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LinkedIn integration with website and launch of Legal IT Today are major milestones

Legal IT Professionals starts the New Year with a completely redesigned website. With the input of key stakeholders from the industry and help from award winning designers, the new site will have a fresh, modern and balanced look.

IBM announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire StoredIQ Inc., a privately held company based in Austin, Texas. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. StoredIQ will advance IBM’s efforts to help clients derive value from big data and respond more efficiently to litigation and regulations, dispose of information that has outlived its purpose and lower data storage costs.

Latest Release of the Daegis eDiscovery Platform Delivers Powerful Advanced Search Capabilities and Transparency

Daegis, a leading provider of eDiscovery solutions, today announced the latest release of the Daegis eDiscovery Platform. Offering enhanced search analytics, the new release delivers sophisticated search tools with advanced reporting features providing comprehensive analysis of case data.

D4 Deploys Dell Compellent to Support Growing Data Management Demands and Achieve Five Nines Availability

D4, LLC, a national leader in litigation support and eDiscovery services to law firms and corporate law departments, today announced that the deployment of a Dell Compellent array is enabling the company to support an annual 30 to 40 percent revenue growth and save $250,000 in storage costs through the use of Dell Compellent’s automated storage tiering technology.

Thomson Reuters Elite President Named Member of Public Counsel’s Board of Directors to Continue More than a Decade’s Worth of Contributions to their Cause

Thomson Reuters Elite today announced that President Cary Burch has become a member of the board of directors for Public Counsel, the nation’s largest pro bono law firm that provides vital legal services for free to those in need. Public Counsel’s board of directors is comprised of respected representatives from large law firms across the nation and globe.

New brand reflects company’s growth and strategic direction

Superior Discovery, formerly SRM Legal, a leading provider of eDiscovery services to the legal market, announced today its new company name and unveiled a new logo and website.

Hope Swancy-Haslam named Chief Operating Officer

InterLegis, a provider of litigation electronic discovery technology and services, announces the addition of Hope Swancy-Haslam as the company’s Chief Operating Officer.

Attorneys and Administrators Vote for Worldox as a Top Product for New Jersey Legal Community

World Software Corporation® (www.worldox.com) announces today that Worldox won a Silver “Best of 2012 Official Medallion” for Document Management System in the New Jersey Law Journal’s First Annual “Best Of” Poll.

Research division shows product strongly positioned to compete for leadership in legal mobility solutions market

Hyperion Global Partners, a premier business and technology consulting practice to the legal profession, announces the company’s research division, Hyperion Research, recently conducted a survey that finds Microsoft is strongly positioned to establish a leadership position as the mobility platform of choice for law firms and corporate legal departments with the release of Windows Phone 8.

Gavel & Gown Software Inc, the leading providers of Practice Management Solutions for law firms around the world, continue to lead the way through innovation and advanced industry knowledge. Ron Collins, company president, experienced attorney and Fellow of the College of Law Practice Management, spoke to a group at the Upper Canada Legal Society about the advantages and considerations for cloud practice management software.

Integrated Electronic Billing and Collections Platforms Increase Firm Efficiency

eBillingHub today announced a partnership with Innovation Software, a specialist in collection management software for legal and professional service firms. The integration of the two systems will deliver an unified and cost-effective billing and collections solution to joint law firm clients.

Today, Two leading providers of cloud-based e-discovery services announced they have teamed up to provide clients with a consistent and defensible e-discovery legal hold, analysis, and review process that delivers the many advantages of a software-as-a-service (SaaS) architecture.

C2C Enables Companies to Switch Out their Autonomy Email Archiving Solutions from ZANTAZ and Mimosa to ArchiveOne without any Initial Cost

C2C, a leading provider of email, file and messaging management solutions, today announced a new product replacement promotion which enables companies to switch out their existing Autonomy email archiving solutions (including solutions previously from ZANTAZ and Mimosa) with C2C’s ArchiveOne Enterprise email archiving and management platform.

Westlaw UK Insight will aim to cover the entire law of the United Kingdom, integrates with Social Media Platforms

Sweet & Maxwell, a Thomson Reuters business and a leading provider of legal solutions, today announced the launch of the first online-only encyclopedia that aims to cover the entire law of the United Kingdom.

Recommind Partners with ii3 to Deliver Best-of-Breed Enterprise Search Solution

Recommind, the leader in unstructured data management and analysis technology, and ii3, trusted consultants to law firms, today announced that Lowenstein Sandler, an AmLaw 200 firm has chosen Recommind’s Decisiv® Search to increase productivity and efficiency for their data management. The initial roll-out has achieved greater than 70 percent user adoption.

To Streamline Workflow, Build Efficiency and Client Satisfaction

First To File® (FTF), a leading provider of SaaS-based IP management technology, announces today that Lempia Summerfield Katz LLC (LSK) has selected its Electronic File Room (EFR) Patents and Workflow Modules for web-based IP information management.

UBIC North America, Inc., a provider of full-spectrum eDiscovery and digital forensics solutions and services for corporations and law firms, has announced version 5.5 of its Lit i View ™ eDiscovery solution, which accurately handles English and Asian-language characters, encoding schemes and native file systems.

After 15 years using the IRIS Aim system, recently merged Attwaters Jameson Hill has signed a multi-year deal with Peppermint Technology. This will see the law firm move to Peppermint’s innovative Legal Service Platform to support its growing legal business.

Leading independent technology and equipment lessor, CoreTech Leasing, Inc., today announced it will be providing a live, ILTA Product Briefing webinar on Friday, December 14th at 12pm EST;  the live webinar is offered to the ILTA membership and additionally will be open and complimentary to the public.

South London law firm Glazer Delmar Solicitors have invested in a DPSCloud full-service hosted solution as the foundation of their future IT strategy. The decision is the end result of the Dulwich-based firm’s process to identify a solution which could meet their various IT needs, on  both an infrastructure and software level, and also allow the delegation of responsibilities associated with IT management away from the firm’s legal staff.

Webinar to Share How Advanced Search Techniques Can Be Used to Create a High Quality, Thoughtful and Tested Search Plan

Daegis, a leading provider of eDiscovery solutions, today announced a live webinar, “How to Decipher Advanced Search for Document Review.” The webinar will be held on Tuesday, December 11 at 11:00 a.m. Pacific / 2:00 p.m. Eastern.

Keno Kozie, a leading provider of information technology design, service and support to law firms, today announces they have been ranked as the best IT Outsourcing Company in the National Law Journal’s Best of Chicago Readers Rankings.

The National Law Journal’s Best of Chicago Awards is a reader’s choice rankings of the top legal vendors and law schools in the Chicago area.

Industry’s Simplest and Most Powerful Portable Forensic Triage Solution

Guidance Software Inc., the World Leader in Digital Investigations™, announced today the release of EnCase® Portable Version 4, the simplest to use and most powerful field investigation tool available for digital investigation teams.

Solicitors Own Software (SOS) will once again be attending Europe’s largest legal technology event in London next year. The Legal IT Business Show takes place at the Business Design Centre in Islington on 5th and 6th March 2013. The two-day conference and exhibition is the only free event of its kind in the sector and attracts over 1,000 visitors.

World Software Corporation’s “Zero Swap” promotion waives license fees for select iManage customers if they switch to the Worldox DMS

iManage customers may be concerned about future software development and support due to Hewlett Packard’s allegations that Autonomy misrepresented financials during the acquisition process. Worldox’s parent company, World Software, has been stable, profitable and privately-held throughout its 25-year history.

Time Matters 12 Helps Lawyers Record All Billable Hours Worked and Streamlines Law Firm Practice Management Activities

LexisNexis® Legal & Professional, a leading provider of content and technology solutions, today announced the latest release of the company’s award winning Time Matters® practice management software for law firms. Time Matters 12 helps legal professionals capture and record billable time using the new Time Entry Advisor feature, and with the improved and expanded Time Matters software add-in for Microsoft® Outlook®, lawyers can work more efficiently.

First Advantage Litigation Consulting, a Symphony Technology Group (STG) company and global leader in eDiscovery software and services, today announced the expansion of its managed review services in the company’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. Building on expansions earlier this year in New York, Zurich, Frankfurt, Hong Kong and London, the move further enables the company to provide expert, multilingual support for eDiscovery and managed review worldwide.

Workshare, a leading provider of secure enterprise applications, has been recognized as an exceptional provider of customer service by International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) member firms in the 2012 ILTA/InsideLegal Technology Purchasing Survey. This is the second consecutive year the annual survey has presented Workshare with this honor.

Industry leading electronically stored information (ESI) collection software adds robust and portable SharePoint collection tool

Pinpoint Labs, a forensic software and litigation support firm, today announced the release of SharePoint Collector (SPC), the latest addition to its family of forensic software.

HighQ published a new case study about the implementation of HighQ Collaborate in De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, a leading Dutch law firm with approximately 650 staff and six international offices.

The Case Study is available for download here.

Enhancements provide greater insight and efficiency to busy legal professionals

Today, eLaw—the single source of critical knowledge for busy legal professionals—announced new features on its popular case management platform. These key enhancements help subscribers to make faster decisions and prioritize their upcoming commitments by making even more critical case data available at their fingertips.

LexisNexis® Enterprise Solutions, a leading provider of content and technology solutions, has announced that full-service international law firm Stephenson Harwood LLP has selected LexisNexis® Redwood Analytics® as the firm’s solution of choice for its management reporting and business intelligence platform.

DPS Software is pleased to announce that Thursday 29th November 2012 saw the company receive its certificate of accreditation to the ISO/IEC 27001:2005 international standard for information security management.

Chattertons Solicitors has launched SOS Connect across the entire firm as part of an ICT overhaul which will boost its performance in the new legal era. The firm, which has 190 staff in ten offices across Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire, provides a wide range of legal services to commercial and private clients.

Recommind, the leader in predictive information management and analysis software, today announced a trade-in program for Autonomy licenses. Until 28 February, Autonomy customers have a compelling opportunity to trade-in their current Autonomy license and trade-in to high quality Recommind products.

Law firms can quickly and accurately analyze detailed financial data to drive performance, profitability, and growth

Aderant, the world’s largest independent legal software company, today announced it has launched a General Ledger (GL) cube as part of its Aderant Expert ClearView business intelligence application for law and professional services firms.

Mike Lynch, former CEO of Autonomy, published an open letter to the Board of Directors of Hewlett-Packard regarding the financial impropriety allegations made last week.

In his letter, Lynch rejects all allegations and asks HP for “immediate and specific explanations for the allegations HP is making”.

WorkSite Mobility 2.5 and new eDiscovery module part of offering

Autonomy, an HP Company, today announced the availability of the Autonomy Legal & Compliance Performance Suite, a comprehensive offering designed to help chief compliance officers, chief legal officers and general counsel overcome the challenges associated with explosive information growth, new forms of data and devices, and an increasingly complex regulatory environment.

UK law firm embraces email and file encryption to ensure that client information shared outside its networks is kept secure

Egress Software Technologies, the leading provider of email & file encryption software to professional services firms announced today that leading law firm Morgan Cole LLP has adopted Egress Switch to secure and control information shared between the firm, its clients, and other third party partners.

kCura, developers of the e-discovery software Relativity, today announced the launch of Relativity 7.5. The latest version includes enhancements to a number of key features of Relativity, while bringing complete processing capabilities to fully featured review within a single web-based application.

Proving Lawyers’ Keen Interest in Improving Writing Skills

Breakthrough editing software  provider WordRake® today announced that hundreds of law firms, companies, and government agencies like the City of Seattle, have become customers since its July launch.  WordRake software’s immediate success proves that today’s lawyers value good writing and aspire to write even better, which WordRake helps them do.

IRIS Legal has hired experienced legal technology manager John Gailey to spearhead growth in Scotland. Edinburgh-based Gailey joins IRIS Legal as general manager for Scotland after playing a senior role in LexisNexis.

Only DMS in Outstanding Vendor Category, and Dominant for Ethical Walls

World Software Corporation® announces today that the Worldox document management system (DMS) performed extremely well in several categories of the ILTA 2012 Technology Survey.  Survey results show that privately-owned World Software is growing faster than any other DMS and offers outstanding quality and support matching that of much larger public companies.

Top 100 law firm Ward Hadaway embraces email & file encryption in order to secure the information they share with clients, remain compliant, reduce operational costs and differentiate themselves from the rest of the market using Egress Switch.

DocsCorp, a global leader in document integration technology and productivity software for enterprise content management systems, is pleased to announce four more firms have chosen pdfDocs for their integrated PDF workflow solution:  Gregg Latchams LLP and Osborne Morris & Morgan Solicitors, both in England, William Fry in Ireland and  Sijbrandij De Waard Advocaten in the Netherlands.

Company increases e-discovery capabilities and further solidifies its position as the largest Relativity e-discovery services provider

DTI, the nation’s largest independent provider of discovery services, facilities management, and knowledge process outsourcing, today announced its acquisition of Fios, Inc., a pioneering firm in electronic discovery and one of the industry’s most recognized brands. Effective immediately, the company will be known as “Fios, A DTI Company.”

iDiscovery Solutions, Inc., a premier provider of expert information management and e-Discovery services to multinational corporations, financial institutions and law firms, announces that e-Discovery industry expert Robert Eisenberg has joined the company as a Director. At iDiscovery Solutions, he will provide cost effective and legally defensible e-Discovery consulting and technical services to corporate clients.

Outstanding export achievement and innovation in unstructured data management sees Nuix win ICT Exporter of the Year

Nuix, the Sydney-based worldwide provider of information management technologies, has won the Information and Communication Technology category at the Australian Export Awards. Beating six other national finalists, Nuix was awarded for its outstanding export achievement and clear contribution to innovation and the economy.

Kenny, Snowden & Norine, a medium-sized law firm located in Redding, a principal city in Northern California, announced it has replaced its on-premise document management system with NetDocuments cloud-based service. “The practice of law is becoming increasingly faster and more mobile, so we chose a cloud-based solution to replace our legacy on-site document management system,” Jonz Norine, Managing Partner and Attorney at the firm, stated.

Deal enables Workshare to provide ultra-secure enterprise social network solution

Workshare, a leading provider of secure enterprise collaboration applications, has acquired IdeaPlane, an enterprise social network built specifically for highly regulated industries. This deal will provide Workshare customers with a complete collaboration and communication solution by integrating IdeaPlane’s easy-to-use, secure and compliant social networking features into Workshare’s collaboration platform.

Continues Expansion of Onshore Service Delivery for the UK Legal Sector

Integreon, a leading global provider of outsourced legal, research and business services, today announced the opening of a 100 seat legal document review centre in the City of London. The London centre is the second UK facility Integreon has opened this year, with the initial Bristol centre opening in January.

30 eBook titles planned by the end of 2012, Chitty on Contracts now fully interactive

Sweet & Maxwell, the leading legal information provider, has launched the latest edition of the best-selling Chitty on Contracts (“Chitty”) in its new fully interactive eBook format. Chitty has been published since 1826 and covers all areas of contract law. Reviewers have described Chitty as the “most important book of the common law library”.

Since its inception in 2008, Rocket Lawyer has been committed to the democratization of legal services, making the law affordable and simple for millions of consumers and small businesses. This approach is ruffling the feathers of one of the incumbents and on Tuesday Nov. 20, 2012, LegalZoom initiated a surprise lawsuit against Rocket Lawyer alleging false and misleading advertising, trademark infringement, and unfair competition.

Daegis Users Can Now Instantly Access Case Files and Monitor Review Status on iPad or Android Devices

Daegis, a leading provider of eDiscovery software and services, today announced that the Daegis eDiscovery Platform now supports secure mobile use with the release of Daegis Mobile. Daegis Mobile enables the seamless review of case files and review status using an iPad or Android mobile device.

Apersee, the legal industry’s premier system for selecting e-discovery providers and products, announced today an expansion of the platform’s events calendar. Since it launched last month, a substantial number of industry and vendor events have been added to the calendar, and the website has seen increased traffic on its events pages from users and vendors alike.

Microsystems, a leading provider of document production solutions, today announced the promotions and additions of key staff members to support long-term growth plans fueled by a recent investment by Concentric Equity Partners. These staff promotions and new hires, along with added consulting resources, support Microsystems strategic growth plans of expanding product and service offerings that help the legal and life sciences industries and other document-intensive organizations improve document quality, mitigate risk and increase productivity.

"While many IT solution providers struggle with developing Portal solutions, we have created a market-leading proposition."

Eclipse Legal Systems, the sector's largest independent software solutions provider, has announced the successful rollout of its A2A "Release 2" update. Following The Ministry of Justice's 2010 ruling, all Road Traffic Accident (RTA) claims of a value less than £10,000 must be processed through a central electronic 'Portal'.

The tide has turned and the cloud is here - A free report by Legal IT Professionals

Cloud computing is a hot topic. We at Legal IT Professionals brush away the hype and take a look beyond marketing, to find out what the global legal services sector really think and what their plans are for 2013 and beyond.  In September 2012, we asked our international readership to complete a short survey. Our free report 'The tide has turned and the cloud is here' summarises the results.

Vista Equity Partners and Aderant Management to Retain Significant Ownership Positions in World’s Largest Independent Legal Software Company

Madison Dearborn Partners announced today that it has agreed to make an equity investment in Aderant Holdings, the world’s largest independent legal software company providing comprehensive business management software for law and professional services firms of all sizes worldwide.

Autonomy Customers Have Another Path to Protect Their Software Investment

OpenText™, a leading provider of Enterprise Information Management (EIM) software, today announced a compelling and complimentary offer to Autonomy customers interested in protecting their software investments. Existing Autonomy customers now have the option to trade in valid Autonomy licenses for OpenText licenses.

HWL Ebsworth Lawyers has chosen Phoenix to provide Support for Autonomy WorkSite. HWL Ebsworth reviewed its existing support arrangement and made the switch to Phoenix for its unrivalled skillset and 24x7 global support desk.

Legal Intelligence provider recognised for innovation, authority, and understanding the needs of law firms

LexisNexis UK today announced that it has been named Supplier of the Year at the British Legal Awards 2012.  The awards recognise excellence, success and advances within the legal world, and are judge by a panel of independent experts from the profession including former senior partners, in-house counsel, journalists and academics.

360 Legal Group selects LexisPSL Practice Compliance service as part of its offering

LexisNexis UK, a leading provider of content and technology solutions, today announced it has entered into a exclusive partnership with 360 Legal Group. 360 Legal Group, a leading business consultant to the legal sector, has chosen to take Lexis®PSL Practice Compliance service as part of its offering to legal firms .

Leading email management software provider KnowledgeMill (www.knowledgemill.com) today announces the appointment of former Hewlett Packard (HP) Director Ian Brook as Vice President Sales, effective immediately. Ian brings over 30 years of technology sales experience to the company including previous roles at ICL, Siebel Systems, Oracle and, most recently, HP where he was General Manager and Director (UK and Ireland) HP Software.

Over 100 people attend event – and 94 per cent of delegates rate overall content as “excellent” or “very good”

More than 100 people attended this year’s National Solicitors Own Software (SOS) User Group AGM and Conference, which was themed around the need to make the best use of legal software in order achieve long-term strategic goals.

BigHand, the market leading voice productivity software vendor in the global legal and professional services sector, has today announced that leading German law firm, Hengeler Mueller, is rolling out BigHand digital dictation workflow software and BigHand's smartphone apps to equip fee-earners with the tools required to respond to clients faster, improving client service.

HP internal investigation uncovers accounting improprieties, misrepresentations and disclosure failures in Autonomy financial statements

HP today issued the following regarding the non-cash impairment charge relating to Autonomy that was announced during HP’s fourth-quarter earnings announcement: “HP is extremely disappointed to find that some former members of Autonomy’s management team used accounting improprieties, misrepresentations and disclosure failures to inflate the underlying financial metrics of the company, prior to Autonomy’s acquisition by HP.

Independent audit included the Trust Principles of Security and Availability over DTI’s operational processes for its clients

DTI, the nation’s largest private independent provider of e-discovery services, facilities management, and knowledge process outsourcing, announced today that it has received the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA)’s Service Organization Controls 2 (SOC 2) security report for its newly-opened eDiscovery data center in Atlanta.

Peppermint Technology today announces a 5 year contract with Ombudsman Services to provide an ADR (Alternative Dispute Resolution) handling system via the Peppermint Platform. The Platform will enable the Ombudsman Services to deliver improved and consistent client services through multiple channels.

SQS Software Quality Systems, the world’s leading specialist in software quality, has helped Irwin Mitchell introduce automated regression testing into its systems development programmes. The first project to benefit has been Irwin Mitchell’s legal case management system, where SQS’ expertise, especially inautomated testing, has had a direct, positive impact on project timelines and quality.

Celebrating achievement, excellence and innovation in the legal industry

First Advantage Litigation Consulting, a Symphony Technology Group (STG) company and global leader in eDisclosure software and services, today announced it will be a headline sponsor at the ‘The British Legal Award 2012’ scheduled to take place on Thursday 22 November 2012 at Old Billingsgate Market, London.

Availability of Basic, Professional and Enterprise – new plans give users options to best fit their needs

PowerSearch Software, the leading developer of affordable and accessible search technologies, today announced the release of a new, three-tier option program  – Basic, Professional and Enterprise – designed to suit the custom needs of the legal market.

Company Expands with a Seasoned Panel of Experts Serving Multiple Regions

Daegis, a leading provider of eDiscovery software and services, today announced that Jeff Herron, Don Ryan, Kam O’Keefe, Esq., and Pamela Keller have joined Daegis as Regional Business Development Managers. Herron will serve the Northwest region, Ryan and O’Keefe will serve in the Northeast region, and Keller will serve the Southeast region.

Kelly Solomon poised to leverage strong law firm service desk, training and support experience to enhance user support experience

CMS Intelliteach, a comprehensive provider of business management and IT services to law firms, today announced the addition of Kelly Solomon as new director of service desk operations.

Omnia, a revolutionary online tool aimed at enabling solicitors to comply with the requirements of Costs Management, is coming to market. It comes ahead of a new budgeting regime for managing legal costs, which comes into effect in April 2013 as part of a ream of changes to the UK’s civil litigation system spearheaded by senior judge Lord Justice Jackson. The changes are intended to control and lower the costs of litigation. Costs Management has been described by the Master of the Rolls as, “the key to the Jackson reforms”.

Eclipse Legal Systems, the sector's largest independent software solutions provider, has announced the impending release of a mobile time recording application. The application - currently codenamed MyTime - will provide mobile time recording for users of Eclipse's Proclaim Case and Practice Management solutions.  MyTime is designed to cater for all popular devices including Apple (iOS), Android, Blackberry and Windows Mobile.

The Law Society of Ireland gets to grips with BYOD for its new diploma programme with the deployment of a robust and reliable Wi-Fi solution

In April 2012 The Law Society of Ireland, the representative, regulatory and educational body of the solicitors’ profession in Ireland, planned to launch a new diploma programme for its 12,000 solicitor members, to whom it also provides services and support.

Peppermint Technology today reveals unique insight to what both consumer and business clients want from their legal service provider. Surveying 1,000 consumers, 150 businesses and 150 law firms, this is the first comprehensive survey to be run in consecutive years and provides unique insight to how the needs and requirements of legal clients have evolved and changed in the past 12 months.

Attributes 175 Percent Revenue Growth to Focus on Big Data, Expanding Global Footprint and Strategic Partnerships

Catalyst Repository Systems, Inc., a pioneer in providing cloud-based document repositories for e-discovery and complex legal matters, today announced it ranked 418 on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500™, a ranking of the 500 fastest-growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and clean technology companies in North America.

Commonwealth Legal to Offer Summation 4.1, Allowing Canadian Clients to Save Time and Work More Collaboratively During Final Review

AccessData Group, a leading provider of digital forensics, cyber security and e-discovery software, today announced a partnership agreement with Commonwealth Legal, the Canadian market leader for evidence management solutions with a focus on e-discovery and litigation support.

Microsystems, a leading provider of software and services that drive document quality, production efficiency and risk mitigation, announces that US law firms Winstead PC, Miles & Stockbridge P.C., Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP and Dykema Gossett PLLC have recently licensed EagleEye software to ensure legal agreement quality and improve drafting and review efficiency.

DocAuto has begun the 4th quarter by further expanding their talented team.  The experience and expertise of David Pilling and Eileen Campbell has been brought aboard to strengthen the development and maintenance of the DocAuto product and brand experience.

Law firms can now choose document management suppliers with independent accreditation for service excellence

NAPPS - The Document Solutions Association - is a new industry body for the document management community.  NAPPS has been set up in response to industry concerns regarding the need for recognised standards and benchmarks of excellence, as the industry has been blighted by a lack of regulation and standardisation leading to a degree of consumer misunderstanding and mistrust.

