Startups
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Technology
Casetext Expands Its CARA Research Assistant, Adding Suggestions Of Relevant Briefs
CARA finds cases that you or your opponent missed, using artificial intelligence and data science technologies. -
Money, Securities Law, Small Law Firms, Wall Street
Looking Back On A Year Of Crowdfunding
What are the pros and cons of crowdfunding for startup companies seeking capital? - Sponsored
Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
If 2023 introduced legal professionals to generative AI, then 2024 will be when law firms start adapting to utilize it. Things are moving fast, so… -
Labor / Employment, On The Job
Sex Can Kill A Start-Up -- Sexual Harassment, That Is
Start-ups are fertile ground for sexual harassment -- and therefore sexual harassment claims.
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Career Alternatives, Technology
alt.legal: Now You Are Speaking My Language
Do you need to conduct document review in a foreign language? This entrepreneur can help. -
Contests, Technology
ATL alt.legal Innovation Awards Winner: 5 Questions With Jake Heller
Casetext seeks to make legal research faster, less expensive, and more certain. -
Technology, Weirdness
QuickLegal's Counsel Responds To Recent Reports About Startups LawTova And Text To Ticket
Read the responses for yourself and draw your own conclusions. -
Finance, Technology
Stats Of The Week: Legal Tech Startups So Hot Right Now
Legal industry startups received a record number of deals in 2016. -
Litigation Finance, Litigators, Money, Technology
alt.legal: If Money is Speech, Then Crowdfund Your Favorite Public Interest Lawsuit
A new venture offers citizens, lawyers and non-lawyers alike, a way to participate in important courtroom battles. - Sponsored
The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
ChatGPT ushers in the age of generative AI – even for law firms. -
Money, Technology, United Kingdom / Great Britain
This Week In Legal Tech: A Big Investment, A Virtual Lawyer, A Price-Quoting Chatbot, And A Notable Pivot
Which legal startup just closed on a $12 million funding round? -
Money, Technology
Legal Research Company Casetext Closes On $12 Million In Funding
This is one of the largest investments in a legal technology startup ever. -
Conferences / Symposia, Technology
ABA TECHSHOW Post-Mortem: Not Your Granddaddy's Legal Tech Conference
TECHSHOW is more than 30 years old, but the atmosphere felt as fresh and energetic as at any contemporary conference. -
Technology, Weirdness
Legal Startup Appears To Shut Down After I Question Its Management
Note the update: the sites are back up, but the questions remain. -
Career Alternatives, Pro Bono, Technology
Mind The Gap: Felicity Conrad And Paladin's Legal Justice Mission
If this “benefit corporation” model succeeds in legal, it could open up the world of pro bono to public investment.
Sponsored
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
Sponsored
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
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Contests, Small Law Firms, Technology
This Week In Legal Tech: Startups To Face Off At ABA TECHSHOW
Good luck to these twelve worthy finalists! -
Contests, Technology
ATL alt.legal Innovation Awards Winner: 5 Questions With Ian Nelson
Ian Nelson and Chris Wedgeworth founded Hotshot to apply the insights of "EdTech" to the legal industry. -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 02.13.17
* Sure, this is the Onion, but seriously, it isn’t far off. [The Onion]
* The history of judge-bashing: Trump is part of a populist tradition. [New York Magazine]
* Startups don’t have to involve technological know-how. [Law and More]
* I’m sure this won’t undermine the judiciary. I mean, I’m not sure at all, but we have the leader of the free world tweeting insults to jurists, so relatively speaking… [Gaveling]
* The suicide that is rocking K Street. [Huffington Post]
* Can your shade of hair change your ability to be taken seriously at work? [Corporette]
* Nope, having gay friends isn’t the same as a disciplined policy position on gay rights. [Slate]
* And you thought women were people. Silly rabbit. [The Slot]
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 01.31.17
* Adam Feldman makes the case for Justice Neil Gorsuch. (Visit Above the Law at 8 p.m. for our live coverage of the Supreme Court announcement.) [Empirical SCOTUS]
* Speaking of SCOTUS, a former shortlister and current feeder judge, Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson, has a new book out: All Falling Faiths: Reflections on the Promise and Failure of the 1960s. [Amazon (affiliate link)]
* Is the “chaos” of the Trump Administration’s early days really just the startup-like disruption of the established order? [Althouse]
* Professor Ilya Somin analyzes — and endorses — San Francisco’s lawsuit against President Trump’s “sanctuary cities” order. [Volokh Conspiracy / Washington Post]
* Professor Eric Chiappinelli offers two recommendations for law schools to survive — and even thrive — in today’s challenging environment. [PrawfsBlawg]
* Is the hiring of lawyer turned journalist Megyn Kelly the first step in NBC’s transformation into the next Fox News? [Instapundit]
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Contests, Technology
ATL alt.legal Innovation Awards Winner: 5 Questions With Nehal Madhani
An interview of Nehal Madhani of ALT LEGAL, winner of the ATL Innovation Awards in the IP category. -
Immigration
This CEO Has A Promising Startup But No Visa
She has journeyed through some of the top U.S. incubator programs, building a technology platform, a prototype, a website and a passionate executive team. What she doesn’t have is a U.S. visa. -
Labor / Employment, On The Job
Tech Startups: 'Digital Sweatshop With Snacks'?
Four takeaways about age discrimination, from employment lawyer Richard B. Cohen.