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Demystifying Blockchain: Katherine Lowry Invites You to Build a Blockchain at ILTA

By Jean O'Grady on August 19, 2019

This week, ILTACON 2019 is being held August 18-22, in Orlando, FL. Attendees will have the opportunity to attend a four-part series on the hot topic and still mysterious cluster of technologies known as blockchain. The program is the brainchild of Katherine Lowry, Director of Practice Services at BakerHostetler. I recently interviewed Lowry to gain some insights into the evolution of her interest in blockchain in the law and her goal in designing…

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Ken Crutchfield Succeeds Dean Sonderegger as Vice President & General Manager of Legal Markets Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S.

By Jean O'Grady on August 19, 2019

Today Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory US announced the successor to Dean Sonderegger who was recently promoted to the position of Senior Vice President and General Manager. Ken Crutchfield was previously Senior Vice President & General Manager for the Bloomberg Tax Technology division of Bloomberg BNA was named Vice President & General Manager of Legal Markets at Wolters Kluwer. Crutchfield will lead the legal markets group and focus on …

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Lexis Nexis Integrates Courtlink Into Lexis Advance Hooray!

By Jean O'Grady on August 11, 2019

CourtLink was one of Lexis’ earliest product acquisitions and it is seemingly the last to be integrated into the flagship Lexis Advance platform. Starting Monday Lexis Advance subscribers will see a host of new features and a cleaner more streamlined interface. This will be none to soon for customers. The integration of CourtLink was a massive undertaking. The system contains over 189 million unique dockets and 36.5 milling documents. Over 100,000 new dockets are added…

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What Do Law Firms Need to Know About Buying Litigation Analytics Products?

By Jean O'Grady on July 28, 2019

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During the Great Analytics ‘Shoot-Out’ at AALL, law librarians tested and compared the results of seven federal litigation analytics platforms. Analytics tools enable lawyers to ask completely new questions and gain insights which were virtually unavailable in a text based research world. It takes a special skill set to ask the right “data quality” questions when firms are assessing the dozens of analytics products competing for a share of lawyers desktop or an organization’s information…

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Acquisitions, Alliances and Joint Ventures Announced By Thomson Reuters, LexisNexis and Wolters Kluwer

By Jean O'Grady on July 18, 2019

Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory, LexisNexis and Thomson Reuters spent the past week showing off newproductsand features at the annual American Association of Law Libraries ( AALL) Meeting and Conference in Washington DC. Since the close of the conference on Tuesday, each has announced a new alliance of some kind. Thompson Reuters acquired HighQ Software (July 17th) Wolters Kluwer formed and alliance with Docket Navigator (July 18th) Lexis Nexis formed a join venture with Knowable…

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Bloomberg Law Joins the Brief Analyser Party – With A Touch Of Intrigue

By Jean O'Grady on July 18, 2019

On Monday night Bloomberg Law hosted a “semi-secret” preview of their still to be named “brief analyzer.” I will cut to the chase and recommend “B Brief” as a name for the analysis tool. After all, the point of a brief analyzer is to make lawyers more efficient. The product is expected to be released as a beta test in September and to launch by the end of the year – depending on feedback from…

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Thomson Reuters Launches Westlaw Edge Quick Check Raising the Bar for A.I. DrivenBrief and Citation Insights

By Jean O'Grady on July 12, 2019

Today Thomson Reuters is announcing the release of a new AI enabled enhancement for WESTLAW Edge. Quick Check enables a lawyer to “drop and drag” a brief or motion into the Quick Check AI portal and retrieve a thorough analysis of the cited or missing authority. The Quick Check process takes one minute on average. Michael Dahn, SVP Product Management, Carol Jo Lechtenberg, Westlaw Product Management and T0nya Custis, Sr. Director Research Center for AI…

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Fastcase Announces The Relaunch of Law Street Media To Focus on Legal Business

By Jean O'Grady on July 11, 2019

Today Fastcase is announcing their intention to relaunch Law Street Media at the end of 2019. Toward that end they have announced the creation of an advisory board. (Disclosure: I will be a member of that board.) For more than a decade LexisNexis has dominated the legal news market. Nexis was always a strong news product then they achieved a near monopoly through acquisitions and alliances (Law360, ALM, Wall Street Journal, MLex, Newsdesk). The legal…

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Bloomberg Law Returns to Predictable Pricing Model – Enhances Customer Cost Management

By Jean O'Grady on July 8, 2019

Several weeks ago Joe Breda, President of Bloomberg Law sent a communication to Bloomberg Law customers promising a new pricing strategy. Here in the key text from the document: “Our migration to a single platform has meant price adjustments for some customers. In response, we are recommitting to transparency and predictability in pricing. Our long-term vision is a fair price that’s consistent with the marketplace and representative of the value Bloomberg Law brings to your…

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Is Legal Innovation an Aspiration or an Actuality – Innovation Survey Results

By Jean O'Grady on July 7, 2019

Next Sunday July 14th, I will be moderating a Hot Topic: Embracing Sustainable Innovation Initiatives to Build a Future-Focused Library. panel (11:30am in Washington, DC at the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) Annual Meeting and Conference. Ron Friedmann, (LAC), Marlene Gebauer (Greenberg Traurig) and Darrin Fox (University of Oklahoma) will be discussing the both the survey results and real life sustainable innovation initiatives. Several weeks ago Ron and I posted the…

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Demystifying Blockchain: Katherine Lowry Invites You to Build a Blockchain at ILTA

Ken Crutchfield Succeeds Dean Sonderegger as Vice President & General Manager of Legal Markets Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S.

Lexis Nexis Integrates Courtlink Into Lexis Advance Hooray!

What Do Law Firms Need to Know About Buying Litigation Analytics Products?

Acquisitions, Alliances and Joint Ventures Announced By Thomson Reuters, LexisNexis and Wolters Kluwer

Bloomberg Law Joins the Brief Analyser Party – With A Touch Of Intrigue

Thomson Reuters Launches Westlaw Edge Quick Check Raising the Bar for A.I. DrivenBrief and Citation Insights

Fastcase Announces The Relaunch of Law Street Media To Focus on Legal Business

Bloomberg Law Returns to Predictable Pricing Model – Enhances Customer Cost Management

Is Legal Innovation an Aspiration or an Actuality – Innovation Survey Results

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