Bob Ambrogi

David Lat defied the popular conception of who should be hit with a serious case of COVID-19. Just 44 years old, a two-time marathoner, with a young family and a successful career as a legal recruiter and journalist, and best known as the founder of the blog Above the Law, he…

Join me tomorrow, April 9, for a webinar, Tools Legal Professionals Need When Working From Home.

Presented by RPost, a company that provides secure and certified electronic communications technology, and The Florida Bar, the free one-hour webinar will look at the best tools to help minimize disruption to your practices as you…

Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S. today launched a comprehensive free resource for tracking state and federal laws, executive orders, and regulations related to the COVID-19 pandemic, built using WK’s Smart Chart technology that allows users to easily filter by parameters such as jurisdictions and topics to create custom summaries.

WK says it is…

As part of its response to the coronavirus crisis, the document automation company Litera has launched Litera TV, a daily live stream of interviews, educational programs, and tips around legal tech and legal practice.

I am thrilled to announced that starting tomorrow, and for at least the next four weeks, I will host a…

In Australia, as elsewhere, COVID-19 is creating a surge in the demand for legal help, especially among low-income individuals, as people face job losses, evictions, bankruptcy, domestic violence, and end-of-life issues. Further complicating the situation there is that parts of the country are still recovering from the bush fires that only recently were extinguished.…

In what appears to be a first-of-its kind member benefit, the Kentucky Bar Association has entered into an affiliation with two legal research companies, Casemaker and vLex, to offer its members free access to both platforms, plus access to vLex’s artificial intelligence research assistant, Vincent.

While virtually every state bar offers its…

The first in a new series of planned reports on legal tech globally looks at the market in Australia, where it finds good and bad — a vibrant and kaleidoscopic industry, but one where women are under-represented as founders or cofounders of companies.

“Our inaugural report on Australia’s legal tech companies reveals a vibrant, thriving…

In response to the COVID-19 crisis, the Legal Innovation Zone at Ryerson University in Toronto is presenting Lawyering From Home, a series of online discussions focused on supporting legal professionals as they adapt to working remotely.

I will be this week’s guest speaker for a program on “Key Tech Tools for Lawyering…

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…

On the off chance you do not already have enough podcasts to follow, I am launching another — but I promise we will keep each episode short.

Legaltech Week is a weekly round-up and review of news in legal technology and innovation. Episodes will be short — 15 minutes or less — and…

We have all heard by now the tragic tale of #PoorJennifer, the woman who, while on a Zoom conference, apparently forgot her camera was on as she carried her laptop to the bathroom to answer nature’s call, in full gallery view.

As we all adapt to this new world of online meetings, there are sure…

Sixteen months ago, LexisNexis introduced Context, an analytics product that did what no other analytics product did, which was analyze the language of a judge’s opinions to identify the cases and arguments the judge finds persuasive. Later, it expanded Context to cover not just individual judges, but also entire courts.

Today, LexisNexis is launching…