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ABA TechShow 2011

As most readers know, I write a column for NYC-based TechnoLawyer called SmallLaw (formerly known as, no joke, “Crazy Mazy”). Anyhow, as TechnoLawyer’s intrepid Chicago reporter I’ve written about the ABA TechShow since 2008; and before that for this blog.

Here are the 12 videos we shot at this year’s TechShow. Feel free to subscribe to my YouTube Channel for more legal tech news and check out my TechnoLawyer pieces as well.

13

05 2011


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LexisNexis Firm Manager

LexisNexis Firm Manager (Screen Shots)

So I demoed LexisNexis Firm Manager the other day. It’s a web-based app like Clio and Rocketmatter, built on the Microsoft Silverlight platform. And  I have to say … I was impressed. Here’s what you can expect from Firm Manager:

  • Dashboard View: A quick, centralized view of cases, appointments, meetings, tasks, recent messages, and more.
  • Smartphone Integration: Firm Manager syncs with Microsoft® Outlook®, iPhone®, BlackBerry®, Android™ and the iPad® right away. Nice.
  • Time and Expense: Track time and expenses for anyone in the office. Firm Manager will compile and display the information by client or matter.
  • Finally! No Contract, No Install, Pay as You Go, Data Freedom: Month-to-month payments. Don’t like it? Take up to 6 months to port your data!
  • Contact Management: Find, create, or update contacts on the fly or at the office and use them without any lag time. Instant on capabilities.
  • Conflict Search: Powerful embedded search technology lets users comb through existing firm records to surface any potential conflict of interest.
  • Alerts and Notifications: Built-in notifications and reminders re events, tasks, and changes in their status for anybody in the firm.

The list goes on, and the app is still in development so there is also time to put in your 2 cents. Take advantage of this rare opportunity to be heard by the developers!

Want to know more? Click this link to register for priority access to the beta test of LexisNexis Firm Manager and qualify to win one of 5 spanking new iPads that LexisNexis is giving away to Practicehacker readers! And just for mentioning me, Mazy Hedayat, or ”Practicehacker” in the comment field of the sign-up form you’ll receive priority access to the beta.

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21

01 2011


by practicehacker
posted in beta, business, buzz, closed beta, collaborative tools, competition, cool stuff, crowdsourcing, current-events, disruptive technology, iPad, iPhone, law, law office, Lexis-Nexis, practice, practice management, tips, tools
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ABA Tech Show 2010 in Pictures

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28

03 2010


by practicehacker
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Litigation Software to the Rescue!

43% of litigators who participated in a recent ABA survey say that they use litigation support software. As for the 57% of you wondering what exactly litigation software is, this is your lucky day. The term litigation support software refers to an entire subgenre of database software for storing, searching, and reviewing discovery and evidentiary material. Way better than manually going through a physical file, that’s for sure! Here’s a helpful chart produced by the ABA of the different litigation software out there. For more information on the respective companies and how their software can facilitate your your litigation practice, take a look at the websites below and decide for yourself (this applies to both the 43% of you already familiar with the systems as well as the 57% of you who may be interested in making the switch):

1. Anacomp CaseLogistix
2. Lexis Nexis Concordance
3. ILS Edge
4. iCONECT
5. ImageDepot
6. IPRO eReview
7. Lexbe
8. MasterFile
9. Nextpoint
10. CT Summation iBlaze

24

02 2010


by practicehacker
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Network Part 2: Not Going to Take It Anymore

In Part 1 of this series I discussed the current legal research market (lame) and how Wexis was without challengers until a little company called Google smacked them upside the head last year. But the question remains: what are you going to do about it?

Change.  At Last?

Even if Google Scholar does begin the long climb into the consciousness of lawyers, goes the thinking, Wexis could certainly deal with a direct attack as it dealt with Loislaw and Fastcase before. After all the real power of the network is that it resists by tightening its grip and digging in its heels until removing it would kill the host. But direct action is not Google’s style. On the contrary, Google is king of feature creep. It excels at constant development of bells and whistles joined to a simple, irresistible feature like … search. So it’s a good bet that Google Scholar will not directly threaten Westlaw or Lexis any more than Adwords threatened Findlaw or Lawyers.com. Of course Google has relentlessly siphoned off legal marketing dollars from Wexis for the past decade regardless of its indirect approach. And like Adwords, Google Scholar is part of an even bigger network than either Westlaw or Lexis. So maybe change is possible.

