Legaltech Week

This week on Legaltech Week, Nicole Bradick, founder and CEO of legal tech design firm Theory and Principle, joins us to discuss Read the F*ing Directions, a voter education site developed for Spread the Vote. She also gives a preview of the upcoming Justice Tech & Design Gathering.  Plus, our  panel of legal journalists discuss the week’s top stories, including the glut of virtual conferences, a report on captive ALSPs at Am Law 100 firms, new ‘Market Standards’ from LexisNexis for data-driven M&A research, Google giving search data to police, and tech incompetence at the Supreme Court.   This week’s panelists are: Caroline Hill, editor-in-chief of Legal IT Insider; Victoria Hudgins, reporter for Legaltech News; Victor Li, assistant managing editor of the ABA Journal; Molly McDonough, media consultant, former publisher and editor-in-chief of the ABA Journal; and Joe Patrice, editor, Above the Law. Bob Ambrogi of LawSites blog and LawNext podcast moderates.

This week on Legaltech Week, our panel of legal journalists discuss a range of stories. Among this week’s stories: the Legalweek New York conference makes it official, going virtual and rebranding as Legalweek(year); two legal industry veterans launch LexFusion, aiming to change the legal tech sales paradigm; a law firm battles to use a trade name in states that still prohibit it; Minnesota launches a pilot program for paraprofessionals to provide legal services; and a Good Housekeeping seal of approval for legal AI.  This week’s panelists are: Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelist at MyCase; Victoria Hudgins, reporter for Legaltech News; Victor Li, assistant managing editor of the ABA Journal; Molly McDonough, media consultant, former publisher and editor-in-chief of the ABA Journal; Joe Patrice, editor, Above the Law; and Zach Warren, editor in chief of Legaltech News. Bob Ambrogi of LawSites blog and LawNext podcast moderates.

This week on Legaltech Week, our panel of legal journalists discuss a range of stories. Among them: the acquisition of practice management company Rocket Matter, scalability vs. headcount at ALSPs, the challenge of naming a legaltech company, Fragomen’s acquisition of SimpleCitizen, Texas judiciary embraces long-term virtual hearings, man sentenced to death via Zoom, U.K. returns to lockdown, and the continuing foibles of the bar exam.  This week’s panelists are: Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelist at MyCase; Caroline Hill, editor in chief, Legal IT Insider; Victoria Hudgins, reporter for Legaltech News; Molly McDonough, media consultant, former publisher and editor-in-chief of the ABA Journal; and Joe Patrice, editor, Above the Law. Bob Ambrogi of LawSites blog and LawNext podcast moderates.

After a week off, our panel of legal journalists has a lot of news to catch up on. Among this week’s stories: the acquisition of MyCase, the rise of deposition tech, the new Lexis+, Casetext extends its AI brief writing, Winston & Strawn’s new virtual support center, SCOTUS telephonic arguments, WFH ethics opinions, self-driving car homicide, and Goodnight Moon meets court tech. Plus, we consider the future of legal tech conferences.  This week’s panelists are: Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelist at MyCase; Victoria Hudgins, reporter for Legaltech News; Victor Li, assistant managing editor of the ABA Journal; Molly McDonough, media consultant, former publisher and editor-in-chief of the ABA Journal, Joe Patrice, editor, Above the Law; and Zach Warren, editor in chief of Legaltech News.Bob Ambrogi of LawSites blog and LawNext podcast moderates.

Fastcase CEO and cofounder Ed Walters joins us as a guest to discuss his company’s acquisition of the innovative California legal research company Judicata. Plus, after a week off, our panel of legal journalists has a lot of news to catch up on. Among this week’s stories: Arizona approves nonlawyer ownership of law firms, ILTA wraps up its first virtual annual conference, testing finds risks in bar exam software, a bank puts out a legal tech product, and Litera and iManage both make notable acquisitions.  This week’s panelists are: Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelist at MyCase; Victoria Hudgins, reporter for Legaltech News; Victor Li, assistant managing editor of the ABA Journal; Joe Patrice, editor, Above the Law; and Zach Warren, editor in chief of Legaltech News.Bob Ambrogi of LawSites blog and LawNext podcast moderates. 

