Clio

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

If there has been one constant about the qualifications to own an American law firm, it has been this–you must be a lawyer. jurisdictions for decades has been that non-lawyers cannot own law firms. So where does this leave the practice ownership prospects of non-attorneys, including other legal professionals such as paralegals ?

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LawSites

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

In 2011, the blog earned me mention in the inaugural Fastcase 50 , and in 2012, the ABA Journal included LawSites in its inaugural Blawg 100 Hall of Fame. Five years ago, I was honored to be invited to become a columnist for Above the Law. I’ve had companies tell me this blog was responsible for their initial success.

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LawNext podcast

APRIL 15, 2025

On todays LawNext, Reed joins host Bob Ambrogi for a conversation that explores what makes legal AI actually work well in practice. It is a topic he has been thinking about, in one form or another, since he was still a student at Stanford Law School, where he co-founded the legal research startup Ravel with classmate Daniel Lewis in 2012.

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Legal Tech Monitor

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Stories are increasingly common of lawyers who leave law practice to start legal technology companies, but few achieve the level of success as an entrepreneur of Matt Spiegel. He was a criminal defense lawyer in 2009 when he founded MyCase , one of the earliest cloud-based law practice management companies.

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LawSites

MARCH 30, 2022

She has been called the patron saint of solo and small law firms. For two decades, Carolyn Elefant has helped solo and small firm lawyers start and build their law practices. Carolyn joins me to share her insights and advice on starting and building a practice and to talk about what is new in this latest edition of her book.

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Lawyerist

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

In that time, Lawyerist has continued its mission to help solo and small law firm owners build healthier businesses. But after graduating from law school in 2011, she ended up at the small two-person family law firm where she had clerked. During her four years at the firm, her ardor for practicing law never materialized.

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LawNext podcast

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Stories are increasingly common of lawyers who leave law practice to start legal technology companies, but few achieve the level of success as an entrepreneur of Matt Spiegel. He was a criminal defense lawyer in 2009 when he founded MyCase , one of the earliest cloud-based law practice management companies.

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Attorney at Work

JUNE 4, 2022

QUESTION: Our law firm would like to reduce our paper and physical storage use and costs by “going to the cloud” with our data. ANSWER: In many instances, data you are using and communicating with your clients are already being stored and managed with cloud-based technology. 2215 (2012). See, e.g., Arizona Ethics Op.

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LawSites

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The Smokeball-LEAP-InfoTrack Group, which owns a number of legal practice management and legal search technology products, said today that it has acquired Phoenix-based LawLytics , a company that provides website management software for small law firms and solo practitioners. .

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Legal Tech Monitor

AUGUST 1, 2023

My past Daily Record articles can be accessed here. ** Generative AI in Law: Resistance is Futile I started writing this column on legal technology in 2007, and over the years I’ve noticed a pattern. Each new technology was viewed as a threat to the very foundation of the practice of law. In one instance, Judge Brantley D.

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LawNext podcast

MARCH 30, 2022

She has been called the patron saint of solo and small law firms. For two decades, Carolyn Elefant has helped solo and small firm lawyers start and build their law practices. Paradigm , home to the practice management platforms PracticePanther , Bill4Time , and MerusCase , and e-payments platform Headnote.

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LawNext podcast

MAY 10, 2021

Last August, Arizona became the first state to eliminate the ban on non-lawyer ownership of law firms. Justice Timmer was appointed to the Arizona Supreme Court in 2012. Paradigm , home to the practice management platforms PracticePanther , Bill4Time , and MerusCase , and e-payments platform Headnote.

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Legal Tech Monitor

JUNE 30, 2023

This Casetext acquisition is significant and is a sign of the tremendous impact that generative AI will have on the practice of law. Nicole Black is a Rochester, New York attorney, author, journalist, and the Head of SME and External Education at MyCase legal practice management software, an AffiniPay company.

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LawNext podcast

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Spiegel had been a criminal defense lawyer when, in 2009, he founded MyCase, the legal practice management platform. In 2012, he sold MyCase to AppFolio , and then left in 2015 to start a software company that helped organizations manage trade shows and events.

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LawNext podcast

MARCH 18, 2024

Already, its products are used every day by lawyers throughout the United States to file court cases, track court dockets, search court records, and arrange service of process, and it integrates with most major law practice management platforms. InfoTrack in the U.S. InfoTrack expanded first to the U.K.

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Legal Tech Monitor

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Nicole Black is a Rochester, New York attorney, author, journalist, and the Head of SME and External Education at MyCase legal practice management software, an AffiniPay company. She also co-authors “Criminal Law in New York,” a Thomson Reuters treatise. She can be contacted at niki.black@mycase.com.

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Legal Tech Monitor

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Since this technology is both new and rapidly changing, implementation in law firms is a challenging task, and innovative lawyers are forced to navigate the uncharted waters of generative AI in the absence of clear guidance. She also co-authors “Criminal Law in New York,” a Thomson Reuters treatise. Fortunately, help is on the way.

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LawNext podcast

AUGUST 31, 2021

In 2012, he founded PacerPro , originally focusing on providing an enhanced interface to the PACER system, but, in the years since, developing it beyond that, into a system that also enables law firms to automate the process of collecting and distributing court documents and properly filing them within a DMS or knowledge system.

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Legal Tech Monitor

MARCH 5, 2024

The Council opined that lawyers must carefully vet GAI providers to ensure confidential client information is protected, just as they are required to do when “providing confidential information to a third-party software program (practice management, cloud storage, etc.)” Client consent was also addressed.

