LawNext

What does legal innovation look like? For all the talk about innovation in law, who are the real innovators and what are they doing? This week's guest, Daniel W. Linna Jr. , an attorney and law professor, helps us answer that question.   Linna is the creator of the Legal Services Innovation Index , where he is cataloging and indexing innovations at law firms and law schools. Through his work, he i...

The $500 million secondary investment announced recently by online legal services company LegalZoom is the largest investment ever in a legal technology company. It comes as the company continues to expand both its services and its geographic reach. With a valuation of $2 billion and a customer base of 4 million, what will this investment mean for LegalZoom now and into the future?   In this episo...

Five years ago, legal research platform Casetext launched with a goal of making legal research more affordable and more intuitive. In the years since, the company has attracted $20 million in venture financing and won the 2017 award for new product of the year from the American Association of Law Libraries for its AI-driven research tool CARA.   In this episode of LawNext, host Bob Ambrogi sits do...

On July 12, Thomson Reuters formally launched Westlaw Edge, its next-generation legal research platform that uses artificial intelligence and advanced analytics to help legal professionals find answers and perform research more efficiently. This was arguably the biggest news to come out of Thomson Reuters' legal division since its launch eight years ago of Westlaw Next. The day before the official...

I am very pleased and honored to kick off my first episode with guest Nicole Bradick. A veteran legal technology innovator and entrepreneur, Nicole is CEO of Theory and Principle, the technology design and development company she founded last January. Formerly partner and chief strategy officer with legal-technology development firm CuroLegal, Bradick is a 2014 Fastcase 50 honoree, recognizing "th...