Our panel of legal journalists discusses the week’s top stories in legal technology and innovation. This week’s topics include: a look-ahead to ILTA>ON, the virtual version of the world’s largest legal tech conference; BlackBerry, once the favorite of lawyers, is building a 5G smartphone; legal AI company Kira leverages its product for police reform; Texas lawyers say no to virtual jury trials; the crimes AI could create; and Thomson Reuters’ new AI-driven brief-checking tool for judges.  This week’s panelists are: Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelist at MyCase; Caroline Hill, editor in chief, Legal IT Insider; Victoria Hudgins, reporter for Legaltech News; Victor Li, assistant managing editor of the ABA Journal; Joe Patrice, editor, Above the Law; and Zach Warren, editor in chief of Legaltech News.Bob Ambrogi of LawSites blog and LawNext podcast moderates.

Our panel of legal journalists discusses the week’s top stories in legal technology and innovation. This week’s topics include: the Utah Supreme Court approves sweeping regulatory changes to address access to justice, e-discovery company Reveal acquires AI company NexLP, Biglaw lawyers flock to distributed firms, the Wall Street Journal issues a robot lawyer scare, and a possibly more palpable purpose for facial recognition technology.   This week’s panelists are: Victoria Hudgins, reporter for Legaltech News; Victor Li, assistant managing editor of the ABA Journal; Molly McDonough, media consultant, former publisher and editor-in-chief of the ABA Journal; Joe Patrice, editor, Above the Law; and Zach Warren, editor in chief of Legaltech News.Bob Ambrogi of LawSites blog and LawNext podcast moderates.

A panel of legal journalists discusses the week’s top stories in legal technology and innovation. This week’s topics include: how Zoom helped a law firm avoid layoffs, new data on the pandemic’s impact on law practices, technical difficulties for online bar exams, big tech companies face the fire on Capitol Hill, ‘legal deserts’ and how tech can help, and New Zealand sets standards for algorithms.  This week’s panelists are: Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelist at MyCase; Caroline Hill, editor in chief, Legal IT Insider; Victor Li, assistant managing editor of the ABA Journal; Molly McDonough, media consultant, former publisher and editor-in-chief of the ABA Journal; Joe Patrice, editor, Above the Law. Bob Ambrogi of LawSites blog and LawNext podcast moderates.

The Legaltech Week panel of journalists tackles another week of legal news. Among the top stories we discuss this week: fun with mute buttons, civil rights edition; the privacy and due process dangers of Zoom courts; excessive attorneys’ fees in a data breach case; and a new legal news service from Thomson Reuters.  This week’s panelists are: Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelist at MyCase; Victoria Hudgins, reporter for Legaltech News; Molly McDonough, media consultant, former publisher and editor-in-chief of the ABA Journal; Joe Patrice, editor, Above the Law; and Zach Warren, editor in chief of Legaltech News. Bob Ambrogi of LawSites blog and LawNext podcast moderates.

The Legaltech Week panel of journalists convenes for another look back at the week’s top stories in legal technology and innovation. Among the stories they discuss this week are a Law.com series on the machines influencing criminal justice decisions, ROSS’s response to Thomson Reuters’ lawsuit, an EU court quashes the Privacy Shield, a bail hearing illegally recorded, and the California bar exam goes virtual.  This week’s panelists are: Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelist at MyCase; Caroline Hill, editor in chief, Legal IT Insider; Victoria Hudgins, reporter for Legaltech News; Victor Li, assistant managing editor of the ABA Journal; Molly McDonough, media consultant, former publisher and editor-in-chief of the ABA Journal; Joe Patrice, editor, Above the Law; and Zach Warren, editor in chief of Legaltech News. Bob Ambrogi of LawSites blog and LawNext podcast moderates.