Leading email management software provider KnowledgeMill today announces the appointment of Don Galles as Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Don brings over 26 years experience in the technology sector to his new role and joins KnowledgeMill from Hewlett-Packard (HP) where he was Industry Sales Director for its Software Division.

Asia-Pacific IP Leader Selects Electronic File Room™ for Seamless Trademark Management

First To File® (FTF), a leading provider of SaaS-based IP management technology continues its steady global expansion, announcing today that leading New Zealand IP law firm James & Wells Intellectual Property has implemented its Electronic File Room Trademarks Module (EFR-TM)  for web-based IP information management.

Full-Service Litigation Support Company Achieves Recognition from the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council

Shepherd Data Services (Shepherd), a Minneapolis-based leader in full-service litigation support including e-discovery and review technology, today announced that it has been recognized by the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) as a certified Women’s Business Enterprise.

Educational content provides insight on costs and risks associated with email

C2C – a leading provider of email, file, messaging, and eDiscovery solutions, announced today its sponsorship of a new white paper series titled “The Real Costs & Risks of Email.” The educational papers discuss investigations and the early stages of data collection and preservation, providing in-house counsel valuable strategies to address the early EDRM phases of eDiscovery in the most cost-efficient and risk-adverse manner.

Washington SmartCEO has announced that iDiscovery Solutions, Inc., ("iDS"), a premier provider of expert information management and e-Discovery services to multinational corporations, financial institutions and law firms, has won one of five Emerging Growth awards as part of their Future 50 Awards program. Founded by Washington SmartCEO, the Future 50 Awards program recognizes the Washington, D.C. area’s fastest-growing companies based on employee and revenue growth over the past three years.

One of the world’s largest law firms chooses Aderant’s advanced time capture tools to offer greater flexibility to fee-earners capturing time

Aderant, the world’s largest independent legal software company, announced today that Clifford Chance will deploy Aderant’s innovative new Time Management product to every timekeeper throughout all its global offices.

Telecoms giant British Telecom (BT Group Plc) stated earlier this morning that an agreement has been reached to acquire Tikit (Tikit Group Plc). BT will pay 416 pence in cash for each Tikit share held, thereby valuing the company at GBP 64.2 million.

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Other improvements include new user audit log for better monitoring of workflow, faster exporting of files and improved OCR tool

LexisNexis® Legal & Professional, a leading global provider of content and technology solutions, today announced the release of LexisNexis® Early Data Analyzer 1.2, an enhanced version of its electronic discovery software that includes new tools to help litigation professionals reduce costs by filtering irrelevant documents from the discovery process.

Esquire Innovations, Inc., a leading provider of Microsoft Office integration software and services for law firms, today announced the addition of three new members to its software development team and the appointment of Judye Carter Reynolds to the position of Director of Client Solutions to address recent growth.

Incorporation of Equivio Zoom with Catalyst Insight Adds Predictive Coding Capabilities to the Legal Industry’s Most Powerful XML e-Discovery Platform

Catalyst Repository Systems, Inc., a pioneer in providing secure cloud-based document repositories for e-discovery, today announced it has partnered with Equivio to offer predictive coding to work with Catalyst Insight, its innovative XML e-discovery platform.

Only Exari combines clause libraries, RoundTripping, and granular visibility into contract data

Today Exari released Version 6.1 of its contract automation software  that accelerates sales cycles and streamlines complex contract processes.  The release has more than 200 new features that enhance this flexible system's capabilities from document creation through negotiation, storage and obligation management.

Affinity to offer iTimeKeep™ to legal professionals looking for easy-to-use, anytime, anywhere mobile time entry

Affinity Consulting Group (Affinity), which specializes in strategic technology and management solutions for law firms and legal departments of all sizes, today announced its strategic partnership with Bellefield, a leader in mobile solutions for legal, and its flagship mobile timekeeping product iTimeKeep.

Webinar to Examine the Legal, Economic and Technological Issues Surrounding Conventional Technology Assisted Review and New Predictive Technologies

Daegis, a leading provider of eDiscovery solutions, today announced a live webinar, “Learning from Big Data – Simplify Your Workflow Using Technology Assisted Review.” The webinar will be held on Tuesday, November 13 at 11:00 a.m. pacific / 2:00 p.m. eastern.

First Advantage Litigation Consulting, a Symphony Technology Group (STG) company  and global leader in eDiscovery software and services, today announced that professionals from the company will speak at a number of upcoming legal events.

On Wednesday, November 14th, Levit & James, Inc. co-founder Ian Levit will demonstrate Best Authority Table of Authorities software in an educational seminar for legal IT staff entitled “All about Tables of Authorities (TOAs): Including How to Prepare One in Minutes.”

Dr. David Grossman, associate director of the Georgetown Information Retrieval Library and an adjunct professor of computer science at the Illinois Institute of Technology, recently authored a white paper about Relativity Assisted Review . The paper, “Measuring and Validating the Effectiveness of Relativity Assisted Review,” discusses the accuracy and usefulness of Assisted Review’s technology and workflow. To read the white paper, click here.

DocsCorp, a global leader in document integration technology and productivity software for enterprise content management systems, announced today the release of pdfDocs 3.3, a project-centric PDF management application that integrates with leading Document Management Systems (DMS) as well as MS SharePoint.

Upcoming webinar shows how organizations can combine flexibility with security in cloud collaboration

Workshare, a leading provider of secure enterprise collaboration applications, is hosting a webinar with the Association for Information and Image Management (AIIM), the global community of information professionals, on November 30 to help businesses develop an approach to cloud collaboration that balances user flexibility with organizational security.

PGS Law, part of the nationwide Quality Solicitors network has contracted with Linetime for their Liberate case and matter management software. Keith Swan (Managing Partner) said “The practice regularly reviews its ongoing development to ensure that we retain our competitive edge. One aspect of our strategy has been to become part of the Quality Solicitors network; this has provided the practice with a recognisable National brand.

iTimeKeep™ for Total Office Financial allows attorneys to enter their time from wherever they are on their mobile devices

Bellefield Systems announces the availability of iTimeKeep™ for firms using Total Office Financial.  The addition of the Total Office integration solidifies Bellefield’s position as a leader in Mobile Time Entry for law firms of all sizes using most any Time & Billing System.

AccessData, a pioneer of digital investigations and litigation support solutions, today announced that the company has partnered with Michael Arkfeld and LawCLE Center in the presentation of a webinar titled, “Cutting Edge Strategies for Effective Discovery Review” on November 14th from 1:00-2:00 p.m. ET.

UBIC, Inc. has formed a strategic partnership with translation company ALAYA, Inc. in Japan, as of October 2012. With this move, UBIC has made a full-scale move into the business of translating documents for international litigation, due diligence, mergers and acquisitions as well as initial public offerings.

IntApp, Inc., provider of the most-adopted information security software for law firms, today announced that an independent survey by the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) of its membership shows Wall Builder continues its market momentum, with significant product adoption reported by large and mid-sized law firms.

LawSoft Enables Superior Level of Service More Efficiently and Cost-Effectively for Top 50 UK Law Firm

Thomson Reuters Elite is pleased to announce that top 50 UK law firm Pannone LLP continues to receive numerous benefits from deploying LawSoft less than one year ago. Primarily used in its Court of Protection (COP) department, which manages more than £230 million on behalf of its COP clients, LawSoft provides a single point of entry and discovery for all client-related data, allowing for streamlined internal processes and better client communication.

HighQ Solutions just published a new case study about Benesch Law migrating from SharePoint to HighQ Collaborate.

The case study can be downloaded here.

nQueue Billback, the leading provider of software-based cost recovery and expense management systems, today announced strong acceptance in the third quarter of 2012 for its new low-cost, multi-thread scan engine, iA Scan powered by iA Route. Adoption of this software is responsible for continuing the company’s strong revenue growth, for the year, including a record first quarter.

Luncheon-style events bring conversational roundtables featuring important legal practice management topics

Hyperion Global Partners, a premier business and technology consulting practice to the legal profession, announces the launch of their Global Thought Leadership Series. Hosted in various cities across the globe, these events bring together legal technology and practice managers in a roundtable format to discuss timely and compelling topics facing the industry.

Tabs3 Platinum SQL Users Can Significantly Improve Electronic Billing Process with Innovative Web-based Billing Application

eBillingHub today announced it has integrated its technology with the award-winning software solution Tabs3 Platinum SQL to automate and streamline the electronic billing process for its legal services clients. By partnering with another industry-leading time and billing provider, eBillingHub continues to deliver on its strategy to become the de-facto standard application for centralized e-billing.

New space includes state-of-the-art server environment

DTI, the nation’s largest private independent provider of discovery services, facilities management, and knowledge process outsourcing, today announced that its Tampa office has significantly upgraded its capabilities in completing a move to Suite 280 in the Wells Fargo Center at 100 S. Ashley Drive. The new 2,200-square-foot space adds high-speed servers for e-discovery processing and a state-of-the-art server environment.

System Automatically Downloads Private PAIR Files to Streamline Workflow, Reduce Processing Time, and Eliminate Unnecessary Work for Docketing Staff

First To File® (FTF), a leading provider of SaaS-based IP management technology, announced today that prominent IP law firm Nixon & Vanderhye has implemented FTF’s automated integration with the USPTO e-Office Action Notification system, initially released in July.  Each morning, First To File downloads files from the USPTO Private PAIR System directly into Nixon’s Electronic File Room (EFR).

UBIC, Inc., a leading provider of Asian-language eDiscovery solutions and services, announced today that it has publicly filed a registration statement on Form F-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) relating to a proposed U.S. initial public offering of its American Depositary Shares (ADSs), representing its common stock.

Leading legal software supplier Solicitors Own Software (SOS) has announced three new recruits as part of its managed growth strategy. The recruitment of Nick Anderson, Paul O’Mahoney and Laura Robinson strengthens SOS’s commitment to delivering client-focused software and services.

Legal Suite, a leader in legal solutions for law departments, today announced the company has signed their 400th client, GENERALI, a leading insurance company founded in Italy. “We are happy to be able to announce this milestone for our company,” stated Patrick Deleau, President and CEO of the Legal Suite Group. “GENERALI is a great company and we are happy to bring them on as a client, and having them named as our official 400th client is a record that we are so pleased to be able to share.”

Latest Version of Dragon Legal Delivers Increased Accuracy and Enhancements Designed to Boost Productivity, Streamline Transcription and Reduce Costs

Nuance Communications, Inc. today announced Dragon NaturallySpeaking 12 Legal, voice recognition software that enables attorneys and other legal professionals to create documents and control their PCs by voice, increasing productivity and driving down costs.

Poll of Teams Focused on Legal Documents Highlights Document Management Challenges

KnowledgeTree, a leading provider of cloud-based solutions that help companies “rule their documents,” today announced the results of a survey that investigated how legal teams work together on business processes and documents. The study polled business users that work on legal documents and discovered that the process of creating and approving team-generated content creates significant inefficiencies.

Top 150 law firm Wilsons LLP are the latest firm to implement Copitrak’s cutting edge eClipse Embedded MEAP solution for the Canon IR Advanced range. The solution provides all the usual copy/print cost recovery and management information, along with rules based printing and secure print release. Wilsons LLP replaced their ageing cost recovery solution as they were keen to make cost and environmental savings through reduced printer and paper usage.

Webinar, scheduled for Nov. 14 at noon ET, to feature Scott Ainslie of Holland & Hart and Charles Magliato of Biscom

As the complexities surrounding Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) continue to multiply, law firms are struggling to ensure that the personal mobile devices preferred by lawyers align with security and management standards. With this in mind, Biscom, provider of the legal industry’s most trusted document exchange technology, announced today that it will hold a webinar for the International Legal Technology Association focused on controlling the security threats posed by BYOD.

Portsmouth practice, Andrew & Andrew, is implementing Eclipse's Proclaim Case Management Software solution. Established some 50 years ago, Andrew & Andrew provides a suite of legal services to individuals and businesses nationwide.  Recent expansion in the practice's consumer services teams led Andrew & Andrew to seek a suitable Case Management platform to underpin these activities.

Leading Minneapolis law firm selects Relativity as e-discovery platform for flexibility and text analytics capabilities

kCura, developers of the e-discovery software Relativity, today announced that Nilan Johnson Lewis, PA has purchased a license to install Relativity firm-wide. A fully featured, web-based e-discovery platform, Relativity can be customized to create intuitive, easy-to-use review processes that meet the needs of Nilan Johnson Lewis’s case teams.

DocsCorp, a global leader in document integration technology and productivity software for enterprise content management systems, is pleased to announce the addition of two new Scottish law firms to join its ever increasing list of legal clients in the UK. Harper Macleod LLP purchased contentCrawler, while Burness Solicitors became the latest firm to sign up for compareDocs. Both deals were through Phoenix Business Solutions.

Lancashire and Cumbria based law firm Halves the Time Secretaries Spend Processing Dictations by Implementing BigHand's Speech Recognition Integration

BigHand, the market leading voice productivity software vendor in the global legal and professional services sector, has today announced that Lancashire and Cumbria based law firm, Holdens Solicitors has deployed BigHand's integration with Dragon speech recognition throughout the firm to enable legal secretaries to spend less time processing dictations and more time on client-facing work and quality and risk management responsibilities.

Leading provider of web-based vertical business management software expands into the legal market with the recent acquisition of fast growing MyCase Inc.

Today, AppFolio announces the acquisition of the San Diego-based legal practice management software provider, MyCase Inc. AppFolio's suite of vertical SaaS solutions includes AppFolio Property Manager–web-based property management software used by thousands of property managers across the United States; RentApp–free online rental applications (processed over twelve thousand online applications in the first year) with options to collect application fees and screen applicants; and AppFolio SecureDocs–secure virtual data rooms used by well known companies like Savings.com and Angies List.

Workshare, a leading provider of document collaboration software, today announced the appointment of Michael Ollitervo-Murphy as Chief Customer Officer (CCO) to build on Workshare’s commitment to customer service and enhancing customer experience. Michael will be responsible for driving Workshare’s customer experience, evangelizing best practice and building out an exceptional customer service organization.

New facility in the City adds capacity to host large multilingual reviews

First Advantage Litigation Consulting, a Symphony Technology Group (STG) company and global leader in eDisclosure software and services, today announced the expansion of its London document review centre by taking an additional floor at 4 St. Paul’s Churchyard.  Complementing First Advantage’s existing forensics, eDisclosure and data hosting capabilities, the new state-of-the- art facility can accommodate 75 reviewers and is ideally suited to support large scale, multilingual document review projects involving highly sensitive data.

Seasoned eDiscovery Services Veteran Will Help the Company Scale and Position for Additional Future Growth

RenewData, a full-service eDiscovery provider that offers the industry’s broadest spectrum of review acceleration solutions, today announced that it has promoted Hemanth Salem, formerly the company’s vice president of information systems, to chief operating officer. In this role, Salem will oversee operations and delivery for RenewData while collaborating with executive management to develop and execute corporate strategies.

Phoenix is proud to introduce Phoenix Capture Connect to the Phoenix Connect family. The Connect product will enable your organisation to greatly enhance its productivity, utilising time capture technology to track and assist lawyers in building accurate timesheets. Capture Connect tracks users day-to-day activities in the applications they most commonly use; including the MS Office suite, Skype, iManage WorkSite, and web browsers.

Howells LLP, the South Yorkshire leading law firm with over 30 years of service providing high quality legal advice, has invested in a new human resources solution from Access. The law firm has replaced its existing time and attendance system with SelectHR, a full human resources solution offering self-service, training and development, timesheets and appraisals.

Zylpha, the UK’s leading innovator of legal document production and distribution has announced the latest version of its Rapid RTA (Road Traffic Accident) integration system for law firms. The software which automates the transfer of case management information for claims made on the MOJ’s (Ministry of Justice’s) RTA portal significantly speeds up the process, whilst reducing costs and eliminating manual input errors.

When leading West Midlands law firm Higgs & Sons decided to renew its IT, working in partnership with Phoenix enabled the company to implement and benefit from the latest technology. “We were faced with end-of-life Microsoft technology, while servers and front-of-line applications were also ageing,” says Stephen Brown, IT Director. “So we needed a change. We want to use the latest tools and technologies to work as productively as we can and deliver the best client service possible.”

IRIS Legal is reporting booming sales of its IRIS OPSIS legal software in the smaller law firm market, confirming that it is not all ‘doom and gloom’ as many would predict. These wins come after beating a host of rivals in competitive tenders.

Oxley and Coward provide legal services to both businesses and individuals. The Practice understands that the key to providing exceptional client services requires a dedicated and professional workforce coupled with effective IT systems to support them. Oxley & Coward believe they need to provide legal services in such a way that best suits their clients and to do this requires the very best in technology.

Next Generation, web-based practice management offers legal professionals the freedom to work the way they want to

Gavel & Gown Software Inc., the leading developer of practice management software for lawyers, has officially announced the launch of "Amicus Cloud" - cloud software that will set a new standard for web-based legal practice management.

NetDocuments, a leading online document and email management service provider, announced today it has joined the exclusive group of software vendors providing legal technology tools and solutions to the members of the American Bar Association through LPM’s Premium Solutions Provider sponsorship.

New app enables enterprises to send and receive faxes on Apple, Android, and Amazon mobile devices

Biscom, Inc., the leading provider of enterprise fax servers, hosted cloud fax services, and secure file transfer solutions, announced that its Biscom Mobile Fax app for Apple iPad and iPhone, Google Android tablets and phones, and Amazon Kindle Fire devices is now available from the Apple, Android, and Amazon marketplaces.

The South West Legal IT Forum - the premier networking forum for Legal IT professionals in the South West peninsula (Bristol, Somerset, Dorset, Devon and Cornwall) has consolidated its existing web presence on Twitter and LinkedIn with an exciting new website powered by Nexus Open Systems. The members of the South West Legal IT Forum represent law firms and suppliers spread across a 200 mile peninsula.

Aderant, the world’s largest independent legal software company, today announced it has launched Aderant Expert On the Go Time for Windows 8 and Windows RT, Microsoft’s highly-anticipated new version of its Windows operating system.

DocsCorp, a global leader in document integration technology and productivity software for enterprise content management systems, announced today that Melody Easton has joined its European team and will be responsible for all aspects of marketing in the region.

National law firm selects Relativity as e-discovery review platform

kCura, developers of the e-discovery software Relativity, today announced that Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman LLP has licensed Relativity. Kasowitz is a national law firm primarily focused on complex commercial litigation. As a fully featured, web-based e-discovery platform, Relativity will allow the firm to be flexible in addressing the evolving needs of their clients.

Highly-regarded litigation firm Mueller Law has successfully implemented LawBase case and matter management software. The firm uses LawBase to track a variety of cases including, products liability, surgical mesh, medical malpractice, birth injury, and other class action litigation.

Providing Greater Functionality through the Lifecycle of the Deal Process

IntraLinks, a leading, global technology provider of inter-enterprise content management and collaboration solutions, today announced the release of new enhancements to IntraLinks Dealspace℠. Traditional methods of finding opportunities and creating and maintaining data rooms to support the deal process are limited, ineffective, and can lead to deal delays. IntraLinks, a pioneer in virtual data rooms, has taken virtual data room solutions to the next level by offering the services needed to manage the entire deal lifecycle.

Today Clio announced the launch of the 2012 Apple in Law Offices Survey ; when complete, the survey will provide insight into the technology choices law offices are making with respect to Apple devices, including the iPhone, iPad, Mac and the cloud-based services these devices leverage.

Phoenix-Based Law Firm Installs Worldox to Provide Efficiency and Productivity

World Software Corporation®, announces today that Phoenix-based law firm Williams & Cluff PLC has rolled out Worldox, the award-winning document management system (DMS), replacing the cloud-based NetDocuments DMS the firm had been using.  Worldox has created significant improvements in performance and workflow for the firm.

Industry Sales Veteran Joins DTI as the Expanding Organization

DTI, the nation’s largest independent provider of discovery services, facilities management and knowledge process outsourcing, today announced that it has named Marc Wasserman as an additional director of sales for the New York City marketplace. Wasserman, a leading industry veteran in the facilities management and legal services industry, reports to Doug Gerstner, executive vice president, management services for DTI.

Award-Winning U.S. and Japanese Companies Partner to Cover the Complete e-Discovery Lifecycle for Multi-language Litigation

Catalyst Repository Systems, Inc., a pioneer in providing cloud-based document repositories for e-discovery and complex legal matters, today announced a strategic alliance with Tokyo-based AOS Legal Technologies, Inc. One of the largest forensic collection, security and e-discovery technology providers in Asia, AOS chose Catalyst for the power, speed and scalability of its platform and its expertise in dealing with Chinese, Japanese and Korean (CJK) documents.

UBIC North America Inc., a leader in Asian-language eDiscovery, cross-border litigation, administrative proceedings and internal investigations, announced today that their internal Counsel and Chief of Business Operations Officer will deliver a presentation with other leading eDiscovery experts sharing their insights and advice on international litigation . They will discuss topics such as cross-border differences, privacy issues & blocking statutes, evidence located abroad, managing global litigation, and enforcing foreign rules and judgments.

UBIC North America Inc., a leader in Asian-language eDiscovery, cross-border litigation, administrative proceedings and internal investigations, announced today that their internal Counsel and Chief of Business Operations Officer will deliver a presentation with other leading eDiscovery experts sharing their insights and advice on international litigation . They will discuss topics such as cross-border differences, privacy issues & blocking statutes, evidence located abroad, managing global litigation, and enforcing foreign rules and judgments.

Legal IT Specialist Consolidates Firm Computing, Simplifying IT Management and Providing Remote Access to Central Database

Thomson Reuters Elite today announced a new Alliance partnership with ProCirrus Technologies, a specialist in providing efficient, cloud-powered IT solutions to optimize client performance and increase workflow benefits.

Lexis Market Tracker will offer up-to-date market data to help legal professionals negotiate and structure deals with confidence

LexisNexis® Legal & Professional, a leading provider of content and technology solutions, today announced an agreement with Matterhorn Transactions, Inc. to offer its web-based transaction analysis tool, Matterhorn, to legal professionals.

Guest Speaker, Monica Bay, editor-in-chief of Law Technology News, joins Mattern for a dynamic discussion on hot trends in the legal industry

Legal support services consulting firm Mattern & Associates, LLC announces they will be presenting cost recovery strategies at the 11th Annual Hildebrandt COO CFO Forum in New York City on October 26th.

Outback Imaging, a leading batch scanning solution provider, today announced the upgrade of their EzeScan version 4.2 software to include support for the new version 5.3.1of eDOCS. Outback Imaging has been providing advanced document scanning solutions to Open Text eDOCS clients for the past 10 years. Now in partnership with Open Text, EzeScan enables documents to be integrated seamlessly into Open Text's latest 5.3.1 version of e-Docs to assist customers facing a variety of scanning issues.

Workshare, a leading provider of enterprise collaboration software, has been named a finalist in the British Computer Society's UK IT Industry Awards. Selected from a pool of more than 400 applicants, Workshare was named a finalist in the Technology Excellence Sector for Cloud Provider of the Year due to its outstanding, highly-secure, enterprise-grade file sharing and collaboration platform.

Comprehensive Solution Combining People, Technology and Process Takes Predictive Coding Out of the “Black Box”

FTI Consulting, Inc., the global business advisory firm dedicated to helping organizations protect and enhance their enterprise value, today announced that its Technology practice is launching Predictive Discovery, a complete and defensible solution that significantly reduces the cost and time of legal review.

Epiq Systems, Inc., a leading provider of managed technology for the global legal profession, today announced that Kelli Gibbons has joined the company as Senior Director, Business Development for the Bankruptcy and Corporate Restructuring business unit.

IntApp, Inc., provider of the most-adopted information security and compliance management software for law firms, today announced the publication of law firm risk management survey reports presenting information gathered from over 150 legal professionals.

International law firm brings Relativity in-house to expand technology portfolio

kCura, developers of the e-discovery software Relativity, today announced that Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP have licensed Relativity to expand the breadth of solutions provided by their e-discovery practice group, eData. The eData team is a unique hybrid practice group made up of highly skilled attorneys and technologists, offering complete e-discovery and data management services.

Kappel to serve as strategic advisor to clients on collaboration, professional productivity, content security and risk mitigation

Today another highly regarded industry expert, Sherry Kappel, joins the expanding management team at Litéra, the leading provider of enterprise-class content risk management and productivity software. Kappel’s new role signals an even greater investment in Litéra’s already well-known commitment to client care.

LexisNexis Agreements with Bellefield Systems and Frayman Group Expand Capabilities of Juris Billing, Accounting and Financial Management Software

LexisNexis Legal & Professional, a leading provider of content and technology solutions, today announced it has signed separate agreements with Frayman Group and Bellefield Systems, that will add new functionality to the LexisNexis®Juris® application.