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Legal Tech Monitor

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

This year’s conference was full of excitement about the potential of legal technology and its impact on the practice of law. A strong majority—77%—anticipate that these tools will enhance the efficiency of legal professionals, including lawyers, paralegals, and law clerks. She can be contacted at niki.black@mycase.com.

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LawNext podcast

MARCH 30, 2021

In an exclusive LawNext interview, Marple and Rudy DeFelice , cofounder and CEO of KP Labs, join host Bob Ambrogi to discuss Marple’s move to the company, which spun off in 2018 from the California law firm Keesal, Young & Logan. Everlaw , the cloud-based ediscovery platform for law firms, corporations, and government agencies.

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Legal Tech Monitor

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

This reality, where legal support is more a necessity than a choice, presents a unique opportunity for law firms. For this type of insight, look no further than a recent Report (online: [link] which provides a variety of data points that offer financial insights gleaned from law firms across the country.

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Legal Tech Monitor

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Notably, Generative AI made its grand entrance early in the year, threatening to disrupt the world – and the practice of law – as we know it. Nicole Black is a Rochester, New York attorney, author, journalist, and the Head of SME and External Education at MyCase legal practice management software, an AffiniPay company.

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LawNext podcast

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Naval officer who served in the Gulf War before becoming a lawyer, Moore started his legal career as an internet and business lawyer with Venture Law Group in Menlo Park, Calif., In this episode of LawNext, Moore recounts the founding and development of Rocket Lawyer and its expansion into Europe starting in 2012. A former U.S.

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LawSites

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

In 2011, the blog earned me mention in the inaugural Fastcase 50 , and in 2012, the ABA Journal included LawSites in its inaugural Blawg 100 Hall of Fame. Five years ago, I was honored to be invited to become a columnist for Above the Law. I’ve had companies tell me this blog was responsible for their initial success.

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Legal Tech Monitor

OCTOBER 17, 2023

While it can often feel overwhelming, there’s no better time to embrace change by incorporating emerging tools like cloud-based software and artificial intelligence (AI) into your law firm. What type of facility will host your law firm’s data? She also co-authors “Criminal Law in New York,” a Thomson Reuters treatise.

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Legal Tech Monitor

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Nicole Black is a Rochester, New York attorney, author, journalist, and the Head of SME and External Education at MyCase legal practice management software, an AffiniPay company. She also co-authors “Criminal Law in New York,” a Thomson Reuters treatise. She can be contacted at niki.black@mycase.com.

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Legal Tech Monitor

MARCH 1, 2024

According to the results of the newly released LawPay and MyCase 2024 Legal Technology Report (online: [link] ), only 24% of law firms had implemented GAI tools as of September of 2023. She also co-authors “Criminal Law in New York,” a Thomson Reuters treatise.

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Legal Tech Monitor

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

From legal research and contract drafting to law practice management and document editing, GAI is everywhere, and avoiding it is no longer an option. She also co-authors “Criminal Law in New York,” a Thomson Reuters treatise. She also co-authors “Criminal Law in New York,” a Thomson Reuters treatise.

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Legal Tech Monitor

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

My other legal technology columns at Above the Law and ABA Journal are also good resources for GAI education, as are the many other legal technology articles written for these publications. She also co-authors “Criminal Law in New York,” a Thomson Reuters treatise. At the outset, don’t overlook this column. Online: [link] ).

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Legal Tech Monitor

DECEMBER 18, 2023

It provides a thorough roadmap for generative AI adoption in law firms. The committee cautioned that “(o)verreliance on AI tools is inconsistent with the active practice of law and application of trained judgment by the lawyer.and AI-generated outputs can be used as a starting point but must be carefully scrutinized.”

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Legal Tech Monitor

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Of course, every lawyer is different, and a firm’s practice areas will necessarily dictate its online marketing strategy. In today’s ever-changing online environment, the challenge is to identify the most affordable and impactful lead-generation approach for your law firm. Of those leads, 10,286 ultimately became law firm clients.

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Legal Tech Monitor

MARCH 18, 2024

Nicole Black is a Rochester, New York attorney, author, journalist, and the Head of SME and External Education at MyCase legal practice management software, an AffiniPay company. She also co-authors “Criminal Law in New York,” a Thomson Reuters treatise. She can be contacted at niki.black@mycase.com.

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LawSites

MARCH 22, 2024

“We salute them for fostering conversations on the intersection of law and tech and helping us aspire to contribute at the highest level possible.” She also oversees the Research Services department, aligning traditional law firm tools and functions with modern approaches to knowledge management and value-driven services.

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Legal Tech Monitor

JULY 20, 2023

Just as you may avoid gas stations that charge more for gas, so too may a legal client avoid a law firm that abides by this practice. Nicole Black is a Rochester, New York attorney, author, journalist, and the Head of SME and External Education at MyCase legal practice management software, an AffiniPay company.

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Colin S. Levy

MARCH 7, 2023

We went on to develop a successful high-volume, low-cost legal services model through developing partnerships with law firms across the United States to help consumers consolidate and ultimately eliminate their debt. UniCourt’s purpose is tied directly to our mission to make court data, public records, and the law more accessible and useful.

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Lawmatics

MARCH 15, 2023

The Founder's Journey The Founder’s Journey Matt’s arc from practicing criminal defense attorney to serial legal tech entrepreneur is an unusual one. I mean, you graduated law school and then worked for an attorney's office for a couple years and then started your own firm. Well, parents actually made me go to law school.

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