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Micro-Symposium on the New Sliced Bread in Legal Technology: Products and Trends That Belong on Your Radar

By TechnoLawyer | Monday, February 27, 2017

Coming today to SmallLaw: It's increasingly difficult for solos and small firms to identify the sliced bread in legal technology — the new products and trends that can make a difference. We asked seven experts — Tad Delegal, Kellam T. Parks, Paul Purdue, Jack Schaller, Caren Schwartz, Neil J. Squillante, and Deborah Tesser — to share their insights in this micro-symposium. You'll learn about new approaches to client intake, document management, note-taking, and much more. Also, don't miss the SmallLaw Pick of the Week for advice on what to do with your law firm website when you and your partner split up.

How to Receive SmallLaw
Small firm, big dreams. Written by practicing lawyers who manage successful small firms and legal technology and practice management experts who have achieved rock star status, SmallLaw provides practical advice on management, marketing, and technology issues in small law firms, as well as comprehensive legal product reviews with accompanying TechnoScore ratings. SmallLaw also ensures that you won't miss anything published elsewhere by linking to helpful articles (and podcasts and videos) about solo practices and small law firms. The SmallLaw newsletter is free so don't miss the next issue. Please subscribe now.

Topics: Accounting/Billing/Time Capture | Collaboration/Knowledge Management | Coming Attractions | Document Management | Laptops/Smartphones/Tablets | Law Office Management | SmallLaw

Is Documents 5 the Best Document Management App? Plus 66 More Must-Reads

By TechnoLawyer | Monday, February 27, 2017

Coming today to BlawgWorld: Our editorial team has selected the 67 best legal technology articles, podcasts, and videos from the past week. Below you'll find a sampling from today's issue, including our BlawgWorld Pick of the Week. BlawgWorld is free so don't miss the next issue — sign up now.

Congratulations to Brett Burney of Apps in Law on winning our BlawgWorld Pick of the Week award: Is Documents 5 the Best Document Management App?

Best Surge Protector

The Best Monitor Arms

Review: Microsoft Skype for Business

Data Plan Comparison: Unlimited Options From T-Mobile, Verizon, AT&T and Sprint

Looking Good: LG Gram 15 First Impressions

Apple's March iPad Pro Event: What to Expect

The 10 Most Innovative Companies in Consumer Electronics 2017

How to Receive BlawgWorld
Our newsletters provide the most comprehensive coverage of both legal technology and mainstream technology of interest to the legal profession. But not the only coverage. BlawgWorld enables you to stay on top of all the noteworthy legal and mainstream technology articles (and podcasts and videos) published elsewhere without having to hire a research assistant. Even when you're busy, you won't want to miss each issue's Pick of the Week. Subscribe now for free.

Topics: BlawgWorld Newsletter | Coming Attractions | Document Management | Laptops/Smartphones/Tablets

Micro-Symposium on LegalTech 2017 Plus Why Solos Should Not Remain Solos

By TechnoLawyer | Tuesday, February 7, 2017

Coming today to SmallLaw: Legaltech 2017 (a.k.a. Legalweek) is now in the history books — thanks this issue of SmallLaw. We asked 11 exhibitors and other legal technology experts who attended — Robert Ambrogi, Michael Barrons, Mary Ellen Bellusci, Jesus Maria Boccio, Brett Burney, Shawn Gaines, Nehal Madhani, Ian O'Flaherty, Jeff Pfeifer, Benjamin Snipes, and Deborah Tesser — to share their product discoveries, tips, trends, and other observations from the perspective of small law firms. Also, don't miss the SmallLaw Pick of the Week to learn why solos need employees and how to hire them.

How to Receive SmallLaw
Small firm, big dreams. Written by practicing lawyers who manage successful small firms and legal technology and practice management experts who have achieved rock star status, SmallLaw provides practical advice on management, marketing, and technology issues in small law firms, as well as comprehensive legal product reviews with accompanying TechnoScore ratings. SmallLaw also ensures that you won't miss anything published elsewhere by linking to helpful articles (and podcasts and videos) about solo practices and small law firms. The SmallLaw newsletter is free so don't miss the next issue. Please subscribe now.

