:13 About: What does a Matter Management Software do fo...2025-02-2518 minLawNext PRSimpleDocs Launches SimpleAI: An AI-Powered Playbook Builder for In-House Legal TeamsIn this episode of LawNext PR, Bob Ambrogi interviews Preston Clark, CEO of SimpleDocs, about the launch of SimpleAI, an AI-powered playbook builder designed for in-house legal teams.About the Press Release:SimpleDocs, the creator of AutoNDA, today announced the launch of SimpleAI, an advanced playbook builder designed specifically for in-house legal teams to accelerate routine contract negotiations and mitigate risk with AI-driven efficiency.Previously released in Beta, SimpleAI went through rigorous testing with dozens of global in-house teams before full launch.With its intuitive web-based playbook builder, SimpleAI empowers legal...2025-02-1117 min
LawNextCEO Nikole Nelson Returns to LawNext with An Update on Frontline Justice’s Mission to Empower Justice Workers and Bridge the Justice GapIn the United States, we face a staggering crisis in access to justice, with over 90% of low-income Americans' civil legal needs estimated to be going unmet. But what if there was a way to dramatically expand legal help by empowering a new category of legal helpers? That's exactly what today's guest, Nikole Nelson, is working to achieve as CEO of Frontline Justice. After 25 years as a legal aid lawyer in Alaska, Nelson now leads this national nonprofit organization dedicated to establishing and supporting "community justice workers" – people who are not lawyers but who are trained to provide ess...2025-02-0340 minLawNext PRNew research from Ari Kaplan Advisors and Opus 2: Litigation department growth, challenges, and techIn this episode of Law Next PR, Bob Ambrogi interviews Ari Kaplan, principle of Ari Kaplan Advisors, and Greg Blackman, CEO of Opus 2, about a new research study on the litigation technology landscape.Ari Kaplan Advisors, in partnership with Opus 2, has released new research that provides industry benchmarks, analysis of challenges and market trends, and an overview of the litigation technology landscape. Key findings include growing caseloads and data volumes, limitations of outdated technology, and the competitive advantage offered by GenAI.Download the research here: https://www.opus2.com/litigation-support-industry-research2025-01-2919 minLawNext PRNew Trellis AI Solution - Leverages State Court Data to Automate Litigation TasksLawSites' Bob Ambrogi speaks with Nicole Clark, founder of Trellis, about their new Trellis AI tools.Trellis AI is a new legal productivity platform that leverages the largest repository of state court docket data to help litigators evaluate cases, automate brief drafting, suggest winning strategies, and more.To read more about the news, head over to LawSites Blog, or visit Trellis.law2024-12-1117 minLawNextLive from #ClioCon: Clio’s CTO Jonathan Watson on the Development of Clio Duo, Its Gen AI Legal AssistantRecently, the law practice management company Clio launched Clio Duo, its generative AI legal assistant. On today’s LawNext, Jonathan Watson, Clio’s chief technology officer, joins the show to discuss Duo’s development, capabilities and future direction.He also talks about some of the other products Clio recently launched, including native accounting and custom reporting. Watson and LawNext host Bob Ambrogi recorded this conversation live at the Clio Cloud Conference in Austin, Texas, in October. Watson has twice previously been on this podcast, on Nov. 14, 2023, and on Nov. 3, 2022. He has been with Clio since 2017, and has been it...2024-11-0723 minLawNextLive from #ClioCon: A Deep Dive into the 2024 Clio Legal Trends Report, with Joshua Lenon, Clio’s Lawyer in ResidenceAt the recent Clio Cloud Conference in Austin, Texas, Clio released its ninth annual Legal Trends Report, a report that uses both survey responses and anonymized data from Clio users to paint a picture of key trends in law practice and legal technology. This year’s report has some intriguing findings on lawyers’ adoption of AI and the types of tasks within a law office that could be automated using AI.The survey also looks at trends in hourly and flat fee billing, and includes the results of a “secret shopper” study of lawyers’ responses (or, more accurately...2024-10-2832 minLawNext PRBriefpoint Unveils New Propounding Discovery GeneratorIn a conversation with Bob Ambrogi, Briefpoint founder Nathan Walter unveils its new Propounding Discovery module drafts 3 sets of outgoing discovery using a single pleading .pdf upload.Briefpoint is for attorneys who are interested in incorporating AI into their practice without having to change how they practice. Briefpoint’s patented AI system drafts discovery response and request documents in minutes (instead of hours).Questions asked in this video:01:19 - How was Briefpoint started?04:24 - What does the new Propounding Discovery Generator do in Briefpoint?07:58 - Can you talk about AI...2024-10-0116 min
Legaltech Week09/20/2024: The Shrinking Ownership of Law Practice Management Technology, Midlevels hate law firm tech, and moreEach week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists. This week's topics: 00:00 - Introductions 09:00 - The Shrinking Ownership of Law Practice Management Technology 23:00 - Will AI Disrupt the Billable Hour? 37:00 - Midlevels hate law firm tech 51:00 - LinkedIn is using your data to train AI. Here's how to turn it off. 53:00 - Going to Mexico? Be careful how many electronic devices you take Sign up for our newsletter to r...2024-09-2559 minLawNextA Deep Dive Into Filevine’s New Gen AI Tools for LitigatorsAt its recent customer conference in Salt Lake City, called LEX Summit, the case management company Filevine unveiled a number of product releases and updates. Among them were several products for litigators driven by generative AI, including a first-of-its-kind tool, Depo CoPilot, that helps guide a lawyer during a deposition, and another, DemandsAI, that generates settlement demand letters in the lawyer’s own voice and style. On today’s LawNext, we do a deep dive into those new products with the two executives who oversee product development at Filevine, Michael Anderson, chief product officer, and Alex McLaughlin, vice p...2024-09-2429 minLawNext PRAnnouncing the Launch of the AllRize AI-powered law practice management platformAllRize, a leading innovator of software solutions for law firms and in-house legal departments, today introduced its AI-powered law practice management platform. The comprehensive SaaS solution includes all the features necessary to help legal teams streamline internal operations, increase staff productivity, and deliver superior service to their clients.Designed as an easily customizable platform, AllRize offers four software modules that work together with a unified and intuitive interface built on the Microsoft Dynamics framework. The modules include:• CRM – including intake, client communications, and outbound marketing capabilities• Matters – providing simplified management of all cases, document...2024-09-2311 minLawNextThe State of Knowledge Management and Innovation in Legal, with Patrick DiDomenico and Joshua FiremanOn Oct. 17 and 18, 2024, two of the legal industry’s leading experts on knowledge management and innovation, Patrick DiDomenico, founder and CEO of InspireKM Consulting, and Joshua Fireman, president of Fireman & Company, which is owned by Epiq, the global provider of technology-enabled legal services, will present the second-annual KM&I for Legal Conference in New York City. The conference, which focuses on the latest developments and best practices in knowledge management and innovation in law firms and legal departments, comes at a critical juncture. In recent years, KM and innovation professionals in legal have seen their roles evolve sig...2024-09-0351 minLawNext PRAnnouncing Rocket Matter NextGen Leap Forward in Practice Management SoftwareBob Ambrogi interviews ProfitSolv VP of Marketing Scott Clasen, and Senior Director of Product Marketing Erica Birstler, about the announcement of Rocket Matter NextGen.00:00 - Introductions00:54 - What is Rocket Matter?02:17 - What is Rocket Matter NextGen? 