Articles Posted in January, 2021

We 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…

On today’s Legaltech Week journalists’ roundtable, we’re adding a new segment: rants and raves. In addition to our weekly discussion of the week’s top stories in legal tech and innovation, we’ll do a lightning round in which each panelist will offer a rant or a rave for something that happened this week.

We’re on every…

The legal marketing agency Good2BSocial launched a service this week that is designed to provide on-demand training in legal marketing and business development.

The Good2BSocial Academy is designed for marketing, business development and communications professionals at law firms, as well as for lawyers who want to learn more about marketing and building their…

Here is a round-up of recent moves in the legal technology world.

New Marketing VP at Brightflag

In the wake of a $28 million investment in December, Brightflag, an AI-powered spend and matter management platform for corporate legal departments, has named Jill Altruda as…

As the pandemic has made it more important than ever for law firms to accept electronic payments, Orion Law Management Systems is announcing today its launch of Orion ePay, a seamless and secure online payment system, powered by LawPay, that enables law firms to allow clients to pay legal fees online by credit,…

The role and reach of corporations’ chief legal officers continues to expand, with 78% of them reporting directly to their company’s CEO, and their scope of responsibilities expanding, particularly for issues of privacy, cybersecurity, and compliance.

These are among the findings of the 2021 Chief Legal Officer Survey released today by the Association of…

A free online portal launched today in Texas is designed to help lawyers find volunteer opportunities and assist residents of the state find help with their legal needs.

The new portal, Pro Bono Texas, was launched as a partnership between The State Bar of Texas and the justice tech…

In a deal they say makes them the leading AI-powered e-discovery platform, the companies Reveal and Brainspace have merged under the Reveal name, backed by an investment of more than $200 million by investment firm K1 Investment Management, which is taking a majority stake in the company.

K1, which specializes in investments…

In the continuing litigation between now-shuttered legal research startup ROSS Intelligence and long-established legal research giant Thomson Reuters, ROSS today filed an amended answer in which it raises a new counterclaim, asserting that TR is violating federal antitrust law by maintaining monopolistic and anticompetitive control over the legal research market.

“Westlaw has for far too…

A new CEO was named today for the practice management company MyCase, following its $193 million acquisition last September by private equity firm Apax Partners.

Taking over as CEO effective immediately is Jim McGinnis, who most recently was EVP/GM of Wolters Kluwer’s Tax and Accounting North America Professional Segment, where he helped…

As we begin to look ahead to a post-pandemic world, what will the legal market look like in 2021 and beyond? Has the pandemic’s impact on law firms resulted in a tipping point that will forever alter law firms and the business of law?

A report by the Center on Ethics and the Legal…

We need your vote! You can help pick the legal technology startups that will be selected for the fifth-annual Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW 2021. Fifteen companies will be selected to face off in a virtual pitch competition that will be the opening event of this year’s TECHSHOW.

In November, we issued a…