Technology

This is the Boat: Stop Waiting for the Next Big Thing

Legal Lean, held on February 21 at the MaRS Discovery District in Toronto, had a little different feel than many of the other “Future of…

David Curle February 24, 2015

Legaltech 2015, Part 2: Room for the Newbies: The Stages of Technological Innovation

(This is the second part of David Curle’s coverage of the Legaltech 2015 conference. Read the first part of his coverage here.) CodeX, the Stanford Center…

David Curle February 19, 2015

Legaltech 2015, Part 1: Cutting Edge Comes to the Old School

Legaltech, which takes place early every year in New York City, is the biggest trade show and conference covering the legal technology industry. In recent…

David Curle February 18, 2015

Upcoming LEI/Stanford Emerging Legal Tech Forum to Focus on How Tech Will Alter Delivery of Legal Service

We have an important new program coming up on April 9 in New York: The Emerging Legal Technology Forum. The one-day Forum is designed for…

Ralph Baxter February 17, 2015

IBM Watson Might Transform the Practice of Law. Will it Fix Law Itself, Too?

It happened recently as I was looking at demonstrations of two very interesting new technology-based companies that help automate due diligence processes. eBrevia and Diligence…

David Curle February 09, 2015

Video: It’s Important for Law Firms to Anticipate Innovation, Says Stanford Law’s Dolin

Ron Dolin, of the Stanford Law School and Stanford School of Design, talks with Ralph Baxter, LEI Chairman, about the intersection of law and technology…

Ron A. Dolin December 12, 2014

Video: Firms Need a Strategy for Using Data & Analytics, Says MSU’s Katz

Dan Katz, an associate professor at Michigan State University’s Law School, talks with Ralph Baxter, LEI Chairman, about his talk on the intersection of law…

Daniel Martin Katz December 03, 2014

The Imperative for Change

Today’s legal service market creates a true imperative for change. As a result of factors discussed in earlier blog posts, over time the market will…

Ralph Baxter December 03, 2014

Law Firms Can Not be Silent about Social Media Pitfalls

Anyone paying attention to the news can see that social media is an ethical minefield. Attorneys, firm managers and administrators who use platforms like Facebook,…

Stuart Teicher November 12, 2014

Will Companies Adopt Potentially Cost-Saving Technologies In Litigation?

Reports that Microsoft has signed a letter of intent to acquire Equivio, a small provider of search and analytics software for use in litigation, for…

Gareth Evans November 06, 2014

A Clarion Call to Join the Legal Technology Movement

Earlier this month, CodeX—The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics—presented Evolve Law, a demonstration event for legal technology. Owen Byrd from IP analytics firm Lex Machina,…

Roland Vogl October 29, 2014