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. Whether or not you are an attorney, running a law firm is a huge challenge, but the right software can help.

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JUNE 1, 2022

Marking its second acquisition this year, the cloud practice management company SurePoint Technologies has acquired Coyote Analytics , a company that provides practice management, financial management and business intelligence software for law firms.

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LawSites

AUGUST 31, 2023

Actionstep , a cloud-based law practice management platform, has acquired the Australian practice management company FilePro and its 4,000 law firm customers in Australia. In 2022, Actionstep acquired the Australian practice management company LawMaster. ”

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JUNE 2, 2021

The cloud practice management company SurePoint Technologies today announced a strategic investment from the private investment firm Aquiline Capital Partners by which Aquiline will acquire a majority ownership stake in the company. It was started as the sister company to a Cincinnati accounting firm of the same name.

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Clio

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

When it comes to law firm billing, hourly billing is still a mainstay of the legal industry. But the billable hour is no longer the only option for law firms. Alternative fee arrangements (also known as AFAs) can fill gaps, complement your practice’s billing structure, and benefit your clients and firm.

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Attorney at Work

JANUARY 20, 2022

Law firms of all sizes are feeling pressure to meet client demand for both tailored services and greater efficiencies in this rapidly changing industry. Legal teams are being pressed to control costs and better respond to changing regulatory and risk management obligations. Increasing law practice specialization.

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Attorney at Work

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Abacus Payment Exchange (APX) is a proprietary tool that has been built from the ground up and engineered exclusively for law firms. If queried, most law firms would point to March of 2020 as the point in time that everything changed. APX is a unique offering to the legal community in many ways.

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LawSites

DECEMBER 29, 2021

As awful as was the year 2020 for so many reasons, my year-end report last year found reasons to be optimistic. The silver lining of 2020,” I wrote, “is that we have been forced to consider changes that were long overdue and then given the opportunity to implement those changes.”. It is as if we are serving time in a legal tech limbo.

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Clio

AUGUST 21, 2024

It’s also an important metric for law firm owners to track —especially if you want to grow your firm and improve your profitability. But how do you know if your law firm’s revenue is enough to grow and scale your business? And how does your firm’s revenue stack up against the average law firm revenue?

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LawSites

MAY 13, 2021

Ninety-two percent of law firms worldwide say they were completely or somewhat prepared for full-scale remote work at the pandemic’s onset, a survey released this morning finds. Even so, most firms plan to increase their budgets for technology and process software and adopt more cloud-based technologies, the survey reports.

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Above the Law - Technology

DECEMBER 29, 2023

You can also check out the most popular LawNext episodes of 2022 , of 2021 , of 2020 and of 2019. As ALSP Axiom Opens A Law Firm in Arizona, Its Chief Strategy and Legal Officer Catherine Kemnitz Shares Details. Documate Founder Dorna Moini on Rebranding As Gavel and How Law Firms Can Productize their Legal Services.

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JANUARY 24, 2023

Axiom , a company that is one of the longest-running alternative legal services providers, this week stepped into the world of regulated legal services as it formally launched Axiom Advice & Counsel , an Arizona law firm. That follows from Arizona’s historic decision in 2020 to become the first U.S.

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DECEMBER 14, 2022

A legal industry report released today by the sibling legal technology companies LawPay and MyCase provides unique insights into the technology tools that matter most to smaller law firms in the post-pandemic era. Other types of cloud software used by firms: Calendar management software, 44%.

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LawSites

MAY 10, 2021

Last August, Arizona became the first state to eliminate the ban on non-lawyer ownership of law firms. Among her many honors, Justice Timmer was named 2020 Woman of the Year by the Arizona Capitol Times and she was recognized as one of the Most Influential Business Women in Arizona in 2020. Thank You To Our Sponsors.

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LawSites

JUNE 6, 2021

based Intapp , a major provider of cloud-based business applications for larger law firms and financial services firms, filed papers Friday with the U.S. In 2015, AppFolio, which then owned practice management platform MyCase, went through an IPO , but its primary products were not in legal, but in property management.

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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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Martindale-Avvo

DECEMBER 10, 2024

McBride reminds us that, prior to 2020, “it was uncommon to appear remotely for a hearing within the same state the hearing was to take place.” After all, if tasks once handled by paralegals are now carried out in mere seconds by generative AI solutions, can law firms really justify traditional billing strategies?

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Legal Tech Monitor

AUGUST 31, 2023

Actionstep , a cloud-based law practice management platform, has acquired the Australian practice management company FilePro and its 4,000 law firm customers in Australia. In 2022, Actionstep acquired the Australian practice management company LawMaster. “We

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LawSites

JULY 6, 2021

The law practice management company MyCase has quietly acquired two legal technology companies in recent months, without announcing the acquisitions to the public. On March 31, MyCase acquired CASEpeer , a case management platform for plaintiffs’ attorneys. Cofounder Darren Fancher was previously CEO.