03:40 - What are the biggest changes to Rocket Matter with the announcement of NextGen?08:47 - What size law firm is Rocket Matter intended for?13:29 - How does Rocket Matter NextGen change the user experience?15:32 - What kind of support does Rocket Matter offer to users? 19:20...2024-07-1631 minLawNext PRAnnouncing the Launch of NeosAIAssembly Software announces the launch of its groundbreaking AI-powered features integrated directly into its legendary Neos case management platform, promising to transform the way legal professionals operate and streamline their daily tasks. NeosAI is designed to enhance efficiency, streamline processes, and elevate productivity by embedding AI technology directly into Neos workflows. Unlike other AI products that disrupt workflow by requiring users to switch between platforms, NeosAI seamlessly integrates within Neos, empowering users to leverage AI capabilities without interrupting their workflow.2024-06-0518 minLawNext PRKLoBot Introduces KLapper – Virtual Counsel Powered by Generative AIKM and AI: Powering the Future of Law Firm IntelligenceAutomating repetitive tasks and synthesizing information, generative AI is revolutionizing how information is managed, disseminated, and utilized in law firms. As a result, AI is reshaping the traditional role of KM, elevating the strategic importance of knowledge professionals.KLoBot Inc. recently introduced KLapper, an AI-powered DIY platform for creating virtual assistants, that provide “intelligence anywhere” access to attorneys across their favorite devices and apps using just their voice or text. KLapper is one of many tech innovations of Ragav Jagannathan, an industry disrupter and creator of A...2024-04-2420 minLawNextAll About KL3M, The First LLM Built From Scratch for Legal, with 273 Ventures’ Jillian BommaritoWith so much focus on the use of large language models in law practice, the Kelvin Large Language Model – or KL3M (pronounced CLEM) for short – stands out as distinct for two reasons. For one, it is the first LLM built entirely from scratch specifically for the legal market. In addition, it is the first LLM in any domain to be training entirely on clean, legally permissible data and to be certified as such by the organization Fairly Trained. To discuss how KL3M was developed and why this built-from-scratch, domain-specific LLM is significant for the legal indus...2024-04-1645 minLawNext PRSmokeball AI for Law Firms: Upcoming ReleasesJoin Smokeball's Ruchie Chadha, President, and Jordan Turk, Legal Technology Advisor, as they discuss the launch of Smokeball's groundbreaking Artificial Intelligence (AI) functionality, designed to elevate legal professionals, and optimize their existing workflows and productivity. With regard to Artificial Intelligence, Smokeball firmly believes that AI won't replace small law practitioners, but those leveraging AI for efficiency will eclipse those who don't.2024-03-2014 minLawNextEp 237: How A New Kind of Justice Worker Could Narrow the Justice Gap, with Nikole Nelson, CEO of Frontline JusticeIn November, the organization Frontline Justice launched with the mission of addressing the escalating access to justice crisis by empowering a new category of legal helper, the justice worker. The organization has an ambitious mission: To clear the way for justice workers to exist in all 50 states by 2035. In pursuit of that mission, it is backed by an impressive founding team that includes Rebecca Sandefur, one of the world’s leading scholars on access to justice (who was on LawNext in 2020); Matthew Burnett, senior program officer for the Access to Justice Research Initiative at the American Bar Fou...2024-02-1346 minLawNext PRThe Anatomy of a Legal Brief -- new research from TypeLawEfficiency and precision are both vital when crafting a brief, but attorneys can get bogged down in the details and end up wasting valuable hours on formatting minutiae. It’s a tricky balance to get right.It's not uncommon for attorneys to spend between 20 and 40+ hours on a complex legal brief, including drafting, formatting, and editing. What takes so long?TypeLaw recently analyzed the composition of 10,000+ legal briefs, appeals, original proceedings, and trial motions to reveal the typical anatomy of a legal brief. Bob Ambrogi discusses the research with TypeLaw co-founder & CEO, Attorney Chris Dralla.2024-01-2413 minLawNextAn Inside Look At Driving Innovation within A Major Law Firm and A Major Legal DepartmentWhat are the nuances of driving innovation within a law firm or legal department? For an inside perspective on that question, we speak with Rachel Dooley, who at the time of this recording was chief innovation officer at the law firm Goodwin Procter, and Ilona Logvinova, managing counsel and head of innovation for McKinsey Legal. Dooley and Logvinova spoke together at the recent Knowledge Management & Innovation for Legal Conference in New York City, sharing their views and insights on innovation from their unique perspectives. Shortly after they spoke, they sat down live with LawNext host Bob Ambrogi...2024-01-1023 minLawNextThe Founders of Two Legal Tech Startups: Nicole Clark of Trellis and Kevin Walker and Bryan Davis of CentariToday on LawNext, we feature two brief, back-to-back interviews with the founders of two separate legal tech startups, both recorded live during the inaugural Knowledge Management & Innovation for Legal Conference held recently in New York City. First up is Nicole Clark, cofounder and CEO of Trellis, an AI-powered state court research and analytics platform. (Clark was previously on LawNext in January 2002.) Then, in the second part of the show, we speak with the cofounders of Centari, an AI-powered knowledge management and dealmaking platform, Kevin Walker, the company’s CEO, and Bryan Gilbert Davis, its CTO. LawN...2024-01-0334 minLawNext PRJurorSearch adds mock trial management to voir dire management softwareBob chats with Dan Johnson, founder of JurorSearch, the leading voir dire management solution to handle all aspects of jury selection. Dan discusses the path of client-driven software development as he learns from trial attorneys and jury consultants the customizable features they want to use. Bob also gets the scoop on the launch of DataDrox.com a survey tool originally built for mock trials and focus groups but also useful as an alternative to SurveyMonkey, Google Forms and Office Forms. 