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LawNextLawNext on Location: Lunch with Alex Su of Latitude Legal In Alameda, Calif.This episode is recorded live, and is best enjoyed on YouTube. Watch the episode here. While Bob is visiting San Francisco for two weeks, he is sitting down for conversations with legal tech innovators and entrepreneurs "in their natural habitats" – places in the Bay Area they consider special. Today, in the first in this series, Bob sits down for lunch with Alex Su, chief revenue officer at Latitude Legal, over Thai iced tea and tofu dishes at Phnom Penh House, a Cambodian restaurant in Alameda that Alex considers something of a personal institution, frequenting it fo...
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Legaltech Week01/23/2026: OpenAI Wants your IP, a conversation with Harvey cofounders, and moreEach week, the leading journalists in legal tech choose their top stories of the week to discuss with our other panelists. 00:00 Introductions 2:56 Law firm Phishing over christmas (Selected by Joe Patrice) 11:18 How much do legal leaders trust artificial intelligence in high-stakes decisions? New study sheds light (Selected by Victor Li) 18:06 Are mandatory hyperlinks a solution to the lawyers' hallucination problems? (Selected by Stephen Embry) 30:01 LawNext: From Roommates to Billionaires: Harvey's Founders Gabriel Pereyra and Winston Weinberg on Building AI Infrastructure for Law (Selected by Bob Ambrogi)
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LawNext PRCaseMark Launches Platform to Turn “Vibe Coding” Legal Apps into Production SoftwareToday on LawNext PR, CaseMark CEO Scott Kveton joins Bob to announce the launch of Thurgood, a vibe coding platform that turns prototypes into production-grade legal technology. Topics in this Interview:00:00 Introduction to Thurgood and CaseMark01:07 Vibe Coding in Legal Tech with Thurgood04:23 Understanding how Thurgood Works11:03 Examples of Thurgood Use Cases13:11 Why Choose Thurgood Over General Platforms?15:42 Getting Started with Thurgood
2026-01-2719 minLawNext PRAssembly Software Appoints Jonah Paransky as Chief Executive OfficerAbout the AnnouncementAssembly Software announced last week the appointment of Jonah Paransky as Chief Executive Officer. Paransky succeeds Daniel Farrar, who transitions to Vice Chairman of the Board, continuing his strategic involvement with Assembly as the company scales its market leadership.Chapters00:00 Introducing Jonah Paransky01:28 Jonah Paransky's Background and Experience03:55 Paransky's Return to Legal Technology06:17 What Aspects of Neos' Product Inspired your Return?08:57 How Does Neos Distinguish Itself in the Plaintiff Software Space?11:15 What are the Challenges you Foresee in the Industry...
2026-01-1418 minLawNext PRLexSelect CEO on the Launch of LexChatLexSelect CEO Morgan Maguire joins Bob Ambrogi to discuss their new LexChat tool, an AI-powered platform that enables legal teams to reliably search, analyze, and extract insights across entire repositories of unstructured PDF documents.Chapters:00:00 Introduction00:42 About LexSelect01:45 About LexChat AI Assistant03:10 Differentiating LexChat from Other Tools04:13 Understanding the Parsing Engine06:31 What Impact will LexChat have for LexSelect users?07:36 What are the Intended Use Cases in a Legal Practice09:01 Scalability and Document Limits10:15 Future Developments and Roadmap12:14...
2025-10-0615 minLawNextAn AI Arbitrator? The Latest Innovations from the American Arbitration Association, with CEO Bridget McCormack and CTO Diana DidiaNearly two years ago on this podcast, we discussed the American Arbitration Association's innovation initiatives – and specifically its embrace of generative AI – with Bridget Mary McCormack, who became its president and CEO in 2023 after having been chief justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, and Diana Didia, its chief information and innovation officer. On today's episode, McCormack and Didia – now executive vice president and chief technology and innovation officer – return for an update on innovation at the AAA. In that prior podcast, McCormack and Didia spoke extensively about the AAA's innovation culture and their early experiments with gen AI. At t...
2025-09-3055 minLawNext PRSimpleDocs Acquires Law InsiderSimpleDocs today announced the acquisition of Law Insider, the world’s largest public contract and clause database and a trusted resource for millions of legal professionals. This transformative deal unites industry-leading legal AI with the most comprehensive source of contract precedent, setting a new standard for how lawyers draft, review, and negotiate agreements.Joining us on LawNext PR to talk about the news is Chief Legal Officer Electra Japonas.Chapters:00:00 Introduction00:49 SimpleDocs Acquires Law Insider to Combine Data and AI01:46 What does the Merge Mean for Customers and the Pl...