Topics: Business Productivity/Word Processing | CLE/News/References | Coming Attractions | Document Management | Law Office Management | Litigation/Discovery/Trials | Practice Management/Calendars | SmallLaw

Inside Dropbox's Identity Overhaul Plus 59 More Must-Reads

By TechnoLawyer | Monday, February 6, 2017

Coming today to BlawgWorld: Our editorial team has selected the 60 best legal technology articles, podcasts, and videos from the past week. Below you'll find a sampling from today's issue, including our BlawgWorld Pick of the Week. BlawgWorld is free so don't miss the next issue — sign up now.

Congratulations to Scott Rosenberg of Backchannel on winning our BlawgWorld Pick of the Week award: Inside Dropbox's Identity Overhaul

LexisNexis to Discontinue Sales of Firm Manager

Dropbox Introduces Smart Sync

Review: Dell XPS 13 2-in-1

Could the Use of Cloud-Based Services Be an Ethical Violation?

How to Receive BlawgWorld
Our newsletters provide the most comprehensive coverage of both legal technology and mainstream technology of interest to the legal profession. But not the only coverage. BlawgWorld enables you to stay on top of all the noteworthy legal and mainstream technology articles (And podcasts and videos) published elsewhere without having to hire a research assistant. Even when you're busy, you won't want to miss each issue's Pick of the Week. Subscribe now for free.

Topics: BlawgWorld Newsletter | Coming Attractions | Document Management | Laptops/Smartphones/Tablets

Unintended Consequences of Proposed Model Rule 8.4(g); Reviews of Asana, magicJack, Box's Audit Trail Capabilities

By Kathryn Hughes | Thursday, December 15, 2016

Today's issue of TL Serendipity contains these articles:

Stephen Hayes, The Unintended Consequences Of Proposed Model Rule 8.4(g)

Lance Like, Review Of Asana

Bruce Gardiner, Review Of MagicJack

Bob Walsh, Review Of Box's Audit Trail Capabilities

Don't miss this issue — or any future issues.

How to Receive TL Serendipity
Our most serendipitous offering (hence its name), TL Serendipity consists of contributions by TechnoLawyer members who have important information to share. You'll no doubt enjoy it because of its mix of interesting topics and genuinely useful knowledge, including brutally honest product reviews and informative how-tos. The TL Serendipity newsletter is free so don't miss the next issue. Please subscribe now.

Topics: Backup/Media/Storage | Collaboration/Knowledge Management | Coming Attractions | Document Management | Email/Messaging/Telephony | Privacy/Security | Technology Industry/Legal Profession | TL Serendipity

Review of NetDocuments Plus Review of Batched Inbox

By Kathryn Hughes | Thursday, November 10, 2016

Coming today to SmallLaw: Fifteen years is a long time for anything, especially the use of a product. In this issue of SmallLaw, real-estate lawyer Joshua Stein reviews NetDocuments as only a 15-year veteran can. You'll learn how he uses this cloud document management software to organize, edit, and collaborate on documents, which features he relies on the most, and whether he recommends it for small law firms in the market for such software. Also, don't miss the SmallLaw Pick of the Week for a review of Batched Inbox.

How to Receive SmallLaw
Small firm, big dreams. Written by practicing lawyers who manage successful small firms and legal technology and practice management experts who have achieved rock star status, SmallLaw provides practical advice on management, marketing, and technology issues in small law firms, as well as comprehensive legal product reviews with accompanying TechnoScore ratings. SmallLaw also ensures that you won't miss anything published elsewhere by linking to helpful articles (and podcasts and videos) about solo practices and small law firms. The SmallLaw newsletter is free so don't miss the next issue. Please subscribe now.

