Category: Interesting Technology

Well, after three intense days, Legal Tech is over. This annual gathering seems to grow every year. Here then are my observations.  I spent most of my time with clients and in one-on-one meetings. So I can’t offer the first-hand report I had hoped. For...

The annual Legal Tech trade show is next week in NYC, at the same time as ALM CIO/CTO Forum. With two education programs and many technology exhibitors, there is much to learn and see.  If you visit the exhibits, here are my suggestions for what...

Those who need to understand a dense contract should consider special software to create a hyperlinked version. I recently spoke with the founders of Affinitext, a service that converts mega-contracts into easy-to-navigate, on-screen documents.  Founders Ed Adams and Graham Thomson have extensive experience – law...

I’ve previously suggested that blogs could serve as radar for legal problems. A new, off-the-shelf tool from IBM should make that easier.  IBM has released new software that Tracks Blogs, Web Content to Capture Buzz, Spot Trends Around Companies (spotted on beSpacific). It uses new...

SAP, the enterprise software company, has an unusual ad in the current American Lawyer magazine – a shot across the bow for law firm financial software vendors in my opinion  The ad is an 8-page essay themed with a Hegelian synthesis of law practice and...

I could not be at the ILTA (formerly LawNet) conference in Phoenix this week, to my regret. My friend and business partner, Shy Alter, CEO of ii3, however, is attending and provides a “highlights” report.  Shy writes: Microsoft is in the house: Looking at the...

I have previously suggested that corporations could scan blogs as an early warning system for legal issues. Business Week’s Blogspotting has an interesting post that relates to this idea.  Quoting an “experienced corporate blogger,” How corporations track the blogs: A blogger weighs in reports “any...

I have previously suggested (here) that general counsels could analyze the blogosphere as an early warning system for potential legal issues. Blogs as radar is now happening in consumer markets.  Last Thursday, the Wall Street Journal, in Marketers Scan Blogs for Brand Insights (free WSJ...