Practice Technology

LexisNexis will integrate judge analytics in research platform, discontinue sales of Firm Manager

LexisNexis is among the legal technology companies making announcements this week as the Legalweek tech conference unfolds in New York City. Robert Ambrogi previewed the show for Above the Law, and wrote about two LexisNexis developments here and here on his LawSites blog. In one development, the Lexis Advance legal…

Jan 31, 2017 2:42 PM CST

Study finds law firms and corporations increasingly turning to alternative legal service providers

A majority of law firms and corporations are already using alternative legal service providers (ALSP) in at least one service category, and more intend to do so in the coming year. That was the main finding in a study released Tuesday by the Thomson Reuters Legal Executive Institute, in partnership…

Jan 31, 2017 2:00 PM CST

Judge certifies class action claiming Pacer fees are too high

A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has certified a class action lawsuit that alleges federal courts are overcharging for online access to court records through Pacer. U.S. District Judge Ellen Huvelle certified the class in a Jan. 24 opinion (PDF), report Politico, LawSites by Robert Ambrogi and Law.com (sub. req.).…

Jan 26, 2017 4:52 PM CST

Reinventing Professionals: The art of investing in legal technology

Ari Kaplan speaks with Krishna Srinivasan, a founding general partner at LiveOak venture partners in Austin, Texas, an early-stage venture capital firm with investments in a variety of companies, including e-discovery review software provider, DISCO.

Jan 20, 2017 8:30 AM CST

Does litigation database belong to law firm or clients? Suit against ex-partners raises the issue

A Boston law firm and six former partners are battling in court over rights to databases for the firm’s asbestos and toxic tort cases. The Governo Law Firm and name partner David Governo contend in a lawsuit that the partners took proprietary databases that cost hundreds of thousands of dollars…

Jan 19, 2017 11:46 AM CST

ABA Center for Innovation taking fellowship applications for those who would improve the law

The ABA Center for Innovation is accepting applications for its inaugural fellowship program. Open to both newly minted lawyers and mid-career professionals outside the law, the program seeks applications and proposals to create or develop projects to improve the legal industry. Those who wish to apply should have an idea…

Jan 18, 2017 7:45 AM CST

Fake legal blogs use ‘lawyer’ photos that match online photos of endodontist, ‘lonelykelvin1’

Corrected: Five legal bloggers appear to be such big fans of Robert Ambrogi, author of the LawSites blog, that they repost all of his posts, all within minutes of each other. But their blogs don’t appear to be real, Ambrogi writes at his LawSites blog. Three of the bloggers claim…

Jan 18, 2017 7:00 AM CST

Should robots be civilly liable for damage they cause? EU may consider the idea

The European Union may need to revise its rules of civil liability to address damages caused by autonomous robots, according to a report endorsed last week by a committee of the European Parliament. The report raises the idea of creating a legal status for robots as they become more sophisticated…

Jan 17, 2017 10:45 AM CST

Chicago lawyer sues police over interception of his cellphone information during protest

A Chicago lawyer has filed a lawsuit alleging police violated his Fourth and First Amendment rights by using a cell site simulator to search his cellphone during a Black Lives Matter protest. Lawyer Jerry Boyle says the police device, sometimes known by the brand name StingRay, searched his phone at…

Jan 13, 2017 9:46 AM CST

Build legal tech tools with actual lawyers in mind

When I was a kid, my dad used to caution me against seeing other people’s concerns through my own eyes. “When you’re a hammer, not everything is a nail.”

Jan 12, 2017 8:30 AM CST

Judge Dixon stays on to keep bringing tech to courts (podcast)

Herbert Dixon had already been eligible to retire for six years before he finally did in 2015, after 30 years on the District of Columbia Superior Court—the district’s version of a state trial court. But the judge stayed on longer because he was having too much fun changing the way…

Jan 11, 2017 8:30 AM CST

Looking for a section symbol key? New keyboard is designed for lawyers

BigLaw lawyer Brian Potts had a revelation after becoming annoyed by the multiple steps required to insert a section symbol in a brief he was typing. Potts decided to create a keyboard designed for lawyers, and it includes a key for the section symbol, according to LawSites by Robert Ambrogi.…

Jan 6, 2017 8:40 AM CST

Xerox spins off legal and business services arm as Conduent

Xerox has officially spun off its legal and business services arm. The copying and printing giant announced Tuesday the establishment of Conduent Inc. The new company will debut with approximately $6.7 billion in annual revenue and will be publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange. According to a press…

Jan 4, 2017 1:10 PM CST

Alleged BigLaw hackers made $4M trading on stolen information, federal prosecutors say

Federal prosecutors have charged three Chinese citizens with insider trading and computer intrusion for allegedly hacking into the computers of two prominent law firms to obtain information about pending deals. In an indictment (PDF) unsealed last Tuesday, federal prosecutors say the three men made about $4 million trading on the…

Jan 3, 2017 10:49 AM CST

ABA Techshow in Chicago gets revamped

“I was completely overwhelmed and totally lost when I went to my first Techshow 15 years ago,” says Adriana Linares. “So when I got on the planning board, one of my goals was to see what I could do to make this conference better for all attendees.”

Jan 1, 2017 12:50 AM CST