With a number
of legal software companies introducing new eDiscovery products recently, it's understandable that many law firm CIOs and in - house legal departments are scratching their heads about which platform might be the best fit for their unique needs.
If I were the CMO of any other kind
of legal software company, I would do just about anything to secure my booth.
«I think this is absolutely happening today right now even in Canada,» says Monica Goyal, a Toronto lawyer and founder
of legal software company Aluvion Law.
Not exact matches
The Ontario Court
of Appeal recently upheld a decision to award GasTOPS (a
company that provides engineering consulting services for maintaining jet engines and develops
software to assess engine performance) $ 12 million, plus interest and
legal costs.
His
legal team even called Microsoft's anti-piracy hotline, which verifies the authenticity
of the
company's products, and provided the serial numbers belonging to the allegedly pirated
software.
The latest round
of START - UP participants was announced Monday in Buffalo, with
companies that range from
software developers for the
legal profession and a biotech firm working on genetic markers for autism to a developer
of brain injury drugs.
But as far as the question
of accountability and liability goes, we might already be homing in on an answer, one that points to a shift in how the root cause
of damage is assessed: When a computerized driver replaces a human one, experts say the
companies behind the
software and hardware sit in the
legal liability chain — not the car owner or the person's insurance
company.
EU Rules that Breaking Console Protections May Sometimes Be
Legal Polygon reports that an EU judge has ruled in favor
of PC Box, a
company that offers
software to get around Wii and DS protection measures.
ESA offers a wide range
of services to interactive entertainment
software companies, including conducting business and consumer research; providing
legal and policy analysis and advocacy on First Amendment, intellectual property, and technology / e-commerce issues; managing a global content protection program; owning and operating E3; and representing video game industry interests in federal and state government relations.
According to a survey done by case management
software company Smokeball, only 9 %
of legal tech employees have a
legal education.
«The part [
of the
legal profession] that is actually growing,» Katz says, «the Clearspires, the Axioms,
legal process outsourcers and
software companies — they need people with particular sets
of skills,... who know the law, understand
software and technology, and [know] how to mesh the two.»
It seems unlikely that the
legal market in Canada is sufficiently large to make the development
of a custom citation management
software package viable for a
software company, as they are not generally very expensive.
Ariba, a
company that sells one
of the main reverse - auction
software tools, estimates that a whopping (and surprising) 40 percent
of today's market for
legal work «is contracted through electronic, online means, most
of which involve a reverse auction.»
Legal software company Rocket Matter teams up with nationally recognized speakers for two days
of mental health and wellness in a beautiful, peaceful location
Dina Roth Port is director
of content at Rocket Matter, a cloud - based
legal practice management
software company.
His past experience includes founding an IT
company which provided bespoke
software for local government, and he is also the editor
of technology law website IT
Legal.
I spoke with Larry Port, the founder and CEO
of Rocketmatter, a cloud - based
legal practice management and time and billing
software product, about Rocket X1, the
company's new Internet marketing agency and hosting platform.
Thomas is a
legal tech innovator and co-founder
of CataLex (
legal software company) and Evolution Lawyers (virtual law firm).
Our collaboration with Neota Logic, one
of the most cutting edge
legal tech
software companies, to create ComplianceHR, a stand - alone
company dedicated to developing
software that enables in - house
legal professionals to ensure
legal compliance efficiently and effectively.
One
of these is the expectation the graduates will work for a couple
of years before they go on a big OE (overseas experience), says Davis, who is director
of engineering and head
of the New Zealand operations for the
company, which provides
software for the
legal industry.
Judge Bradley also served as Vice President
of Legal Operations for an international
software company.
Total Office allows different users, departments and offices to configure the
software to their specific needs, making it an ideal solution for high - volume litigation firms, business transaction practices, corporate
legal departments, insurance
companies, government entities and any diverse group
of legal professionals.
Prosperoware, a leading enterprise
software company delivering innovative technology transforming the business
of legal and professional services, today announces the release
of Prosperoware Milan Import for NetDocuments.
GHOSTPRACTICE (http://www.ghostpractice.ca/) is an international
software and technology
company servicing the
legal industry with its North American operations based in the heart
of downtown Toronto.
The new framework exempts
legal software publishers and web - based
legal document preparation
companies like LegalZoom, from the definition
of the practice
of law, provided certain requirements are satisfied.
There are plenty
of new
legal technologies being released and while there, I met with the founders
of many new
legal cloud computing
software companies to discuss their products, many
of which revolved around some type
of document management.
