Legaltech Week

Top stories this week include sweeping proposed liberalization of lawyer regulation, a watershed Supreme Court victory for open-law advocates, a national COVID-19 pro bono portal born out of a unique collaboration among the ABA and legaltech companies, and the first public statements by Epiq Global's CEO on its ransomware attack and layoffs. Our guest this week is Mark C. Palmer, chief counsel of...

This week's top story is the release of the first ethics opinion to outline and address the issues raised by working from home due to the coronavirus crisis. We're joined by an author of that opinion, Pennsylvania lawyer Daniel Siegel, to discuss its key points. Also this week: the first major virtual legal conference of the coronavirus era is held, ILTA's CEO says its annual ILTACON conference is...

Top stories this week include more layoffs in legal tech as Epiq, suffering the double blow of a ransomware attack and the pandemic is reported to let go as many as 200. Also in the news, cutbacks at other legal tech companies, a report on the state of legaltech Down Under, Fastcase says its taking a bigger cut of the BigLaw market, former Atrium lawyers land at a law firm, case management company...

Top stories this week include the first coronavirus casualties in legaltech as e-discovery company DISCO lays off staff. Also in the news: a new legal analytics product from LexisNexis, a virtual legal conference to benefit charity, and a rash of notable hires. Finally, we're joined from London by Richard Tromans, legal economist and founder of the blog Artificial Lawyer , for his perspective on t...

Top stories this week include a legal profession in lockdown and how legal technology companies are stepping up to help with offers of free products and services. Among the most notable: Clio's commitment of $1 million to a disaster relief fund. Also in the news: Litera makes another acquisition, Casetext raises new funding to drive development of its brief analysis product, and vLex rolls out a n...