Above the Law - Technology

APRIL 11, 2024

It launched in 2017 to great fanfare, promising to “revolutionize legal services” through its dual-entity model of both a law firm and a technology company. The year 2008 saw the launches of the first two cloud-based law practice management platforms, Clio and Rocket Matter, followed in 2009 by the launch of MyCase.

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Above the Law - Technology

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

During ABA Techshow last week in Chicago, I had the opportunity to sit down for a brief conversation with Jack Newton , founder and CEO of law practice technology company Clio , who provided additional details on some of the company’s recent news. That’s the superpower we have,” he said.

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Ron Friedmann

JUNE 29, 2020

Last week Altman Weil released its 2020 Law Firms in Transition Survey , which reports on large law firm trends as of 2020. “) The 2008-10 Great Financial Crisis changed the legal market. The post Large Law Firm Trends in 2020 – Part 1 appeared first on Prism Legal. I also Tweeted about findings, here. [I

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LawSites

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Sixteen years ago marked the beginning of a sea change in law practice management technology for solo and small law firms. On March 1, 2008, a virtually unknown company out of Canada called Themis Solutions launched the first cloud-based software product for managing a law practice, called Clio.

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Rocket Matter

APRIL 15, 2025

The post Future-Proof Your Practice: A Guide to Law Firm Succession Planning appeared first on Rocket Matter. According to a 2013 Law Firms in Transition Survey , the answer for most firms is usually concerning. Less than 30% of practices have formal law firm succession planning protocols in place.

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Ron Friedmann

AUGUST 6, 2020

Large law firms have faced growing pressure since 2010 to deliver more value to clients, creating pressure for efficiency and lower rates. The 2020 Law Firms in Transition Survey (June 2020) reports on large law firm trends. ” The chart below shows the answer for larger law firms.

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Kevin O'Keefe

MARCH 8, 2024

Chmielewski: The truth is that I actually started my first legal blog in 2008 (it’s still on the web today). Then I left the corporation and founded web.lex which to this day supports law firms and lawyers in promoting themselves with a legal blog.” 130 law firms and lawyers he’s supporting, the best I can tell.

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LawSites

JANUARY 2, 2023

Kicking off the new year with a bang, two of the best-known companies in the United States providing business coaching and technology consulting to law firms have merged, creating a combined entity of nearly 100 people with expertise across virtually all sectors of law, particularly small- and mid-sized law firms.

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Thomson Reuters is shutting down its Firm Central law practice management software and will discontinue support for the product after Sept. By all accounts, however, Firm Central never gained the market traction of many of its competitors, and TR used it primarily as an add-on benefit to help sell Westlaw to smaller law firms.

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The Barrister

MARCH 11, 2025

When most people think of a law degree, they envision a career in traditional fields such as litigation,corporate law, or criminal defense. However, a law degree offers a versatile skill set that can be applied across various industries and professions. However, only 51% were working in law firms. 2 The ABA reported 7.6%

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Eric Goldman

JANUARY 18, 2024

My roundup of the top Internet Law developments of 2023: 10) California court bans targeted advertising (?). Facebook , a California appeals court shocked the advertising community by suggesting that using common demographic criteria for ad targeting, such as age or gender, may violate California’s anti-discrimination law.

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Above and Beyond KM

MARCH 30, 2023

What can a time capsule from 2008 tells us about progress in law firm knowledge management? Our Law Firm Time Capsule Law firm knowledge management is not nearly as old, but I was fortunate to find a document that acts like a KM time capsule telling our 2023 selves what mattered in the olden days of law firm KM.

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Eric Goldman

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

Also, though not individual liability, in 2008-09, the USDOJ prosecuted the search engines for publishing illegal gambling ads and Google for publishing illegal pharmaceutical ads in 2011. As I teach my students in Internet Law, if you’re breaking some other country’s laws, your choices for vacation spots may be limited.

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Colin S. Levy

MARCH 5, 2024

When we launched in 2008, we were the first cloud-based practice management system to market. This is around the time I published my book, The Client-Centered Law Firm. How have you and how has Clio adapted to accommodate the dynamics of the legal world? Frankly, Clio is driving a lot of that change, not reacting to it.

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LLRX

AUGUST 31, 2021

Articles and Columns for July / August 2021 2021 Update to Choosing Law Librarianship: Thoughts for People Contemplating a Career Move – AALL Gallagher Award recipient Mary Whisner, Public Services Librarian, University of Washington, Marian Gould Gallagher Law Library, has updated her 2008 guide about choosing a career in law librarianship.

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LawSites

JANUARY 19, 2023

Among the things the two e-discovery companies Exterro and Zapproved have in common is that they were both founded in the same year, 2008, and in the same city, Portland, Ore. Now they have something else in common, as they announce today that Exterro has acquired Zapproved. She and her entire team will join Exterro.

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3 Geeks and a Law Blog

MAY 16, 2023

There is definitely demand for the AI Insider Program with over 3,000 law firms already signed up. In the UK, for example, you know, we see different approach to the way information is managed and commitment to knowledge management programs has a different profile than it does among some US law firms. So I want to acknowledge that.

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Attorney at Work

JULY 7, 2021

Lawcus Review: Lawcus has aggressively cross-pollinated lead and client management features across a single platform for law firms. . Even at this late date, the market is inundated with productivity (client management) options, while few marketing (lead management) tools built for law firms are available.