2023-12-0517 minLawNextThe Law Students Working to End Racism in the Legal SystemEach 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. This year, 15 students received fellowships of $10,000 each to spend nine months working in teams to research one of five “cluster projects” that the fellowship program targeted for the potential to make a meaningful impact. The students – all from law schools that are members of the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Law School Consortium – recently published the findings of their research i...2023-12-0444 minLawNext PRLawmato relaunching with immediate consultation featureStarting on Friday, December 1, legal tech startup Lawmato will be back with its virtual legal consultation platform app (“Lawmato”) offering new and improved features.One of the new features is the availability of immediate consultation. “We suspected, and ourcustomers have spoken, that they value the ability to obtain consultation at the moment most convenient to them,” said Lawmato founder and CEO Tom Tong. Lawmato’s first of its kind scheduled virtual consultation offering provides transparency andefficiency to prospective clients, whether individuals or businesses. Prospective clients can search for lawyers, review background, experience and consultation rate, choo...2023-12-0120 minLawNextErika Harold, Executive Director, Illinois Supreme Court Commission on ProfessionalismOn this episode of LawNext: An interview recorded live with Erika Harold, executive director of the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism, an organization charged with working to enhance civility and professionalism and to eliminate bias within the legal profession. A former litigator, Harold was named executive director in April 2022, to succeed retiring executive director Jayne Reardon, who has also been a guest on this podcast. A nationally recognized advocate of bullying prevention efforts, Harold led the commission this summer in launching a statewide initiative to assess the prevalence and impact of bullying in the legal profession a...2023-11-2033 minLawNext PRAnnouncing timekeeping, billing, and payments on FilevineLeading legal platform, Filevine, recently announced the launch of end-to-end timekeeping, billing and payments, enabling customers to track time, bill their clients, and receive payments easily and securely within the Filevine platform. The release rounds out Filevine's robust suite of natively-built legal solutions and meets the needs of the growing number of non-contingency firms looking to Filevine to optimize their legal operations. Learn more about Filevine's latest capabilities here: https://www.filevine.com/platform/billing-and-time-keeping/. 2023-11-1315 minLawNext PRA Deeper Dive into PracticePanther's 2024 Small & Midsized Law Firm ReportPracticePanther's Colin Li and Mayowa Oyebadejo summarize the key findings from the company's 2024 Small & Midsized Law Firm Report.About the Report:The groundbreaking report presents a comprehensive overview of the evolving market trends shaping the small and midsized law firm landscape and how firms are navigating them to prepare for a successful 2024.Despite broader economic uncertainties, the report highlights a prevailing optimism among small and midsized law firms. Over 75% of them have increased or maintained their budgets, especially in technology, marketing, and labor costs. We dive into the heavy investments in technology, the...2023-11-0716 minLawNext PRLaw Insider announces ClauseFinderPresident and CoFounder of Law Insider, Preston Clark, announces ClauseFinder to host Bob Ambrogi.From Law Insider:We're thrilled to announce ClauseFinder. The world’s largest clause library–right where you need it. Draft with Confidence: ClauseFinder structures and ranks millions of clauses from the public domain drafted by some of the largest and most respected law firms in the country. Draft with Speed: ClauseFinder integrates with Microsoft Word, eliminating time-consuming platform switching while drafting.Draft Smarter: AI-powered search and tagging allows your team to find relevant or suggested clauses...2023-11-0613 minLawNextEp 223: A Conversation About Wrongful Convictions, with Brian Banks and Michael SemanchikThis week, LawNext veers slightly off-topic for a conversation about wrongful convictions. But, as you’ll hear from our guests, there is a legal tech angle, even to this. At the recent Clio Cloud Conference, LawNext host Bob Ambrogi had the opportunity to sit down for a live conversation with one of the keynote speakers, Brian Banks, whose aspirations for a career in the NFL were sidetracked when, at age 16, he was falsely accused of sexual assault, resulting in his accepting a plea bargain that put him in prison for five years. It was an experience that has...2023-10-2330 minLawNext PRTrailerWelcome to the LawNext Press Release podcast2023-10-2302 minLawNextEp 212: Three General Counsel Discuss Boston’s Unique Contributions to the Legal Tech LandscapeOn 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, moderated by LawNext host Bob Ambrogi. The panelists graciously agreed to allow LawNext to record the conversation, and this episode is that recording. The three panelists are: Margaret K. Minister, general counsel for Evisort, an AI-driven contract lifecycle management company that was founded out of Harvard Law School and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. William “Mo” Cowan, chief legal and external affairs officer at Devoted Health, a tech...2023-07-271h 05LawNextLexFusion CEO Joe Borstein On His Company’s Third Anniversary and His Client Casetext’s Acquisition By Thomson ReutersIn October 2020, legal industry veterans Joe Borstein and Paul Stroka set out to change the legal tech sales paradigm by founding LexFusion as a go-to-market representative of a curated collection of companies across major categories of legal technology. As the company nears its third anniversary, Borstein joins LawNext to reflect on its successes and failures and to share where it is today. In addition, Borstein shares his perspective on the recent acquisition of Casetext by legal tech behemoth Thomson Reuters for $650 million in cash. As it happens, not only was Casetext one of the companies that LexFusion...2023-07-0544 minLawNextLive from the CLOC Global Institute: Interviews with 22 Legal Tech ExhibitorsOn this episode of LawNext, we’re taking you to the conference floor of the CLOC Global Institute, the annual conference of the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium that was held May 15-18 in Las Vegas, for a series of brief interviews with 22 of the legal tech companies that exhibited there. Since the first CLOC Global Institute in 2016, this conference has become a leading event for legal operations professionals and for anybody who works in corporate legal. For that reason, its exhibit hall draws many of the leading legal tech companies that cater to corporate legal, including an abu...2023-05-301h 10LawNext‘A Bit Of A Nothingburger’: Joshua Browder Speaks To The DoNotPay ControversyOn this episode of LawNext: Joshua Browder, founder of DoNotPay. Browder achieved international recognition when, at just 17 years old in 2015, he founded DoNotPay, touted as the world’s first robot lawyer, to help people appeal parking tickets. The company claims the app has saved motorists in the U.S. and UK many millions of dollars. DoNotPay went on to release a series of apps designed to help consumers – and, more recently, small businesses – solve common legal problems, all without the need for a lawyer, and, along the way, it has raised some $28 million in venture funding. In recent...2023-02-0944 minLawNextEp 191: Theory and Principle Founder Nicole Bradick on Designing and Building Legal Tech ProductsWhen this podcast launched in July 2018, the very first guest on the very first episode was Nicole Bradick, who six months earlier had launched the legal technology design and development company Theory and Principle. As the company marks its fifth anniversary, Bradick returns to LawNext with news that the company is branching off in a new direction, launching T&P Studio, an arm of the business devoted to co-developing legal tech products in partnership with others. The new business will work with partners in the legal industry who have ideas for products but who may not have t...2023-01-3135 min
