In a sign of the growing presence of private cloud platforms, AbacusNext, a US private cloud vendor, has purchased document automation leader HotDocs.
HotDocs boasts a user-base of more than one million customers in 60 countries. It is expected that AbacusNext will integrate document automation into its products such as Amicus Attorney.
Vancouver based Clio is the most popular browser-based practice management software boasting over 150,000 users. Their annual fall conference is a hotbed of innovative ideas for the development of legal services. At this year’s recent conference, Clio took the opportunity to announce a major overhaul of their 9-year-old cloud software.
There’s been a lot of talk about using technology to make law more efficient. There’s no denying staffing ratios have changed in recent decades, but many non-lawyers look at the field astonished by inefficient processes and high costs. Justin Kan, who sold his last venture to Amazon for almost $1 billion, is doing something about it.
On the weekend of June 2nd, Neesons hosted a Legal Hackathon that brought together several hundred programmers, software designers, lawyers, and other interested parties. A dozen teams formed on Friday night and the coding began!
Teams were provided with several possible challenges including improving automated transcription, using AI to streamline document review, creating a system to pro-actively monitor file status, and a wildcard – anything they could think of that would improve the legal industry.
On May 26th 2017, lawyers and professionals from over 100 firms gathered in person and online for the Ontario Trial Lawyer’s Association’s (OTLA) Long Term Disability Conference.
The conference is an opportunity for members of OTLA to network, learn from industry innovators, and receive credit for professional development.
