Transporter, a device that lets lawyers set up their own private cloud for secure file storage, has been named as the year’s top new product for lawyers in TechnoLawyer’s listing of the top 25 new products and…
Thomson Reuters Legal Gets New President
Here is a surprising story that I missed earlier this week while I was off at a conference: Thomson Reuters Legal is getting a new president. Out goes Mike Suchsland, president since 2011. In comes Susan Taylor Martin, currently the managing director of Thomson Reuters Legal in the UK and Ireland.
Susan Taylor…
A (Partial) Defense of the Blawg 100
It’s silly season again, when 100 or so legal bloggers begin beating the bushes for your votes as a readers’ favorite in the annual ABA Journal Blawg 100. With this blog having been retired last year to the Blawg 100 Hall of…
Rocket Matter Enhances Time and Billing
The web-based practice-management platform Rocket Matter announced improvements this week to its time-and-billing capabilities. The improvements include:…
Friday Roundup: Elvis Law, A Blog Shuts Down, Infinite Storage, Free Cases, and More
Here are a few items from the week that are worthy of note:
Elvis law. The ABA has published The Little Book of Elvis Law. The King’s legacy inspired not only generations of fans, but also generations of litigation. This book reports on some of those…
The First-Ever Law Blog (Reconsidered)
In response to this blog’s 11th birthday yesterday, a couple of people asked me what other law blogs were around way back then. The question reminded me of a post I’d written in 2007 for Law.com’s Legal Blog Watch, Who Was the First Legal Blogger?.
After searching through the archives of some…
Esqspot to Host Boston Networking Event this Week
Earlier this year, I wrote about the launch of Esqspot, a professional networking site for lawyers that offers a twist from other such sites — it aims to promote not only online networking, but also good old-fashioned live networking.
So far, it has hosted its live networking events only in…
Free Law Project Creates API, Easing Others’ Use of its Court Opinions
The Free Law Project — which I mentioned here just recently when it added 1.5 million opinions to CourtListener — had more big news…
Today is This Blog’s 11th Birthday
You know you’re getting on in years when even your blog is old. Eleven years ago today, this blog started. Here was my first post.
Heck, this blog has been around so long, it’s in a hall of fame.
Thank you to all my…
wireLawyer Refocuses on Lawyer Referrals
A little over a year ago, wireLawyer launched in beta as an online community exclusively for lawyers. At the time, I wasn’t kind to it. I expressed skepticism about the likelihood of success of a legal-vertical professional network and I
Box Furthers its Push into Legal with New Integrations
Last July, I reported here that Box, the file-sharing and collaboration platform, was making a ramped-up push into the legal industry. Today, Box followed up on that news in a big way, announcing new integrations with 22 mobile and web legal platforms,…