2025-09-3014 minLawNext PRFilevine Raises $400M with Insight, Accel, and Halo Fund to Scale Legal IntelligenceLegal Operating Intelligence System Filevine has raised $400 million in an all-equity financing, underscoring investor confidence in both the legal tech market and Filevine’s growing market share. Over a 15-month period, Filevine closed two funding rounds. The first was led by Insight Partners, followed by a larger subsequent round that brought in Accel and Halo Fund to co-lead alongside Insight Partners, with participation from previous investors including Meritech, Stepstone, Run Ventures, and Album Ventures, reflecting strong momentum and investor conviction.New capital will allow Filevine to scale products that already show meaningful acceleration and expand AI capabilities. Ad...
2025-09-2517 minLawNext PRBriefpoint Announces the Launch of AutodocToday, Briefpoint CEO and founder Nathan Walter joins Bob Ambrogi to announce the launch of Autodoc, a breakthrough workflow that ingests a party’s production and opposing counsel’s Requests for Production (RFPs), then locates the responsive documents, applies Bates numbers, and drafts a fully captioned Word response—including objections and pinpoint Bates citations—in seconds per request.Designed for the 99% of cases that don’t justify traditional eDiscovery, Autodoc gives litigators a fast, defensible way to answer RFPs without armies of reviewers or six-figure tooling. “We built Briefpoint to eliminate discovery work,” said Nathan Walter, CEO of Briefpoint...
2025-09-2316 minLawNextJustice Workers: Reimagining Access to Justice as Democracy Work, with Rebecca Sandefur and Matthew BurnettWith as many as 120 million legal problems going unresolved in America each year, traditional lawyer-centered approaches to access to justice have consistently failed to meet the scale of need. But what if the solution is not just about providing more legal services — what if it lies in fundamentally rethinking who can provide legal help? In today's episode, host Bob Ambrogi is joined by two of the nation's leading researchers on access to justice: Rebecca Sandefur, professor and director of the Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics at Arizona State University and a faculty fellow at the Am...
2025-09-2245 minLawNext PRNeos Announces Multiple Updates to their Case Management PlatformLawNext host Bob Ambrogi sits down with Bryan Billig, Head of Customer Education at Assembly Software, to unpack the latest NeosAI and legal case management updates. The conversation centers on NeosAI’s three pillars that bring practical legal AI into everyday workflows: Consumptive AI for summaries and data extraction, Generative AI for drafting from case facts, and Assistant/Chat for case-specific Q&A.NeosAI also adds selectable reasoning modes, a no-code automations builder (e.g., auto client emails on stage changes), batch document analysis for mixed files with automatic extraction and routing, a one-click ~10-second Executive Case Su...
2025-09-2218 minLawNext PRLawDroid Announces the launch of LawAnswers AILawDroid founder Tom Martin joins Bob Ambrogi to discuss the impact of their newly released LawAnswers AI platform.LawDroid, a pioneering legal technology company, recently announced the nationwide launch of LawAnswers AI, an intelligent legal information platform designed to address America's profound access to justice crisis. The platform leverages advanced artificial intelligence to provide quick and reliable legal information through conversational interfaces, targeting the 92% of civil legal problems affecting low-income Americans that currently receive inadequate or no legal help.Chapters:00:00 Introduction to Law Answers AI00:39 Addressing the Access...
2025-09-1714 minLawNext PRLawVu and ClauseBase Announce New IntegrationClauseBase and LawVu announce a strategic integration between the two platforms on LawNext PR. Joining Bob Ambrogi to talk about the news and its significance are the CEO and co-founders of both companies, Maarten Truyens and Sam Kidd.ABOUT THE NEWS:ClauseBase and Lawvu lift the curtain on the latest integration between their two flagship products. With Lawvu's leading AI-powered legal workspace and ClauseBase's comprehensive drafting and reviewing toolbox, legal teams are better positioned than ever to move faster in their contracting process without compromising quality or control.Read the...
2025-09-1515 minLawNext PRAnnouncing Seamless Integration between Billables AI and SurePointBillables AI announced on LawNext PR this week their new seamless integration with SurePoint, empowering firms to seamlessly capture billable activity, generate compliant narratives, and sync time entries directly into SurePoint Legal Suite.Joining us to talk about the news are Billables AI CEO and co-founder Arvind Sujeeth, and Chris Henz, Product Operations Manager at SurePoint.Topics in this Video:00:00 Introduction00:47 About Billables AI02:43 About SurePoint04:08 Announcing a Seamless Integration and its impact07:47 The Significance of Integration: 10%-30% more time captured
2025-09-0416 minLawNext PRDefinely launches Cascade to track knock-on effects of changes within a contractAbout the Announcement:12th August, London: Definely, an AI-powered legal tech company that enables lawyers to efficiently and accurately review complex contracts, has launched ‘Cascade’, a first-of-its-kind solution. The product detects and tracks the ripple effects of changes across entire contracts, helping improve document quality, reduce risk, and streamline drafting and review workflows.Learn more on LawNext PR.About Definely:Definely is an AI-powered legal tech company that enables corporate and private practice lawyers to accurately review and edit complex contracts in seconds by seamlessly integrating...