Topics: Coming Attractions | Document Management | SmallLaw

Two New Products to Help You Go Paperless Plus 59 More Must-Reads

By Kathryn Hughes | Monday, November 7, 2016

Coming today to BlawgWorld: Our editorial team has selected the 60 best legal technology articles, podcasts, and videos from the past week. Below you'll find a sampling from today's issue, including our BlawgWorld Pick of the Week. BlawgWorld is free so don't miss the next issue — sign up now.

Congratulations to Robert J. Ambrogi of Law Practice on winning our BlawgWorld Pick of the Week award: Two New Products to Help You Go Paperless

Microsoft Launches Teams, Goes to War With Chat Giant Slack

How to "Fix" Your Email After Upgrading to iOS 10

Google Home Shows Promise, but Needs Work

Fewer Than Four Out of 10 Lawyers Use the Cloud

How to Receive BlawgWorld
Our newsletters provide the most comprehensive coverage of both legal technology and mainstream technology of interest to the legal profession. But not the only coverage. BlawgWorld enables you to stay on top of all the noteworthy legal and mainstream technology articles (and podcasts and videos) published elsewhere without having to hire a research assistant. Even when you're busy, you won't want to miss each issue's Pick of the Week. Subscribe now for free.

Topics: BlawgWorld Newsletter | Business Productivity/Word Processing | Coming Attractions | Document Management | Email/Messaging/Telephony | Laptops/Smartphones/Tablets | Online/Cloud | Technology Industry/Legal Profession

My DIY Document Management and Client Portal Suite; Why I Won't Buy Another Surface Pro; Four Criteria for Choosing Document Assembly Software

By Kathryn Hughes | Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Today's issue of TL Serendipity contains these articles:

Ramon Vinas, My DIY Document Management And Client Portal Suite: Reviews Of Google Drive, Storage Made Easy, Mover, Spinbackup

Merlin Lester, Why I Won't Buy Another Microsoft Surface Pro

Bob Christensen, Four Criteria For Choosing Document Assembly Software

Don't miss this issue — or any future issues.

How to Receive TL Serendipity
Our most serendipitous offering (hence its name), TL Serendipity consists of contributions by TechnoLawyer members who have important information to share. You'll no doubt enjoy it because of its mix of interesting topics and genuinely useful knowledge, including brutally honest product reviews and informative how-tos. The TL Serendipity newsletter is free so don't miss the next issue. Please subscribe now.

Topics: Automation/Document Assembly/Macros | Backup/Media/Storage | Coming Attractions | Document Management | Laptops/Smartphones/Tablets | TL Serendipity | Utilities

Lexis Search Advantage Adds Intelligence to Your Firm's Work Product

By Neil J. Squillante | Friday, October 14, 2016

Today's issue of TL NewsWire covers software that makes it easier to mine your firm's work product for model documents (see article below). In addition, you'll find links to the previous 11 TL NewsWire features, including our coverage of a new Android and iOS app for a popular practice management system, a virtual desktop service with two factor authentication, a new practice management app that launched after five years in development, case analysis software, and much more. Don't miss the next issue.

In the 1990s, document management systems revolutionized law practice. Not only could you collaborate on documents more efficiently, but you could also save time on new documents by leveraging your firm's body of work. Today's faster-paced world demands more sophisticated tools than these brute force searches through your archives. Time for another revolution.

Lexis Search Advantage … in One Sentence

Recently updated, Lexis Search Advantage is an enterprise search add-on that enhances your firm's work product with search, legal research, and drafting tools.

The Killer Feature

Lexis Search Advantage is powered by a combination of proprietary LexisNexis technology and IBM's Watson Explorer, a search platform capable of interpreting large data sets such as your firm's documents. As a result, Lexis Search Advantage can identify specific elements in the documents it searches.