The Florida Bar's LegalFuel PodcastTech Expert, Bob Ambrogi, Shares Practice Management and Legal Technology GuidanceMaking the most of your time is probably at the top of your list if you’re running a solo or small law firm. When you’re managing both the business side of your firm while also practicing law, your to-do list may quickly become overwhelming. Reducing repetitive tasks and streamlining your processes can be made easier with legal technology. That’s why choosing the right technology for your needs can be one of the most important decisions you will make. In today’s episode, hosts Christine Bilbrey and Jamie Moore welcome legal technolog...2023-01-3058 minLawNextA Special Fireside Chat with Four Legal Innovation Leaders on the State of the IndustryOn Nov. 7, 2022, at the NetDocuments Inspire 2022 conference for its customers and partners, LawNext host Bob Ambrogi moderated a fireside chat with four legal innovation leaders on the trends driving their organizations and legal teams and how they are addressing current challenges to set up their organizations for the next decade of success. NetDocuments and the four panelists have graciously consented to sharing the recording of that chat with the listeners of LawNext. The four panelists were: John Hunter, Chief Information Officer, Council of Europe. Mike Lucas, Chief Information Officer, Wilson Sonsini. Maurice Tunney, Director of Technology an...2023-01-0334 minLawNextJeff Pfeifer of LexisNexis on Partnering with NetDocuments to Enrich Law Firm DataEarlier this month, at the NetDocuments three-day Inspire 2022 conference for customers and partners, one of the speakers was Jeff Pfeifer, chief product officer for LexisNexis for Canada, the U.K., and the U.S. He was there to speak about a unique partnership between LexisNexis and NetDocuments called Highlights, which embeds LexisNexis case analysis and intelligence technology directly into the NetDocuments platform, enriching legal documents and making them easier to find and retrieve. A broader theme of both Pfeifer and the conference was that of patterns of knowledge and of how enriching legal documents not only makes...2022-11-2823 minLawNextLawNext #ClioCon Bonus Episode: Ronnie Gurion, Clio’s Chief Operating OfficerAt the 2022 Clio Cloud Conference held recently in Nashville, LawNext host Bob Ambrogi sat down for a series of in-person interviews with Clio executives. In this episode, he speaks with Ronnie Gurion, chief operating officer With 20 years of experience leading marketplace, e-commerce, and SaaS businesses to achieve rapid global expansion and growth, Gurion plays a pivotal role in shaping Clio’s next chapter. As the previous GM and global head of Uber for Business (U4B), Gurion brings a wealth of global market activation experience, having grown the business rapidly during his tenure. When he’s not devel...2022-11-0122 minLawNextLawNext #ClioCon Bonus Episode: Jonathan Watson, Clio’s Chief Technology OfficerAt the 2022 Clio Cloud Conference held recently in Nashville, LawNext host Bob Ambrogi sat down for a series of in-person interviews with Clio executives. In this episode, he speaks with Jonathan Watson, Clio’s chief technology officer. With over 20 years of leadership experience in large-scale SaaS and live gaming solutions, Watson’s unique approach and passion for intertwining product development, design, user experience, and engineering have accelerated Clio’s product growth while earning Clio best-in-class NPS and customer retention rates. Outside of the office, he’s an endless tinkerer who is always exploring creative pursuits including...2022-10-2822 minLawNextLawNext #ClioCon Bonus Episode: Reagan Attle, Clio’s Chief Marketing OfficerAt the 2022 Clio Cloud Conference held recently in Nashville, LawNext host Bob Ambrogi sat down for a series of in-person interviews with Clio executives. In this episode, he speaks with Reagan Attle, chief marketing officer at Clio. Known for building and leading high-performing and award-winning teams, Attle has 20 years of experience and has played a major role in Clio’s growth to date, having led the announcements of and go-to-market strategies for Clio’s Series D and E funding rounds, acquisitions of Lexicata, CalendarRules, and Lawyaw, and the launch of Clio Payments and Clio’s new mission and bra...2022-10-2722 minLawNextLawNext #ClioCon Bonus Episode: Shubham Datta, Clio’s VP of Corporate DevelopmentAt the 2022 Clio Cloud Conference held recently in Nashville, LawNext host Bob Ambrogi sat down for a series of in-person interviews with Clio executives. In this episode, he speaks with Shubham Datta, vice president of corporate development at Clio. Datta oversees the development and execution of Clio’s strategic growth strategy through acquisitions and investments. He brings to Clio years of M&A experience on both sides of the table as a strategic acquirer and sell-side advisor, with experiences in sourcing, deal execution and integration. Prior to Clio, Shubham was a corporate development lead at Shopify working on...2022-10-2626 minLawNextLawNext #ClioCon Bonus Episode: Clio’s Joshua Lenon on the Legal Trends ReportAt the 2022 Clio Cloud Conference held recently in Nashville, LawNext host Bob Ambrogi sat down for a series of in-person interviews with Clio executives. In this episode, he speaks with Joshua Lenon, lawyer in residence at Clio, about the recently released 2022 Legal Trends Report. An attorney admitted to the New York Bar, Lenon brings legal scholarship to the conversations happening both within Clio and with its customers. Lenon has worked extensively to educate lawyers on technology’s capability to enhance their practice, while also teaching tech companies about the unique needs of the legal system.2022-10-2629 minLawNextLawNext #ClioCon Bonus Episode: Curt Sigfstead, Clio’s Chief Financial OfficerAt the 2022 Clio Cloud Conference held recently in Nashville, LawNext host Bob Ambrogi sat down for a series of in-person interviews with Clio executives. In this episode, he speaks with Curt Sigfstead, chief financial officer. He is responsible for managing Clio’s financial affairs, including finance, accounting, capital, treasury, taxation, and corporate development. With over two decades of technology finance experience, Sigfstead has held numerous senior finance leadership roles at companies including Clearco and J.P. Morgan. He sits on multiple nonprofit boards including C100, which supports Canadian technology entrepreneurs through investment and mentorship. When he’s not disrupting the...2022-10-2021 minLawNextLitify COO Ari Treuhaft on Why the Practice Management Company Considers Itself A Unique Category of Legal TechThe law practice management platform Litify is unique in several ways. For one, it is built on top of Salesforce, the sales and marketing automation platform used by many Fortune 500 companies. For another, it was developed by a team of people who came out of Morgan & Morgan, the largest plaintiffs’ law firm in the United States. Since its launch in 2016, Litify has raised $50 million in Series A funding, acquired the e-billing company LegalStratus, and expanded its customer base to include a range of mid-to-large sized law firms and corporate legal departments, and has even developed an off-the-shelf sol...2022-06-1542 minLawNextAs LawPay Acquires MyCase, Our Exclusive LawNext Interview with the Two CEOsAs this episode is being released, news is breaking that is likely to have a profound impact on the law practice management market: AffiniPay, the parent company of the electronic payments platform LawPay, has acquired the law practice management company MyCase, along with several other practice management products that MyCase acquired over the past year. Just ahead of today’s announcement, the CEOs of the two companies sat down for an exclusive podcast interview with LawNext host Bob Ambrogi to answer questions about the deal. They discuss how the deal came about, what it means for each company’s customers, and w...2022-06-091h 23LawNextIs the End in Sight