2025-08-1312 minLawNext PROddr Announces Oria, the Oddr Revenue Intelligence AssistantLast week, Oddr announced the launch of Oria. Oddr is calling the announcement a major leap forward in law firm revenue performance with the launch of its fully unified Revenue Intelligence platform alongside the debut of Oria, the Oddr Revenue Intelligence Assistant, powered by AI.Today, Bob sat down with Oddr CEO Milan Bobde, CTO Sumit Garg, and CPO Saurabh Mehra to talk about the news and its impact on the industry.Read the full press release here.About Oddr:Oddr is t...
2025-08-1216 minLawNext PRUniCourt Launches New Docket Analytics, Research, Tracking Product: UniCourt DARTToday on LawNext PR, we're live at ILTACON, and recording with UniCourt founder and CEO Josh Blandi.UniCourt just announced the launch of DART, their new Docket Analytics, Research, and Tracking product.Taken from UniCourt's press release, "DART is a revolutionary all-in-one platform that allows legal professionals to leverage powerful legal analytics, advanced docket research, and seamless case tracking to enhance litigation workflows. This enables practitioners to easily gain data-driven insights from UniCourt’s unrivaled repository of court data across over 4,000 state and federal courts and over 2 billion dockets and documents, the largest docket database in...
2025-08-1115 minLawNext PRSpellbook Launches ‘Library’ to Personalize AI for Transactional LawyersToday, Spellbook CEO and co-founder Scott Stevenson joins us to talk about the release of their new Library feature, which enables lawyers to turn their past work into a rich, searchable knowledge base, giving the AI a smarter foundation for drafting and review.At the heart of Library 1.0 is Smart Clause Drafting, a feature that surfaces relevant clauses from a lawyer’s own document history—and makes them instantly reusable.Also notable, according to Spellbook, is the ability to have "Personalization without Prompt Engineering:" Rather than forcing lawyers to become prompt engineers or r...
2025-07-3116 minLawNext PRCollBox Passes $100M Collected: How Legal Tech is Fixing Law Firm Cash FlowCollBox, the legal tech platform purpose-built for getting law firms paid for their hard work, has surpassed $100 million recovered in unpaid bills - proving that getting paid doesn’t have to be painful.In this episode, we explore how CollBox blends automation with a human touch to help firms recover past-due accounts an avaerage of 40% faster, reduce administrative overhead, and improve cash flow without adding staff or damaging client relationships. From solo attorneys to multi-partner practices, discover how firms are turning unpaid invoices into working capital and reclaiming their time to focus on what matters most: serving th...
2025-07-3119 minLawNext PRLawNext PR: Querious, Inc. to Offer Exclusive Member Discount to Members of the Alabama State BarQuerious and Alabama State Bar Partner to Bring Ethical AI and Legal Conversational Intelligence™ to Client ConversationsQuerious is thrilled to announce our new member benefit partnership with the Alabama State Bar. Read more about the announcement on LawSites blog:https://www.lawnext.com/2025/07/querious-inc-to-offer-exclusive-member-discount-to-members-of-the-alabama-state-bar.htmlCHAPTERS00:00 Introduction01:03 Partnership with Alabama State Bar Association02:31 What Does the Partnership Mean for Alabama Bar Members?03:17 What does Querious do?06:34 Querious Signup Information for Alabama Lawyers07:17 Which Types of La...
2025-07-2916 minLawNext 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 minLawNextCEO 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-research
2025-01-2919 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.law
2024-12-1117 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 its CTO s...
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 minLegaltech 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 president of...
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 significantly, a...
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 Foundation (A...
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. LawNext ho...
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 rese...
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 m...
2023-10-2330 min2023-10-2302 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 t...
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 abundance o...
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 week...
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 developing high-performing, c...
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 3D printing, cooking, an...
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 brand. ...
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 status...
2022-10-2021 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 what i...
2022-06-091h 23LawNextAs 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 f...
2022-03-0140 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...
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 editor o...
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 legaltech evangelist at...
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 Journal; J...
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 Patrice, e...
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