Today Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory US is releasing a new Application Programming Interface (API) which will make Wolters Kluwer content  from their Cheetah research platform available “your way” in your digital environment. Legal research products and in fact the very notion of legal research as a  one size fits all process has morphed dramatically in the past twenty years. Wolters Kluwer’s U.S. predecessor, Commerce Clearing House launched their first revolutionary product – the loose-leaf…

Thanks to everyone who has contributed their views so far. If you have not yet had a chance to participate, lease take a few minutes (less than 5) to share your experience and insights with your colleagues. The survey will be open through March 1st. Here is a link to  the original post about the survey. Respond to the survey at this link.  …

Join our panelists Jean O’Grady (publisher of Dewey B Strategic) and Michael King (Director of Loss Prevention at Schiff Harden) to discuss the latest trends in legal technology and how advances in automation can benefit law firms by reducing cost, mitigating risk, driving new revenue, and preventing revenue leakage. In this webinar, you will learn:1) How ECFX Notice reduces cost and mitigates risk by automating the eight (8) essential workflow steps of court notice management. •…

In light of the financial pressures the pandemic has put on businesses,  Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S.  will host a webinar to explore the evolving role of legal knowledge management professionals both in private practice and within law schools. The webinar, titled “The Future Ready Lawyer – The Evolving Role of the Library and Library Staff,” will take place on February 24 at 11 AM EST, and a wine tasting seminar for webinar participants will…

It’s hard for me to believe that I wrote my first Dewey B Strategic  post on February 17, 2011.  My intended goal was to highlight the importance of librarians and knowledge managers as strategic assets in their organizations and to be an observer and possibly influencer in the legal publishing and legal tech marketplace. It has been a fantastically interesting ride. I have had a front row seat watching the development of dramatic new technologies.…

Respond to the  2020-21 What’s Hot and What’s Not Survey here. Although the world was shut down by the pandemic, our friends in legal tech continued their pursuit of innovation and market share.  Most of us had a sense of whiplash and disbelief when the world came to a virtual halt in March 2020. Law librarians who had built digital libraries over the years offered their attorneys a fairly seamless transition to their work…

HBR Consulting  just released the 2020 Benchmarking + Legal Information Services Survey (BLISS). The innovative and interactive delivery format is at least as interesting as the content. The survey focused on the core metrics such as staffing, budgets, and resources but also covered hot topics such as innovation and COVID-19 impact. The survey was undertaken during June and July 2020, three months after most law firms were two months into mandatory work from home.…