Enhanced version of application twice as fast, now includes “OCR on the Fly” capability for converting document images to text

LexisNexis® Legal & Professional, a leading global provider of content and technology solutions, today released a new version of its Concordance® Native Viewer application that allows litigation support teams to process large quantities of electronic discovery data faster and more accurately.

Foys Solicitors have contracted with Linetime to implement a virtualised solution to support their 5 offices. The firm, based in South Yorkshire and North Nottinghamshire, specialises in most aspects of commercial and private client law. The project will provide a virtualised environment designed to increase the overall resilience of the firm’s server infrastructure.

Recommind, the leader in predictive information management and analysis software, today announced the appointment of Silicon Valley veteran Mark Moore to the position of Senior Vice President, Products. Moore will be responsible for product development and engineering for Recommind.

Biscom Secure Fax and “Fax Encryption at Rest” Mitigate Email Security and Fax Storage Security Issues

The legal industry’s need for data privacy, confidentiality and controlled access have intensified in an environment of frequent data breaches and governmental regulations such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), Gramm-Leach-Bliley (GLBA) and Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS 140).

Melbourne based law firm Lander and Rogers has chosen Phoenix to provide the firm support for its WorkSite environment and consulting advice surrounding the further enhancement of document management at the firm. Lander & Rogers took advice from experts at Phoenix, who provided expert guidance on various solutions and support offerings for the firm.

Former U.S. Magistrate Judge and Adjunct Professor of Law Ron Hedges to Join Panel with In-House Counsel and RenewData Chief Scientist

RenewData, a full-service eDiscovery provider that offers the industry’s broadest spectrum of review acceleration solutions, today announced that registration is now open for its webinar titled “Unique eDiscovery Challenges in Financial Services.”

Former U.S. Magistrate Judge and Adjunct Professor of Law Ron Hedges to Join Panel with In-House Counsel and RenewData Chief Scientist

RenewData, a full-service eDiscovery provider that offers the industry’s broadest spectrum of review acceleration solutions, today announced that registration is now open for its webinar titled “Unique eDiscovery Challenges in Financial Services.”

Platform’s recent re-launch spurs increased usage and continued development

Apersee, the legal industry’s premier system for selecting e-discovery providers and products, announces the addition of new and enhanced features to its popular platform, including expanded searchable text descriptions, a new events calendar and new marketing opportunities.

eDiscovery Sales Veteran Scott Woodworth Joins Orange Legal Technologies as National Discovery Consultant

Orange Legal Technologies, a leading provider of electronic discovery litigation, audit, and investigation services for law firms and corporations, today announced the addition of legal technology veteran Scott Woodworth as a National Discovery Consultant.  In this sales and business development leadership role, Woodworth will be responsible for increasing company revenue and will have direct responsibility for accelerating law firm and corporate usage of OrangeLT technology and services.

Levit & James, Inc has established a Best Authority® User Group on LinkedIn® for its customers.  Best Authority is the industry-leading product for creating a Table of Authorities.Mr. Ian Levit, Vice President of Levit & James, Inc., said, “We are confident that the Best Authority User Group will make it much easier for the Levit & James staff to stay in close contact with our customers and allow them to share their best practices, tips and tricks.”

Leading international law firm selects Relativity for e-discovery in Australia

kCura, developers of the e-discovery software Relativity, today announced that Herbert Smith Freehills has purchased a license to install Relativity in-house to support their Australian Information Logistics services.

Slaughter and May chooses Recommind’s Decisiv Search for its knowledge management search platform across the firm’s knowledge resources

Recommind, the leader in predictive information management and analysis software, today announced that Magic Circle law firm Slaughter and May has deployed Recommind’s Decisiv® Search as its knowledge management search solution. Based on Recommind’s CORE® (Context Optimised Relevancy Engine) platform, and unique concept-based search technology, the new solution provides Slaughter and May with a search facility across the firm’s know-how, intranet content and library sources.

Catalyst Repository Systems, Inc., a pioneer in providing cloud-based document repositories for e-discovery and other complex legal matters, today announced that it has partnered with Index Engines, a leader in enterprise information management and archiving solutions, to enhance its capability to proactively manage legacy data repositories and support proactive corporate information governance efforts.

Firms report meeting key metrics for success at firm wide level, but not at individual client and partner level

In spite of the concerted effort by large law firms to hire senior business executives and chief marketing officers to help them operate their firms more profitably, just one in five Am Law 200 firms involve non-lawyers in their strategic planning process. The new survey by ALM Legal Intelligence, “Thinking Like Your Client: Strategic Planning in Law Firms,” found that the strategic planning process is still driven by managing partners and other senior attorneys in the firm.

Microsystems, a leading provider of software that drives document quality and production efficiency, announces the release of a new case study highlighting law firm Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff’s strategy for delivering excellent client service with help from DocXtools.

Leading Regional Law Firm to Provide Single, Global Unified Enterprise Email Management and Enterprise Search Solution

Recommind, the leader in predictive information management and analysis software, today announced that Phillips Lytle, a leading regional law firm which practices in banking & financial services, business, environmental, labor, litigation, and real estate, has selected Recommind’s Decisiv® Email, Decisiv Search, Matters & Expertise and QwikFind for accurate, automated enterprise search across the firm.

Autonomy, an HP Company, today announced that Dechert LLP, an international law firm, has selected Autonomy WorkSite to manage and access more than 50 million electronic and paper documents across its 26 offices in 12 countries. With Autonomy WorkSite, almost 900 Dechert legal professionals can easily collaborate across the firm's global practice, while working faster and more efficiently.

“Collection and Preservation of Social Media” Provides Legal Background, a Comprehensive Overview of Vendors, and Specific Recommendations for Managing and Preserving Social Media Content

Companies can no longer claim ignorance when it comes to managing and preserving social media content for compliance and litigation purposes. That’s the premise of “Collection and Preservation of Social Media,” the latest report in the “eDiscovery and the Cloud” series from eDJ Group, a leading eDiscovery analyst and consulting firm and parent company of eDiscovery Journal.

Experienced Consulting Group Uses Expertise to Provide Clients with Customized Solutions

Thomson Reuters Elite today announced Octagon BI Consulting, a leading business intelligence consulting group, as its latest Integration partner to boost Elite client efficiency by tailoring business intelligence solutions that enable clients to access and analyze the information they need to make informed decisions about running their firm.

Comprehensive, platform-based solution enables scalable and integrated approach to governance, risk, and compliance management

Datacert, Inc., the premier global provider of enterprise legal management solutions, announced the launch of Passport® GRC today at the 11th Annual SCCE Compliance and Ethics Institute in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Presentation featuring RenewData’s Hope Swancy-Haslam, Esq. to Visit San Francisco and Dallas

RenewData, a full-service eDiscovery provider that offers the industry’s broadest spectrum of review acceleration solutions, today announced that its Director Hope Swancy-Haslam, Esq., will lead discussions on the complexities of technology-assisted review for two Women in eDiscovery luncheons (San Francisco, October 17 and Dallas, October 25.)

Law firm marketers and executives can plan, forecast, and target more successfully to grow profits and improve client satisfaction

Aderant, the world's largest independent legal software company, announced today that Aderant CRM4Legal 2011 Version 5.1 is now available giving firms advanced capabilities for marketing communications, business development, and client relationship management (CRM).

DocsCorp, a global leader in document integration technology and productivity software for enterprise content management systems, and ILTA's Desktop & Applications Services and Enterprise Content Management Peer Group, are running a series of educational sessions in 18 US cities during October and November.

mindSHIFT Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of managed IT, cloud, data center and professional services to law firms, today announced that it has been recognized for its exceptional customer service and support to the legal community by the member firms of the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA). mindSHIFT was named to a select list of technology vendors in the 2012 ILTA/InsideLegal Technology Purchasing Survey, which was released at ILTA’s Annual Conference in National Harbor, Md. on August 27, 2012.

Company's Feature Rich Platform Recognized for its Achievements in Collaboration and Web 2.0 Innovations

Workshare, a leading provider of enterprise collaboration software, announced today it has earned top honors for Innovations in Enterprise Collaboration and Web 2.0 Tools at the 2012 Golden Bridge Awards.

Catalyst—a pioneer in providing innovative legal technology and e-discovery solutions to in-house counsel and law firms — today announced the offering of its enhanced predictive coding services in Japan. Already a world leader in multi-language e-discovery search and review, Catalyst is now providing an approach to the handling complex double byte languages to the Japanese marketplace that leverages its extensive multi-language case experience and full tokenization capabilities with the predictive coding engine Equivio Zoom, to offer one of the most powerful predictive coding environments for efficient, high-quality search and review.

Intellectual Property (IP) specialist Joshi & Welch is using technology to sharpen its service to clients and to turn off the “dripping tap” of lost time. From the outset the London-based firm, which operates as an Alternative Business Structure, set out to use IT to differentiate itself in the marketplace when it was formed in 2006.

RenewData, a full-service eDiscovery provider that offers the industry’s broadest spectrum of review acceleration solutions, today announced that the Organization of Legal Professionals will host a webinar featuring its Director Hope Swancy-Haslam, J.D. The presentation, which will focus on understanding the blind spots of technology-assisted review, will be held on October 24 at 12 p.m. CT.

Eclipse’s Data Migration Tool built into new Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Business Management System

LexisNexis® Enterprise Solutions, a leading provider of content and technology solutions, today announced a partnership with Eclipse Computing (Australia) Pty Ltd (Eclipse), a provider of intelligent business solutions to the enterprise and mid-market. Eclipse’s Data Migration Tool (DMT) is being built into the LexisNexis business management system (code-named Nimbus) developed for the legal sector on the Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 platform.

DLA Piper to go global with BA Insight platform

BA Insight, the leader in agile information integration, announced today that global business law firm DLA Piper intends to implement a BA Insight and FAST enterprise search solution for all of its 4,200 lawyers located across 31 countries and 77 offices throughout the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe and the Middle East.

Increases productivity and mobility by switching from iManage's Filesite to NetDocuments

NetDocuments, a leading cloud enterprise content management provider, announced the prominent Chicago law firm, Ungaretti & Harris, has switched from Autonomy's iManage Filesite to NetDocuments for their document, email, and content management service.

Leading Law Firm Selects MatterSphere to Meet its Custom Matter Management Needs

Thomson Reuters Elite today announced that Maurice Blackburn, a leading Australian plaintiff law firm, has rolled out MatterSphere to more than 650 users across 27 offices to support its specific matter management needs and eliminate the challenges caused by an outdated system.

Enhanced Facility Delivers Greater Scale to Clients with Global eDiscovery and Managed Review Needs

First Advantage Litigation Consulting, a Symphony Technology Group (STG) company and global leader in eDiscovery software and services, today announced the expansion of its managed review center in New York City. The larger facility, which complements First Advantage’s existing global footprint, will enable the company to manage complex litigation projects for clients who require expert, multilingual support for eDiscovery and review.

A Comprehensive Industry Resource for eDiscovery Technology and Service Provider Information

eDJ Group, a leading eDiscovery analyst and consulting firm, today announced the beta launch of the eDiscoveryMatrix, a subscription research site that provides unbiased research and information about eDiscovery and Information Governance best practices, trends, and technology solutions and services.

Full-service law firm adopts Relativity for computer-assisted review and text analytics

kCura, developers of the e-discovery software Relativity, announced today that Dickinson Wright PLLC has purchased a license to deploy Relativity in-house as their e-discovery review and case management platform.

The UK’s number one Cost Recovery & Management specialists, Copitrak, have announced another significant rollout at top 50 firm, Mills & Reeve LLP. The contract was awarded following head-to-head trials with the usual suspects, with Copitrak getting the nod for its ease of use, secure print capability and cost-effective scanning technology. The subsequent roll-out over the last 12 months has seen the deployment of Copitrak Eclipse and Copitrak Scan across all six offices, with the next phase being Copitrak Print & Copitrak Secure Print to some 800 users.

Investment fuels plans for growth and product expansion to further drive value and competitive advantages for document intensive organizations

Microsystems, a leading provider of document production solutions, today announced that Concentric Equity Partners (CEP) in partnership with the management team closed on a long-term growth investment to expand products and services in the areas of document production, content quality and risk management solutions.

LexisNexis Redwood Analytics Planning Helps Law Firms Plan and Price New Matters

LexisNexis® Legal & Professional, a leading provider of content and technology solutions, today announced the latest release of its LexisNexis®Redwood Analytics® Planning software. Redwood Planning version 5.4 helps law firm leaders evaluate the potential impact of various or unique pricing models on the firm’s business by exposing both the risks and the potential upsides of the arrangements prior to the firm’s commitment to a fee.

Industry Leading Electronically Stored Information (ESI) Collection Software Now Has Multi-Threading For Higher Speed and Added Functionality

Pinpoint Labs, a forensic software and litigation support firm, today announced the release of the latest upgrade to its SafeCopy product line of forensic software. SafeCopy 3 enables a simple and straightforward approach to remote and defensible custodial collections.

Annual event takes place at The Belfry on 13th November

Helping law firms to make the best use of their legal software - and achieve their long term strategic goals - is the theme of this year’s National Solicitors Own Software (SOS) User Group AGM and Conference.

Clients are leveraging expanded e-discovery processing bandwidth and data hosting capacity

DTI, the nation’s largest independent provider of discovery services, facilities management, and knowledge process outsourcing, today announced that it has opened an additional National Technology Center in Atlanta. The highly secured, fault-tolerant data center is more than three times the size of the existing Atlanta facility.

Pace Professional Systems is delighted to announce that it has joined the Peapod LegalOffice group. This move has been undertaken to strengthen the LawPro brand by adding the skills, experience and knowledge of a company of 40 strong staff with over 20 years experience in the industry. Peapod have a client base of over 1,100 firms already, in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and the acquisition of Pace Pro Systems will allow them to strengthen their position in the North of England and to take root in Scotland for the first time.

C2C – a leading provider of email, file, messaging, and eDiscovery solutions – has named legal support services industry veteran Rich Turner the company’s Vice President of Business Development and Strategic Marketing. The new position is part of C2C’s continued growth and expansion into the U.S. eDiscovery services market, with its premier email management solutions that streamline the collection and preservation of emails for discovery in litigation, regulatory, and compliance matters.

Industry Experts and Panelists, Nestor Holynskyj and Ian Hayes, to Discuss Best Practices for Highest IP Related ROI

First To File® (FTF), a leading provider of SaaS-based IP management technology, announced today that they will host a free online roundtable on Tuesday, October 16th at 1-2pm Eastern/10am-11am Pacific on the topic “Assessing ROI For Digital IP Management”.

Workshare, a leading provider of document collaboration software, has recently been named the Best Collaboration Software in The Recorder's sixth annual Best Legal Services issue. This award is testament to the fact that Workshare is well-positioned to meet the most demanding requirements from the legal community, with customers from 99% of the AmLaw 200 and 62% of legal departments of the Fortune 1000.

Elite Users Experience Product Education, Peer Networking and New Innovations at Annual User Group Meeting

Over 320 delegates from 130 law firms and other professional services organizations – and 450+ overall attendees – got to experience first-hand a raft of exciting product previews and innovations at this year’s annual EMEA User Group Meeting from Thomson Reuters Elite.

A Comprehensive Mobile Solution for Commercial and In-House Lawyers

Thomson Reuters, the world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, today announced the launch of a comprehensive mobile solution for lawyers working on complex, multi-jurisdictional transactions. Global Business Law, is a native iPad® app that will connect practitioners to the law in 160 countries and in 46 different practice areas.

Company Adds 26 Percent More Customers over Same Period Last Year

Litéra, the leading provider of content lifecycle, collaboration and risk management solutions, today announced the company has signed 26 percent more customers to its global base in the third quarter of 2012 as compared to the same period last year.

Industry veteran joins leading IT Consultancy Company to support firms in Washington, D.C. and East Coast

Keno Kozie, a leading provider of information technology design, service and support to law firms, today announces that Stacy Fischbach has joined the company as Managing Director and will focus on supporting the company’s clients in Washington, D.C. and the East Coast. Fischbach will also further support the expansion of the Keno Kozie brand nationally.

Adoption signifies increasing market demand of cloud based solutions for legal document scanning, storage and retrieval

D4, LLC, a national leader in litigation support and eDiscovery Managed Services to law firms and corporate law departments, today announced that is has added InfoPreserve’s cloud-based Legal Repository Solution to its solution set.

Law Firms and In-House Legal to Benefit from Unparalleled Flexibility for Service Delivery

Integreon, a leading global provider of outsourced legal, research and business services, today announced the roll out of on location staffing as a standard offering within the company’s suite of document review services. The move to formalize its staffing service, alongside existing managed review and other services, follows a successful pilot program in which Integreon provided contract reviewers to select law firm clients.

Accredited Software Provider Streamlines the HR and Payroll Processes for Elite Clients

Thomson Reuters Elite today announced that Access Group, a specialist supplier of integrated business solutions, including human resource and payroll software, has signed on as an Alliance partner to support Elite clients through every aspect of the employee lifecycle.

Leading case and matter management company provides greater mobile access with its first-ever iPhone/iPad app

Legal Files Software Inc., a leading case and matter management software company, is pleased to announce the introduction of its first application for the iPhone and iPad.  Legal Files for iPhone/iPad will be available with the release of Legal Files 8.4, scheduled for the fourth quarter this year.

Data mining and predictive analytics capabilities conquer complexities of legal business intelligence and big data to deliver enhanced decision support

Datacert, Inc., the premier global provider of enterprise legal management solutions, announces today the launch of the Passport® BI Solutions Suite, a new line of innovative business intelligence offerings for organizations that require advanced decision support to manage legal, risk, and compliance activities.

The UK's largest independent provider of legal software, Eclipse, has announced a unique new solution for legal services organisations. Currently in the final stages of development, 'TouchPoint' will provide a device-independent, interactive experience for legal service providers, their business partners and clients, using data (taken in real-time) from Eclipse's core Proclaim Case and Practice Management solution.

The UK's largest independent provider of legal software, Eclipse, has announced a unique new solution for legal services organisations. Currently in the final stages of development, 'TouchPoint' will provide a device-independent, interactive experience for legal service providers, their business partners and clients, using data (taken in real-time) from Eclipse's core Proclaim Case and Practice Management solution.

Milan 2.5 significantly enhances the firm's popular Milan product suite

Prosperoware today announced a major upgrade to its Milan product suite, which includes a growing number of web-based applications for improving user adoption of the electronic file, automatically mitigating risk for every matter, and simplifying administration of iManage WorkSite, a document management system commonly deployed by law firms and other professional services organisations.

Epiq Systems, Inc., a leading provider of managed technology for the global legal profession, today announced that Alicia Den Beste has rejoined the company as Senior Director, Business Development for the Bankruptcy and Corporate Restructuring business unit.

Company to Showcase Latest Tool in Booth #925 at ACC's Annual Meeting 2012

ACC Annual Meeting 2012 BOOTH  #925– Bridgeway Software, the most recommended provider of legal services management solutions, today announced the immediate availability of their new Law Department Maturity Model℠, a comprehensive measurement tool that enables legal departments to gauge how their department is contributing to their organization's over-arching business goals.

Seasoned Sales Executive with Deep eDiscovery Roots will Enhance the Company’s Ability to Deliver Market-Driven Solutions Tailored to Individual Client Needs

RenewData, a full-service eDiscovery provider that offers the industry’s broadest spectrum of review acceleration solutions, today announced that Tom Shambo has joined the company as senior vice president of sales.

Guidance Software Inc., the World Leader in Digital Investigations™, today announced EnCase® eDiscovery v5, the newest version of its industry-leading e-discovery software. Strengthening its “Leader” position in Gartner’s 2012 Magic Quadrant for E-Discovery, Version 5 delivers a seamless integration with Guidance’s CaseCentral, the pioneer of cloud-based e-discovery review and production.

Predictive coding process improves review accuracy and shortens review time when managing ESI for complex litigation, investigations, and HSR Second Requests

Applied Discovery, a worldwide leader in professional discovery services and the exclusive e-discovery ACC Alliance Partner, announced today that it will showcase its predictive coding services at the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) Annual Meeting in Orlando, FL on September 30 through October 3, 2012.

Burke & Company LLC a New York City-based communications firm specializing in legal technology public relations, today celebrates its 8-year anniversary.  Profitable since its founding by President Christy Burke in 2004, Burke & Company (B&C) is on track to double its gross revenue in 2012 as compared to 2009.

New Resource Unmatched by Any Other Practical Law Service

LexisNexis UK (www.lexisnexis.co.uk), a leading provider of content and technology solutions, today announced the launch of its complete suite of financial and finance-related practice areas, added to online practical law service, Lexis®PSL.

Corporate clients and in-house counsel alike will benefit from the latest Summation release

AccessData, a pioneer of digital investigations and litigation support solutions, announces release of Summation 4.1 and AD eDiscovery 4.0.

Traveling Coaches is honored to announce that it has earned two ILTA Distinguished Peer Awards. The first, titled Consultant of the Year Award, was awarded to the company’s User Adoption Consulting team led by Brianna Leung, Director of Strategic Marketing and Consulting. The second, the Vendor Thought Leader Award, was awarded to Gina Buser, Principal and CEO of Traveling Coaches, Inc.

David Gray Solicitors LLP, a highly respected law firm recognised as a leader within the legal services market, has recently made a substantial investment in TikitTFB’s Partner for Windows practice and case management system; along with Partner Task Centre for risk and compliance management, PDF Manager for efficient production of secure PDF documents, PDF Docs and Crystal Reports, to help further improve the efficient processing of their work.

IRIS Legal continues to build on its success as the ‘solution of choice for forward thinking barristers chambers’, following wins with two of the largest chambers in the UK, No. 5 and St Philips, by launching IRIS Meridian Law Connected 3.0. Advanced ‘real-time’ bespoke report creation makes IRIS Meridian Law Connected (MLC) 3.0 a ‘must-have’ business management tool for ambitious chambers seeking to gain real commercial advantage in an increasingly competitive environment.

Enabling a More Flexible, Efficient and Mobile Workforce

BigHand, the market leading voice productivity software vendor in the global legal and professional services sector, has today announced that leading Dutch law firm Dirkzwager has implemented BigHand v4.2 digital dictation workflow software and BigHand’s smartphone apps to facilitate more flexible working practices amongst both lawyers and secretaries by enabling them to work from home, whilst also expediting the dictation-to-document process.

Former Client Profiles solution includes new features and enhancements designed to improve productivity and usability while reducing law firm risk

Aderant, the world’s largest independent legal software company, announced today that Aderant Total Office (formerly Client Profiles) 9.1 SP1 (service pack 1) is now available giving firms advanced capabilities for case and financial management. New features enable law and professional services firms to improve end-user productivity, increase usability, and reduce risk.

Keno Kozie, a leading provider of information technology design, service and support to law firms, today announces that Keith Klearman has been promoted to Partner. In this new role, Klearman is responsible for working with clients on engineering integration projects with a special focus on iManage document management design, implementation and support.

Microsystems announces that 13 additional global law firms have recently chosen 3BClean for server-based protection against metadata leakage, reinforcing 3BClean’s leading position as the most highly implemented and tested server-based metadata cleaner of any vendor serving the legal market. Microsystems now has more than twice the number of server installations than its competitors combined.

Solicitors Own Software (SOS) has launched a new website along with a new introductory video to SOS Connect to reinforce its position as the provider committed to helping legal businesses succeed in the changing legal market. The relaunched website goes live today. It provides an extensive information hub for law firms and a new resources area for sharing best practice in the progressive use of legal IT and legal business management.

Delivering outsourced Cloud-based backup and disaster recovery services

Oncore IT, a Cloud and IT managed services provider, today announced that it has signed a three year contract with Chambers and Partners, one of the UK’s leading legal publishers, to provide a cost effective and resilient public Cloud-based backup, monitoring and disaster recovery (DR) solution to ensure business continuity.

Integreon, a leading global provider of outsourced legal, research and business services, today announced the appointment of three industry veterans to its legal discovery services leadership team. Caragh Landry joins as Vice President of Operations, Juliet Hanna joins as Vice President of Legal Services, and George Farrall is appointed to Vice President of Client Services.

3E and ProLaw Partners Reach Deeper Level of Expertise through New Comprehensive Training Program

Thomson Reuters Elite today introduced its Partner Certification Program, a new component of its thriving partnership program designed to increase benefits to its partners and clients.

Also more technology assisted review options

Kroll Ontrack, the leading provider of e-discovery, information management, and data recovery products and services, today announced the availability of Ontrack® Inview 7.4™, the 27th major release of its award-winning review tool.