for State Limits on Law Practice?Lawyers are largely limited to practicing law in the states in which they are licensed. But now, calling that rule anachronistic, the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers has asked the American Bar Association to amend the model rules that govern law practice to allow lawyers admitted in any U.S. jurisdiction to practice law and provide legal advice to clients anywhere in the country. “Our proposal advocates that a lawyer admitted in any United States jurisdiction should be able to practice law and represent willing clients without regard to the geographic location of the lawyer or the client, without re...2022-05-1744 minLawNextCarl Malamud on His Three-Plus Decades of Working to Free the LawNo one has worked harder, worked longer or had more success at the cause of making government information accessible to the public than Carl Malamud and his organization Public.Resource.Org. From putting the SEC’s EDGAR database online in 1993 – effectively shaming the SEC into putting it online itself two years later – to his 2020 U.S. Supreme Court victory defeating the state of Georgia’s claim of copyright in its official legislative code, to his 2022 federal court win allowing him to publish private-industry technical standards that are incorporated by reference into thousands of federal, state and local laws, Malamud has devo...2022-05-031h 04LawNextFilevine CEO Ryan Anderson on His Company’s $108M Raise and the Future of Practice ManagementLast week, Filevine, the Utah-based case management company, raised $108 million in a Series D funding round. Founded in 2014 with an original focus on litigation and personal injury law, the company has been steadily expanding its platform into other areas of law practice — including larger firms, insurance defense, corporate legal, and government — and it plans to use this funding to further fuel that expansion. Filevine’s cofounder and CEO Ryan Anderson is this week’s guest on LawNext in an episode recorded the day the company announced this latest raise. Before starting Filevine, Anderson was a founding partner at a western-s...2022-04-2736 minLawNextHow Legal Departments Can Use Data to Drive Smarter Decision-Making, with Jeffrey Solomon of Wolters KluwerAs head of managed services and analytics at Wolters Kluwer ELM Solutions, Jeffrey Solomon oversees a database that tracks over $150 billion in legal spend data. Legal departments are able to use this data in multiple ways, including to benchmark outside firms’ billing rates and to evaluate staffing of legal matters. In this episode of LawNext, Solomon joins host Bob Ambrogi for a deep dive into how corporate legal departments are using data and analytics to drive more strategic decision-making around setting and managing legal budgets and legal spend. They also talk about how access to this data is...2022-03-2337 min
The Legal Ops PodcastThe Pulse: Google enters the AI-based contract review space, another legal tech directory, a capital raising and an interesting ethical questionAlex and Elliot chat about: * Checkbox's recent US$4.5m capital raise * LawNext's new legal tech directory * Google's AI-based contract review service, Contract DocAI * Whether or not lawyers should have an ethical obligation to be efficient (spoiler: probably not) LINKS Checkbox capital raise: https://www.businessnewsaustralia.com/articles/checkbox-raises-6-3-m-to-take-automated-app-builder-global.html LawNext's legal tech directory: https://directory.lawnext.com/directory-companies/categories/contract-lifecycle-management/ Contract DocAI: https://www.artificiallawyer.com/2021/11/18/google-tells-artificial-lawyer-about-its-contract-docai-strategy/ Efficiency as an ethical obligation: https://www.artificiallawyer.com/2022/02/14/what-if-lawyers-had-an-ethical-obligation-to-be-efficient/ 2022-03-0227 minLawNextAs Time By Ping Raises $36.5M, Exclusive Interview with CEO Ryan AlshakAs Time By Ping, a company devoted to helping lawyers break free from timekeeping, announces its Series B raise of $36.5 million, cofounder and CEO Ryan Alshak joins LawNext for an exclusive interview about the financing, the company, and its mission to help lawyers break free from timekeeping and get back time in their days. As Alshak shares in the interview, the roots of the company’s mission are very personal to him. Soon after starting the company, his mother fell ill with cancer, causing him to balance managing a startup and spending time with her. After her death in 2018, he...2022-03-0140 minLawNextDigitally Transforming the Legal Department: A Panel of ExpertsAt a time when corporations are demanding greater accountability, transparency and predictability from their legal departments, automation of manual processes is a critical strategic priority, offering the promise of greater efficiency and effectiveness. But what does it really mean for a legal department to digitally transform itself and how should it go about it? In this special edition of LawNext, three leading corporate general counsel and an expert consultant share their stories of digital transformation and their advice for others embarking on their own transformations. Panelists featured in this episode are: Bill Deckelman, Executive Vice President a...2022-01-1047 minLawNextLegal Ops Pioneer Mary Shen O’Carroll On Moving From Google To IroncladMary Shen O’Carroll pioneered the field of legal operations during her 13 years as director of operations, technology and strategy at Google. She was also instrumental in forming the influential organization CLOC – the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium – and was elected its president in 2019. In April, she walked away from both of those roles, leaving Google and stepping down as CLOC president, to join the contract lifecycle management company Ironclad as chief community officer, where she will scale and lead the company’s global community. “In Ironclad, I see the same mix of magic ingredients of community, vision, and talent...2021-07-1241 minLawNextThe State of Legal Tech in Europe and Russia, with ELTA President Holger ZscheygeThroughout Europe and Eastern Europe, Holger Zscheyge is widely regarded as a leading authority on legal technology and innovation. President of the European Legal Technology Association, he is also founder and managing director of Infotropic Media, a Moscow-based legal publisher and producer of legal technology conferences, and a cofounder of Moscow Legal Hackers. Zscheyge was a guest on LawNext in 2018, when host Bob Ambrogi interviewed him live in Moscow at the Skolkovo LegalTech conference about the state of legal tech adoption in Russia. A lot has changed since then, so Zscheyge, who took office as ELTA president l...2021-04-1240 minLegaltech WeekLTW 2021.02.19 - Three New Studies, and How to See an ROI During CovidStories This Week: 3:36 - Launch Factory seeks legal tech founders 8:58 - Thompson Reuters ALSP report 12:38 - Lawyer referral services 23:22 - Digitizing state courts to increase access to justice. 30:10 - Drunk Cylon? 