Low-cost e-discovery services target small firms, simpler cases

Jun 1, 2015 1:50 AM CDT

Feds go electronic on payments for indigent representation

Thanks to a federal clerk tired of a deluge of paperwork, lawyers for low-income federal defendants are beginning to use a new electronic payment system that allows them to be paid more quickly. The Criminal Justice Act eVoucher system saves attorneys the headache of running down fees for service the…

May 1, 2015 6:50 AM CDT

Clearspire is dead, but its technology lives on

Before Clearspire closed its doors a year ago, its founders had hoped to disrupt the traditional law firm business model. Although the Clearspire law firm is now dead, that hope remains alive—embodied in an updated version of the Clearspire technology platform slated to be rolled out as a commercial product.

May 1, 2015 6:35 AM CDT

Hybrid law school program allows far-away students to earn degrees

May 1, 2015 2:30 AM CDT

Opposing moves by U.S. firms in China show difficulty of overseas practice

May 1, 2015 2:20 AM CDT

NALP leader finds an interesting synchrony between law school, jobs figures

May 1, 2015 2:10 AM CDT

Drug-offender monitoring comes to the smartphone

Attorneys looking to give drug offender clients an easy, stigma-free way to comply with court-ordered monitoring may want to check out a new smartphone app from Outreach Smartphone Monitoring. Essentially, the OSM app enables drug offenders to take surprise, on-the-spot tests of their blood alcohol levels using their smartphones, whether…

Apr 1, 2015 6:03 AM CDT

Incubator network boosts Europe’s startup community

Apr 1, 2015 3:00 AM CDT

When making things free means gaining more interest

Apr 1, 2015 2:50 AM CDT

Automation is a threat without human roles, keynote speaker says

Apr 1, 2015 2:40 AM CDT

2014 was a year of gains for law firms

Apr 1, 2015 2:30 AM CDT

Making legal services a subscription product can make sense

Apr 1, 2015 2:10 AM CDT

Law partner creates SheStarts, a group to help female entrepreneurs

Women starting companies just don't get the breaks men do. According to a 2014 Babson College study, startups with women on their executive team are three times more likely to get venture capital funding now than 15 years ago. However, 85 percent of businesses that received venture capital had no…

Mar 1, 2015 6:15 AM CST

Glut of best-lawyer lists has marketers asking whether they’re worth the trouble

Everyone loves to win awards—which is why so many have been created to provide the recognition attorneys believe they deserve. Unfortunately, awards, rankings and "best of" lists have achieved such a critical mass that some of the pros responsible for touting their attorney recipients have begun to question whether they…

Mar 1, 2015 6:14 AM CST

Law school clinics join to help battle patent trolls

Mar 1, 2015 2:50 AM CST