Zero-footprint, cross-platform client offers convenient, secure document viewing to more users than ever

Informative Graphics Corporation (IGC), a leader in viewing, collaboration and redaction technology, announces the release of its Brava!® Enterprise HTML client—a more flexible and IT-friendly way to securely view and collaborate on virtually any document, image or drawing.

AccessData, a pioneer of digital investigations and litigation support solutions, today announces the company has partnered with Apersee (apersee.com) to bring a webinar titled, “Proactive Methods for Mobile Device Discovery” to the legal industry on October 2 from 1:00-2:00 p.m. CT.

Customers absorb educational content and network with peers

Chrome River Technologies, a leading provider of expense reporting and invoice automation, today announced the success of its 2012 Customer Conference where customers gathered to attend keynotes, educational sessions, one-on-one interaction with Chrome River product experts and peer networking events.

Elite Clients Gain Support from Legal IT Consultant Specializing in 3E

Thomson Reuters Elite today announced that KLAMA Services Corp., an experienced provider of IT consulting services in the legal industry, has signed on as an Alliance partner to assist with all facets of developing, administering and managing 3E® implementations.

Sharp Tudhope Lawyers Chooses Top-Selling UK Practice Management Software

Sharp Tudhope Lawyers becomes the first New Zealand firm to choose Thomson Reuters Elite’s practice management solution. Elite’s solution, which is currently the number one mid-market practice management system in the UK, was recently released into the New Zealand market. Sharp Tudhope is a medium sized, commercially oriented practice, based in Tauranga.

Firm enhances eDiscovery and document review support and opens data center

First Advantage Litigation Consulting, a Symphony Technology Group (STG) company and global leader in eDiscovery software and services, today announced the opening of its new office and data center located at Bockenheimer Landstrasse 17/19, 60325 Frankfurt. First Advantage Litigation Consulting, which has been operating in Munich since 2007, has staffed the Frankfurt office to meet growing customer demand and satisfy German data protection requirements.

Veteran marketing professional to leverage two decades of experience to drive agency growth and promote innovation

One North Interactive LLC (One North), an agency dedicated to serving the creative, strategic, analytical and technological needs of legal and professional services organizations, today announced the addition of Candace Graham as Managing Director, Agency Development.

Microsystems today announces the addition of 17 new DocXtools customers in recent months, bringing the percentage of AM Law 100 firms using DocXtools to improve legal document production to 76 percent.

Litéra, developer of content lifecycle management software for law firms and corporations worldwide, today announced a new partnership with TutorPro, a complete e-Learning solutions provider that has served the legal community for more than 20 years. The primary purpose of the relationship with TutorPro is to provide Litéra customers even greater flexibility in how they may choose to train users on Litéra products.

Levit & James announced today that Best Authority 3.0, the upcoming new version of its leading Table of Authorities software, has been released to customers for general Beta Testing. Mr. Fletcher James, President of Levit & James, remarked, “Users who tried Version 3.0 during its Customer Technology Preview praised our new technologies for integrating with Microsoft Word.

Guidance Software Inc., the World Leader in Digital Investigations, today announced that 50,000 attendees had completed EnCase training courses in its classroom, online training, or certified partner training programs, learning professional investigation techniques in such areas as computer forensics, cybersecurity and advanced threats and electronic discovery.

Improvements to popular tool further simplify search for e-discovery vendors

Apersee, the legal industry’s premier system for selecting e-discovery providers and products, announced today the completion of its preview and testing phase for several new enhancements to the popular website and search engine. The all new Apersee platform is formally launched and available to all users and providers at www.apersee.com.

Company lauded for providing essential information that helps customers across all industries and government predict, assess and manage risk

LexisNexis® Risk Solutions today announced that it has been ranked 106 on the InformationWeek 500, an annual listing of the nation’s most innovative users of business technology. InformationWeek identifies and honors the nation's most innovative users of information technology with its annual 500 listing, and also tracks the technology, strategies, investments, and administrative practices of America’s best-known companies.

DiscoverReady, a leading provider of discovery-management services for Fortune 500 legal departments, was named the #1 Best Predictive Coding Solution by the New York Law Journal in its 2012 New York Law Journal Reader Rankings. The honor appeared in the New York Law Journal’s 2012 “Best” issue, which ranks legal-services providers in several categories, as voted by readers.

Definitive text describes how to take advantage of advanced eDiscovery and patented review process

Recommind, the leader in predictive information management and analysis software, today announced the availability of “Predictive Coding for Dummies.” This guide is a definitive text covering the challenges of document review in eDiscovery, what makes it vital to legal cases, and what to look for in an eDiscovery solution. “Predictive Coding for Dummies” also outlines real-world cost savings through Predictive Coding solutions like Axcelerate Review & Analysis, Recommind’s leading end-to-end eDiscovery product.

New York legal community places eLaw at the top for the second straight year

eLaw, the single source of critical knowledge for busy legal professionals, was recognized for the second year in a row as the best docketing and calendaring software in the third annual New York Law Journal (NYLJ) Reader Rankings. Published this month, the reader rankings allow the New York legal community to rank vendor products and services according to which are best in the users’ opinions.

DTI, the nation’s largest independent provider of discovery services, facilities management, and knowledge process outsourcing, today announced the acquisition of Texas-based Providus, a leading provider of legal staffing, recruiting, and document review services. The acquisition underscores DTI’s ongoing focus to deliver comprehensive and defensible e-discovery and review services as well as innovative legal staffing solutions.

Expanding Pharmaceutical Company Leverages Electronic File Room for Streamlined Workflow and Secure Remote Access to IP Documents

First To File® (FTF), a leading provider of SaaS-based IP management technology, announces today that the corporate legal department of Argos Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of fully personalized immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer and infectious diseases using its Arcelis™ technology platform, has chosen its Electronic File Room (EFR) web-based IP information management technology.

Litéra, the leading provider of content risk management and productivity solutions for legal and corporate markets worldwide, announced today that Archer Norris, a leading California-based law firm, has joined the growing family of Litéra® legal customers with the purchase of Change Pro® TDC (Total Document Comparison) software.

Leading virtual data room provider, Firmex, announces the general availability of its newly upgraded virtual data room solution – the biggest upgrade launched by the company to date. Virtual data rooms are commonly used by corporate professionals to securely share large volumes of highly confidential documents relating to financial transactions, litigation, procurement and regulatory compliance.

Canon intends to acquire all shares, warrants and stock options of I.R.I.S. Group through an all cash public tender offer

Canon, world-leader in imaging solutions, today announced the intention to launch, via its subsidiary Canon Europa N.V., a voluntary and conditional public takeover bid in cash for all shares, warrants and stock options of I.R.I.S. Group SA. The bid relates to all shares (including treasury shares) issued by I.R.I.S. Group SA, which are not held by Canon Europa N.V.

Risk and security management focused certification complies with international standards

CMS Intelliteach today announced that they have implemented an ISO 27001 certified management system for its Service Desk offering. ISO 27001 is an international standard that defines an Information Security Management System (ISMS) and provides guidance on 133 security controls that are applied to processes in the certified organization.

iDiscovery Solutions, Inc., ("iDS") a premier provider of expert information management and e-Discovery services to multinational corporations, financial institutions and law firms, has launched a new educational program for attorneys and litigation support professionals at law firms and corporations. The sessions are delivered in anywhere from one to two hour segments on-site at the law firm or corporation and may qualify for Continuing Legal Education credits.

Today DocAuto is proud to make note of a major upgrade from the popular Refiling Server application to the new and improved Refiling Module for WorkSite.  Refiling Module for WorkSite replaces the legacy Refiling Server and Refiling Server Enterprise applications with a DocAuto Server Module that is packed with more features and capabilities than ever.

Managed services provider e-know.net has announced that it has signed a further contract renewal with Telford law firm Martin Kaye, extending what it believes to be one of the sector’s longest running IT outsourcing arrangements for another five years.

Six innovative law firms recognized in outstanding website and legal standard of excellence categories

One North Interactive LLC (One North), an agency dedicated to serving the creative, strategic, analytical and technological needs of legal and professional services organizations, today announced the recognition of six One North clients as recipients of the 2012 Web Marketing Association WebAwards.

Belfast law firm, Paschal J O'Hare Solicitors, has chosen Eclipse's Proclaim Practice Management Software system for a firm-wide rollout. Known primarily for its accident claims expertise, Paschal J O'Hare also provides an increasingly popular suite of property and probate services.  Following a review of its operations, the practice sought to implement a firm-wide solution to provide a consistent and centralised way of managing disparate matters.

Microsystems, a leading provider of software and services that drive document quality and production efficiency, announces the first DocXtools UK User Group meeting held on September 11, 2012 at law firm SJ Berwin’s London office.

Extract and flag metadata at no investment to your corporation

InterLegis, a provider of litigation electronic discovery technology and services, announces a new standalone early case assessment (ECA) module that is offered for free to law firms and corporations. The ECA technology provides legal teams the ability to quickly understand and analyze the contents of collected discovery data prior to full data processing.

MPE+ 5.0 delivers timeline and social analysis visualization tools, along with extensive new mobile device analysis capabilities

AccessData announced the release of Mobile Phone Examiner Plus® 5.0 (MPE+), which introduces new, advanced analysis capabilities and is designed to also facilitate mobile device discovery for litigation support personnel addressing e-discovery obligations.

Firm’s E-Discovery Technology Recognized as Most Innovative

WilmerHale today announced that it was recognized by this year’s InformationWeek 500, an annual listing of the nation’s most innovative users of business technology. The law firm broke onto the list for the first time this year, being recognized for its e-discovery and document review technology, known as WilmerHale Discovery Solutions (WHDS).

Tom Busch, Cumberland RI resident and business owner, recently earned his certification in PCLaw version 12 from Lexis Nexis.  Tom is the principal of The ProfitPoint Group, Inc., a firm providing practice management software, installation, training and support for legal, accounting and other industry firms.

Non-participating firms invited to receive an Overview of the Survey

Legal support services consulting firm Mattern & Associates, LLC (www.matternassoc.com) today announced that it is releasing the results of its 2012 Cost Recovery Survey to the law firms which participated.  All participating firms receive detailed, customized web-based reports of peer firm performance sorted by aggregate, firm size and geographic presence in multiple areas of cost recovery.

Global Legal Discovery to offer full spectrum of AccessData solutions including Security and Forensic investigation products

Global Legal Discovery, LLC, a premier service provider of Litigation Support services to law firms, government agencies, and corporate law departments, today announced that is has signed on as an Elite Reseller of AccessData’s solution portfolio. This agreement makes AccessData the preferred solution for litigation support clients and enables Global Legal to further capitalize on their top tier service offerings.

Bartier Perry compares Elite’s best-in-class practice management solutions against other offerings, picks Elite

Bartier Perry becomes one of the first firms to partner with Elite as they bring the UK’s number one mid-market practice management system into Australia. Bartier Perry is a mid-sized firm with a commitment to highly personalised expert services delivered without the requirement for big firm overheads.

According to the annual InformationWeek 500 listing

Fox Rothschild LLP made this year’s InformationWeek 500, an annual listing of the nation’s most innovative users of business technology. It was the firm’s first appearance on the list, which was revealed yesterday evening at a gala awards ceremony at the exclusive InformationWeek 500 Conference held at the St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort, Dana Point, CA.

Legal technology innovator, Peppermint Technology, today unveils its built-in help and knowledge facility, the Peppermint Knowledge Centre. Peppermint has done away with the traditional software manual, and instead a user has instant access to online help and information which is contextualised to wherever they are in the Peppermint Platform.

Launch of First Policy-Based Enterprise Collaboration Platform for Mobile, Cloud and Desktop

Workshare, a leading provider of document collaboration software, today announced that it has joined forces with SkyDox, a leader in the provisioning of cloud-enabled file sharing, synchronization and collaboration tools. By combining their respective capabilities, they will provide existing and future customers with a unique platform for policy-based, cloud-enabled file sharing and enterprise collaboration.

Keno Kozie, a leading provider of information technology design, service and support to law firms, today announces they have been chosen by Goodwin Procter LLP to provide outsourced user support services to the firm on a 24x7x365 basis for the firm’s end-users across the United States and internationally.

Rubric has chosen Virtual Practices to support its ambition to stay at the forefront of change in the legal sector. The firm was founded by director James Howell this year as one of the new breed of dynamic, forward-thinking law firms launched in the wake of the Legal Services Act.

TikitTFB is pleased to announce that Southerns Solicitors has made a significant investment in Partner for Windows as part of an overall project to provide a high quality IT infrastructure throughout the practice. With five offices, Southerns Solicitors is one of the leading firms of solicitors in Lancashire and has built a strong reputation founded on providing excellent service and advice to clients.

Leading eDiscovery firm extends global footprint to assist multi-national clients with Swiss data privacy challenges

First Advantage Litigation Consulting, a Symphony Technology Group (STG) company and global leader in eDiscovery software and services, today announced the opening of its Zurich office in Switzerland.

Includes findings from 2.2 million law firm tickets, including impact of ‘BYOD’ policies

CMS Intelliteach, a comprehensive provider of business management and IT services to law firms, today announced the availability of the Guru’s Guide, 3rd Edition, a complimentary published report aggregating independent law firm user support and service desk statistics and metrics.

On September 17, former Microsoft executive Robert Youngjohns will join Hewlett-Packard’s Autonomy division as senior president and general manager. Youngjohns replaces former Autonomy CEO Mike Lynch, who left the company earlier this year.

The UK's largest independent legal software provider, Eclipse Legal Systems, is set to launch a dedicated COLP and COFA toolset. As of 1st January 2013, authorised legal services firms must have a Compliance Officer for Legal Practice (COLP) and a Compliance Officer for Finance and Administration (COFA).  The COLP will be responsible for ensuring their firms' compliance with all its regulatory obligations, while the COFA will be responsible for ensuring compliance with the SRA Accounts Rules.

E-discovery services provider becomes Relativity Premium Hosting Partner

Flex Discovery, a premier Texas-based electronic discovery services provider, announced today the addition of kCura’s Relativity to its platform of industry-leading review tools for litigation discovery. As a Premium Hosting Partner, Flex Discovery has completed the installation and licensing agreement for Relativity in its data center and is prepared to provide clients full service e-discovery support, consulting and processing services in its secure, hosted environment.

IntApp, Inc., the leading provider of application integration software for the legal industry, today announced that Arnold Bloch Leibler, a premier Australian commercial law firm, has selected IntApp Integration Builder to streamline its internal processes. "As part of a review of the management of the firm's processes, encompassing everything from new client and matter procedures, risk management practices and administration of new and departing staff, we identified a need for a solution that ensured data quality and an efficient approach," said David Leong, Chief Information Officer, Arnold Bloch Leibler.

eDiscovery Veteran Tapped to Lead and Expand Legal Technology Companies’ Growth

Orange Legal Technologies, a leading provider of electronic discovery litigation, audit, and investigation services for law firms and corporations, today announced the appointment of industry veteran Jerry Correia as company President.  In this executive role Correia will be responsible for increasing company awareness and revenue and will have direct responsibility for coordinating and directing company Sales, Marketing and Operations teams.

Expert On the Go Time enables attorneys to capture and manage time from smartphones and tablets

Aderant, the world's largest independent legal software company, announced today that Aderant Expert On the Go Time is now available, enabling attorneys and other fee earners to enter and manage time from smartphones and tablets running on the Apple, Android, BlackBerry, and Microsoft platforms. Expert On the Go Time simplifies time capture and minimizes lost time by providing convenient, mobile access via a rich, interactive user experience.

Phoenix is proud to introduce Workspace Information Connect (WIC) to the Phoenix Connect family.  The solution is an iManage Worksite plug-in that you will find truly indispensable when learning core matter details and collaborating with your matter team. Phoenix families: Phoenix Centre, Phoenix Connect and Phoenix Bespoke launched earlier this year in response to our customer’s needs.

Eakin McCaffery Cox Chooses Top-Selling Practice Management Software

Eakin McCaffery Cox is the first Australian firm to partner with Thomson Reuters Elite for their practice management solution. Elite’s solution, which is currently the number one mid-market practice management system in the UK, was recently released in Australia. Eakin McCaffery Cox is a medium-sized commercially oriented practice, based in Sydney.

New office location allows company to expand and better service clients in the area

e-Stet, a leading litigation technology provider of comprehensive eDiscovery solutions and litigation web services, today announced the company has opened a San Francisco office located at 55 2nd Street. After years of working closely with a number of clients in the region, e-Stet is now able to offer new resources to support its corporate clients and law firms.

Mike Ferrara brings years of experience developing enterprise content management solutions for law firms around the world

Hyperion Global Partners, a premier business and technology consulting practice to the legal profession, announces the addition of Mike Ferrara as Director to lead the consultancy’s new SharePoint Platform Services practice. In this role, Ferrara is focused on delivering strategic approaches to revolutionize how law firms and legal departments leverage content management technologies and institutional knowledge.

Amsterdam site of this year’s two-day roundtable where participants will discuss legal technology strategy, compliance concerns, and the future of legal technology

Datacert, Inc., the premier global provider of enterprise legal management solutions, announced today plans to host its annual EMEA Roundtable at which legal executives from across Europe will convene to examine industry trends and share ideas for the strategic use of technology to address legal and compliance challenges.

eTERA Consulting, nominated by the National Law Journal as the nation’s top eDiscovery services provider and end-to-end litigation consulting firm who specializes in helping Fortune 1000 companies and the Am Law 100 overcome the costs and budget challenges of managing large volumes of data and electronic discovery, today announced the appointment of Mike Chagnon as Director of Channel Engagements.

Major Midlands-based practice Bhatia Best Solicitors is the latest legal firm to select a DPSCloud full-service hosted IT solution as their future IT platform. With offices in Nottingham, Derby and Mansfield, and close to 200 staff, Bhatia Best, which was founded nearly 20 years ago by Partners Ash Bhatia and Matthew Best, has grown to become one of the largest providers of publicly funded legal work in the region.

Legal Industry Consultants Tailor Elite Solutions that Meet Clients’ Growing Needs

Thomson Reuters Elite today announced that Nidaan Systems Inc., a full-service consulting group in the legal industry, has signed on as an Alliance partner. With an extensive background with the deployment of Elite Enterprise and 3E systems and their related applications, this partnership assists Elite clients in meeting their changing needs and ultimately extending their investments.

Recommind, the leader in predictive information management and analysis software, today announced that KMWorld Magazine has chosen Decisiv® Search as one of its Trend-Setting Products for 2012. Decisiv Search utilizes powerful concept-based search technology to dramatically improve access to a wide variety of information across large, distributed enterprises.

Peapod are proud to announce the launch of their new cloud based case management system for small law firms. Ideal for new start-ups MYLegalOffice takes no time at all to set up, there is no installation, no need for a server and only minimal, telephone training is required.

LawSoft’s Standardized Technology Enables Award-winning Firm to Provide High-Quality Legal Counsel More Cost-efficiently

LawSoft, a Thomson Reuters Elite solution, today announced that HardingEvans, a well-established regional law firm in Newport, South Wales, has selected LawSoft as its integrated practice management system. After a critical evaluation of top competitors, firm management concluded that LawSoft’s comprehensive functionality and flexibility can better support the continuing demands of a modern law practice.

DTI, the nation’s largest private independent provider of discovery services, facilities management, and knowledge process outsourcing, today announced the addition of Kimberly Meyer as LitWorks’ National Training and Development Manager. LitWorks provides comprehensive training and consulting certification programs for litigation support professionals in top law firms and large corporate legal departments.

With just four months left of 2012, Legal IT Professionals is launching a global survey about the cloud. We are not asking you to tell us what your firm's plans are or which applications you are already running in the cloud. We want to know what YOU think about the public cloud and its relationship with the legal services industry.

Mobile legal software offers fast performance, a sleek interface, offline access, and native iOS® functionality

Rocket Matter®, the leading online legal billing software for small to mid-sized law firms, today announces the release of the Rocket Matter iPhone® App for lawyers. Designed from the ground up in native iOS to maximize speed, functionality, and usability, Rocket Matter’s iPhone app effectively replaces the company’s current mobile web-based product.

70 of UK’s top 100 law firms now use Mimecast’s cloud email management services

Mimecast, the leading supplier of cloud-based email archiving, security and continuity for Microsoft Exchange and Office 365, today announced that it now works with 70 of the top 100 legal firms in the UK and around 130 of the top 200. Recent additions to Mimecast’s portfolio of legal customers include SJ Berwin, Foot Anstey, Kingsley Napley, Weightmans and Russell Cooke.

Winscribe announced today that Clingen Callow & McLean, LLC has replaced their aging analog tape-based dictation system with the latest mobile dictation workflow and speech recognition technology from Winscribe. Founded in 1995, Clingen Callow & McLean is an Illinois-based law firm whose business model is borne from their client base, which primarily consists of small and middle market businesses.

Helps law firms and clients securely access and exchange information anytime, anywhere via the OpenText Cloud

OpenText™ today announced the availability of OpenText Tempo Express offered specifically to the legal industry. This vertically-focused solution based on OpenText Tempo Express combines the powerful information access capabilities of OpenText eDOCS DM with the secure, cloud-based file sharing functionality of OpenText Tempo, providing legal staff and their clients the first solution of its kind to securely access sensitive documents and information at any time, from any mobile device.

Catalyst InsightSM provides the most innovative, effective and powerful e-discovery review platform for handling big data

Catalyst, a pioneer in providing cloud-based document repositories for e-discovery in complex legal matters, today launched Catalyst InsightSM, its innovative e-discovery review platform, at the International Legal Technology Association  (ILTA) annual conference.

Law firms turn to Mimecast to build a secure business continuity strategy, reduce costs and boost customer satisfaction

Mimecast, the leading supplier of cloud-based email archiving, security and continuity for Microsoft Exchange and Office 365, today announced explosive growth within the legal community and a 30 percent  expansion of its U.S. legal customer base in the last year. Over 183,000 legal employees worldwide now rely on Mimecast’s cloud-based email management solution for security, eDiscovery and business continuity, removing complexity, cost and risk for CIOs, and increasing productivity for their email users.

QualitySolicitors Devonalds, a leading law firm in South Wales, has selected SOS Connect from Solicitors Own Software (SOS) to replace its existing case management system and provide seamless integration with its accounting system for more streamlined operations. The goals are to introduce greater use of email and adopt matter-centric working methods to generate cost savings, simplify risk management as well as improve client marketing and performance management.

Annual findings include IT budgets, technology spending and purchasing, purchase influences, IT challenges, and cloud & mobile computing trends

The International Legal Technology Association (ILTA), and InsideLegal, an insider’s guide to doing business in legal technology, today released the findings of the 7th annual ILTA/InsideLegal Technology Purchasing Survey (Survey). The 2012 Survey, focused on feedback from ILTA member law firms with 50 or more attorneys, includes detailed technology budget data; updated information on firms’ social media and publication preferences; an in-depth analysis of cloud computing and mobile trends; and expansive sections on current and future legal technology purchases.

ContractExpress is the clear choice for document assembly and contract management initiatives in law firms and corporations throughout the world. Business Integrity will showcase ContractExpress during demo room sessions at this year’s ILTA 2012 educational conference. The demo room sessions will take place in Chesapeake room 5 on Tuesday, August 28th and Wednesday, August 29th at 9:05 a.m., 11:05 a.m., 2:05 p.m. and 4:05 p.m. where attendees can see ContractExpress in action.

DLA Piper manager to share details at ILTA speaking session

BA Insight, the leader in agile information integration, announced today that global law firm DLA Piper has deployed a foundation for Search-Based Applications by utilizing SharePoint and BA Insight's Search technology. DLA Piper purchased BA Insight's Longitude Search and Preview, Longitude SharePoint Connectors for several back-end systems (to make their content searchable within SharePoint) and TotalView for Legal.

Compliguard Flow Provides Firm With A Global Intake System Localized For English And French

Frayman Group, a leading provider of new business intake, conflicts and risk management software for law firms, today announced that Stikeman Elliott LLP is now in production with Compliguard Flow, the legal industry’s most comprehensive new business intake and matter lifecycle management application.

Company to Unveil Latest Offerings in Booth #322 at ILTA 2012

Bridgeway Software, the most recommended provider of legal services management solutions, today announced the availability of Bridgeway E-mail Link and Bridgeway eCounsel version 8.6; both designed to improve attorney productivity and enable sound, data-driven, strategic decisions.

This year’s ILTA Annual Conference will see the launch of Tikit’s Carpe Diem TimeFinder version 1.1

Carpe Diem TimeFinder version 1, launched in early 2012, provided attorneys the ability to monitor, track, and convert their journal of electronic activities into time entries thereby extending, and in some cases replacing, the time capture activities of a firm.