At the end of the day, I believe that Google Scholar will do for legal research what Avvo did for lawyer selection: bring transparency where there was none before. If that happens then consumers of legal information including lawyers, scholars, students, and lay people, will be able to bypass the thicket of jargon and questionable practices that kept them in thrall to Wexis for a century. The result would be a body of legal research enhanced by user input (think Wikipedia) instead of a narrowly controlled, opaque system like the ones that lawyers use now. Change, at last.
Running Scared

This month the ABA Journal features a comprehensive look at the new crop of threats facing Westlaw and Lexis, including Google Scholar and Bloomberg Law. According to the article Westlaw intends to roll out it’s next-gen research platform, WestlawNext, in time for the ABA Technology Show in March; while LexisNexis will announce the new Lexis, dubbed creatively ‘New Lexis,’ later this year. But while the article makes it sound as if both companies are about to make a real technological leap, I’d advise you not to hold your breath. Westlaw and Lexis have never responded to threats with anything but cosmetic changes, falling back instead on enticement or intimidation to keep users loyal. And it has always worked, so why fix what ain’t broken? Besides, how likely is it that after generations of taking their market for granted either company will invest the time, money, or business discipline needed to break with the past? Then again, if Wexis loses its iron grip on legal the spigot of legal information then it is nothing but a search engine, and not a good one at that. Reason enough to be afraid.

I’m Mad As Hell And Not
Going to Take It Anymore
So are Westlaw and Lexis simply keeping up appearances as they did when the Internet threatened their proprietary networks in the 90′s? Or do they really think they can change everything from their business model to their corporate culture to cope with the likes of Google and Bloomberg? My guess is that, as usual, Westlaw and Lexis will talk a good game but continue to rely on contracts and intimidation over innovation. Hey, it worked for AIG, GM, and Lehman Brothers, right? And look where they are today.

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07

02 2010


by practicehacker
posted in disruptive technology, FastCase, Google, knowledge management, law, law office, legal research, Lexis-Nexis, media, new media, old media, realtime, search, semantic search, software, web 2.0, Westlaw
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Ahh … that New Lexis Smell


Today LexisNexis unveiled a partnership with Microsoft at LegalTech NY – the result is meant to foreshadow the complete revamp of the Lexis research system due out later this year, and dubbed New Lexis. In short, the company’s answer to WestlawNext, which was unveiled at LT NY yesterday. As a result of the partnership, a LexisNexis tab can now be integrated into the ribbon that Microsoft began using in Office 2007 and continues to use in Office 2010 beta as a substitute for the profusion of button bars in Office 2003. Users can conduct legal research, Internet searches on Bing and Google, even Sheppardize, all from within their Word, Outlook, or SharePoint document.

According to Clemens Ceipek, vice president of New Lexis, our customers spend their time … in e-mails or in Word creating or reviewing documents. That is exactly what we are doing. As a lawyer you no longer need to go to a separate, dedicated site to get the information.” Ideally this means that a user reviewing a brief in Word can click on the Shepard’s tab and confirm the status of all cases in the document at once. If the user wants to read the cases, clicking on another tab splits the screen and pulls up the cases. This same integration of information could extend to items within a firm’s own network or document management system in addition to items from Lexis databases or the Internet.

via abajournal.com

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02

02 2010


by practicehacker
posted in ABA, ABA Jounral, apps, Article, competition, current-events, disruptive technology, document automation, document exchange, enterprise, knowledge management, law office, legal research, Lexis-Nexis, media, Microsoft, Microsoft Outlook, new media, news, Office, old media, practice, practice management, Quick Review, review, software, technology, the business of law, tips, tools, Westlaw, Word
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