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Entries from January 2010

WestlawNext Preview: Product and Pricing

January 27th, 2010 · 19 Comments


Westlaw will be launching its new search engine, called WestlawNext, at Legal Tech New York next Monday. Yesterday, the folks responsible for WestlawNext gave a pre-launch presentation about the new platform to a group of bloggers and legal journalists who write for various audiences. Carolyn Elefant and I were there representing the small firm and [...]

Tags: Legal Research · Practice Management

For SmallLaw, it’s Always Been About Homeshoring

January 12th, 2010 · 1 Comment


In a recent post over on the TechnoLawyer Blog entitled SmallLaw: 2010 Legal Profession Predictions, legal tech commentator Mazyar Hedayat prognosticates about the forces that will shape the small firm world this year.
Among Hedayat’s six predictions is that “[o]utsourcing [will] give[] way to insourcing.” According to Hedayat,

[i]n a world where the Internet has flattened space [...]

Tags: Contract Lawyering