Ron Friedmann

JULY 27, 2020

I recently spoke to two lawyers turned legal tech entrepreneurs about their early stage software companies. I start with a discussion of the problem each sets out to solve, then turn to observations of and implications for the legal tech market more broadly. Those who assume gut decisions suffice should read Prof.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

But among the events of that day, there was a relatively minor legal tech-related side-story, one that had implications that carry through to today. The team that made it consisted of Monica Bay and David Horrigan — two names familiar to many in the legal tech world. David Horrigan and I visited Monica Bay on Sept.

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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. Around the same time, MyCase acquired Woodpecker , which provides legal document automation software for solo and small law firms.

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Law Technology Today

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

The Legal Technology Resource Center ’s Women of Legal Tech initiative is intended to encourage diversity and celebrate women in legal technology. Cohn was named to TheNonProfitTimes 2020 Power & Influence TOP 50 list, and in 2018, Forbes included Ms. How did you become involved in legal tech?

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JULY 28, 2022

It is not the typical stuff I cover on this blog, but it is difficult to overlook the fact that the woman at the center of the latest Elon Musk scandal is the former founder of a legal technology startup and a fellow at CodeX, The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics. The company raised $3.7

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ELTA

MARCH 4, 2020

In celebration of Women’s History Month, ILTA has announce its2020 list of Influential Women in Legal Tech. This list recognizes five outstanding women leaders in the legal technology community based on their mentorship history and level of impact on Legal Technology. says Joy Heath Rush, ILTA CEO.

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LawSites

JUNE 14, 2022

Nearly a year ago on my LawNext podcast , I interviewed Zach Posner , who cofounded The Legaltech Fund in 2020 as the first venture capital firm laser-focused on law and legal technology. Now comes news that the fund has closed at $28.5 million, which exceeds its goal of $25 million. .

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Above the Law - Technology

MARCH 13, 2024

Among the most enduring yet dramatic success stories in legal tech is that of iManage , the document and email management company. ” Learn more about iManage on the LawNext Legal Technology Directory. billion of the $11.1 billion purchase price and years of litigation that continues even now.

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Attorney at Work

OCTOBER 29, 2021

But 2020 brought us a combination that proved challenging: working from home while also doing live audio and video broadcasts from there. When changes happened rapidly in 2020, any connection that worked was a good one. She was Co-Chair of the 2020 ABA TECHSHOW Planning Board. Is someone texting me at this hour?

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Above the Law - Technology

JUNE 15, 2023

The legal technology company Casetext celebrates its 10th anniversary today. There are 49 that I found, and together they offer an overview of how a legal tech startup evolves into a mature company. Turns Out Legal Research Services Vary Widely in Results. 2017: The Year of Women in Legal Tech.

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LawSites

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

As legal technology has grown in popularity and prominence in recent years, great attention is being paid to investment activity. But the true history of investments in legal technology extends back some four decades and encompasses an array of products far more diverse than one might pick up from current coverage.

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LawSites

APRIL 27, 2021

The legal technology company Clio this morning announced a Series E investment of $110 million at a valuation of $1.6 billion, making it the first law practice management company to achieve so-called unicorn status and one of only a small number of legal tech companies overall to achieve that status.

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LawSites

MARCH 22, 2022

Out of 65 products named in this year’s awards, just two legal technology products made the cut: Evisort , a company that provides AI-driven contract management for legal, procurement, sales, finance and IT teams; and Onit , a company that provides enterprise workflow products for corporations and corporate legal departments. .

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LawSites

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

E-discovery company Everlaw today became one of the few legal technology companies to join the elite ranks of unicorn status — companies valued at over $1 billion — with the announcement of a $202 million Series D funding at a valuation of over $2 billion. Mike Zappert, a TPG partner, will join Everlaw’s board of directors.

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Legal Talk Network

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

An extension to the New York Legal Tech Community and also held on the backside of Legalweek 2020, the Inspire.Legal un-conference made it through its second year. What changes for the legal profession at being discussed at #InspireLegal ? Technology Procurement & Adoption. That’s where the magic happened.

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LawSites

MAY 12, 2022

In all my years of covering legal tech, a question I’ve never had to confront is how to — or even whether to — cover my competitors. The answer, of course, is to cover it, just as I would cover any other legal tech news. Shaver launched LegalTech Hub in October 2020.

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LawSites

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Aah legal tech. Today I am introducing Legal Tech Look-Back , a recurring series of posts that will turn back the calendar on legal tech news. What was the news in legal tech five or 10 or 15 years ago this week? How far we’ve come. How far we haven’t. Well, curiosity for one.

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Legal Tech Monitor

MARCH 28, 2023

From : Blog Entry >> ILTA’s Blog Entry (Chicago, IL) March 28, 2023  – The International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) Announces the recipients of the 2023 Influential Women in Legal Technology. Since 2020, ILTA has annually honored outstanding women leaders in the global legal technology community.

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LawSites

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Hg , a global private equity investor, is leading a further majority investment in legal technology company Litera , which it acquired in 2018 from the investment firm K1 Investment Management. Litigation management platform Allegory Law in August 2020. AI contract drafting platform Bestpractix in June 2020.

