In the first quarter of 2016 we published 69 blog posts. The chart nearby provides a breakout of the coverage we’ve developed here by category. The volume of coverage around litigation technology stems from our interest in the sector as LexisNexis consolidated litigation software into the legal software solutions division based in Raleigh. This consolidation happened a little more than ... Read More »
Friday Share: The Making of Lawyerist, Lifehacker for Lawyers
Frustration can be motivational. In many ways frustration was what prompted Sam Glover to start a blog circa 2007. Originally called SoloSmallTech.com, the side project, for the practicing attorney with a solo law firm, would eventually blossom into a professional news site. “I got frustrated with software options available to lawyers and wanted a place to discuss it,” he said ... Read More »
4 Notable Legal Software Updates You Might have Missed
Over the last several month the legal software solutions division has released software enhancements to several product lines. For those that missed it here’s an at-a-glance view of the most recent updates: 1. New eDiscovery platform goes GA Originally announced at the 2016 Legaltech NY tradeshow, the legal software solution division has rolled out the product for general availability (GA). ... Read More »
Quick Read: Summaries for 6 Recent Law Firm Studies
Unlike available time, there seems to be no shortage of legal industry studies and surveys. We find keeping tabs on external sources of data to be a useful mental, for understanding the market and trends, as benchmarks against our own research, or ferreting out new ideas and pursuits. In the course of such reviews, providing summaries of these studies here ... Read More »
Friday Share: Client Satisfaction Keeps Small Law Up at Night
What’s the biggest concern keeping small law firm attorneys up at night? Client satisfaction according to a LexisNexis Firm Manager® poll conducted of attendees at the recent ABA TECHSHOW. Some of the other top concerns that get between a lawyer and a good night’s sleep included, case management chaos, managing calendars , file security and malpractice. The image nearby depicts ... Read More »
Firm Manager Rolls out QuickBooks Integration
The award-winning cloud-based law firm practice management tool by LexisNexis rolled out a new integration for a widely adopted online accounting product. The LexisNexis Firm Manager® team announced integration with the Intuit® QuickBooks® Online accounting software. The integration synchronizes invoices created in the practice management tool with the accounting books maintained in the QuickBooks Online product. This eliminates an extra ... Read More »
Friday Share: Resurrecting the “Dying Art” of ECA
We recently came across an article published in Inside Counsel back in 2012 that now seems highly prescient – and it’s this week’s Friday Share. In his column, “E-Discovery: The Dying Art of Early Case Assessment,” attorney Matthew Prewitt opined that the high stakes of eDiscovery were transforming the traditional idea of smart “early case assessment” (ECA) by trial lawyers ... Read More »
Spring Forward with 6 Legal Tech Webinars for April
Whether springing forward or falling back, those affected by changes for daylight savings are reminded twice a year the value of an hour. To that end, we put a lot of effort into lining up webinar – that last about an hour – with high quality speakers and content. Below you can find our monthly legal tech roundup with webinars ... Read More »
5 Timeless April Fools’ Jokes for the Legal Community
With April Fools’ Day landing on the last day of the week this year, we are again embracing levity. This year we are building on the April Fool’s Pranks for Lawyers piece curated on these pages last year. After searching for new gags with an appropriate angle for legal, we’ve added just two more to the list as the theme ... Read More »
3 Law Firm Business Development Imperatives for 2016
It takes 30,000 or 40,000 hours of practice to become an expert litigator, according to one large law firm partner. To date, including the very seminar that partner was attending, he had spent a grand total of just a few hours honing his business development skills. If attorneys can accept that the practice of law is a skill that’s learned ... Read More »