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DECEMBER 15, 2021

Lawmatics , a company whose platform provides client relationship management (CRM), client intake and marketing automation for attorneys, has closed a $10 million Series A financing round, it is announcing today. million seed round in October 2020. The financing follows the San Diego-based company’s raise of a $2.5

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FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Paradigm , the parent company to four legal practice management and payments products — PracticePanther , Bill4Time , MerusCase and Headnote — today announced the expansion of its leadership team with the hiring of two executives, one who will oversee product management and the other marketing.

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Ron Friedmann

JULY 27, 2020

Solving a Broad Problem: Allocating Lawyers to Matters and Managing Capacity At most large law firms, partners can choose associates to staff their matters. Practice managers struggle to assess availability and capacity. That raises all the usual questions large law firms have about vendor stability.

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Above the Law - Technology

DECEMBER 4, 2023

AltFee Elevator Pitch: AltFee revolutionizes law firm pricing by offering a foundation for alternative fee structures. This system empowers firms to precisely assess and assign value to projects, vital in a landscape where AI/efficiency gains drastically shorten task timelines. What makes you unique or innovative? and Beagle.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Way back in 2020, I wrote about how the pandemic had escalated the importance of electronic payments as a feature of law practice management software. Actionstep, which says it is used by more than 775 law firms in the U.S., is presenting a webinar on the new feature on Nov.

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

One result of this activity was Westlaw Today , a premium legal news service launched in July 2020 that is fueled Reuters news and available only to subscribers of Westlaw and Westlaw Edge for an additional cost. In addition to practice areas and legal topics, readers can follow firms, entities and authors. government entities.

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JANUARY 25, 2022

Since its formal launch in June 2020 , Lexicon has taken a unique approach to providing a solution to lawyers’ practice management needs. With the market for practice management software already crowded, a key way Lexicon distinguishes itself is by tightly integrating its software with complementary service offerings.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Paradigm , the parent company to four legal practice management and payments products — PracticePanther , Bill4Time , MerusCase and Headnote — today adds a fifth, as it acquires TrustBooks , the cloud-based accounting software built specifically for law firms.

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

In a move sure to shake up the market for practice management software for mid-sized law firms, the cloud practice management company SurePoint Technologies has acquired Cole Valley Software , developer of ContactEase, a popular client relations management (CRM) software for law firms.

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DECEMBER 5, 2022

Case Status , a mobile client portal and messaging platform with a primary focus on consumer law firms, has raised $5 million in a Series B round, bringing its total funding to over $11 million. . million in seed funding in 2020 and $750,000 in funding in 2019. Last January, the company raised $3.5 ”

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JANUARY 17, 2022

Target customer: In-house legal departments and law firm attorneys who serve as outside general counsel. Target customer: Law departments in 2022 and expanding into law firms in 2023. Elevator pitch: Affordable cybersecurity solutions are lacking and 29% of law firms have suffered a security breach.

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JANUARY 7, 2022

During the past two years, the pace of tech adoption quickened as firms moved to automate their practices for remote work and virtual practice. We wondered what tools or initiatives small firms might open their wallets for this coming year. She was Co-Chair of the 2020 ABA TECHSHOW Planning Board.

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APRIL 1, 2022

I first wrote about Athennian in 2020, when it stepped out of its stealth development mode to announce an $8 million CAD Series A investment, on top of a previously unannounced $2 million CAD seed financing round in 2019. . Fishman founded Jade in Atlanta in 2020. Read about Nexl in the LawNext Legal Tech Directory.

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MAY 11, 2021

The pandemic has made it more essential than ever before for law firms to accept electronic payments. Plus, law firms that accept e-payments get paid faster and increase their collections, studies suggest. Clients who now pay everything else online have no appetite for lawyers who require paper payments.

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APRIL 20, 2022

The law practice management company Paradigm has acquired LollyLaw , a cloud-based, all-in-one practice management platform designed for immigration law firms. That was followed by the acquisitions of PracticePanther in 2018, MerusCase in 2019, Headnote in 2020, and TrustBooks this year.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2022

What with COVID, the economy and the day-to-challenges of practicing law and managing a firm, it’s been a tough three years. Yet despite it all, smaller law firms have a bullish outlook on their future prospects — and with good reason. 2020 Survey. . 2020 Survey.

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JUNE 13, 2022

In light of that, I reached out to CEOs and executives at several practice management companies for their thoughts on the deal — including on how it may impact their partnerships with LawPay going forward. That meant LawPay had to find a different law practice management provider to build its platform around.

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JANUARY 25, 2022

Since its formal launch in June 2020 , Lexicon has taken a unique approach to providing a solution to lawyers’ practice management needs. With the market for practice management software already crowded, a key way Lexicon distinguishes itself is by tightly integrating its software with complementary service offerings.

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