30:49 - Legal tech M&A study 35:44 - iManage's ROI study & the nature of industry polling 47:38 - Matt Homann and the Virtual Conference Manifesto 54:05 - Vendor commercials & conferences 56:38 - Rant & Raves: Jones Day gets hacked Our panelists this week are: Stephen Embry, publisher, TechLaw Crossroads; V...2021-02-201h 00Legaltech WeekLTW 2021.02.05 - Legalweek Post-Mortem, Plus the Panelists’ Top StoriesThis week saw the first virtual version of Legalweek, typically one of the largest legal tech and legal industry conferences. How well did the physical conference translate to the virtual world? Our panelists share their thoughts. Stories this week include: 4:07 - Legal Week(year) 15:20 - Collaboration between legal tech companies and law firms 24:00 - Judicial ethics and Reality TV 30:40 - Troutman’s hire of a “remote” partner 41:20 - 23andMe going public 47:32 - A new company that rates Saas vendors’ contracts 51:17 - Box acquires an e-sign...2021-02-061h 01Legaltech Week1.29.21 - New This Week: Panelists’ Rants and RavesWe introduce a new segment this week: panelists’ rants and raves, a lightning round of what made us mad or glad this week. Other stories we discuss include: a look-ahead to virtual Legalweek, an ABA ethics opinion on responding to negative online criticism, ROSS’s litigation gambit calling Thomson Reuters a monopoly, whether virtual firms are here to stay, and ODR comes to Manhattan small claims court. Our panelists this week are: Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelist at MyCase; Stephen Embry, publisher, TechLaw Crossroads; Victoria Hudgins, reporter for Legaltech News; Victor Li, assistant managing edito...2021-01-2958 minLegaltech Week1.22.21: Working Parents and the Pandemic, Plus Panelists’ Top StoriesA quiet week overall in legal technology news, but a Law.com article on the pandemic’s disproportionate impact on women and diverse attorneys generates impassioned discussion among the panelists. Other stories we discuss include: an in-depth analysis of the legal tech market, the acquisition of a popular legal newsletter publisher, the hurdles to teaching tech to remote law students, the ABA Journal’s latest class of Legal Rebels, and a challenge to legal tech companies from Joe Patrice to develop a much-needed app. Our panelists this week are: Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and legalt...2021-01-291h 01Legaltech Week1.8.21: Multiple Mergers and Acquisitions, Plus the Panel’s Predictions for 2021In our first show of the new year, our panel of legal tech journalists share their thoughts on the events this week at the Capitol, and then turn to the week’s top stories in legal tech and innovation. They also share their predictions for 2021, and consider the question, “What exactly is legal tech?” This week’s panelists are: Stephen Embry, publisher, TechLaw Crossroads; Caroline Hill, editor in chief, Legal IT Insider; Victoria Hudgins, reporter for Legaltech News; Victor Li, assistant managing editor of the ABA Journal; Molly McDonough, media consultant, former publisher and editor-in-chief of the ABA Journ...2021-01-1359 minLegaltech Week12.18.20: Panelists Pick the Year’s Top Legaltech StoriesIn a special year-end episode of Legaltech Week, our panel of legaltech journalists share their picks for the top stories of the year in legal technology and innovation. What were they? You’ll have to listen to the episode to find out. This week’s panelists are: Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelist at MyCase; Stephen Embry, publisher, TechLaw Crossroads; Caroline Hill, editor in chief, Legal IT Insider; Victoria Hudgins, reporter for Legaltech News; Victor Li, assistant managing editor of the ABA Journal; Molly McDonough, media consultant, former publisher and editor-in-chief of the ABA Journal; Joe P...2020-12-1859 minLegaltech Week12.11.20: The Closing of Legal Research Startup ROSS, Plus the Panel’s Top StoriesOur panel of legaltech journalists discuss the week’s top story: The decision to close down its operations by legal research startup ROSS Intelligence, under pressure from a lawsuit filed against it by legal research giant Thomson Reuters. Does Thomson Reuters have a legitimate claim or is it using litigation to squelch a competitor? Our panelists share their opinions. Other stories we discuss this week include: Benjamin Moore fires its entire in-house legal department; London firm DWF posts strong half-year financial results, owing in part to its managed services business; Irish AI-powered spend management company Brightflag raises $28 mil...2020-12-1158 minLegaltech Week12.04.20: Vindication for Virtual Conferences, Plus the Panel’s Top StoriesVirtual legal conferences have been a recurring topic on Legaltech Week, as we’ve debated the highs and lows of presenting conferences online. But panelist Niki Black has persisted in pushing the idea of virtual conferences. This week, the virtual conference concept got vindicated, as several panelists attended the virtual E-Discovery Day event produced by EDRM.net, complete with avatars. In this week’s episode, we share our experiences and opinions with the virtual conference format. Other stories our panel of legaltech journalists discuss this week include: Exterro’s nine-figure acquisition of AccessData, the federal judiciary’s surreptit...2020-12-111h 00Legaltech Week11.20.20: The Leaking Giuliani Edition, Plus Legaltech Marketplaces and Other NewsVirtual legal conferences have been a recurring topic on Legaltech Week, as we’ve debated the highs and lows of presenting conferences online. But panelist Niki Black has persisted in pushing the idea of virtual conferences. This week, the virtual conference concept got vindicated, as several panelists attended the virtual E-Discovery Day event produced by EDRM.net, complete with avatars. In this week’s episode, we share our experiences and opinions with the virtual conference format. Other stories our panel of legaltech journalists discuss this week include: This week’s panelists are: Nicole Black, legal technolo...2020-12-1145 minLegaltech Week11.06.20: The Election-Distraction Edition, As We Turn Away from our TVs and Discuss the Week’s Top Legaltech NewsYou may be surprised to know there was news this week other than the election. Among the top stories our panelists discuss: ballot initiatives in California and Massachusetts raise data privacy issues, Deloitte acquires UK top 200 law firm Kemp Little, a report examines the viability of captive ALSPs, legal tech patents soar in China, an ethics opinion raises COVID-19 issues, chatbots for legal marketing, and new lawyer-matching site that also provides free practice software. This week’s panelists are: Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelist at MyCase; Stephen Embry, author of TechLaw Crossroads; Caroline Hill, edi...2020-11-071h 08Legaltech Week10.30.20: Legaltech Blogger Steve Embry Joins the Panel, As We Share Our Top Stories of the WeekThis week on Legaltech Week, Stephen Embry, former trial lawyer and author of TechLaw Crossroads, sits in on the panel. Among the top stories our panelists discuss: The LexisNexis Rule of Law Foundation partners with National Bar Association to advance the rule of law, ALSP UnitedLex hit with a $128M suit over the demise of law firm LeClairRyan, and the world’s wealthiest law firm lays off staff. Also on the table: Intapp goes all in on the cloud, the ABA publishes its Legal Technology Survey Report, new developments in litigation analytics, and a $6.3 million raise for le...2020-10-301h 00Legaltech Week10.23.20: Remembering Gayle O’Connor, Plus Our Panel’s Top Stories of the WeekThis week on Legaltech Week, we share a moment of silence to remember Gayle McCormick O’Connor, a stalwart of the legal technology industry who died last Sunday. We also discuss the remarkable story of an indicted former legaltech founder whose published a book claiming he was an FBI mole. Other stories this week include: a legal analyst gets caught with his pants down, Baker McKenzie launches an AI project to anticipate clients’ legal needs, legaltech veterans launch major growth capital fund as other investors seek out legal tech targets, a botched redaction with a twist, and more...2020-10-3052 minLegaltech Week10.16.20: ClioCon Post-Mortem, Plus Our Panel’s Top StoriesThis week on Legaltech Week, our panel of legal tech journalists offer their views on the virtual version of the Clio Cloud Conference. Plus, our