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Vincent AI From vLex: Game Changer in Legal Research and Client Service

Kevin O'Keefe

I had the good fortune to sit down with Ed Walters , Chief Strategy Officer of vLex , earlier in the week to hear about the launch of a generative AI legal research platform by vLex, following its merger with Fastcase. This platform is built on an updated version of vLex’s Vincent AI, which was originally launched in 2018.

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After WSJ’s Explosive Exposé on Judges’ Financial Conflicts, Free Law Project Posts the Data For All to See

LawSites

In an explosive exposé last week, The Wall Street Journal reported that 131 federal judges broke the law by hearing cases where they had a financial interest. The files contain the disclosure records for every federal judge, justice and magistrate from 2011 to 2018, with the 2019 disclosures coming soon.

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Ninth Circuit Reaffirms the “Server Test” for Direct Infringement of the Public Display Right — Hunley v. Instagram, LLC (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

For those reasons, I strongly suspect this will not be the last we hear of this case. One can hear the protests of “that’s socialism!” Instagram, LLC (Guest Blog Post) appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. The Facts The facts are relatively straightforward. Breitbart News Network, LLC , 302 F.

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It’s past time to add “Justice Tech” to your lexicon.

Colin S. Levy

This is where I first saw the potential of justice tech startups, starting with Erin Levine of Hello Divorce in 2018 and then Sonja Ebron and Debra Sloan of Courtroom5 and Yousef Kassim of Easy Expunctions in 2019. (In In 2018, we also worked with a small business focused company, which is a high need as well.

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Paradigm, Parent to Three Practice Management Platforms, Acquired By Francisco Partners

LawSites

It began by acquiring Bill4Time in 2017, followed by PracticePanther in 2018, MerusCase in 2019, and Headnote in 2020. Over the summer, this blog broke the news that Thompson Street Capital Partners had acquired Tabs3 Software, one of the oldest practice management products, and which also owns cloud platform CosmoLex.

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Kicking Off the New Year with A Bang, Two Top Law Firm Consulting Businesses, Lawyerist and Affinity, Announce Merger

LawSites

Lawyerist Media LLC , which started as a blog in 2008 and evolved into a leading business coaching and training company for small law firms, is merging with Affinity Consulting Group LLC , one of the top companies in the U.S. Lawyerist started as a blog created in 2008 by Sam Glover , then a practicing lawyer in Minneapolis.

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Contractify and ClauseBase Join Forces to Offer a Complete Contract Lifecycle Solution

Legal Tech Blog

Call for solution to cover full contract lifecycle “In conversations with prospects, we often hear that they are looking for a solution in which they can manage the full contract lifecycle,” says Steven Debrauwere , CEO of Contractify.