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Legal Tech Monitor

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Thomson Reuters is shutting down its Firm Central law practice management software and will discontinue support for the product after Sept. By all accounts, however, Firm Central never gained the market traction of many of its competitors, and TR used it primarily as an add-on benefit to help sell Westlaw to smaller law firms.

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The Barrister

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Being a law student is hard. Once you are past your first year though, the doors to compete to be on an advocacy team and law articles or journals open. But how do you balance being a law student and then adding on even more academically? After the first year, I wanted to compete to join a law journal and Moot Court.

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LawSites

APRIL 4, 2023

In the 15 years since he and Rian Gauvreau cofounded the legal practice management company Clio in 2008, Jack Newton has learned a thing or two about what it takes to build a successful company. Even for those who are not tech founders, but law firm founders, many of Newton’s lessons apply.

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Richmond Journal of Law and Technology

MAY 2, 2023

These include e-commerce law, consumer protection law, data privacy laws, and breach notification laws. However, companies can use these laws to their advantage by using them as a guide to identify the most suitable e-commerce market to enter. 11] Therefore, it is crucial for U.S. To mitigate these risks, U.S.

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Technically Legal

JULY 27, 2018

Jae explains that a “new normal” confronts many law firms and discusses how they must now compete for business post-2008 recession. We discuss Han Solo, the true distance of a parsec and how she came up with the name for her company.

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Technology Law Dispatch

APRIL 4, 2023

The Critical Entities Resilience Directive (‘CER’) entered into force on 16 January 2023, replacing the 2008 European Critical Infrastructure Directive. The new rules are aiming to strengthen the resilience of critical infrastructure to a range of threats, including natural hazards, terrorist attacks, insider threats, or sabotage.

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Centerbase

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Law firms across the country are buzzing, and it feels suspiciously like 2008. Weathering the storm will be challenging, but the law firms that come out strongest on the other side will be the ones that have figured out how to optimize their performance as part of their recession-proofing strategy.

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LawSites

MARCH 10, 2023

As discussed Wednesday in part one of this three-part series, these posts are a collection of reflections on the 10th anniversary of the ReInvent Law Silicon Valley event, held in Mountain View Calif., on March 8, 2013, and what it meant to the authors and to the broader movement for innovation in law. ReInvent Law was shocking.

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LawSites

JULY 25, 2022

While Exterro’s principal markets are corporations and, to a lesser extent, law firms, it says it has made significant inroads within law enforcement forensics departments, where its most recent client is the United Kingdom’s West Midlands Police Department.

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Lawmatics

APRIL 6, 2023

By utilizing law firm marketing automation. No lawyer would say they worked hard, took out student loans, and sacrificed for years to put themselves through law school, only to fill their days performing manual data entry, copying and pasting to create documents, and developing marketing campaigns. What is Legal Automation?

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 26, 2023

Some possible reasons why: The 2008 en banc ruling functionally became dicta in 2012 when the Ninth Circuit held that Roommates.com never touched illegal content at all. Harvard (“The CDA exempts certain laws from its reach. Facebook appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. AOL , Elansari v. Meta , NFD v.

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Technically Legal

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

In 2008, with the economy in shambles, Eric, like many, had to pivot and launched Pacific Workers which was initially a workers compensation law firm for athletes, but later came to represent workers from all fields. One of Eric’s law clerks pointed out that Eric always had great business advice, but he never used it himself.

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Joshua Gilliland

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

My views on metadata are not the law, but I think they would make very strong arguments, if coupled with expert affidavits explaining to a Court how “metadata” is collected and what it takes to actively decide not to produce the ESI as it is ordinarily maintained. Immigration & Customs Enforcement Div., 350, 357 (S.D.N.Y. Allstate Ins.

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Clio

MARCH 22, 2023

Established in 2008, the annual International Be Kind to Lawyers Day falls on the second Tuesday of April (April 11, 2023). As a small token of appreciation, Steve Hughes , a renowned communications expert and speaking coach, created International Be Kind To Lawyers Day in 2008. 1215 AD: The Magna Carta comes into force in England.

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Legal Tech Monitor

APRIL 4, 2023

In the 15 years since he and Rian Gauvreau cofounded the legal practice management company Clio in 2008, Jack Newton has learned a thing or two about what it takes to build a successful company. Even for those who are not tech founders, but law firm founders, many of Newton’s lessons apply.

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Legal Expert Connections

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

Lawyers passionate about defending their clients and showcasing their work frequently document their thoughts and provide firm updates in a law firm blog. While the Michigan blogger is a no-fault attorney, this incident can apply to all practices of law—from criminal defense to insurance defense.

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The Barrister

APRIL 14, 2023

This book found in our law library provides an overview of the 8 “secret” tips to enhance your performance in law school. The book addresses problem that almost every law student can relate to- time management, organization, and setting up a winning essay answer during an exam. Whitebread KF 283.W48

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Legal Tech Monitor

MARCH 10, 2023

As discussed Wednesday in part one of this three-part series, these posts are a collection of reflections on the 10th anniversary of the ReInvent Law Silicon Valley event, held in Mountain View Calif., on March 8, 2013, and what it meant to the authors and to the broader movement for innovation in law. ReInvent Law was shocking.

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LawNext podcast

OCTOBER 30, 2019

George Psiharis was employee number six at Clio, which he joined shortly after the practice management company was founded in 2008. This year’s report included a unique feature, a study that Clio said was the largest nationwide assessment of client services among law firms.

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