Big Data & Cloud Computing

Arizona will implement Thomson Reuters’ digital evidence platform statewide

Arizona’s court system will begin utilizing Thomson Reuters’ cloud-based court exhibit and evidence sharing platform to assist with the handling of digital evidence across the state, it was announced Wednesday.

Jan 13, 2021 10:53 AM CST

Attorney urges other lawyers to use outrage over George Floyd’s death to demand policing reforms

Speaking on what would have been George Floyd’s 47th birthday, civil rights lawyer Ben Crump urged attendees of the annual Clio Cloud Conference on Wednesday to use the widespread outrage generated by Floyd’s death at the hands of law enforcement to demand policing reforms.

Oct 14, 2020 3:25 PM CDT

COVID-19 sparks rapid tech adoption that has helped lawyers weather economic downturn

COVID-19 has sparked lawyers to adopt technology at a much faster clip than previously seen in the legal industry and ahead of consumer expectations for doing so, according to cloud-based company Clio’s 2020 Legal Trends Report.

Oct 13, 2020 5:08 PM CDT

Private equity firm purchases law practice management platform Rocket Matter

A private equity firm based in New York has acquired Rocket Matter, one of the leading practice management platforms in the legal industry since its launch more than a decade ago.

Sep 25, 2020 1:37 PM CDT

General counsel of Fortune 500 company talks gratitude, empathy and a decade of lessons he learned

Ari Kaplan recently spoke with Matt Fawcett, the general counsel of NetApp, a Fortune 500 cloud data services and data management company headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.

Aug 21, 2020 8:00 AM CDT

ABA and Clio team up to assist lawyers amid the coronavirus pandemic

In a move designed to help attorneys confront the many difficulties posed by the ongoing public health crisis, the American Bar Association and legal technology company Clio have formed a new partnership that includes providing annual Clio customers with complimentary one-year memberships to the ABA.

Jun 10, 2020 9:50 AM CDT

Nearly 800 COVID-19 lawsuits have been filed, according to law firm’s tracker

Wondering what kind of lawsuits are being filed in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic? A lawsuit tracker has the answer.

May 4, 2020 4:41 PM CDT

Law firms are seeing major slowdown in business because of COVID-19, data shows

The shock to the global economy stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic has produced a 40% drop in the number of new legal matters being opened each week in the U.S. compared to late February, according to cloud-based company Clio’s recent analysis of data from its practice management software.

May 4, 2020 9:00 AM CDT

Afternoon Briefs: Lawsuits challenge shutdown orders; judge ordered to stop hearings

Suits challenging shutdown orders fail in two states Lawsuits challenging shutdown orders in Pennsylvania and New Hampshire have so far been unsuccessful. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Sunday denied a petition challenging the order as applied to gun shops and law firms. The court said the law firm challenge was…

Mar 23, 2020 5:10 PM CDT

Afternoon Briefs: DOJ opens criminal review of Russia probe; DeVos held in contempt

Department of Justice reportedly opens criminal inquiry into origins of Russia probe The U.S. Department of Justice’s review of the origins of the Russia probe has shifted from an administrative review to a criminal inquiry, according to two anonymous sources who spoke with the New York Times. According to the…

Oct 25, 2019 2:19 PM CDT

Lawyers are failing at cybersecurity, says ABA TechReport 2019

“The results are shocking and reflect little, if any, positive movement in the past year or even in the past few years,” the article says. “The lack of effort on security has become a major cause for concern in the profession.”

Oct 24, 2019 1:36 PM CDT

Why scraping publicly available information online isn’t a crime

To criminalize public website scraping castrates an open internet by curtailing access to information, says ABA Journal Legal Affairs Writer Jason Tashea. This isn’t just an issue for internet startups and academic researchers but also the legal community.

Sep 23, 2019 6:30 AM CDT

Afternoon Briefs: Lawyer found hiding in parents’ closet; ‘fearsome foursome’ law firms named

Bounty hunter helps track down lawyer on the lam A Connecticut lawyer on the lam was found hiding in a closet in his parents’ home with the help of bounty hunter Willie “Ghost Dog” Gonzalez. The lawyer, 62-year-old Alfred Cali, disappeared after he pleaded guilty in May to second-degree larceny…

Sep 19, 2019 4:21 PM CDT

How to prepare yourself and your clients to respond to data breaches

Lawyers James M. Davis and Bradley H. Dlatt break down several steps for how law firms can prepare for security breaches and what to do after they strike.

Sep 19, 2019 6:30 AM CDT

Clio closes blockbuster investment for $250M; CEO says it’s a ‘historic moment’

Cloud-based practice management company Clio announced a $250 million Series D funding round, one of the largest in the legal technology space. Clio CEO and co-founder Jack Newton said it’s a “historic moment,” and this round is the largest venture capital investment in Canadian history, which was announced Wednesday. “We’ve…

Sep 6, 2019 11:33 AM CDT