Category: Online Legal Services

I have long championed the idea of online legal services (online services list here and collection of articles here). So I was intrigued to read a recent American Lawyer magazine article (July 2005) that mentions a new online services initiative.  Clients Unite (at p. 22)...

Reed Smith recently announced a joint venture with DolphinSearch to create ComplianSeek, a product designed to help investment advisors meet regulatory requirements. This looks like what I have previously called an embedded law system.  I previously suggested that law firms could and should create systems...

Legal market regulation in the UK is on the way to significant liberalization. It will be interesting to see if that affects the development of online legal services.  Government to implement key Clementi reforms in LegalIT (March 21) reports that the British government will move...

Though online legal services may have plateaued (see here), a Wall Street Journal article yesterday reports that online compliance training is booming.  In Training Firms Find Niche in Compliance Needs (subscribers to online WSJ, click here), the Journal reports on systems to educate workers and...

I recently updated the list of online legal services that I maintain. There have been a few changes since the prior update in June.   New to the List: UK firm Morgan Cole offers tools to manage corporate employee policies and an employment e-learning service....

I recently wrote about Trends in Online Legal Services. One of my legal market friends offered some interesting comments that help explain why online services have so little traction.   Here is my friend’s analysis: “1. Law firms aren’t equipped to provide ongoing content. The...

In my prior post, Online Legal Services List Updated, I reported that in the last 18 months, there has been little apparent overall activity in online legal services. Updating the list of online legal services, however, did reveal some trends and tidbits.   A Caveat....