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LawSites

OCTOBER 13, 2021

It began by acquiring Bill4Time in 2017, followed by PracticePanther in 2018, MerusCase in 2019, and Headnote in 2020. In February 2019, ASG merged the two companies to create a unified legal technology business under the name ASG LegalTech, naming as CEO Nettimi, who had taken over as PracticePanther CEO the prior October.

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Legal Tech Monitor

MARCH 5, 2024

In the fourth round of interviews of “The Geek in Review” podcast’s mini-series “Love & Legal Tech,” hosts Greg Lambert and Marlene Gebauer chat with Chris Ford and Nikki Shaver , the dynamic couple behind the Legal Technology Hub. So for our love and legal tech feature we have with us today.

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LawNext podcast

JUNE 4, 2025

What happens when a CEO steps away from a legal tech company just before the generative AI revolution explodes, then returns two years later amid a landscape that is being dramatically transformed? Marwaha was formerly on this podcast in 2020: LawNext Episode 68: Litera CEO Avaneesh Marwaha on Growth During A Crisis.

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MARCH 19, 2024

InfoTrack may be one of the fastest growing yet least known legal technology companies in the United States. You may know it more through its brands, including ServeNow for finding process servers, One Legal for California court filing, LawToolBox for court calendaring, and the Legal Talk Network group of legal podcasts.

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ELTA

MARCH 4, 2020

(Chicago, IL) 2 de marzo de 2020: para celebrar el Mes de la Historia de la Mujer, ILTA se complace en anunciar su lista de Mujeres Influyentes en Tecnología Legal de 2020. Estas mujeres representan a expertos Legal Tech de todo el mundo. Trabaja en la transformación del sector legal en España.

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Above the Law - Technology

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Help pick the 15 legal tech startups that will get to compete at the eighth-annual Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW 2024. Demo video: [link] Founded: 10/28/2020, Vancouver, BC, Canada Target customer: Solos, small and medium size firms. Voting is now open! 14-17, 2024, in Chicago. and major trust and estate firms.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Reynen Court , the so-called app store for legal technology, has promoted two of its key executives to new roles. The news comes a week after Reynen Court launched a general solicitation stock offering in order to bring on individual lawyers and “legal technology enthusiasts” as investors in the company. .

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LawSites

AUGUST 10, 2021

Zach Posner cofounded The Legaltech Fund in 2020 as the first venture capital firm laser-focused on law and legal technology. He also shares his advice for entrepreneurs pitching a VC firm and offers his views on the broader investment and innovation landscape in legal tech. .

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DECEMBER 15, 2021

million seed round in October 2020. “Today’s consumer expects a seamless user experience with instant gratification, and the same applies for legal services. Also participating in the round were Eniac Ventures , Revel Ventures , Interplay Ventures , The Legal Tech Fund , Bridge Investments , and Forefront Venture Partners.

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JUNE 28, 2021

In March 2020, Asay moved to Litera Microsystems, where she was a domain expert and advisor to clients on litigation. Asay has been a frequent author and speaker on innovation in the legal industry and has appeared on podcasts (including one I formerly hosted ), at conferences, and hosted her own series on Litera TV.

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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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TechLaw Crossroads

MARCH 8, 2023

I am partial to this show–it’s my favorite of the legal technology shows I attend. The 2020 TECHSHOW was the last big legal tech show before everything shut down. Lots of people seeing each other for the first time since 2020. And committed to making us all about the benefits and risks of legal tech.

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ELTA

DECEMBER 3, 2020

On November 27, 2020, the members of the European Legal Technology Association (ELTA) elected a new board, the governing body of ELTA. Everyone is welcome to join the association in this effort.

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ELTA

JANUARY 6, 2023

Following its General Assembly, the members of the European Legal Technology Association (ELTA) elected a new Board , governing body of ELTA, for 2023-2024, composed of Grégoire Miot (President), Ana-Maria Drăgănuță Briard (Vice President), Marisa M. Jon Bartman added: “ I am so happy to represent the UK as a Board Member at ELTA.

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Legal Tech Monitor

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The American Legal Technology Awards launched in 2020 with a mission to honor those innovating in the legal space. It was founded by three friends (a lawyer, a law professor, and a legal tech entrepreneur) and is truly a grassroots effort with a big heart. Don’t miss out! This event will not be televised.

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LawSites

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Two litigation-focused Canadian legal technology companies, CiteRight and Jurisage , have merged, combining CiteRight’s litigation drafting program with Jurisage’s AI technology to create an integrated legal research and drafting solution.

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Legal Talk Network

APRIL 30, 2021

In 2020, the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker verified at least 930 press freedom incidents in 79 cities since May 25, 2020, when Minneapolis police killed George Floyd. Speaking of legal-adjacent, how about becoming an influencer? Yet, there’s an undeniable increase in reporters targeted for arrest. The birth of an influencer.

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Simple Legal

APRIL 5, 2023

To get GCs on board with shutting down legacy legal tech, you need to first understand why they’re hesitant to make the switch. Use these 4 common objections to investing in new legal tech to build your counter-arguments. New legal software is too expensive.” Team burnout.

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