Wolters Kluwer is a leading global publisher and information services
company offering a wide range
of publications, data, information and
software for
legal, business, tax, accounting, finance, audit, risk, compliance, and healthcare professionals.
The University
of New South Wales (UNSW) has teamed with law firm Gilbert + Tobin and
software company Neota Logic to introduce a new course that will provide UNSW Law students with practical experience in using state -
of - the - art
legal technology.
Andrea Pierce,
Legal Services Director
of UK - based ABS Kings Court Trust, explains how the
company's case management processes and
software enable a high volume
of client matters to be handled faster as well as with fewer errors and provides clients with greater visibility:
In Seattle, a group
of lawyers worked with the
legal software company Neota Logic to launch airportlawyer.org, a website and app to collect information on travelers in need
of legal help and connect them to volunteer lawyers at a dozen major airports.
Meanwhile, a former employee
of CompuLaw, a provider
of legal calendaring
software, today sued the
company and its president in Los Angeles Superior Court alleging sexual harassment.
The investment will be used to drive NetDocuments» further growth in the
legal market, where the
company sees itself as the only «pure play»
software - as - a-service provider
of document management, according to today's announcement.
The firm is working with Toronto - based Diligen, a
software company that provides technology in the area
of AI - based contract review for law firms and
legal teams.
Lexbox is designed and developed by Lexum, a Montreal - based
software company that specializes in the management and dissemination
of legal information.
Aderant, the world's largest independent
legal software company, announced today that, since the start
of 2015, more than eight law firms -LSB-...]
ATLANTA — June 17, 2015 — Aderant, the world's largest independent
legal software company, announced today that a leading global law firm, Holland & Knight, has selected Aderant Expert as its new practice management system following a thorough review
of the market and a detailed evaluation process.
As with other
legal AI
companies in the document review space, they have developed their own natural language processing (NLP) and machine learning
software with a focus on contract analysis and extraction
of key clauses.
ATLANTA — Dec. 17, 2015 — Today
legal software company Aderant unveiled the next generation
of business intelligence
software, Aderant Spotlight ™ Analytics.
ATLANTA — March 5, 2015 — Aderant, the world's largest independent
legal software company, today announced the upcoming deployment
of its industry - leading Aderant Expert practice management system at Cordell & Cordell, a thriving firm focused on family law with more than 110 offices across the United States.
ATLANTA — January 29, 2015 — Aderant, the world's largest independent
legal software company, announced today the latest release
of Aderant Total Office (formerly Client Profiles), Aderant's case management system.
ATLANTA, LONDON — Dec. 22, 2014 — Aderant, the world's largest independent
legal software company, announced today the selection
of the Aderant Expert practice and financial management system by Wiggin LLP, a prominent UK firm in the media law sphere.
The recent platform partnership between enterprise automation
software company Neota Logic and content management and collaboration group HighQ in many ways foreshadows what may be a wave
of collaborations across the
legal technology community.
ATLANTA — Aug. 19, 2015 — Chris Giglio, Chief Executive Officer
of Aderant, the world's largest independent
legal software company, announced today that Aderant has joined other leading Atlanta
companies as a corporate job sponsor for Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit High School.
MELBOURNE — 22 January 2015 — Aderant, the world's largest independent
legal software company, announced today that one
of Australia's premier law firms, Arnold Bloch Leibler (ABL), selected Aderant Expert as its new practice management system following a thorough review
of the market and a detailed evaluation process.
Even without my admitted bias, I think most would agree that today, Clio has evolved into a major player in the
legal software sector and one
of the most engaged
companies within the North American
legal community.
As a technology
company, Lawyerist is committed to donating our skills and resources to help build
software tools to meet the needs
of legal consumers.
Evolving out
of the early
legal matter and spend management tools that formed the bedrock
of law department technology, ELM today must incorporate an expansive set
of integrated
software technology and services that provides full visibility into a
company's
legal and compliance functions.
We've made attempts to integrate our client intake
software with a number
of other
legal technology
companies, but almost nobody (except Clio) currently has an open API that is easy to work with, and the right attitude about integrations.
NEWTOWN SQUARE, PA (March 15, 2018)-- Wilson
Legal Solutions, a leading provider
of software and services that help law firms and professional services organizations improve business performance, today announced it has acquired Francisco Consulting Group and the
company's LawDrill suite
of inquiry and analytics applications.
As a
company that provides law practice management
software designed to help lawyers increase efficiency and save time and money, ABA Techshow is one
of our favorite
legal technology conferences.