panel of legal journalists discuss the week’s top stories, including a new global directory of legaltech, a new ethics opinion on tech competence, a $60 million investment in discovery company DISCO, and more. This week’s panelists are: Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelist at MyCase; Victoria Hudgins, reporter for Legaltech News; Victor Li, assistant managing editor of the ABA Journal; Molly McDonough, media consultant, former publisher and editor-in-chief of the AB...2020-10-3054 minLegaltech Week10.09.20: Guest Nicole Bradick Discusses ‘Read the F*ing Directions,’ Plus Our Panel’s Top StoriesThis week on Legaltech Week, Nicole Bradick, founder and CEO of legal tech design firm Theory and Principle, joins us to discuss Read the F*ing Directions, a voter education site developed for Spread the Vote. She also gives a preview of the upcoming Justice Tech & Design Gathering. Plus, our panel of legal journalists discuss the week’s top stories, including the glut of virtual conferences, a report on captive ALSPs at Am Law 100 firms, new ‘Market Standards’ from LexisNexis for data-driven M&A research, Google giving search data to police, and tech incompetence at the Supreme Court. ...2020-10-0958 minLawNextLegalweek Head Mark Fried on Making the Conference VirtualAfter much speculation about the future of Legalweek – one of the world’s largest and most-anticipated legal technology and legal business conferences – the conference’s organizers announced on Oct. 1 that it will be virtual in 2021. ALM Media, which produces Legalweek, said the conference will be rebranded as Legalweek(year) and will be extended into a full year of events, leading up to a resumption of the in-person event in February 2022. On this special edition of LawNext, Mark Fried, CFO and president of events at ALM Media and the man in charge of legalweek, joins host Bob Ambrog...2020-10-0629 minLawNextLex Machina Chairman Josh Becker’s ‘Exit Interview’ from Legal TechSept. 30, 2020, was Josh Becker’s last day in legal tech, at least for the time being, as he pursues his campaign for election to the California state Senate in the district that encompasses Silicon Valley cities such as Palo Alto, Mountain View and Menlo Park. Most recently, Becker was chairman of the trailblazing legal analytics company Lex Machina and head of legal analytics at LexisNexis, which acquired Lex Machina in 2015. Previously, he was Lex Machina’s CEO, a role he stepped into shortly after Stanford Law School spun it off into a private company. 2020-10-0534 minLegaltech Week10.02.20: Legalweek Goes Virtual, LexFusion Launches, and MoreThis week on Legaltech Week, our panel of legal journalists discuss a range of stories. Among this week’s stories: the Legalweek New York conference makes it official, going virtual and rebranding as Legalweek(year); two legal industry veterans launch LexFusion, aiming to change the legal tech sales paradigm; a law firm battles to use a trade name in states that still prohibit it; Minnesota launches a pilot program for paraprofessionals to provide legal services; and a Good Housekeeping seal of approval for legal AI. This week’s panelists are: Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and legaltech evang...2020-10-0250 minLawNextJoe Borstein of LexFusion and Basha Rubin of Priori Legal on Turbocharging Tech AdoptionIn this exclusive LawNext interview recorded in advance of the Oct. 1, 2020, launch of LexFusion, we get a first look at the new company from guests Joe Borstein, a legal industry veteran and one of LexFusion’s two cofounders, and Basha Rubin, the cofounder and CEO of Priori Legal, the legal talent company that is one of the initial participants in the LexFusion collaborative. LexFusion’s mission is to turbocharge the adoption and use of technology within corporate legal departments and large law firms by changing the paradigm for how technology is purchased. The company will serve as the g...2020-10-0142 minLegaltech Week9.25.20: Rocket Matter Acquired, ALSPs Seek Scalability, and MoreThis week on Legaltech Week, our panel of legal journalists discuss a range of stories. Among them: the acquisition of practice management company Rocket Matter, scalability vs. headcount at ALSPs, the challenge of naming a legaltech company, Fragomen’s acquisition of SimpleCitizen, Texas judiciary embraces long-term virtual hearings, man sentenced to death via Zoom, U.K. returns to lockdown, and the continuing foibles of the bar exam. This week’s panelists are: Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelist at MyCase; Caroline Hill, editor in chief, Legal IT Insider; Victoria Hudgins, reporter for Legaltech News; Molly McDon...2020-09-2549 minLegaltech Week9.18.20: The Week-Off Catch-Up Edition; Plus, The Future of Trade ShowsAfter a week off, our panel of legal journalists has a lot of news to catch up on. Among this week’s stories: the acquisition of MyCase, the rise of deposition tech, the new Lexis+, Casetext extends its AI brief writing, Winston & Strawn’s new virtual support center, SCOTUS telephonic arguments, WFH ethics opinions, self-driving car homicide, and Goodnight Moon meets court tech. Plus, we consider the future of legal tech conferences. This week’s panelists are: Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelist at MyCase; Victoria Hudgins, reporter for Legaltech News; Victor Li, assistant managing editor...2020-09-2059 minLegaltech Week9.4.20: Fastcase CEO Joins Us, Plus Catching Up On Two Weeks of NewsFastcase CEO and cofounder Ed Walters joins us as a guest to discuss his company’s acquisition of the innovative California legal research company Judicata. Plus, after a week off, our panel of legal journalists has a lot of news to catch up on. Among this week’s stories: Arizona approves nonlawyer ownership of law firms, ILTA wraps up its first virtual annual conference, testing finds risks in bar exam software, a bank puts out a legal tech product, and Litera and iManage both make notable acquisitions. This week’s panelists are: Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and leg...2020-09-0555 minLegaltech Week8.21.20: ILTA>ON is Coming, the BlackBerry Could be Coming Back, and More from the Week’s NewsOur panel of legal journalists discusses the week’s top stories in legal technology and innovation. This week’s topics include: a look-ahead to ILTA>ON, the virtual version of the world’s largest legal tech conference; BlackBerry, once the favorite of lawyers, is building a 5G smartphone; legal AI company Kira leverages its product for police reform; Texas lawyers say no to virtual jury trials; the crimes AI could create; and Thomson Reuters’ new AI-driven brief-checking tool for judges. This week’s panelists are: Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelist at MyCase; Caroline Hill, editor in c...2020-08-2248 minLegaltech Week8.14.20: Utah’s Sandbox, E-Discovery Acquisition, Robot Lawyers, Virtual Firms, and MoreOur panel of legal journalists discusses the week’s top stories in legal technology and innovation. This week’s topics include: the Utah Supreme Court approves sweeping regulatory changes to address access to justice, e-discovery company Reveal acquires AI company NexLP, Biglaw lawyers flock to distributed firms, the Wall Street Journal issues a robot lawyer scare, and a possibly more palpable purpose for facial recognition technology. This week’s panelists are: Victoria Hudgins, reporter for Legaltech News; Victor Li, assistant managing editor of the ABA Journal; Molly McDonough, media consultant, former publisher and editor-in-chief of the ABA Journal...2020-08-1455 minLegaltech Week7.31.20: The ‘Good News’ Edition, Along with Some of the Usual Bad NewsA panel of legal journalists discusses the week’s top stories