Small-firm lawyers are increasingly likely to use cloud-based services, but they remain concerned concerned about the security and confidentiality of their data in the cloud, according to a survey released today by LexisNexis Firm Manager.
Mobility was the top-cited benefit of the cloud. (Click to enlarge.)
The…
In October 2012, two longtime corporate lawyers announced the private beta launch of Jurify, which they described as the “first mass collaboration platform for lawyers and clients.” The site would focus on using crowdsourcing to enhance access to legal research. “Think of it as a Wikipedia for the law,”…
A Minnesota lawyer and mediator has launched a website that aims to help divorcing parties divide their marital property, without the need for a lawyer. Called CleanSplit, the site uses an automated, sealed-bid process to allow couples to value and divide their property equitably.
“As a mediator, I would…
Are you a solo or small-firm lawyer who sometimes needs to hire temporary help for short-term assignments? If so, two new services promise to help you find the right person.
One, Legalkin.com, was just launched on Jan. 9. It focuses on connecting law firms of all sizes with freelance lawyers,…
Where did law firms spend their technology dollars in 2013? Every year, the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) and the market research and consulting firm InsideLegal team up to conduct a survey examining the technology purchasing trends and budgets of ILTA firm members. That’s old news, insofar as
Well, here’s a licensing deal I would not have seen coming: LexisNexis and Fastcase. The two companies announced today that Fastcase will now be the exclusive provider of Collier TopForm & File, a tool for creating and filing bankruptcy…
My latest “Ambrogi on Tech” column for the ABA Journal, 2 new websites offer platform for crowdsourced legal research, looks at Casetext and Mootus, two sites that bring crowdsourcing to legal research, but in somewhat different ways.…
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco will offer live audio streaming of all oral arguments beginning today, it announced last week. You can listen to the proceedings online by visiting the court’s website and clicking on links listed under “Live Oral Arguments.”
Audio streaming begins today with oral arguments from the…
It’s been a bad couple of weeks for apps that let you share contact information. Recently, I wrote about problems with CardMunch, the LinkedIn app that uses actual humans to read and transcribe business cards you scan with your mobile device. Now, Google has announced that it is shutting down Bump, the…
Last summer, Law Technology News published my article, Blogging From the Bench, in which I surveyed the fairly paltry number of judges who blog. In a subsequent post here, I added more blogging judges.
Prominently featured in the LTN piece was Senior U.S. District Judge Richard Kopf, who last…
I always find it interesting to go back and see which posts generated the most traffic during the year. These are ranked based on page views, not unique visitors.
I have two lists here. First I list the 10 most popular posts of 2013, without regard to the year a post was originally published. After that,…
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