For example, suppose you want to search for a legal issue in a litigation matter. You can use either a natural language search or traditional terms and connectors. And suppose your search results contain several briefs from your firm's archives. Below each brief, you'll find a Shepard's scorecard alerting you to potential problems with one or more citations in the document. These real-time Shepard's signals are always up-to-date thanks to integration with Lexis Advance.

When you open a brief, you'll find a living document. A panel along the left side lists all citations, judges, lawyers, experts, and companies within the document. The same real-time Shepard's signals are here too. Click on a citation to read that case. You can also find other documents created by your firm that cite the same case.

Click on the name of a judge, expert, or lawyer, and thanks to the new integration with LexisNexis Litigation Profile Suite you can learn more about that person and their experience. For example, charts show you how a judge has ruled on motions, the types of cases that comprise their docket, etc.

Other Notable Features

Lexis Search Advantage offers similar tools for transactional lawyers. You can search generally for transactional documents or run special searches for a Clause Title or Defined Term. The contextual snippets in the search results help you zero in on model documents. Within a document, the panel on the left side lists all sections, clause titles, and defined terms, enabling you to quickly navigate lengthy documents. You can copy a clause or defined term to your clipboard to use in the document you're drafting.

Searches often require refinement. Lexis Search Advantage enables you to refine searches. Refinements from your own document management system include authors, clients, date range, document type, and user tags. Lexis Search Advantage provides additional legal-centric refinements such as citations, jurisdictions, governing law, experts, judges, etc. When you perfect a search, you can save it in a public or private folder.

Because your colleagues don't always assign document types consistently, you can use Lexis Search Advantage's algorithm to automatically assign the document type in accordance with your firm's standard nomenclature.

"Lexis Search Advantage is a great example of the LexisNexis strategy of providing lawyers with technologies that help them work more efficiently," LexisNexis North American Research Solutions managing director Sean Fitzpatrick told me.

What Else Should You Know?

Lexis Search Advantage scales to accommodate any size document collection. One large law firm uses it with upwards of 40 million of its documents. Instead of using Watson Explorer as the search engine, you can alternatively use OpenText (formerly Recommind) or SharePoint. Learn more about Lexis Search Advantage.

How to Receive TL NewsWire
So many products, so little time. In each issue of TL NewsWire, you'll learn about five new products for the legal profession. Pressed for time? The newsletter's innovative articles enable lawyers and law office administrators to quickly understand the function of a product, and zero in on its most important features. The TL NewsWire newsletter is free so don't miss the next issue. Please subscribe now.

Topics: Document Management | Legal Research | TL NewsWire

Free Research Reports for Lawyers and Others in the Legal Industry

By Neil J. Squillante | Monday, October 3, 2016

TechnoLawyer Library houses our growing collection of free research reports in PDF format. Reports of this caliber usually cost a fortune, but TechnoLawyer members can download all of them for free. TechnoLawyer membership is also free. Below you'll find links to selected research reports. Click any link to get started.

Lawyer's Guide to a Well-Appointed iPad (Third Edition)

The Egg Theory: What Clients Really Want From Their Lawyers

Why Lawyers Need Not Fear Disruption

Three Common Productivity Tasks That an iPad Performs Better Than a PC

Chill, Grill, and Bill: Summertime Gadgets for Summer-Loving Legal Professionals

TechnoLawyer Demographics 2014

LitigationWorld Quick Start Guide to Mastering Ediscovery

TL Research Buyer's Guide to Legal Billing Software

Can Microsoft Win the Legal Industry's Mobile Race?

TL Research Buyer's Guide to Outlook Add-Ons for Law Firms

TL Research Buyer's Guide to Document Management Systems for Law Firms (Second Edition)

Topics: Accounting/Billing/Time Capture | Document Management | Email/Messaging/Telephony | Laptops/Smartphones/Tablets | Litigation/Discovery/Trials | Practice Management/Calendars | TechnoLawyer | TechnoLawyer Library | Technology Industry/Legal Profession | TL Research
 
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