Blue Car Technologies, the UK-based provider of tailored software solutions to the legal sector, has been formally accepted into the OpenText Global Partner Program. The move is a reflection of the increased investment being made in the UK Legal sector by OpenText to provide growth in sustainable and innovative solutions in this marketplace, and will allow both Blue Car’s and OpenText’s customers and future prospects to benefit from the combined knowledge and expertise within both companies.

Time Builder now integrates outside counsel guidelines to validate e-billing rules in real time as lawyers record activity

IntApp, Inc., provider of the most adopted time capture software for law firms, today announced Time Builder 5.2, which adds unique governance and compliance capabilities designed to streamline lawyer time recording and enhance firm billing and collection practices.

Friedmann comments on his new role during an interview at ILTA2012 (interview)

Fireman & Co., a leading legal management consulting firm and trusted advisor to forward-thinking law firms and corporations, announced today that Ron Friedmann and Richard Chang have joined the company. Mr. Friedmann will lead the development of a consulting offering to assist law firms improve their service delivery – an integrated approach to improving the experience of law firm key clients.

Winscribe has appointed two senior business development managers to join their UK Legal Sales Team

The move to grow the legal team continues the theme of expansion for the dictation workflow specialist whose market share in both the legal and healthcare markets is showing a continued upward trend despite Winscribe already being entrenched as market leader.

HighQ, a leading provider of secure enterprise collaboration and document exchange software, announces the successful certification of its Information Security Management System as conforming to International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) 27001:2005 Audit, commonly referred to as ISO 27001.

Omtool™, Ltd., the trusted provider of document process automation solutions, today announced that during the 2012 ILTA Conference Omtool will be showcasing its comprehensive suite of legal solutions designed to streamline document-intensive processes for firms of all sizes. As part of this showcase and upon recently becoming an Integration Partner of the Elite Partner Program (announced in a separate release), Omtool will also be featuring its new AccuRoute® Extensions for ProLaw.

New Equivio Zoom provides an Easier, Faster and Smarter Predictive Coding Solution to Law Firms, Corporations and Government Agencies

D4, LLC, a national leader in litigation support and e-discovery services to law firms and corporate law departments, announced today a continuation in its strategic partnership with Equivio, a leading provider of analytical solutions for eDiscovery. The terms of the renewed agreement include the addition of Equivio Zoom, an integrated e-discovery platform for predictive coding and analytics, to D4’s service offerings.

Complete Connector Library Provides Most Comprehensive Client and Matter Search

From the ILTA 2012 Conference, BA Insight, the leader in agile information integration, today announced that it has added to its library three new SharePoint Connectors for the legal industry, expanding what was already the most comprehensive stack for connecting SharePoint to commonly used legal technology systems. In fact, BA Insight now integrates with virtually all legal technology systems.

Applied Discovery®, a worldwide leader in professional discovery services, announced today that it will showcase its unrivaled Relativity-related offering, Relativity Amplified by Applied Discovery, at the International Legal Technology Association Annual Conference (ILTA) in Washington, D.C. on August 26–30.

Clients Gain Exclusive Access to Technology Consulting Team Experienced in Elite Solutions

Thomson Reuters Elite today announced a new Services partnership with T4G Limited, a project-based technology services company, to provide superior IT consulting services to Elite clients. Experienced in the application of a wide range of Elite solutions, T4G aims to optimize product functionality, ultimately boosting overall client efficiency.

With Wall Builder Product Enhancements and New Risk Consulting Services

IntApp, Inc., provider of the most-adopted confidentiality management software for law firms, today announced the availability of Wall Builder product enhancements and new risk consulting services designed to improve firm information governance, security and compliance initiatives.

Survey Conducted by ALM's The Recorder Polls Local Attorneys on Best Legal Service Providers

Credenza Software Inc. announced today that it has been selected by readers of California's leading legal content publication, The Recorder, as one of the best Docketing & Calendaring Softwares of 2012 in their annual 'The Best' survey.

Legal Hub Adds Online Case Binders and OCR

PBworks, the leading provider of hosted collaboration services for business and education, announced today the launch of an innovative new litigation collaboration product as part of its Legal Hub suite for law firms.

UK based solicitor switches to Litéra’s Change-Pro TDC for ease of use and rich functionality

Litéra today announced Birketts LLP, a full-service British law practice, selected Change-Pro TDC to manage its document comparison needs.  The firm replaced their existing document comparison tool with Change-Pro because of the product’s usability and Litéra’s focus on customer satisfaction.

Advancements to e-discovery software suite being showcased this week at ILTA 2012

Exterro®, the leading provider of unified electronic discovery software, today unveiled more than 250 upgrades to the Exterro Fusion® e-discovery platform. The new advancements deliver greater control over all e-discovery phases and provide expanded capabilities for managing global matters and internal investigations.

Survey Shows Law Firm RFP Response Efforts Poorly Tracked but Significant Strain on Resources

LexisNexis® Legal & Professional. a leading provider of content and technology solutions, today announced it has signed an agreement with ANSOR LLC (www.ansorsoftware.com) to sell the company’s ANSOR Proposal™ and ANSOR Experience™ software to existing and prospective LexisNexis customers.

IntApp, Inc., provider of the most-adopted ethical walls software for law firms, today announced that Burr & Forman LLP, a Southeast regional firm with over 250 lawyers, has selected IntApp Wall Builder to enforce ethical screens and manage information security as part of its initiative to adopt Microsoft SharePoint as a document management system.

Frayman Group Chosen for Maturity of Compliguard Platform And Deep Domain Expertise in Business Intake, Conflicts and Risk

Frayman Group, a leading provider of new business intake, conflicts and compliance software for law firms, today announced that the prestigious AM LAW 100 firm Seyfarth Shaw LLP has selected Frayman Group’s Compliguard platform as its business intake workflow, conflicts management and ethical walls solution.

Introducing the Industry’s First Flat-Rate Subscription eDiscovery Model

Recommind, the leader in predictive information management and analysis software,  today announced that it will offer its popular Axcelerate On-Demand eDiscovery solution on a subscription basis. The new offering, called Axcelerate Unlimited, will provide full access to Recommind’s popular hosted review and analysis platform, including its industry-leading Predictive Coding technology and workflow, for a flat annual subscription starting below $10,000 USD per month.

Compiled Services, the developers of litigation support and e-Discovery software ReadySuite, today announced the release of version 4.5 of the software, with a number of additions, improvements and upgrades. The company will be giving away two-month subscriptions to ReadySuite 4.5 at the annual International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) Conference on August 27 - 30.

Autonomy, an HP Company, today unveiled three new technologies designed to help law firms and corporate legal departments capitalize on the increasing convergence of social, cloud and mobile technologies at home and in the workplace. These innovations - codeveloped by Autonomy and HP Labs, and being shown at the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) conference - allow organizations to deliver these capabilities to knowledge workers in a secure, auditable and scalable manner.

At ILTA, World Software Corporation® announces Worldox GX3 Enterprise, its document management system (DMS) with a new architecture designed to support multi-office and remote connectivity environments (booths#706-708).  The Enterprise version includes a patent pending add-on server component that enables fast connectivity for remote offices and externally located users.

Today, at the International Legal Technology Association Conference, Law Bulletin Publishing Company (LBPC) will demonstrate JuraLaw™ from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. in the Chesapeake 9 room at the Gaylord National Resort.  JuraLaw™ is the only true SaaS national case, calendar and docket management product for the legal market that eliminates the headache of managing servers, databases and in-house infrastructure. JuraLaw reduces your IT budget while helping docketing staff, litigation support professionals and lawyers manage court deadlines to avert risk and insure against professional liability.

Blended learning content and consulting provider Capensys launches its new web-based KnowledgeCheck Learning Portal at the ILTA Conference today (booth #417). KnowledgeCheck is designed to support rollouts, on-going learning and skill “assessments.”  It provides tutorials and exercises for Office 2010 and most legal applications.

Recommind is also participating in multiple speaking sessions

Recommind, the leader in predictive information management and analysis software, today announced that it will present a wide range of innovative information management products and solutions at the upcoming ILTA Conference in Washington DC on August 27-30th – including the company’s Axcelerate eDiscovery products,  Decisiv™ suite of enterprise search and email management solutions, Content Delivery for SharePoint solution and industry-leading Predictive Coding technology.

Technology helps accelerate eDiscovery and delivers time and cost savings to legal review by leveraging the redundancy of language in a document collection

RenewData, a full-service eDiscovery provider that offers the industry’s broadest spectrum of review acceleration solutions, today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has awarded the company patent no. 8,150,827 B2 titled, “Methods for Enhancing Efficiency and Cost Effectiveness of First Pass Review of Documents.”

New features also include file exclusion and advanced tagging capabilities

PowerSearch Software, the leading developer of affordable and accessible search technologies, today announced the release of PowerSearch 5.0. This release includes predictive search analytics, file exclusion and advanced tagging functionality.

Leading Document Solutions Provider Develops Custom Platform Unique to ProLaw Client Needs

Thomson Reuters Elite today announced a new Integration partnership with Omtool™ to provide clients with a custom document handling platform for the ProLaw® integrated practice and financial software suite. Omtool’s AccuRoute® Extensions for ProLaw are designed specifically for ProLaw client firms and seamlessly integrate with the solution to quickly and effectively import scanned document images directly into ProLaw libraries alongside other matter-centric content within seconds.

Allows law firms to now calculate dates and deadlines using court rules anytime, anywhere

American LegalNet, the leading provider for “Desktop to Courthouse” legal workflow solutions designed to offer an innovative platform for law firms to minimize risk, increase efficiency, and reduce costs, announced today the release of Smart Dockets™.

eTERA Consulting, nominated by the National Law Journal as the nation’s top end-to-end eDiscovery provider and litigation consulting firm and developer of Forens1cs One(sm) which helps Fortune 1000 companies and the Am Law 100 overcome the costs and budget challenges of managing large volumes of data and electronic discovery, today announced an upcoming webinar on Mobile Device Collection and Transparent Reporting.

Service combines proven technology and expertise to uniquely deliver significant time and cost savings for eDiscovery and investigations without relying on artificial intelligence

RenewData, a full-service eDiscovery provider that offers the industry’s broadest spectrum of review acceleration solutions, today announced that it is launching a new offering to dramatically expedite review. Language-Based Analytics leverages human understanding of language, as opposed to artificial intelligence, to identify potentially relevant documents in large data collections and deliver significant time and cost savings.

Leading south-east law firm takes LexisPSL practical law service

LexisNexis UK, a leading provider of content and technology solutions, today announced that south-east law firm Clarkson, Wright & Jakes (CWJ) has signed an agreement with LexisNexis that provides the firm with the full suite of LexisNexis services.

Intuitive Search Application Maximizes Existing IT Investments

BA Insight, the leader in agile information integration, announced today that London-based law firm Lewis Silkin LLP has purchased and deployed its TotalView for Legal solution, the first packaged search-based business application developed specifically for legal organizations using the Microsoft SharePoint environment.

nQueue Billback, the leading provider of software-based cost recovery and expense management systems, today announced that it will participate in the upcoming ILTA Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. on August 26-30, 2012. Attendees will have the opportunity to view nQueue Billback’s new and innovative iA software offerings and gain a better understanding of how the company’s products can help law firms recover, manage and control costs and expenses, leading to increased profitability.

DocSolid, a leader in document scanning solutions for the legal market, today announced that its enterprise scanning solution KwikTag Legal has been implemented in both Prudential and Barclays UK corporate legal departments. These new implementations underscore the fact that law departments are addressing the need to bring efficiency, cost savings and the right technology to improve internal scanning and paper management initiatives.

When experienced private client lawyer Angela Lever decided to set up her own firm last year, she had no hesitation over which legal software system to choose. As a partner at Pothecary Witham Weld Solicitors, she was well acquainted with using Solicitors Own Software’s SOS Connect system for accounting, document and practice management.

HighQ is proud to announce that leading global business law firm DLA Piper has chosen HighQ's portfolio of products to create a client-centric communication and collaboration platform. A phased project will take forward the implementation of the Publisher and Collaborate products but aims to extend these capabilities to provide a rich integrated portal between its clients, lawyers and service partners.

Founders of Virginia company cite software innovation and stellar client service as reasons for success

Veteran legal software company Levit & James, Inc. announced its 25th anniversary today at the ILTA Conference in Washington, DC where it will be demonstrating Best Authority 3.0, the upcoming new version of its leading Table of Authorities software, at Booth 419.

Microsystems, a leading provider of software and services that drive document quality and production efficiency, announces the release of a new case study that highlights UK-based law firm, Pannone LLP’s decision to engage Microsystems to help the firm ensure a seamless move from Office 2003 to Office 2010.

DocSolid, a leader in document scanning solutions for the legal market, today announced that its partnership with Worldox/World Software Corporation has yielded two new clients for the company: Edward M Bernstein & Associates and Olinsky Law Group. The new clients speak to the fact that mid-sized law firms are rapidly maturing in their use of document management systems (DMS), which amplifies the need to add integrated document scanning.

BigHand, the leader in voice productivity technology and enterprise digital dictation for the legal marketplace, today announced that NLJ 250 firm Loeb & Loeb LLP has chosen BigHand to be its new supplier of workflow digital dictation technology.

AccessData, a pioneer of digital investigations and litigation support solutions, today announces the company will be showcasing the revamped AD eDiscovery v.4 and the updated Summation v.4.1 solutions, at ILTA, booth #416, August 26-30, 2012 in Washington, D.C. Summation was launched earlier this year at LegalTech New York.

Legal IT Professionals is official Media Partner of this year’s edition of the Alternative Legal IT Conference

Now in its fourth year, the conference - to be held at the luxurious Heythrop Park Hotel (Oxfordshire) on 18 and 19 September - is going from strength to strength. It’s uniqueness is due in part to the fact that numbers are limited to ensure maximum interaction and networking opportunities.

Center Can Host Cases of 50 Million Documents and Thousands of Users

Today, Catalyst Repository Systems, an industry pioneer in cloud-based document repositories for e-discovery and other complex legal matters, announced the opening of a new high-capacity, high-security data center to help power its revolutionary e-discovery platform, Insight™, that will launch next week at ILTA. This is Catalyst’s third U.S.-based data center. A fourth data center is located in Tokyo.

Improved search engine and user interface will simplify search for e-discovery vendors

Apersee, the legal industry’s premier system for selecting e-discovery providers and products, announces several upcoming enhancements to the popular website and search engine. A new interface simplifies criteria selection to provide a more intuitive and streamlined user experience, while the search functionality itself is built on an enhanced database structure to offer increased speed and improved results.

Document Solutions, Inc. (DSi) has been named to the 2012 Inc. 500/5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in the country. This is the fourth year in a row that the leading electronic discovery and digital forensics firm has made the list.

Company to showcase why law firms across America are making it their IT partner of choice

Keno Kozie Associates, a leading provider of information technology design, service and support to law firms and legal departments, today announces that the company will be showcasing their outsourced IT expertise at ILTA, August 26-30, 2012 at the Gaylord National Resort and Conference Center, Washington, D.C. at booth #120.

Milan Move & Archive simplifies move operations and addresses data integrity issues in WorkSite

Prosperoware have announced a new offering for the legal industry, Milan Move & Archive, that simplifies archiving WorkSite content and addresses data integrity issues that inevitability arise the size of a database makes it unwieldy. Milan Move makes it easy for users to transfer whole iManage WorkSite workspaces or select documents to archival databases.

Zone Drive enables Lawyers to replicate their desktops on mobile devices

Prosperoware have announced that it has extended its Zone Mobile offering with a new product called Zone Drive, which provides access to document repositories via a map drive on desktops. Zone Drive enables mobile users to upload and download content using smartphones and tablet apps.

Digomé, a  boutique digital strategies and interactive marketing firm, today introduced Digomé Legal Marketing, its full service legal marketing group delivering social media, digital marketing, web strategies, and traditional mainstream media such as TV, radio, and print to its law firm clientele. The Nashville-based company is lead by veteran trial lawyer and long time legal technology entrepreneur Roe Frazer.

Features allow law firms to secure fax transmissions, mobile access to collaborative workspaces and email sharing with unauthorized parties

Biscom, provider of the legal industry’s most trusted document exchange technology, announced today new product features that include the integration of its fax and file transfer technologies, a secure workspace iPad app and heightened protection for email  through an integration with PayneGroup’s Outlook Send Assistant. All new features deliver increased protection for confidential client data.

Feature enhancements designed to streamline search and review of audio and video evidence

Nexidia, Inc., the market-leading provider of audio search and review software, announced today that it has released major product upgrades to its Audio Discovery software. Nexidia Search 10.0 and AudioFinder 4.0 both incorporate new and improved features designed to increase efficiency for search and review of audio and video Electronically Stored Information (ESI).

40+ new features to optimise task management and document sharing

HighQ announces the official release of Collaborate 2.3, a major upgrade to the company’s popular web-based document management and collaboration platform. The new version, which includes 40+ new features significantly enhancing the documents and tasks modules as well as general performance and user experience improvements, will be demonstrated at next week’s ILTA Conference in Washington, DC (booth #930).

Leading international law firm selects Relativity as e-discovery platform

kCura, developers of the e-discovery software Relativity, today announced that Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP has purchased a license to install Relativity firm-wide. Akin Gump provides a comprehensive suite of services for global companies and local individuals.

Exemplify, the market standard for transactional attorneys, is releasing the first commercial version of its product at the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) conference, taking place at the Gaylord National Resort in National Harbor, Maryland on August 26 – 30. Exemplify was founded to provide attorneys in transactional practice with a transformational research solution to assist them in every stage of the drafting process.

UBIC, Inc., a pioneer in Asian-language eDiscovery, announced today that it has established an office and secure data center in London reflecting the growing demand for the company’s services. UBIC’s presence in London boosts its sales and support capability for European law firms and corporate counsels allowing them to comply with local laws while reducing the overall cost of litigation.

Law firms looking for strategic, operational, financial and technology C-level guidance now have affordable, as-needed options

Affinity Consulting Group (Affinity), which specializes in strategic technology and management solutions for law firms and legal departments of all sizes, today announced the availability of its YourExecutive management consulting program for law firms in need of flexible management solutions pertaining to law firm strategy, operations, finance and information technology.

Personal Injury specialist, Beacon Law, is implementing Eclipse's Proclaim Practice Management Software system firm-wide. Founded as Sprostons Solicitors in 2002, the practice recently rebranded as Beacon Law in line with an ethos that aims to clarify and illuminate the injury claims process for its clients.  The firm has expanded to dominate a niche within a hugely competitive marketplace, providing a complete accident claim solution including professional negligence and animal attacks.

eDiscovery leader CloudNine Discovery™, today announces the release of Version 11.5 of OnDemand®, the company’s cloud-based online review tool. Most notable among the updates are release of a brand new export wizard to enable clients to export groups of documents out of OnDemand for productions and other needs and enhanced support of foreign language collections involving Unicode data.

Equivio, a provider of analytical solutions for e-discovery, today announced that Equivio Zoom V2.2 will feature a newly developed Clustering component. Document clustering enables improved review efficiency by automatically organizing review batches based on their conceptual content. The Clustering component will be available as a standard feature of Zoom, Equivio's end-to-end e-discovery platform for predictive coding and analytics. Clustering is offered at no additional cost, as part of the standard Zoom license.

Trusted Staff Recruiter Joins Elite to Aid Clients during the Hiring Process

Thomson Reuters Elite today announced a new Alliance partnership with Tower Connect, an expert recruiting service for legal and other professional providers. As an Alliance partner, Elite clients gain exclusive access to a database of talented service professionals with extensive experience working with Elite solutions.

Software and Service combine to maintain healthy DMS systems

iEnvision Technology, Inc., the leader in Information Lifecycle Management for law firms and corporate legal departments, today announced the release of Sentinel for WorkSite. Sentinel for WorkSite is designed to monitor and collect data from existing WorkSite Document Management System (DMS) log files, and compare the results to a set of prescribed HP Autonomy guidelines.

Clio and Google Drive Supercharge and Streamline Document Creation and Collaboration for Small and Mid-Sized Law Firms

Cloud-based practice management solution Clio is pleased to announce a full integration with Google Drive™, streamlining the creation and sharing of documents among staff, co-counsel and clients.

Brian Kim as Project Manager and Caitlin Kahler as Project Coordinator

iDiscovery Solutions, Inc., ("iDS") a premier provider of expert information management and e-Discovery services to multinational corporations, financial institutions and law firms, announces that Brian Kim has joined the company as a Project Manager and Caitlin Kahler as a Project Coordinator.

LawBase Case and Matter Management Software to be showcased at booth #219

August 16, 2012 – Representatives from Synaptec Software will be showcasing LawBase case and matter management software in booth #219 at the upcoming 2012 ILTA Conference in Washington DC. The annual ILTA Conference draws members from around the world for a five-day focus on legal technology.

Thomson Reuters announced that Cary Burch has been named president of Thomson Reuters Elite. Burch has served as the chief operations officer at Elite for the past two years and has more than 20 years of leadership, technology and business experience with Fortune 200 companies.

NetDocuments, the leader in cloud based document and email management, announced the relocation of their global headquarters to the growing technology community at Thanksgiving Park, just south of Salt Lake City. Since its incorporation in 1998, NetDocuments has serviced their user base of over 100,000 users across 140 countries from Orem, UT.

To enhance its DMS search capability and to simplify the management of image-based documents

DocsCorp, a global leader in PDF integration technology and productivity software for law firms, announced today that leading Dutch law firm, Poelmann van den Broek, located in Nijmegen, has selected its contentCrawler software to help reduce the cost and risk of managing image-based documents profiled in its Autonomy iManage document management system. DocsCorp partner, dFlow, was closely involved in the sales process.

Karl Schieneman Esq., president of eDiscovery company Review Less and a well-respected national speaker on predictive coding, announced that Review Less has become a value-added reseller for the OrcaTec Document Decisioning Suite™, which incorporates predictive coding with advanced analytics. “I’ve used OrcaTec in several cases,” said Schieneman, “and their predictive coding has worked as advertised.

Predictive Coding Technology Used in Hundreds of Cases

Recommind, the leader in predictive information management and analysis software, today reported a 100% increase in 1H 2012 revenue growth over the same period in 2011. Demand for Recommind’s software continues to rise as businesses and government agencies grapple with the problems caused by ever-cheaper storage, a myriad of new content types and increasingly stringent regulation.

Recommind, the leader in predictive information management and analysis software, today announced the appointment of Jeff Epstein to its board of directors. Epstein, the former executive vice president and chief financial officer of Oracle, will also chair Recommind’s Audit Committee.

Report says PowerSearch pricing model could make it the Skype of e-Discovery

PowerSearch Software, the leading developer of affordable and accessible search technologies, today announces 451 Research, an independent technology industry analyst company focused on the business of enterprise IT innovation, has released a report on PowerSearch Software. The report is authored by David Horrigan and is titled, “DATAssimilate’s PowerSearch brings PayPal-palatable pricing to e-discovery.”

Esquire Innovations, Inc., a leading provider of Microsoft Office integration software and services for law firms, today announced changes to its trainer certification program for key Esquire products: iCreate, iDocID and iHyperstyles. Esquire Innovations’ Client Services department, led by Joel Kamps (Director of Business Development) and Judye Carter Reynolds (Director of Client Solutions) has greatly enhanced the certification program by making it easily accessible to independent training consultants and companies having no prior experience with Esquire products, while adding new course content, offering online classes, and a path for continuing education and certification renewal.

Industry Veteran Philip Mooney to Join Senior Management Team

D4, LLC, a national leader in litigation support and eDiscovery services to law firms and corporate law departments, today announced the appointment of Philip Mooney to the position of chief sales officer. In this role, Philip will be responsible for driving company growth and will focus on building a strong national organization, while addressing local client needs.

Microsystems, a leading provider of software and services that drive document quality and production efficiency, announces participation in the 2012 ILTA conference August 26 – 30, held at the Gaylord National Resort in Washington, D.C. Microsystems will be available throughout the conference to discuss opportunities to help law firms reduce risks associated with document exchange and review as well as improve document quality and lawyer productivity.

17th Annual Gathering Showcases How Legal & Corporate Governance Professionals Can Provide Greater Business Value

Bridgeway Software, the most recommended provider of legal services management solutions, today announced that it will host its CustomerConnect Live! 2012 annual user conference on October 22-25 at Disney's Contemporary Resort @ Walt Disney World in Florida.

BigHand, the leader in workflow digital dictation and voice productivity technology in the legal sector, today announced that Cincinnati-based firm, Taft Stettinius and Hollister, LLP has upgraded over 300 users from its existing digital dictation system to BigHand software, with a complete roll-out to all 6 of its offices (Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Covington, Dayton and Indianapolis).

