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This post was originally published on this siteEver since 2012, when the American Bar Association amended the Model Rules of Professional Conduct to include a duty of technology competence, adoption has spread across the United States, with 37 states having now formally adopted some version of Model Rule 1.1, Comment 8. But the U.S. is […]

This post was originally published on this siteA highlight of the recent Clio Cloud Conference in San Diego was the podcast alley — a row of tables reserved for legal podcasters to set up their equipment and record interviews with speakers and attendees. Over the last couple weeks, I have been publishing a series of […]

This post was originally published on this siteIt is official: Ralph Baxter, who gained a reputation as a legal industry innovator over nearly 25 years as chairman and CEO of Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe and as an industry advisor since leaving the firm in 2014, is today being announced as the newest cohost of the […]

This post was originally published on this siteI have made no secret of the fact that I consider litigation analytics to be one of the most important technologies to have gained traction in recent years. Writing about analytics a year ago on Above the Law, I titled the post, This Tech Can Turn the Tables […]

This post was originally published on this site As executive director of the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism (aka 2Civility), Jayne Reardon oversees programs and initiatives to increase the civility and professionalism of attorneys and judges, create inclusiveness in the profession, and promote increased service to the public. In this special edition of LawNext recorded live […]

This post was originally published on this siteBigHand, a company that started with a focus on digital dictation and voice productivity and has expanded to a range of products for the legal sector, has acquired PayneGroup, a company that develops productivity software and provides training and consulting services for the legal industry. Donna Payne, a […]

This post was originally published on this site In one of a series of special reports for my LawNext podcast, recorded live at the recent Clio Cloud Conference, I am joined by Nehal Madhani, an attorney and the founder and CEO of the cloud-based IP filing software Alt Legal. We talk about the founding and […]

This post was originally published on this siteEarlier this week, I posted the ballot of 26 semifinalists vying for a spot in Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW 2020. Now I am removing one of the startups for failure to properly qualify. Our call for entries specified the criteria for eligibility to compete. One was that […]

This post was originally published on this siteIt was a much-different world in 2002. A Republican occupied the White House. The New England Patriots won the Super Bowl, led by a quarterback named Tom Brady. At the box office, a Spider-Man movie was a big hit. And the news cycle was taken up with talk […]

This post was originally published on this siteWe need your vote! Help pick the legal technology startups that will be selected for the fourth-annual Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW 2020. Fifteen companies will be selected to face off in a pitch competition on TECHSHOW’s opening night and to exhibit in a special portion of the […]