Category: Tech Law Crossroads

This post was originally published on this site It’s a common theme among law firm leaders, particularly big law firm leaders, to claim that their firms have some sort of vaunted “culture” that has been painstakingly developed over many years. This incredible culture, the theory goes, imbues the firm with some kind of wonderful familial […]

This post was originally published on this site One GenAI legal disruption that’s not talked much about is its potential to head off disputes and problems in advance. Elimination of disputes means less need for lawyers, particularly litigators. I have written about the potential for technology to do just this before. But GenAI and AI have the […]

This post was originally published on this site The NetDocuments user conference, Inspire 2024, took place in Atlanta this week. NetDocuments is a sophisticated cloud-based document management system. It offers an end-to-end platform for document and email organization and management. NetDocuments has over 7,000 customers globally. Three things stood out from the Conference. NetDocuments is […]

This post was originally published on this site AltaClaro, an innovative provider of interactive, experiential legal training (about which I have written before), recently announced the launch of a new course, Guiding Effective Use of GenAI: A Supervisory Course for Law Firm Partners.  The launch is noteworthy for several reasons. The course is unique in that […]

This post was originally published on this siteScreenshot One of the central themes of the recent Clio user conference held in Austin was the anticipated death of the billable hour. Jack Newton talked a lot about this in his keynote, as did other Clio executives in presentations and their talks with me. The idea is […]

This post was originally published on this site This week I’m attending the annual extravaganza put on by Clio, the cloud based practice management provider. ClioCon never disappoints. In addition to offering sessions devoted to its products, it also provides presentations that make you think about broader issues that impact the profession. One of these […]

This post was originally published on this site I am thrilled to post this insightful article from my good friend, Tara Cheever. Tara is a co-founder of LitSoftware. LitSoftware suite of products, including TrialPad and TranscriptPad, among others, revolutionized how litigators practice their cases. Thanks Tara! A cultural clash has been brewing within law firms […]

This post was originally published on this site As many of you know, I regularly participate in Bob Ambrogi’s LegalTech Week journalist roundtable on Fridays. This past week, we actually did the roundtable live and in person at Relativity Fest. I raised two articles/developments during the roundtable. The first one had to do with the settlement by DoNotPay with the FTC, […]

This post was originally published on this site I’m attending Relativity Fest this week in Chicago. Relativity Fest is put on by the e-discovery software provider Relativity. Relativity is one of the largest discovery software providers. Relativity Fest is its extravagant user conference. According to Relativity, there are a record 2000 attendees at this year’s show, the 15th […]

This post was originally published on this site I recently chatted with Noah Waisberg, co-founder and CEO of Zuva, an M&A contract analysis firm. Noah was kind enough to give me a copy of the book he and Dr. Alexander Hudek recently authored AI For Lawyers, which is an excellent read. In his book, Waisberg and Hudek talks about something […]