Co-Founders Greg Estes, CEO, and Trent Walton, President, announce the recent launch of Cumulus Data, Inc., a cloud software development company with a focus on access and management of high-value ESI (electronic stored information) for litigation and compliance matters. Its first product launch will be eCloudCollect™, offered as a Software as a Service (SaaS) platform. eCloudCollect will provide users with a simple web browser interface allowing secure and defensible data collections, native data review and data preservation.

New Version of ArchiveOne Extends eDiscovery and Search Capabilities for Live, Personally Stored and Archived Email from Any Desktop or Mobile Device

C2C, a leading provider of email, file, messaging and eDiscovery solutions, today announced the latest release of its ArchiveOne email archiving and management platform. With enhanced features for data archiving and disposition, PST file management and dynamic mobile access to email data, ArchiveOne 6.5 achieves “real world” email management for the way today’s businesses work.

eBillingHub and Datacert, the premier global provider of enterprise legal management solutions, announced today that they have entered into a partnership to improve the e-billing experience for their joint law firm clients. Together, they will develop a tighter integration between eBillingHub’s Web-based legal e-billing system and Datacert’s Passport Collaboration Portal, giving law firms increased e-billing efficiency and shortened payment cycles.

More Than 80% of Respondents Would Recommend FTF to Their Peers

First To File®(FTF), a leading provider of SaaS-based IP management technology, announces today the results of their annual Customer Service Survey.  The survey revealed that 92% of respondents are highly engaged, regular users of FTF’s system and are satisfied customers.

The go-to litigation tool is being showcased in road show briefings in 23 cities across the globe

AccessData, a pioneer of digital investigations and litigation support solutions, today announces the company will be showcasing the revamped Summation during a 23-city tour scheduled to simultaneously kick-off in Sydney, Australia and San Francisco, California on September 6th, 2012.

Legal Software Suppliers Linetime Limited have launched a new look website. Accessible at the existing address, the site overhaul has resulted in a new layout, new content and new Linetime branding. Visitors can see our full range of software and services including practice management, case management, debt recovery, online case tracking (B2C) and Business Intelligence.

IRIS Legal, an ambitious supplier of software to solicitors' firms and barristers' chambers is on the takeover trail as it seeks to grow annual revenues to £40m within three years. IRIS Legal, which is owned by private equity firm HG Capital, is targeting technology providers to add to its product range, as well as seeking strong organic growth.

Legal Technology innovator, Peppermint Technology, is delighted to announce a partnership with 2e2, leading ICT Services Provider. The partnership will provide Peppermint customers with access to 1,500 technology specialists and the experience of an award winning Microsoft Dynamics Partner of the Year.

Survey, conducted by Traveling Coaches, Examines Law Firm Practices across Training Departments, Software Rollouts and User Adoption

The size of Am Law 200 Law Firm training departments remains largely unchanged, while the need for more non-traditional training methods such as social learning programs and informal learning is growing, according to the inaugural Am Law 200 User Adoption and Training Survey. The survey, conducted by Traveling Coaches, includes responses from CIOs, directors, training managers and support managers in 90 Am Law 200 firms.

DocAuto, architects of the internationally utilized WorkSpace Manager for the Autonomy iManage WorkSite platform, have officially released a ground breaking addition to their WorkSite product line.  WorkSpace Manager Desktop is downloadable today and ready to make thousands of jobs substantially more efficient.

Hosted option for Concordance Evolution software offers speed and performance for e-discovery and review management

LexisNexis® Legal & Professional, a leading global provider of content and technology solutions, today announced the release of Hosted Concordance® Evolution from LexisNexis – a fully hosted service that delivers electronic discovery review capabilities on an “on-demand” basis.

IRIS Legal, an award-winning provider of next-generation practice and case management software to law firms and barristers in the UK and Ireland, is celebrating after securing a competitive deal worth £360,000 with St Philips Chambers, the third largest chambers in the country.

LexisNexis® Enterprise Solutions, a leading provider of content and technology solutions, today announced that, Linklaters, a leading global law firm, has selected LexisNexis® InterAction® as its preferred CRM tool to be deployed across all its locations. Following a successful pilot, Linklaters selected InterAction for the solution’s ability to support relationship management activities and its ease of use, especially via Microsoft Outlook.

Epiq Systems, Inc., a leading provider of managed technology for the global legal profession, today announced it is now including Equivio’s Zoom as part of its eDiscovery service offerings. This addition deepens the alliance between Epiq Systems and Equivio and further positions Epiq at the forefront of technology-assisted review. Since 2007, Epiq has leveraged Equivio technology to drive cost savings for clients for more than 500 projects.

New practical guidance solution provides California attorneys with knowledge and tools to handle transactional matters faster and more confidently

LexisNexis® Legal & Professional, a leading provider of content and technology solutions, today announced it has added the first jurisdictional module – California – to its Web-based practical guidance offering, Lexis® Practice Advisor.

New space includes state-of-the-art server room and forensics lab

DTI, the nation’s largest private independent provider of discovery services, facilities management, and knowledge process outsourcing, today announced that its New York City office has expanded by relocating to 64 West 48th Street. The new 10,000-square-foot space adds high-speed servers for e-discovery processing and hosting, a secure forensic lab and a state-of-the-art server room.

Epiq Systems, Inc., a leading provider of managed technology for the global legal profession, has expanded its global document review presence by opening a Hong Kong document review center. "The introduction of our Hong Kong document review center reflects our leadership position in providing clients with secure, scalable, cost effective review and staffing services wherever they are needed,” said Laura Kibbe, Epiq Systems' Managing Director of Document Review and Expert Services.

Just as technology has reshaped how we communicate and do business, it also is making a significant impact on the practice of law. A just-released industry report from Robert Half Legal explores how emerging technologies are affecting management strategies in law firms and corporate legal departments, and changing how legal services are delivered.

IRIS Legal, the largest provider of software to law firms and barristers in the UK & Ireland, has kicked off its new financial year in style after winning a clutch of deals to build on the success of FY12. In the past eight weeks the company has won 18 new deals worth more than £340,000, with eight of them to provide the next generation of IRIS Legal software – IRIS Law Business - to a number of forward-thinking law firms of various sizes.

The LawTech Europe Congress, taking place in Prague on Monday November 12, 2012, is shaping up to be the key legal IT event for law firms, corporate legal teams and technology vendors in Central and Eastern Europe this year, with three concurrent all-day streams covering legal technology, electronic evidence/eDiscovery and computer forensics.

Recommind, the leader in predictive information management and analysis software, today announced the availability of a new On-Demand Webinar.  The “Top Reasons Organizations Move to an On-Demand eDiscovery Service” webinar will focus on the importance for firms to achieve speed and accuracy of review, while containing costs during the eDiscovery process.

Compiled Services, the developers of litigation support and e-discovery software ReadySuite, announces the software is now incorporating BeyondRecognition’s technology to improve the mass redaction feature within both PDFs and TIFFs. The new feature, which is now available to download in ReadySuite, is called BeyondRedaction.

Acquisition Creates New Agency From Former Hubbard One Web Group

One North Interactive LLC (One North), an agency dedicated to serving the creative, strategic, analytical and technological needs of legal and professional services organizations, today announced its formation and its agreement to acquire the Hubbard One web group from Thomson Reuters. The new independent company will deliver website and interactive solutions to its law firm clients, including 40 percent of the top 250 firms.

Questus, a unique new law firm founded to manage personal injury claims for other practices on a white-label basis, has selected Eclipse's Practice Management Software system. Questus was formed by ex-Berrymans Lace Mawer lawyers, Tony Walton and Rosalind Danson.  With a deep understanding of the claims process developed through working with some of the country's top insurers, Questus will charge a fixed fee to run claims for its law firm clients.  On setting up the new venture, it was acknowledged that the underlying Case Management software architecture would be of paramount importance.

Annual Momentum EMEA user conference in London draws record numbers, awards clients, and delivers more sessions than previous events

Aderant, the world's largest independent legal software company, announced that its 2012 Momentum EMEA user conference held last month in London was the largest and most successful annual user conference since the event's debut in 2007. The two day conference drew 125 attendees and delivered an expanded program that included 34 educational sessions.

NetDocuments, the leading Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) content management service provider, today announced that James Davies has joined the company as Technical Director, EMEA. James has extensive experience of document, knowledge and content management solutions and brings significant practical legal technology experience to NetDocuments.

Eleventh Hour, the leading provider of litigation support and e-discovery solutions to law firms and corporate law departments, today announces the launch of a redesigned web site to better showcase the company’s offerings and a new blog featuring industry-specific insight.

Top-tier data facility to serve as information systems hub for clients with offices in U.K. and other parts of Western Europe

LexisNexis® Legal & Professional, a leading provider of content and technology solutions, today announced the opening of a new, state-of-the-art data center in the U.K. that will provide comprehensive hosting services for law firms, litigation service bureaus and in-house legal departments.

Complementary Report and Webcast Series Provide Practical Advice on Defensible Predictive Discovery

FTI Consulting, Inc., the global business advisory firm dedicated to helping organizations protect and enhance their enterprise value, today announced that its FTI Technology practice has published the results of a predictive coding study of 24 in-house and law firm counsel.

Also Reduction of Risks Associated with Content Ambiguity

Microsystems, a leading provider of software and services that drive document quality, production efficiency and risk mitigation, announces the release of a new software product to enhance the legal agreement drafting and review process.

Worldox Sites Can Now Control User Access and Comply with Judicial Hold Requirements for Electronic Discovery Purposes

World Software Corporation® announces today a new Legal Hold feature for Worldox GX3 Professional, the newest version of its award-winning document management system (DMS),   providing the ability to store and preserve files in read-only repositories with tightly controlled access.

nQueue Billback, the leading provider of software-based cost recovery and expense management systems, today announced strong revenue for the second quarter of 2012. This follows record bookings in the first quarter of 2012. The company also announced an increasing number of clients taking advantage of its “Buy-It-Once Guarantee” to migrate to upgraded and updated products.

Roundtable held August 29 at 9 am during the annual ILTA conference to discuss security concerns and ways to address them

When it comes to document exchanges, many law firms default to standards such as email, FTP, CDs or fax. However, these methods can present a threat to a law firm’s data security and drain staff productivity. The Document Exchange Roundtable, hosted by Biscom during ILTA’s annual conference in Washington, DC, will bring together legal IT experts who have faced the problem of secure document exchange as they share the steps they took to beat this time- and efficiency-depleting problem.

Today, in an effort to continuously provide clients with the most resourceful means of gaining insight into WorkSite user efficiency, DocAuto unveils the newest version of Reporting Server for WorkSite. By using iManage WorkSite data alone, the combination of data from WorkSite and other systems, or external data alone, the web-based Reporting Server product provides users with detailed reports on how proficiently their WorkSite environments are being used, how WorkSite content is being affected by or relates to data in other systems, and much more.

IntApp, provider of the most-adopted time capture, confidentiality management and application integration software for law firms, today announced that Greg Lewis has joined the company as an Account Executive for the Southeast United States. Previously, he held several software sales and account management roles, including six years as a territory manager with LexisNexis, provider of content-enabled workflow software for law firms.

Gladden brings years of direct marketing, event planning and management experience to the Media Services Division

eDJ Group, Inc., a leading eDiscovery analyst and consulting firm and parent company of the eDiscoveryJournal, today announced the appointment of Marilyn Gladden as Director of Media Services. In this role, Ms. Gladden will be responsible for managing the day-to-day activities of the eDiscoveryJournal, including directing marketing and webinar initiatives, managing client relationships, and spearheading the eDJ’s social media plan.

Learn how to automate delivery of any enterprise content in SharePoint 2010

Recommind, the leader in predictive information management and analysis software, today announced the availability of a new On-Demand Webinar on how to effectively and automatically manage information within the Microsoft SharePoint environment.

eDiscovery Industry Veteran Ryan Best to Manage and Grow Regional Presence

D4, LLC, a national leader in litigation support and eDiscovery services to law firms and corporate law departments, today announced the launch of its full-service operation in Phoenix. The expansion into Phoenix, through the acquisition of On Target Litigation Solutions, increases D4’s national footprint and compliments services in the western region of the U.S.

At the ABA Annual Meeting in Chicago, Law Bulletin Publishing Company (LBPC) will announce the success of JuraLaw in law firms. The law firm of Cunningham  Meyer & Vedrine PC, is one of the firms successfully using JuraLaw.  Lee Barr, Technologies Manager for of Cunningham  Meyer & Vedrine PC states, "Jura Law is an intuitive product that allows our docket staff to verify and review docket matters in one unified solution that is easy for the staff to learn and utilize."

...Demanding discovery processes require the best people asserts APT Search...

APT Search, the UK’s first recruitment specialists fully dedicated to the eDiscovery and Litigation Support sectors, has published a whitepaper that provides an overview of the eDiscovery market in the UK and the effect that it is having on the recruitment market.

Document Management Provider Simplifies Name to Build on Core Brand Identity

Cabinet NG, provider of electronic document management and workflow management software, today announced it has changed its name to Cabinet (dropping the ‘NG’), in order to build on its core brand identity and simplify its presentation to attract new prospects and customers.

It is nearly time for Lawtech again and this will be the seventh installment of Australia and NZ’s only event for legal IT Directors. In the words of Bob Dylan… the times they are a changing and never more than now do CIOs have to be more than just a CIO. Their role has diversified and with what is now coined The New Normal, the CIO has to move with the times or it’s either adapt or perish! With IT Infrastructure moving to the cloud, consumerisation making everyone an expert and the next generation viewing technology as normal… how will the role of the CIO /  IT Manager in legal change or is it completely doomed?

Helpdesk Training Course, First of Its Kind, Sets Standard in Assisting Technical Support Professionals During Installations

Capensys, a leading blended training solutions provider, has expanded its training services to include software testing, configuration service options for Office 2010, Technical Insight sessions and a Helpdesk training course for typical legal applications.

Offers Corporate Legal Departments and Law Firms a predictable, all-inclusive fee for all eDiscovery Technology and Services

InterLegis, an innovator of litigation and electronic discovery technologies, today announced they are making their pricing structure for their Discovery360 Hosted solution even more predictable. Clients will now be charged a one-time, all-inclusive fee for all services related to eDiscovery services.

Document Direct selects document comparison software from Litéra for accuracy and speed

Litéra announced today that Document Direct, the leading provider of 24/7 document production and dictation transcription services to legal and professional services firms, has enhanced their service offerings with the addition of Litéra’s Change-Pro® Total Document Comparison (TDC) software, just in time for the influx of business they are experiencing due to the large number of solicitors and staff working remotely during the 2012 Summer Olympic Games.

Intuitive product allows easy access to data on mobile devices for litigation purposes

AccessData, a pioneer of digital investigations and litigation support solutions, today announces the launch of Mobile Phone Examiner Plus® (MPE+®) to the legal market. MPE+ makes in-depth mobile phone data immediately available for litigation. The product is available as a stand-alone software solution or can be preconfigured on a touch screen tablet.

Strategic litigation consulting and project management group chooses Relativity as e-discovery platform

kCura, developers of the e-discovery software Relativity, today announced that Troutman Sanders eMerge has selected Relativity as their e-discovery review and case management platform.

Omtool recognized for developing innovative solutions to enhance document capture throughout organizations

Omtool™, Ltd., the trusted provider of document process automation solutions, today announced that the company received the 2012 HP Solutions Business Partner program award for Outstanding Technical Collaboration. The award recognizes Omtool for its forward-thinking approach in developing solutions that enhance HP offerings in the document capture industry and delivering innovative solutions to some of the world's largest organizations.

Comprehensive functionality, a user-friendly interface, and outstanding client references propelled the decision to implement Aderant Expert

Aderant, the world’s largest independent legal software company, announced today that national workplace law firm Jackson Lewis LLP has selected Aderant Expert as its next generation practice and financial management system to provide comprehensive business management capabilities and help support the firm’s continued growth.

The online legal software provider builds out support department and responds to user feedback from a recent survey to improve the experience of their customers

Rocket Matter®, the leading online legal time and billing software for small to mid-sized law firms, today announces a series of product improvements to address the feedback of customers from the company’s June survey.

Building on strong growth in early 2012, Business Integrity® welcomed a new Eastern Region Sales Director to its U.S. team. Gregory Young is a dynamic sales professional with over twenty years of experience in selling technology solutions to Law Firms and Corporate America.

Zylpha, the UK’s leading innovator of legal document production and distribution has launched a system that automates the administration, compliance and communication processes of legal practices. The system comprises a suite of powerful new tools which integrate a practice’s case management systems with both its governance procedures and the distribution of external communications.

New Clients Include Evans & Mullinix, P.A., the Bryant Law Firm, and Matrix Energy LLC

World Software Corporation® announces today that the first half of 2012 set records for Worldox sales, with hundreds of law firms and legal departments purchasing Worldox, the award-winning document management system (DMS).  Three of the new Worldox customers include law firms Evans & Mullinix, P.A. and the Bryant Law Firm and Matrix Energy LLC’s legal department.

Web version of Lawyers Diary and Manual® offers more functionality for the same affordable price

Skinder-Strauss Associates, publisher of the Lawyers Diary and Manual® (LDM), announced today new features now available in its popular web-based directory version, LDMonline™. LDMonline is continually developed to provide greater value, improve the user experience, and to address specific customer suggestions. This announcement marks the launch of three new enhancements to the product, including downloadable vCards, maps, and a jurisdiction calculator.

Microsystems, a leading provider of software and services that drive document quality and production efficiency, is proud to announce Sr. VP and Chief Innovation Officer Sherry Kappel's short-list nomination for ILTA’s 2012 Vendor Thought Leader award. The Vendor Thought Leader award category, which is a part of ILTA’s Distinguished Peer Awards program, acknowledges outstanding achievement in maximizing the value of technology in support of the legal profession and providing quality, ongoing education and learning for ILTA members.

The Co-operative is the UK’s first consumer brand licensed to provide legal services under the Legal Services Act

Thomson Reuters, the world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, today announced that The Co-operative Legal Services has selected MatterSphere to support its front office matter management needs.  The Co-operative Legal Services is a major UK consumer brand which has recently been awarded an Alternative Business Structure (ABS) licence to provide legal services as a result of the Legal Services Act.

The ability to register, manage and complete jobs in one, easy-to-use interface

Kroll Ontrack, the leading provider of data recovery, information management, and e-discovery products and services, today announced the release of  the Ontrack® Online Partner Portal for data recovery partners to maximize transparency and streamline the user experience during the data recovery process.

Full-service Newcastle practice, McKeag & Co, is implementing Eclipse's Proclaim Case Management Software system firm-wide. Founded almost 100 years ago, McKeag & Co provides a complete legal service to private and commercial clients, and is now considered to be one of the largest law firms in the North East.  In preparation for a changing legal landscape, the firm made the decision to invest in a firm-wide Proclaim solution to replace an incumbent system which could no longer provide the functionality needed.

Intelligent Discovery Solutions, Inc., ("iDS") a premier provider of expert information management and e-Discovery services to multinational corporations, financial institutions and law firms, announces that James Whitehead has been added to its team of experts as Project Manager. In this role, he will oversee electronic discovery and computer forensics projects from initial planning stages all the way through delivery to ensure deadlines are met and quality work-product is delivered.

Former National Business Development Manager for international outsourcing firm brings two decades of experience to growing firm

Legal support services consulting firm, Mattern & Associates, LLC, announced today that Jodi Carroll has joined the company to take on responsibilities in sales and account management.  Highly regarded in her field, Ms. Carroll has over two decades of experience in the strategic selling of complex business process outsourcing solutions and management services to the C-level decision makers of AmLaw 200 and Fortune 500 firms.

Guidance Software Inc., the World Leader in Digital Investigations™, today announced that its EnCase® eDiscovery software was ranked #1 out of more than 20 vendors in the inaugural DCIG E-Discovery Early Case Assessment (ECA) Buyer’s Guide. For the Buyer’s Guide, DCIG looked at more than 60 key features of more than 25 ECA software products from more than 20 leading companies.

London-based law firm Berlad Graham LLP is using the Virtual Practices legal software system to help maintain its position at the cutting edge of the fast-changing sector. The firm, set up by Raanan Berlad and Stewart Graham in October last year, is one of the growing number of virtual practices who operate without a conventional, fully staffed office function.

Law firm Carter Moore Solicitors have selected DPS Software as their new practice management software supplier. DPS will provide crime, personal injury and employment modules of their Outlook Office case management product alongside their fully integrated Cashier legal accounting package. Founded in 2003 and headed up by Managing Partner Jeremy Moore and Senior Partner Mark Carter the firm enjoys an enviable profile and provides its services nationwide from its offices in Manchester and London.

Mark Walker, a nationally renowned electronic discovery expert and author, with 30 years of experience in the field, has joined Document Solutions, Inc. (DSi) as vice president of operations, company officials announced today. In addition to authoring books on e-discovery and litigation support, Walker has put his expertise to use in litigation involving many of the world’s largest corporations, including Halliburton, Hospital Corporation of America, Intel, Dow Chemical, Miller Beer, SAP, AMD, Exxon, Texas Instruments and Xerox, just to name a few.

Company to showcase full suite of content lifecycle management software at the conference

Litéra® announced today that the company will unveil Litéra IDS® at the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) conference, taking place at the Gaylord National Resort and Conference Center in Washington, D.C. August 26-30. Litéra IDS revolutionizes the way people work together by providing true, simultaneous document collaboration—with full auditability—among unlimited users.

Ease of use and native Microsoft Outlook integration are driving law firm adoption of CRM4Legal

Aderant, the world's largest independent legal software company, announced today that Australian law firm Russell Kennedy has successfully completed the first phase of its Aderant CRM4Legal implementation and has begun a firm-wide deployment to strategically manage client relationship data and interactions.

DTI, the nation’s largest private independent provider of discovery services, facilities management, and knowledge process outsourcing, today announced the addition of Jay Koza as Vice President of Business Development. Koza brings more than 25 years of experience handling all aspects of discovery and document review with law firms and corporate legal departments to DTI. Koza will provide DTI clients with strategic solutions for managed review, technology assisted review and other discovery services.

Workshare, a leading provider of document collaboration software, today unveils Workshare Point version 1.5 which adds new and enhanced features to make the SharePoint and Microsoft Outlook integration software even more of a seamless solution. The newest version of Workshare Point enables easy navigation of SharePoint Views when filing a document.

Microsoft recognizes Aderant for commitment to customers

Aderant, the world's largest independent legal software company, has been named to the 2012 Microsoft Dynamics President's Club for the second time. This achievement is a direct result of Aderant's outstanding dedication to customer satisfaction through the delivery of innovative business solutions.

IntApp, provider of the most-adopted application integration software for law firms, today announced that Dave Sampieri has joined the company as an integration solution consultant. An expert in application architecture and business process orchestration, he brings significant legal IT know how to IntApp. Previously, Dave held multiple IT leadership roles, including six years with Blank Rome LLP as director of knowledge management and director of application systems.

Providing practice notes, tools, precedents and checklists, with direct links to primary law and leading LexisNexis titles, LexisPSL answers customer demand for a fully integrated legal information resource

LexisNexis UK, a leading provider of content and technology solutions, today announced the full launch of their comprehensive Lexis®PSL service for lawyers, covering 25 practice areas. The LexisPSL service combines the practice notes, time-saving tools, precedents and checklists required for contemporary legal practice, with direct links through to the primary law and the authoritative industry standard titles for which LexisNexis is known.

PDF Compilation of Expert Essays and Practical Advice about Legal Technology from 6-week Concentrated Blog Project is Now Available

Today, Burke & Company releases The Legal Technology Observer (LTO) Time Capsule on Legal IT Professionals (LITP).  LTO was a 6-week concentrated collection of essays, articles, surveys and blog posts providing expert practical knowledge about legal technology, eDiscovery, and social media for legal professionals. The content has been formatted into a PDF version and is available for free download.

Compiled Services, the developers of litigation support and e-discovery software ReadySuite, today announced that it has integrated support for iCONECT XERA and nXT document management platforms into the latest version of ReadySuite. This integration gives iCONECT users the ability to import any load files containing images, text or native document, convert them to iCONECT load files, and then quickly export them into XERA or nXT for review.

Leading Brisbane legal firm makes long-term investment in Aderant practice management and business intelligence suite

Aderant, the world's largest independent legal software company, announced today that Australian law firm HopgoodGanim will implement the Aderant Expert practice and financial management system to optimize overall firm performance by leveraging Aderant's powerful business intelligence and matter management capabilities.

Combined Expertise Delivers Superior Solutions for Technology-enabled Linear and Non-Linear Review

Today, Hudson Legal and Recommind announced a partnership to draw upon their collective eDiscovery experience to serve clients with a fully-integrated on-demand managed review solution.

