Adapting Legal Tech to New Priorities
This is a live blog post from The Changing Lawyer LIVE! virtual conference, hosted by Litera. This panel is Adapting Legal Tech to New Priorities withRyan Alshak, Founder & CEO, Ping; Jake Heller, Founder & CEO, Casetext; Basha Rubin, Founder & CEO, Priori Legal; Noah...
Law Firms Going Virtual
Foreward I’ve long believed that lawyers and law firms could work on a more virtual basis, or what we now call work from home (WFH). The COVID-19 crisis and lockdown is an awful way to learn that is true. As law firm management – and...
Taking Legal Analytics to the Next Level
COVID-19 Prelude I started writing this blog post about LegalMation just as the COVID crisis was ramping up. By the time I finished it, the world had changed. As I noted in my blog post last week about Fastcase, this crisis will last a while....
Not All Law Firm Webinars are Superfluous
The American Lawyer recently published In-House Lawyers to Big Law: Enough Already With the Coronavirus Webinars (25 March 2020). At least for Jackson Lewis, that turns out not to be true. The article opens with This might come as a shock to some Big Law...
Fastcase Gains Share in Big Law
COVID-19 Prelude I started interviewing Ed Walters, Fastcase co-founder and CEO, well before the COVID crisis started. This crisis will last a while and what happens after it remains uncertain. Early signs, however, point to large law firms cutting costs or taking other steps to...
The State of Legal Tech Investment – An Interview with Investment Banker Scott Mozarsky
In this post, I interview Scott Mozarsky on the state of the legal tech investment. Scott is a Managing Director of investment bank JEGi. In that role, he focuses on legal tech investments. Some readers likely know Scott from his four-plus years as President of...
Rethinking How Lawyers Work Post Crisis – 1
Last week I joined a virtual lunch hosted by Ari Kaplan (thanks Ari!). We discussed what the legal market might look like post crisis. I raised the idea that, in working from home and living through disruption, we should rethink how lawyers work, not merely...
Sharing COVID-19 Challenges in Large Law Firms
This week I convened a group call to discuss and share COVID-19 challenges in large law firms. Ten senior staff leaders of large law firms participated, most US-based but one from the UK and one from Canada. For those in large law firm who have...