in legal technology and innovation. This week’s topics include: how Zoom helped a law firm avoid layoffs, new data on the pandemic’s impact on law practices, technical difficulties for online bar exams, big tech companies face the fire on Capitol Hill, ‘legal deserts’ and how tech can help, and New Zealand sets standards for algorithms. This week’s panelists are: Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelist at MyCase; Caroline Hill, editor in chief, Legal IT Insider; Victor Li, assistant managing editor of the ABA Journ...2020-07-3159 minLegaltech Week7.24.20: Top Stories Include the Perils and Pitfalls of Zoom Courts and A New Legal News Service from Thomson ReutersThe Legaltech Week panel of journalists tackles another week of legal news. Among the top stories we discuss this week: fun with mute buttons, civil rights edition; the privacy and due process dangers of Zoom courts; excessive attorneys’ fees in a data breach case; and a new legal news service from Thomson Reuters. This week’s panelists are: Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelist at MyCase; Victoria Hudgins, reporter for Legaltech News; Molly McDonough, media consultant, former publisher and editor-in-chief of the ABA Journal; Joe Patrice, editor, Above the Law; and Zach Warren, editor in chief...2020-07-2544 minLegaltech Week7.17.20: Top Stories Include the Machines that Influence Courts, the Westlaw-ROSS legal battle, a major EU privacy decision, and much moreThe Legaltech Week panel of journalists convenes for another look back at the week’s top stories in legal technology and innovation. Among the stories they discuss this week are a Law.com series on the machines influencing criminal justice decisions, ROSS’s response to Thomson Reuters’ lawsuit, an EU court quashes the Privacy Shield, a bail hearing illegally recorded, and the California bar exam goes virtual. This week’s panelists are: Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelist at MyCase; Caroline Hill, editor in chief, Legal IT Insider; Victoria Hudgins, reporter for Legaltech News; Victor Li, assis...2020-07-171h 00LawNextHow One Law School Teaches Legal Tech, Pre- and Post-PandemicHere’s one that gets a bit meta. Back in November 2017, LawNext host Bob Ambrogi spoke at BYU Law School about a lawyer’s ethical duty to be technologically competent. The talk prompted the school to explore ways it could help students improve their technological abilities. What resulted was the school’s Legal Technology Initiative, a multi-pronged program to provide law students with technology training and assessment. Initially overseen by Shawn Nevers, deputy director of the law library, BYU this year brought on Tina Wilder, a former practicing lawyer, as an assistant law librarian to assist Nevers and tak...2020-07-1350 minLegaltech Week7.10.20: Top Stories Include the New Lexis+, Another Naked Lawyer, Data-Driven Diversity, and the Future Law OfficeThe Legaltech Week panel of journalists is back for a look at the week’s top stories in legal technology and innovation. Among the topics this week are a new legal research service from LexisNexis, concerns about self-driving cars and crime, another naked lawyer on Zoom, possible backlash against DoNotPay, law firms commit to a data-driven diversity initiative, a look at the law firm of the future, and the legal tech companies that received PPP loans. This week’s panelists are: Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelist at MyCase; Caroline Hill, editor in chief, Legal IT In...2020-07-1057 minLegaltech Week6.26.20: It’s the ‘Ask Us Anything’ Edition, Plus We’re Joined By A New PanelistOn this episode of Legaltech Week, we invite the audience to put their questions to our panel of legaltech journalists. Among the questions we answer: How best to pitch us with a story, what’s our favorite type of story, how to break into legal journalism, how to get assignments as a freelance writer, and the worst pitch any of us received. This week, a new panelist joins our line-up: Victor Li, assistant managing editor of the ABA Journal. The other panelists are Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelist at MyCase; Caroline Hill, editor in chi...2020-06-3051 minLegaltech Week6.19.20: Clio CEO Jack Newton Joins the Panel to Discuss New Research on the Pandemic and the ProfessionThe Legaltech Week panel of journalists is joined this week by Jack Newton, cofounder and CEO of Clio, to discuss new research findings on COVID-19’s impact on the legal industry. With findings based on both anonymized customer data and surveys of lawyers and consumers, the research suggests business may be picking up for law firms, but there are still reasons for concern. Newton discusses the findings and takes questions from the panel and audience. Also, our panelists discuss their top stories of the week. This week’s panelists are: Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and legaltech evang...2020-06-1959 minLawNextExploring the Meaning of Legal Terms through Corpus LinguisticsAt BYU Law in Provo, Utah, a first-of-its-kind technology platform is enabling legal researchers to explore the meanings of legal words and phrases by examining the contexts in which they historically were used. The Law and Corpus Linguistics platform enables users to examine large collections of historical texts to help determine, for example, what early drafters meant by a phrase such as “bear arms.” In this episode of LawNext, my guest is David Armond, head of infrastructure and technology and senior law librarian at BYU Law, who was instrumental in helping create and launch the platform. We discu...2020-06-1630 minLegaltech Week6.12.20: Does UPL Promote Racial Injustice? Plus the Week’s Top NewsThe Legaltech Week panel of journalists is joined this week by Rohan Pavuluri, cofounder and CEO of bankruptcy platform Upsolve, to discuss his recent article arguing that rules prohibiting the unauthorized practice of law -- rules that he says give lawyers a monopoly on providing legal services -- effectively work to promote racial inequality. Also, we’re joined by a new panelist this week: Victoria Hudgins, reporter for Legaltech News, for our usual roundtable on the week’s top stories. The weeks’ other panelists are: Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelist at MyCase; Caroline Hill, e...2020-06-1256 minLegaltech Week6.5.20: Guest Bryan Parker Joins the Panel for A Conversation on DiversityAt the close of a week in which issues of racism and racial injustice have consumed the nation and the world, we abandon our usual news round-up for an in-depth conversation about diversity in law. Joining us to share his insights and perceptions is Bryan Parker, cofounder and CEO of Legal Innovators, a startup dedicated to changing the hiring, pricing and diversity of junior legal talent. Parker joins this week’s line-up of panelists: Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelist at MyCase; Caroline Hill, editor in chief, Legal IT Insider; Molly McDonough, media consultant, former pub...2020-06-0659 minLawNextMark Harris on the Post-Pandemic Tsunami for Corporate ContractsMark Harris is sounding an alarm – or, as he puts it, staging an intervention – for corporate counsel. Harris and Alec Guettel, the original founders 20 years ago of alternative legal services provider Axiom and, since last year, the CEO and CFO of contract management company Knowable, have taken the unusual step of posting an open letter that they describe as an unsolicited intervention for general counsel. Businesses are about to confront a tidal wave of urgent questions from suppliers, customers, partners, employees, and others, they warn, the answers to which are buried in thousands or hundreds of tho...2020-05-1845 min