The most extensive library of court rules is embedded in Aderant Total Office reducing firms’ malpractice risk

Aderant, the world’s largest independent legal software company, announced today that its Aderant CompuLaw court rules have been seamlessly integrated with Aderant Total Office (formerly Client Profiles), giving clients access to the number one rules-based calendaring application in the industry.

Wrekin Housing Trust is implementing Eclipse's Proclaim Case Management Software solution for its in-house legal team. Wrekin Housing Trust is a non-profit making housing association that provides affordable housing and related services for tenants across Shropshire and Staffordshire.

Cloud services seem to be viewed by many as a relatively new phenomenon, especially within the legal sector, but DPS Software is already dealing with many ‘second-generation’ cloud users. Having identified hosted IT as their preferred technology direction when the idea was in its relative infancy – at least in the legal sector - these firms are now looking to make the next step in their use of cloud services. Of course, a major element for these firms in enabling themselves to take this next step is finding the right strategic partner to move forward with.

Review Platform Raises the Bar for Legal Team Collaboration, Insight, and Productivity

Integreon, the largest global provider of integrated legal, research and business solutions, today announced the expansion of its extensive portfolio of best-of-breed discovery services and technologies with the addition of iCONECT’s XERA hosted review platform.

New usability functionality to further streamline do-it-yourself e-discovery matter management

Kroll Ontrack, the leading provider of e-discovery, information management, and data recovery products and services, today announced the availability of Verve™ 1.2.

Derek Kindercliff-Jones joins Charles Street Solutions as Group Sales Director

After 4 years as Head of Managed Services at Tikit Group Derek Kindercliff-Jones has joined Charles Street Solution as Group Sales Director.

Leading intellectual property and business litigation firm chooses Relativity for computer-assisted review and text analytics

kCura, developers of the e-discovery software Relativity, today announced that Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP has purchased a license to bring Relativity in-house.

Hot Neuron LLC announces the release of version 3.1 of its Clustify[TM] software, featuring the ability to automatically ignore email headers and footers to produce cleaner results that are more useful during the document review phase of e-discovery.

RenewData, a full-service eDiscovery provider that offers the industry’s broadest spectrum of review acceleration solutions, today announced that it is kicking off a series of roadshows for the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) and its members. Titled “Understanding the Predictive Coding Blind Spot,” the roadshows will address the intricacies and challenges of using artificial intelligence to conduct eDiscovery reviews.

Agility Recovery, a business continuity and disaster recovery company, today announced an agreement with the American Bar Association (ABA) to provide its ReadySuite disaster recovery solution to ABA members. The solution is offered to firms of ABA members at a discounted price, and will provide firms with any or all of the four key elements of recovery should they experience a disaster that interrupts normal operations:

D4, LLC, a national leader in litigation support and eDiscovery services to law firms and corporate law departments, today announced that is has been awarded kCura’s honor of Orange-level Best in Service for outstanding and exceptional customer service, accommodating Relativity end users with high-quality experience.

HotDocs Corporation, the market leader in document automation and assembly technology, today announced it has achieved a Gold Microsoft® Independent Software Vendor (ISV)/Software Solutions Competency, a distinction reserved for “best-in-class” vendors who have a demonstrable record of commitment to the needs of Microsoft® customers.

Legal IT Consulting Service Aims to Increase Elite Client Productivity with Innovative Solutions

Elite, a Thomson Reuters business, today announced its latest Services partnership with Mosmar, an IT specialist in developing for Enterprise Information Management Systems, to increase client efficiency and provide unique professional results.

IntApp, provider of the most-adopted time capture, confidentiality management and application integration software for law firms, today announced that Mark Bilson has joined the company as Managing Director, Asia Pacific. Previously, he held several roles with LexisNexis, provider of content-enabled workflow software, including regional manager, Asia Pacific.

Briefing Scheduled for July 20 at Noon ET Offers Solution to Secure Document Exchanges for Law Firms

Biscom, provider of the AmLaw 200’s most secure document delivery and collaboration technology, today announced that it is hosting a webinar to discuss the security challenges associated with file transfer protocol (FTP) technology.

Workshare, a leading provider of document collaboration software, today announced that it will award two scholarships to help qualified members of the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) attend the upcoming ILTA 2012 conference in Washington, DC. The Workshare scholarships will fund up to $3,500 (USD) for each winner to apply toward conference fees as well as hotel and travel costs. This is the fourth year Workshare has awarded ILTA scholarships.

Midwest-Based Law Firm Adds Decisiv Email and Search to Provide Industry-Leading Information Management Capabilities

Recommind, the leader in predictive information management and analysis software, today announced that Ulmer & Berne LLP, a full service law firm that represents a wide range of clients from Fortune 500 corporations to start-ups and entrepreneurs, has selected Recommind's full suite of Decisiv™ solutions to overhaul the firm’s management of electronically stored documents.

Consulting Service Helps Corporate Legal Departments Analyze and Leverage Data to Better Predict and Manage Legal Costs

LexisNexis® Legal & Professional, a leading provider of content and technology solutions, today announced the launch of a new data-driven consulting service designed to help corporate legal departments improve the predictability of their legal costs, manage their budgets with more certainty and derive greater value from their work with outside counsel.

New Module Provides Technology Education for Its Spanish-Speaking Clients

Capensys, a leading blended training solutions provider, announces today the release of their Spanish version of e-learning for Office 2010 Legal for law firms with Spanish-speaking staff and offices.  Several Capensys clients in Latin America and Spain had been requesting these translations.

To Extend Document Comparison Capabilities

Microsystems, a leading provider of software and services that drive document quality and production efficiency, announces the release of the DocXtools PDF Compare Plus Module to extend document comparison capabilities to the Legal industry beyond native Word and throughout the Office suite.

Aragon Research features Litéra as a leading content management company

Technology research and advisory firm Aragon Research has named Litéra a “Hot Vendor” in content management, collaboration and authoring, stating that users will complete more document processes in less time with less risk once Litéra is enabled.

Widely recognized Asia Pacific professional services firm moving to Microsoft-based system for firm-wide performance improvement

Aderant announced today that Ferrier Hodgson Perth will implement the Aderant Expert practice and financial management system.

Eight new full text journals to be added to LexisLibrary from renowned publisher

LexisNexis UK, a leading provider of content and technology solutions, today announced that it has responded to customer requests for additional journal content, expanding their licensing partnership with Oxford University Press.

Features Secure Document Sharing and Improves SharePoint User’s Search Experience

Informative Graphics Corporation (IGC), a leader in viewing, collaboration and redaction technology, announces the release of its Brava!® 7.1 for SharePoint 2010 at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference in Toronto, Canada. Brava provides a zero-client viewer for SharePoint end-users and administrators, offers improved search and markup capabilities and allows for secure document sharing.

To streamline PTO document workflow

First To File®, a leading provider of SaaS-based IP management technology, today announced the release of its new integration with the USPTO e-Office Action notification system, which significantly reduces PTO correspondence processing overhead.

Now available for Android™ tablets, Windows® and Mac® OS, as well as the iPad®; enhanced user interface, offline capabilities

Thomson Reuters today announced the latest version of Thomson Reuters ProView, the leading professional eReader platform. Currently available in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and Spain, the new version of Thomson Reuters ProView adds power and functionality for iPad users – as well as public betas of native apps for Android tablet, and Windows and Mac users – to the first eReader platform specifically built from the ground up for professionals, allowing users to interact with legal content on eBooks in entirely new ways.

Leading litigation law firm selects Relativity to provide flexible review options

kCura, developers of the e-discovery software Relativity, today announced that Ballard Spahr LLP has purchased a license to install Relativity in-house.

DTI, the nation’s largest private independent provider of discovery services, facilities management, and knowledge process outsourcing, today announced the addition of veteran Kristin Currey as Director of Business Development. DTI has expanded into major markets throughout the United States and has grown to become one of the premier solution providers of electronic discovery for law firms and corporations nationwide.

Stout Risius Ross, Inc. (SRR), a financial advisory firm, today announced its new partnership with kCura as a Relativity Premium Hosting Partner. SRR has enhanced its partnership with the feature-rich review platform, Relativity—which allows users to create and automate custom workflows, make use of a complete set of text analytics capabilities including computer-assisted review, and build applications within the software to manage and search all types of case-related data and information—to its suite of E-Discovery solutions.

Legal Technology innovator, Peppermint Technology, has been selected from 640,000 Microsoft partners worldwide to be one of 10 feature stories at its Worldwide Conference 2012 this coming week. The event, attended by over 15,000 partners, provides an insight to Microsoft’s long term strategy and vision, product roadmap as well as sharing partner success and best practice.

Select* Associates, experts in collection management, is pleased to announce star*collect NG. Developed over a 5 year period, star*collect NG represents a major step forward in technology for accounts receivable management. star*collect NG offers several major enhancements, including an integrated billing and payment ledger reporting tab; a modern look and feel; an optional “Microsoft Office” ribbon-style user interface; and a Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) reporting suite.

3E-Specific Consulting Service Optimizes Elite Client Strategy

Thomson Reuters Elite, today announced its Alliance partnership with Pinnacle, a provider of Elite 3E® consulting services to legal firms. With the partnership, Elite clients benefit from access to quality 3E implementation assistance.

Updated licensing program for colleges and universities is now available

Gavel & Gown Software Inc., the leading developer of practice management software for lawyers, announced today the launch of their enhanced Academic Program, allowing colleges, universities and technical trade schools use of Amicus Attorney in a classroom and clinic setting. This program, which now includes an annual scholarship available to students at enrolled institutions, has been enriched to include increased benefits to member institutions.

Xerox today announced the acquisition of Lateral Data, a leading e-discovery technology provider, for $30 million. Lateral Data’s flagship software, Viewpoint™, brings simplicity and affordability to e-discovery by enabling corporate legal departments and law firms to manage the entire e-discovery lifecycle using a single, in-house solution.

Epiq Systems, Inc., a leading provider of managed technology services for the global legal profession, hosted an engaging panel session attended by members of law firms and corporate counsel on June 27 in London.  The session examined the use of Technology Assisted Review (TAR) to reduce eDiscovery costs.  Among the topics discussed were the reasons for the reluctance to use predictive coding, how it can be used most effectively and whether there is legal authority to do so.

Leading technology and litigation support staffing now available at affordable cost to law firms handling small cases across the nation

Eleventh Hour, the leading provider of litigation support and e-discovery solutions to law firms and corporate law departments, today announces the availability of its affordable Small Case service for review and production.

R&D, marketing, sales among key areas of business with new leaders

Litéra® announced today that the company is expanding its executive leadership team, having appointed Sean Scott as chief information officer, Chuck Henrich as director of product management, Rich Powers as director of western region sales and reseller partner channel management, and Dan Dillon as director of marketing.

Enhanced software helps litigation professionals more effectively streamline discovery and contain costs

LexisNexis, a leading provider of content and technology solutions, today announced the release of LexisNexis® Early Data Analyzer 1.1, an enhanced version of its innovative electronic discovery software that now provides full Optical Character Recognition (OCR) support and significantly enhanced search capabilities.

DocAuto, a leading provider of software solutions for the global legal community, announced today the release of expanded functionality in its e-mail management suite of products for Autonomy HP WorkSite. OutiM™ Server 3.2.4, the server-side engine of the e-mail management suite, and OutiM Predict 1.1, the predictive e-mail filing client-side interface for users, now support the ability to link Outlook folders to specific destinations in WorkSite using the powerful, user-friendly Predict interface.

IRIS Legal, the largest provider of software and IT services to UK law firms, is celebrating after winning the Best Technology Project at The Lawyer Awards 2012. IRIS Legal won the award in recognition of its delivery of the hosted IRIS Meridian Law Connected project to No5 Chambers, one of the largest sets of barristers’ chambers in England & Wales.

Top 50 law firm Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP (RPC)  have selected Copitrak’s new Document Production solution, in order to improve the efficiency and productivity of both internal and outsourced document production teams. As legal reform encourages firms to reduce operating costs, the tendency to split production work or outsource it to lower cost contractors is strong.

IntApp, the leading provider of information barriers, application integration and time capture software for law firms, today announced that Andrea Brian has joined the company as UK Account Executive. Andrea brings significant legal industry and client service expertise to IntApp.

Veteran Legal Industry Professional to Promote the Company's Vision and Expansion of Professional Services

Applied Discovery®, a worldwide leader in professional discovery services, including multinational collection, early case assessment (ECA), processing, hosting, production, and managed review services for law firms, corporations, and government agencies, announced today it has named Allen J. McNee its President.

Compiled Services, the developers of litigation support and e-Discovery software ReadySuite, today announced the latest release of the software, version 4.3, with a number of improvements and upgrades. This new version allows users to add annotations and overlays to existing PDF documents without losing the ability to search the PDF.

Microsystems announces the Office 2010: Validate, Refine, Align Engagement to position law firms for improved workflows, maximized user productivity and better client service. Focusing on critical lawyer workflows, Ribbon configuration and templates, the Validate, Refine, Align Engagement helps law firms develop an action plan to improve their Microsoft Office configuration and implementation by identifying areas where usability refinements generate productivity gains.

Traveling Coaches, the internationally recognized experts on user adoption of technology by law firms and in-house legal departments, announced that international law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) purchased its CLASSe eLearning programme to support the Firm’s deployment of Microsoft Office 2010.

Venio Systems, the leading provider of processing, first-pass review and early case assessment (ECA) software, today announced that leading eDiscovery provider Advanced Discovery has implemented its integrated eDiscovery platform and has become a Venio Partner. The firm chose Venio for its scalability, speed, and simplicity.

LDM Global, a leading international provider of legal discovery management services for law firms, corporations and government agencies is pleased to announce the addition of Cheza Ross as its new Business Development Manager in the London, UK office. With more than 14 years of experience in the legal services industry, as well as a degree in legal studies, Ms. Ross brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to the LDM Global team.

e-Discovery Software Partners with Capax Global to provide added functionality

Compiled Services, the developers of litigation support and e-Discovery software ReadySuite, today announced it has integrated ReadySuite with Autonomy’s Introspect document review tool. The integration was completed through Capax Global, a hosted e-Discovery provider whose clients needed ReadySuite’s popular load file conversion functionality to convert and export data to industry-standard load files.

Saldivar will be responsible for streamlining operations and continuing to fuel growth for TERIS Austin, Dallas, and Phoenix offices

In his new role, Saldivar is responsible for overseeing the overall sales and operations of TERIS offices in Texas and Arizona. He will work closely with Kip Hauser, TERIS COO, to improve efficiencies and further standardize procedures, operations, and technologies across all offices, thus enabling both the west coast and Arizona/Texas operations to execute on the same growth initiatives, bringing the company closer together operationally, and optimizing revenue growth.

Free whitepaper for delegates

Once again SOS is exhibiting at the Manchester Law Society’s annual management conference, being held on 28 June 2012 at the Lowry Hotel. Entitled ‘Management Really Matters’ the team from SOS will be on hand to demonstrate how their firm-wide legal software solution - SOS Connect - can underpin the successful management of law firms in the changing legal landscape.

Hubbard One survey provides new insights on how law firms can effectively communicate with top legal officers

New research has indicated just how hungry in-house legal executives are for customized and ever more targeted value-based content from the world’s leading law firms.

IntApp, Inc., the leading provider of application integration software for the legal industry, today announced that Bell Gully, one of New Zealand's largest law firms, has selected IntApp Integration Builder to accelerate the deployment of Elite 3E as its new financial and practice management platform.

DocSolid, a leader in document scanning solutions for the legal market, today announced that collaborations with facilities management partners Océ, Ricoh, DTI, Pitney Bowes, and GLC Business Services have recently resulted in new law firm clients for the company. Each law firm selected KwikTag Legal in order to optimize enterprise scanning and integrate scanning activities with facilities management services.

E-Discovery Software Combines Innovative Visual Analytics and an Improved User Experience for Faster Legal Review

FTI Consulting, Inc., the global business advisory firm dedicated to helping organizations protect and enhance their enterprise value, today announced that its FTI Technology business practice is launching version 8.2 of its global Ringtail e-discovery software. The easy-to-use software offers numerous new features to reduce the cost of e-discovery, including fully integrated visual analytics to support faster and more accurate legal reviews for global corporate and law firm Ringtail users.

RenewData, a full-service eDiscovery provider that offers the industry’s broadest spectrum of review acceleration solutions, today announced that is has hired Josh Rasmussen as its regional sales manager of the West Coast. For the past seven years, Rasmussen’s eDiscovery expertise has guided some of the country’s most notable cases that have included potential client exposure in the billions of dollars and hundreds of millions of documents.

Eighty IT specialists will be hired in 2012 in the Kroll Ontrack Poland research and development center

Kroll Ontrack, the leading provider of data recovery, e-discovery and information management, today announced it is doubling its research and development (R&D) team over the next five years. Nearly eighty new specialists will be hired prior to the end of 2012 in Katowice, Poland, making it the company’s largest R&D center outside the U.S.

Proven, the leading global investigations firm, today announces that it has acquired Palmer Legal Technologies (“PLT”), a specialist provider of electronic discovery, regulatory compliance and digital forensic services. PLT’s proprietary technologies enable high-speed analysis and processing of large volumes of complex data. The company’s clients include law firms conducting commercial litigation, multi-national corporations and investigators.

New Online Learning Portal Designed to Improve Learning Management for Clients

Thomson Reuters Elite today announced the launch of its Elite Educational Services Hub which features a Web-based course catalog that includes the comprehensive line-up of education opportunities, including classroom, live lecture and demo webinars, online simulated classroom training, and self-paced eLearning. Users can browse, register, and purchase their course selections online.

Women in eDiscovery, a non-profit organization that brings together women interested in technology related to the legal profession, announced today the celebration of its 5-year anniversary. Women in eDiscovery provides women the opportunity to help each other grow personally and professionally through leadership, education, networking support and national recognition. In 2007, the organization held its first meeting in Washington, D.C., with 30 women in attendance.

White Paper Examines Legal Agreement Drafting and Review Practices and Technology to Improve the Process

Microsystems announces the release of a new white paper, Technology Guided Drafting from Opportunity to Imperative, to address the current state of legal agreement drafting and review practices and the challenges faced as a result of the increased pressures on lawyers.

Legal workflow technology specialist OchreSoft has published a comprehensive white paper on cloud computing and its future role within the legal services market. Written by CTO Tony Kenyon, it seeks to define, in layman’s terms, what cloud computing is and how it differs from traditional computing models.

Alliance Gives Elite Clients Access to Cutting-Edge Scanning Solutions and Services

Elite, a Thomson Reuters business, today announced its Alliance partnership with Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc., the market leader in document imaging scanners, to provide its clients with document imaging scanning solution and services from its award-winning line of scanners.

Sprout Technologies Ltd Achieves a Microsoft® Silver Midmarket Solution Provider Competency

SproutIT, Legal IT Specialists, today announced it has achieved a Microsoft® Silver Midmarket Solution Provider competency, demonstrating its ability to meet Microsoft Corp. customers’ evolving needs in today’s dynamic business environment.

Thomson Reuters Elite is Unveiled to Represent Expanded Offerings and Continuous Growth

Thomson Reuters today announced Elite as a flagship brand, joining the two companies under a single name: Thomson Reuters Elite. The decision was made in recognition of the strength of the Thomson Reuters brand and the expanded strategic direction in which Elite is heading. The unified Thomson Reuters Elite is positioned to drive growth, expand its portfolio and deliver on its goals.

International law firm Hill Dickinson LLP has evolved from a series of mergers, having grown considerably and now employs over 1,400 people with over 170 partners. The firm’s SelectHR system from Access is helping Hill Dickinson make human resources a cornerstone of its business philosophy, supporting its employee lifecycle management needs.

Integrated Electronic Billing and Revenue Management Platforms Increase Efficiency, Transparency and Cash Flow

eBillingHub, together with MiniSoft, Inc., a global software company specializing in collection management software for law firms, today announced they have expanded their partnership to offer an integrated solution that automates invoice tracking for improved productivity and cash flow.

Discovery Attender for Notes v. 8.1.29 available now with new search capabilities, updated UI, and more

Sherpa Software, a leading provider of E-Discovery and information management solutions, is proud to announce the release of the newest version of their E-Discovery tool for Lotus Notes users, Discovery Attender.

Company representatives comment on hot legal topics in a number of webinars with leading institutions

AccessData, a pioneer of digital investigations and litigation support solutions, today announces its participation in a number of webinars with leading institutions in the e-discovery industry.

The Proper Combination of the Different Approaches is Key to Optimized Review Workflow

D4, LLC, a national leader in litigation support and eDiscovery services to law firms and corporate law departments, today confirmed that there are three key technologies that law firms and corporate legal departments need to consider when utilizing predictive coding and/or technology assisted review (TAR-PC) approaches for eDiscovery.

Utilizing Lateral Data’s Viewpoint™ e-Discovery Platform and working closely with outside counsel, clients can significantly reduce costs and increase quality in document reviews

Quantum Discovery was recently tasked to assist a Top 100 Law Firm on a substantial e-discovery project and document review.  The dataset contained approximately 415GB of email and network data, estimated at approximately 2 million records, and had a very aggressive production timeframe.

IntraLinks®, a leading, global technology provider of inter-enterprise content management and collaboration solutions, today announced that the Australian Corporate Lawyers Association (ACLA), a national association that supports 3,500 in-house corporate lawyers working in corporations and government agencies in Australia, has selected IntraLinks Connect℠ to streamline communication with its board members.

International law firm deploys kCura's e-discovery platform as internally hosted review solution

kCura, developers of the e-discovery software Relativity, today announced that Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. has purchased a license of Relativity.

Browser-based mobility helps users book time anywhere, anytime, on any tablet device

Smart WebParts, the leading provider of timekeeping software for the legal industry, today announced the availability of Smart Time Version 3.12, with support for  iPad, Android and Windows tablets. “In order to support multiple platforms, we’ve built a browser-based solution in HTML5 that offers a single code set to support every tablet browser, “said Steve Bronstein, CTO and founder of Smart WebParts.

Partnership provides Affinity clients with additional cloud-based practice management expertise, resources and support

Affinity Consulting Group (Affinity), an independent technology consulting group dedicated to the legal profession, has been named as the newest Rocket Matter Productivity Partner. Rocket Matter is the leading cloud-based practice management solution that meets the calendaring, task management, reporting, billing and overall practice management needs of today’s small and mid-sized legal firms.

New Search-Based Application For SharePoint Available for Recommind’s Award-Winning Enterprise Search Solution

Recommind, the leader in predictive information management software, today announced a new module for Decisiv Search, Content Delivery for SharePoint (CDS), for indexing and displaying content of any kind, from any location, within SharePoint 2010.

A LexisNexis survey released today revealed that small to mid-sized law firms are losing as much as 33 percent of billable time per year. The survey polled 500 lawyers at small to mid-sized law firms to identify the gap between hours worked versus hours billed to clients. Based on the survey, these lawyers bill an average of only six hours out of an average nine-hour work day.

Epiq Systems, Inc., a leading provider of managed technology for the global legal profession, today unveiled its fully-renovated 6,000 square foot Washington, D.C. document review center. “The expansion of our Washington, D.C. document review center reflects our ongoing commitment to provide clients with secure, scalable review services wherever they’re needed,” said Laura Kibbe, Epiq Systems’ managing director of document review and expert services.

Report Attender, Sherpa’s Newest Offering, Named Finalist in Business Intelligence Category

Sherpa Software, a leading provider of e-discovery and information management solutions, today announced that Report Attender, a data analysis and reporting solution for early case assessment, was named a finalist for Best of TechEd 2012 in the Business Intelligence category.

Survey Shows Law Firms May Be ‘Losing’ Up to One Third of Potential Billable Hours

LexisNexis® Legal & Professional, a leading provider of content and technology solutions, today announced the latest release of its PCLaw® client, matter, billing and accounting software. PCLaw 12 makes it easier for firms of up to 20 attorneys to improve time capture and billing accuracy through Time Entry Advisor, a comprehensive new time capture feature.

How can next generation extranets improve client collaboration and relationships for your firm? Clients want you to do more than just securely exchange large quantities of confidential information with them. There is increasing pressure to provide a larger amount of matter, knowledge and relationship material in a tailored, easily-accessible and integrated form.

IRIS Legal is celebrating after being shortlisted for The Lawyer Awards 2012

IRIS Legal has been nominated in the Best Technology Project category for its delivery of the hosted IRIS Meridian Law Connected project to No5 Chambers, one of the largest set of barristers’ chambers in England & Wales. The award recognises and highlights the on-going impact that innovation in technology has on the business of law.

