Category: Online Legal Services

A court has ruled that an online legal service engaged in the unauthorized practice of law (UPL).  A recent 9th Circuit case, In re Reynoso (2/27/07), holds that bankruptcy advice provided by an expert system “was the conduct of a non-attorney” and therefore “constituted the...

Foley & Lardner understands the value it can provide clients beyond traditional legal advice.  In Foley & Lardner Promotes Legal Technology, I discussed Foley’s innovative extranets. Via Law Technology News (Dec 2006), I learned about Foley’s Private Equity Matchmaker (PEM). According to a Foley press...

Investors today need more than information; they need insight. Can BigLaw monetize insight beyond dispensing advice?  Information drives winning investment strategies but traditional Wall Street information advantages are evaporating. The Internet has diminished the impact of huge budgets to buy information. Reg FD provides equal...

Legal technology can be a competitive weapon for large law firms.  Foley & Lardner Leads the Way With Client Extranets (Legal Times, 11/30/06) reports on how Foley uses technology to serve clients. The firm has created customized extranets to share documents with client; one client...

The dot-com boom is dead. Long live the dot-com boom. Two sites recently caught my eye as examples of why the boom has created a lasting legacy.  One site is a source for specialized information. Automatic external defibrillators (AED) are life saving devices that re-start...

In the BigLaw market, what is the fate of online legal services such as interactive advisory systems? It does not look good now but I am optimistic longer term .  Five Year Review Back to the Future in LegalIT (UK) provides a great perspective on...

Soon investors will likely be able to buy law firms in the UK. That should be good news for legal market innovation.  Legal Week reports on October 17th that the UK government is pressing ahead with the Clementi Commmission proposed reforms, which would allow 100%...

An October 5th press release (PDF) reports that Mavent has supplied Fannie Mae with an expert system to review loans for compliance with various statutues, regs, and guidelines.  According to the release “The Mavent Expert System is a comprehensive automated solution that submits loan data...