Legal IT Professionals has again been selected as media partner of the Alternative Legal IT Conference. The conference focuses on the needs of mid-tier firms. This ensures that all the speakers, case studies and solutions are appropriate to the size, budget and experiences are appropriate for delegates of such firms.

RenewData, a full-service eDiscovery provider that provides the industry’s broadest spectrum of review acceleration solutions, today announced that its director Hope Swancy-Haslam, J.D. will be presenting a CLE session on technology-assisted review for the Organization of Legal Professionals (OLP). The webinar, titled “Accelerated Document Review – TAR and Predictive Coding,” will take place on June 21 at 12:00 pm Central/1:00 pm Eastern.

On June 21st, 2012 OpenText will be hosting a free educational event for legal technologists in the New York & Tri-State Region.  This event will have three tracks focused on Content Management, Information Governance, and Risk Management as well as several general sessions. Key note presentations on Driving Trends in Legal Technology and Why Every Law Firm Should Care about Information Governance will be presented by Todd Partridge, VP OpenText and Rudy Moliere, Director of Information Governance and Records White & Case LLP.  To see the complete agenda or to register for the event go to: http://www.opentext.com/2/global/solutions/events-edocs-legal.htm

Risk management and productivity tools to be featured at Virginia State Bar 74th Annual Meeting

Litéra announced today that the company will demonstrate its document lifecycle management software products during the Lawyers Expo at the 74th Annual Meeting of the Virginia State Bar, taking place at the Cavalier Beach Club in Virginia Beach, Va.

Partnership Provides Increased Productivity for Elite Mobile Clients

Elite, a Thomson Reuters business, today announced that GroupLogic, the industry’s leading provider of software products that unlock the power of new enterprise platforms, has signed on as an Alliance Partner to offer Elite clients a simple and secure way to integrate diverse computing platforms for increased productivity and security.

IRIS Legal, the UK’s largest provider of software and IT services to law firms and barristers, has invested in new office space in Hull as it gears up for further growth. The new office space at Willerby Hill Business Park currently houses more than sixty-five employees but the company says there is room for more as the business prepares to launch a major recruitment campaign later this year.

Intelligent Discovery Solutions, Inc., ("iDS") a premier provider of expert information management and e-Discovery services to multinational corporations, financial institutions and law firms, today announced the opening of their new office in Austin, Texas. The office will better serve corporate and law firm clients based in the south and southwest regions.

New Version Offers Updated Interface, Threaded Discussions, and Takeoff Counts

Informative Graphics Corporation (IGC), a leader in viewing, collaboration and redaction technology, today announced the general release of the Java version of Brava!® Enterprise. Brava 6.5 brings the interface and feature set of the Java offering in-line with the Brava versions for other technology platforms, including ActiveX and Flash.

Leading Training Solutions Provider Hires Experienced Professional to Direct and Manage Training Components of All Client Work

Capensys, a leading blended training solutions provider, announced today that John Attinger has joined the company as the Director of Training.  A seasoned professional in the field, Mr. Attinger will be responsible for managing and directing the training components of all client work.

Featuring Company's PM Junction Technology

LiquidPractice, a practice management start-up delivering a total cloud office to law firms, today announced the availability of the company’s PM (Practice Management) Junction technology, being made available first for users of ProLaw® software.

DiscoverReady, a leading provider of legal discovery management services for Fortune 500 legal departments and law firms, and Equivio, a provider of software used in the litigation support realm, today announced the integration of the Equivio Relevance predictive coding application, as part of DiscoverReady’s managed review and Dynamic Data AnalysisTM (DDA) services.

HighQ, leading provider of secure data room, extranet, collaboration, know-how and publishing solutions are proud to announce the launch of their new office in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Having seen considerable growth over the last three years, doubling their client base in 2011 and recently signing an agreement with elite firm De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek in The Netherlands,

Elite Clients Gain Access to Profit Maximization Services with Specialist in Legal Industry

Elite, a Thomson Reuters business, today announced its Alliance partnership with CMS | Intelliteach, a specialist in reengineering the cash-flow functions of legal and accounting firms. CMS | Intelliteach will work with Elite clients to help turn their unbilled and billed time into cash that can be used to reinvest in their firms. Outsourcing management of the firm’s revenue cycle enables professionals to recapture a portion of their most important asset: their time.

Alliance to Catalyze Growth of First To File’s Industry Leading Digital IP Software-as-a-Service Platform

First To File® announced today that it has entered into a sales and marketing agreement with LexisNexis®, a leading supplier of  business software and solutions for the legal industry.  LexisNexis will provide sales distribution and marketing support in the US and Canada for First To File’s industry-leading web-based digital IP management software.

DTI, the nation’s largest private independent provider of discovery services, facilities management, and knowledge solutions, today announced the acquisition of California-based Data Forté, a leading provider of pre-litigation consulting and data forensics. With this acquisition, DTI gains a team of certified forensic consultants who bring deep forensic analysis expertise serving both law firms and corporations.

Taylor Vinters LLP, a progressive law firm based in Cambridge, London and Singapore, today announced implementation of nQueue Billback’s innovative iA products in order to provide the Firm with an integrated solution for scanning, print management and cost recovery.

C2C ArchiveOne Enables User Access to Archived Email from any Mobile Device or Tablet Including Blackberry, iPhone, Android or Microsoft

C2C, a leading provider of email, file and messaging management solutions, today announced that its ArchiveOne email archiving and retention solution offers complete mobile device support.  Using any mobile device including Blackberry, iPhone, iPad, Android or Microsoft, end users can easily access archived email data with a simple point and click experience.

Biscom, provider of the AmLaw 200’s most secure document delivery and collaboration technology, today welcomed nine new law firms as clients. Biscom Secure File Transfer for Legal protects law firms from data breaches and noncompliance with government regulations that result from unsecured document delivery. With it, law firms can eliminate inefficient and often unsecured transmission methods such as email, FTP sites, fax, or physical delivery of media.

Litera and Fish & Richardson present how at SharePoint Conference today

At today’s SharePoint conference in Chicago, Litéra will discuss the integration of SharePoint 2010 and Office 2010, and demonstrate how law firms can turbo-charge SharePoint with all the “lawyering tools” required to manage the entire document lifecycle with a fully integrated solution.

Bolsters Huron Legal's Presence and Capabilities in the UK

Huron Consulting Group Inc., a leading provider of business consulting services, today announced the acquisition of Ascertus Ltd., a London-based source of software solutions and professional services for corporate legal departments and law firms.

Taiwan Office Opening Expands eDiscovery Services

UBIC, Inc., a pioneer in Asian-language eDiscovery, has opened a new data center in Taiwan in order to strengthen its strategic activities in Asia. UBIC established a subsidiary in Taiwan and began operations on November 1, 2011.

IntApp, provider of the most-adopted time capture software for law firms, today announced that Milan Bobde has joined the company as a product manager on the Time Builder team. He brings significant legal industry, product management and engineering expertise to IntApp. Previously, Milan held multiple roles at Elite, a Thomson Reuters business, where he oversaw a diverse product portfolio including business intelligence and mobile applications.

Technology assisted review in Ontrack Inview used on more than 100 cases and counting, saving clients an estimated $300,000 per case

June 2012 marks the second anniversary of patent pending Intelligent Review Technology (IRT), which includes automated workflow, prioritization and categorization technologies, within the award-winning review tool Ontrack® Inview™. To commemorate this event, Kroll Ontrack, the leading provider of e-discovery, information management, and data recovery products and services, looked at how the innovation of automated review technology has forever changed e-discovery – driving down the total cost of litigation with document review efficiencies.

Solo lawyers and small law firms just got a boost to their paperless workflows. Clio, the leading cloud-based practice management system for solo and small firm lawyers, is pleased to announce an integration with RightSignature, the simplest and most efficient way to sign documents online.

Announces New Leadership for Worldwide Field Operations, Engineering, and Human Resources

Open Text Corporation, today announced three key appointments to its executive leadership team designed to strengthen and propel the company through its next stage of growth.

ProLaw Clients Gain Secure, Remote Network Access with Cloud Computing Service

Elite, a Thomson Reuters business, today announced LevelCloud as its latest Alliance partner to assist ProLaw clients with their IT needs with a novel cloud-based approach.

Pathway Forensics LLC, a Houston-based Computer Forensics, E-Discovery, and Digital Investigations firm, today announced its adoption of Equivio’s technology for grouping of near-duplicates and email threads. By eliminating data redundancy, the Equivio solution enables Pathway Forensics to enhance the value of its client services.

Law firms who use Elite can now make their practice management data available to users in Microsoft Word for correspondence and drafting. XpressDox, a global leader in document automation technology enables this through its innovative data access technology.“Every year law firms require their professionals to write more and more fees,” states Chris Pearson, CEO of XpressDox. “To do this, fee earners must become increasingly more productive.”

Epiq Systems, Inc., a leading provider of managed technology services for the global legal profession, has released a new research report focused on eDiscovery readiness of U.S. and European companies. The report, entitled “When the Regulator Calls,” is based on a survey of more than 2,000 corporations across sectors including aerospace, banking and manufacturing in the U.S., France, Germany and the U.K.*

EagleEye THE Agreement Checker

Microsystems will host an upcoming webinar, An Introduction to EagleEye THE Agreement Checker, to present their newest software product specifically designed for lawyers, associates and paralegals in transaction-driven practices.

Experienced IT and Security Expert will Oversee Forensic and eDiscovery Engagements

eTERA Consulting, recently nominated as the National Law Journal’s Best End to End Litigation Consulting Firm and developer of Intell1gent One, a solution built by clients, for clients which helps Fortune 1000 companies and the Am Law 100 overcome the costs and budget challenges of managing large volumes of data and electronic discovery, today announced the appointment of IT and security expert John Christly as Managing Consultant.

Landmark Legal clients gain access to a wider breadth of e-discovery and hosting services

Flex Discovery, a premiere Texas-based electronic discovery services provider, announced today the company’s acquisition of Landmark Legal Solutions. The acquisition includes Landmark’s headquarters location in Chicago, IL, and its Washington, D.C. location.

Leading law firm targets significant productivity benefits by providing staff with an integrated Digital Dictation Workflow, Speech Recognition and Smartphone dictation platform that facilitates efficient client service

BigHand, the leading voice productivity vendor in the legal community supporting over 150,000 professionals globally, today announced that it has been selected by Top-Australian law firm Corrs Chambers Westgarth to replace its previous in-house dictation system firm-wide.

Features Enhancement of Statistical Validation of the Predictive Review Workflow

Servient, a leader in Predictive Review technology for e-discovery, has announced the release of version 4.4 of its E-Discovery Platform. Servient combines advanced machine learning with workflow automation to substantially reduce the cost of legal review.

Elite, a Thomson Reuters business, is expanding its workforce in Moncton, New Brunswick creating 25 new full-time jobs. New Brunswick Premier David Alward and Patrick Langlais, director of Data Transformation for Elite, made the announcement today in Moncton.

Law firm’s clients to benefit from leading Kroll Ontrack e-discovery technologies and deep expertise in e-discovery and information review management

Jackson Lewis LLP, one of the country's largest and fastest-growing workplace law firms, and Kroll Ontrack, the leading provider of e-discovery, information management, and data recovery products and services, today announced that Jackson Lewis has selected Kroll Ontrack as its preferred provider for e-discovery, Intelligent Review Technology (IRT) and ESI consulting services.

Concentrated 6-week Blog Will Provide Practical Expert Education for Novice and Advanced Legal Technologists

Tomorrow on June 6th, Burke & Company and Legal IT Professionals will launch Legal Technology Observer (LTO), a 6-week concentrated blog providing practical knowledge about legal technology, eDiscovery, and social media for legal professionals who are not legal IT experts…yet!

Today, Mattern & Associates, LLC announces it is a sponsor of the Second Annual CFO/CIO/COO Forum in New York City.  The forum is a collaborative event presented by The New York City Bar, the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) and West LegalEdcenter, and will be held tomorrow, June 6th, at The New York City Bar located at 42 West 44th Street in midtown Manhattan.

Litéra today announced the release of Metadacte 2.0, allowing companies to more easily prevent metadata leaks, especially from mobile devices. On average 10% of e-mails are forwarded with uncleaned attachments, creating significant reputational and financial risk from the accidental sharing of sensitive information.

New South Wales law firm rolls out Aderant to continue legal best practice initiatives

Aderant, the world’s largest independent legal software company, today announced that Carroll & O’Dea is live on the Aderant Expert practice and financial management system. Carroll & O’Dea are renowned as an early adopter of Law 9000 - Legal Best Practice and undertook this firm-wide initiative to ensure they would remain at the forefront of best practices for systems and technology.

iCONECT Expands Team with Addition of Industry Executive

iCONECT Development, LLC, the leader in litigation support and eDiscovery software, announces today the hiring of Iram Arras, formerly a Managed Technology Services Specialist at LexisNexis.

Addition brings leading presentation software tools to the LexisNexis litigation suite

LexisNexis® Legal & Professional today announced that it has acquired Sanction Solutions®, a leading provider of innovative presentation software and services used by lawyers, paralegals and litigation support directors.

We just published a new white paper from Palo Alto Networks. Law firm Stephenson Harwood deployed a next generation firewall from network security company Palo Alto Networks in order to close up potential legal loopholes that may be associated with the use of certain computer applications on their private network. The white paper can be downloaded here.

IntApp, provider of the most-adopted information security software for law firms, today announced that James Edwards has joined the company as Managing Consultant. He brings significant legal industry risk management and technology expertise to IntApp. Previously, James oversaw business intake and risk management processes at Squire Sanders (US) LLP.

New Distributed Architecture Makes it Easier for Administrators to Enforce Email Policies and Manage Large End-user Populations

Sherpa Software, a leading provider of e-discovery and information management solutions, today announced the availability of Archive Attender 4, the latest version of its award-winning archiving software for Microsoft Exchange users.

Full-service North Yorkshire practice, Crombie Wilkinson Solicitors, is implementing Eclipse's Proclaim Practice Management Software system in a 6-figure deal. Crombie Wilkinson acts for private individuals and owner-managed businesses and entrepreneurs in numerous sectors such as professional services, agriculture, property, food and retail, as well as Trusts and Educational Establishments.  The firm operates from 3 locations throughout North Yorkshire, priding itself on quality and consistency (the firm is both Lexcel and Conveyancing Quality Scheme accredited).

Gallon, Takacs, Boissoneault & Schaffer Co. Minimizes Storage Resources Used by its Email and Voice Messaging System

C2C, a leading provider of email, file and messaging management solutions, announced that full service law firm, Gallon, Takacs, Boissoneault & Schaffer Co. has reduced the storage requirements consumed by its Microsoft Exchange email system by more than 60 percent.

Compiled Services, the developers of litigation support and e-discovery software ReadySuite, today announced the release of version 4.2 of the software, which includes upgrades to the image and text viewers, the addition of redaction capabilities within the image viewer, and improvements in the parsing and output of EDRM XML and Summation DII load files.

TRU Staffing Partners, a leading search firm representing talent and opportunities in the e-discovery and litigation support space, today announced they have been named as a National Best Recruiter in the 2012 Best of The National Law Journal Awards. The Best of The National Law Journal Awards is a reader’s choice rankings of the nation’s top legal vendors and law schools.

IP information management leader First To File will host a free web-based roundtable on Thursday, June 14th at 2-3pm Eastern/11am-12pm Pacific on the topic “A Tested Framework for Digital IP”.  This webinar will provide a strategic roadmap of guiding principles and success factors to help IP counsel at both corporations and law firms select the best digital solution to suit their needs.

Intelligent Discovery Solutions, Inc., ("iDS") a premier provider of expert information management and e-Discovery services to multinational corporations, financial institutions and law firms, announces that it has hired Tracy Good as Manager of Project Management in its Washington, D.C. office.

The ten finalists visit the New York Stock Exchange and ring The Closing Bell

e-Stet, a specialized provider of electronic litigation technology services, today announced the company is a finalist in the NYSE Big StartUpSM competition and as a result was asked to visit the New York Stock Exchange to ring The Closing BellSM on Wednesday, May 30th.

Including McGuireWoods, McInnes Cooper, Ogletree Deakins and Patton Boggs

Training solutions provider Capensys is on a roll, having just signed four major law firm contracts with McGuireWoods, McInnes Cooper, Ogletree Deakins and Patton Boggs.   Capensys provides innovative learning solutions for a variety of software including Office 2010 (including Innova, MacPac, Payne, CCC Macros, iCreate), Autonomy FileSite, NetDocuments, Elite WebView, Elite 3e and other popular legal software applications.

Brings back common sense to handling documents says IT director

City law firm Speechly Bircham has licensed Global Graphics gDoc Binder software to facilitate electronic matter review and file tracking.  gDoc Binder, which is an electronic version of a paper binder, will be rolled out to 100 fee earners next month in phase 1 of a project that is being implemented by system integrator RBRO Solutions and should see Robert Cohen, Speechly’s IT director, begin to realise his vision of making easy to use software available to legal practitioners who typically face a limited choice of products.

Tikit, the leading independent IT solutions provider for the legal and accountancy sectors, has been named "Professional Services Partner of the Year" at the recent Mimecast Partner Awards. The event, held on May 24th saw Tikit scoop the award for the second year running. The award is recognition of the strength of the Tikit and Mimecast partnership and the joint commitment to providing clients with the very best in email and information management, archiving, continuity and security solutions.

DTI, the nation’s largest independent provider of comprehensive discovery and on-site facilities management services, and its wholly owned training company LitWorks™, announced today LitWorks’ course schedule for the second half of 2012. The schedule includes three Certified Litigation Support Professional Training courses, two Certified Litigation Support Project Manager courses and one Certified Litigation Support Manager Training course. The classes are being held at DTI’s primary training center in Atlanta and its satellite training location in Washington, D.C.

Legal systems company Zylpha has launched a cloud-based legal panel automation system specifically for local authorities. The authorities use the panel system to manage the distribution of legal cases to specialist panels of barristers representing them. Zylpha’s new Panel Management System automates this process completely and delivers high quality management information to users on the progress and cost of cases.

Innovative Collaboration and Redaction Technology Provider Continues to Hire Despite Global Recession

Informative Graphics Corporation (IGC), a leader in viewing, collaboration and redaction technology, announced that it has increased its staff 33% in 18 months in response to strong revenue growth.

Concept Searching, a global leader in semantic metadata generation, auto-classification, and taxonomy management software, and developer of the Smart Content Framework™, is pleased to announce that that LDiscovery, a leader in end to end e-Discovery Management Solutions, has selected conceptSearch to improve findability, records management and classification of content in order to achieve more effective management of unstructured knowledge for its clients.

Nextpoint, Inc., the nation’s leading provider of cloud-based regulatory, compliance, and litigation software, announces that McDermott Will & Emery LLP has selected Nextpoint’s Cloud Preservation™ as a website and social media archiving solution. Nextpoint will provide training, support, and data storage capacities through its Cloud Preservation technology service.

IRIS Legal, the UK’s largest provider of software and services to partnerships in the UK & Ireland, today reveals a strategic re-brand as it pushes on with growth plans. From today, the company will be branded as IRIS Legal, a name which it says captures the essence of its business, products and the market in which it operates.

BigHand, the market leading voice productivity software vendor in the global legal and professional services sector, has today announced that top-200 ranked UK law firm Maxwell Winward has integrated BigHand v4.2 digital dictation workflow software and advanced Dragon NaturallySpeaking™ speech recognition components to improve the efficiency of document production and to reduce the volume of transcription being sent to secretaries.

Strategic Expansion Links E-Discovery Market Leaders

On the heels of its recent acquisition of Intelligent Discovery Management (IDM), SuperiorGlacier announced today that its SRM Legal division has acquired Sight Search & Selection, a premier legal technology staffing company. The acquisition uniquely positions SRM Legal to provide a broad spectrum of legal technology staffing, from document review to critical litigation support departmental positions.

Electronic Discovery Company Offers per Custodian Discovery Service

Iris Data Services, a leading provider of discovery solutions, announced today that it has launched an all-inclusive, per custodian discovery service called Iris VISION which includes forensic collection and culling, early case assessment data reduction, electronic discovery processing, online hosted review using the industry leading Relativity® platform, computer-aided attorney document review, and document production.

Providing Attorneys with Time Entry from any Mobile Device

Bellefield Systems announces today the availability of iTimeKeep for TABS3 users. This announcement solidifies Bellefield’s position as a leader in Mobile Time Entry for law firms of all sizes and virtually running any Time & Billing System in the legal space today.

BigHand, the leader in voice productivity technology (VPT) and enterprise digital dictation in the legal marketplace, today announced three more firms upgraded their antiquated dictation systems to BigHand: Aronberg Goldgehn (Chicago, IL), Hanft Fride (Duluth, MN) and Shefsky Froelich Ltd. (Chicago, IL).

Autonomy, an HP Company, today announced that it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the Leaders quadrant of the e-Discovery Software Magic Quadrant. “Autonomy’s unique ability to automatically identify concepts in all forms of information – including audio, video, social media, and email files – provides our clients with a significant advantage during the litigation phase,” said Mike Sullivan, CEO of Autonomy Protect.  “By combining these capabilities with Autonomy’s highly secure and scalable private cloud, we provide businesses with an unmatched platform from which to drive a range of eDiscovery and information governance initiatives.”

Phoenix has won the Autonomy Protect ‘EMEA Partner of the Year’ award at HP Autonomy's annual Partner Summit in Chicago. This award is given to the Autonomy Protect partner that consistently achieves excellence in selling, implementing, supporting and innovating on the HP Autonomy Protect product range.

What would you like us to do for you? How can we help? Words on Gorvins website and it could have been taken from the first conversation that Winscribe had with their IT Manager, Chris Walker. We’ll listen to you, advise you and then get the ball rolling. That is what Winscribe did for Gorvins eight years ago and the Manchester based firm are still saying that the Winscribe solutions is reliable, always works, without any issues.

Intelligent Discovery Solutions, Inc., ("iDS") a premier provider of expert information management and e-Discovery services to multinational corporations, financial institutions and law firms, announces the streamlining of its early case assessment services through the implementation of LexisNexis’s Early Data Analyzer (“EDA”) software.

Almost 1,000 law firms and corporate legal departments worldwide have downloaded the product since the initial launch

PowerSearch Software, the leading developer of affordable and accessible search technologies, today announced the one-year anniversary of its signature product that enables users to cull their data prior to collection and quickly find all files while reducing collection time and costs by 80 percent or more. Corporate legal departments and law firms worldwide have been downloading the product to help them level the playing field in litigation.

Traveling Coaches, the nationally recognized training, application integration and consulting partner to law firms and corporate legal departments, today announced that Chicago-based Freeborn & Peters, has purchased Traveling Coaches’ Office 2010 User Adoption Materials for the Firm’s upcoming rollout.

Top position in report based on company’s stability, comprehensive coverage of the EDRM model and positive customer feedback

AccessData, a pioneer of digital investigations and litigation support solutions, today announces it has been named by Gartner, Inc. as a “Leader” in the analyst firm’s 2012 Magic Quadrant for E-Discovery.

Mike Lynch, founder and CEO of Autonomy, will be leaving HP. Currently Lynch is leading the Information Management division of HP, the company that acquired Autonomy last year. HP does not give a specific reason for Lynch´s departure other than the significant drop in licensing income on Autonomy software.

Recommind Partners With ii3 and Fireman & Company to Deliver Single, Global Unified Enterprise Search Solution

Recommind, the leader in predictive information management software, along with ii3 and Fireman & Company, consultancies specializing in law firms, today announced that Perkins Coie has selected Recommind’s Decisiv™ Search for accurate, automated enterprise searching across the firm.

InTechnology and NetDocuments, who are partnering in the delivery of a cloud-based document management system (DMS), have announced the signing of leading Scottish law firm Tods Murray LLP. The NetDocuments solution, which is offered on a Software as a Service basis and hosted in the UK by InTechnology, will be rolled out to nearly 200 users in Edinburgh and Glasgow.

Strategic Expansion Links E-Discovery Market Leaders

SuperiorGlacier, a leading provider of eDiscovery services to the legal market, announced that its SRM Legal Division has completed a strategic expansion in the electronic discovery sector with the acquisition of Intelligent Discovery Management (IDM).

Workshare, a leading provider of document collaboration software, today announces a range of enhancements to its server-based metadata cleaning solution to protect confidential information from being inadvertently shared by mobile and webmail users.  Workshare Protect Server 2.2 provides a new option to help organizations educate users who send emails with attachments that include hidden information.

Winscribe is delighted to announce that Field Fisher Waterhouse have signed an enterprise-wide license agreement for the Winscribe Business Process Management solution across an initial 700 users. Winscribe have been simplifying the workflow of legal firms for 15 years and have expanded their expertise to include solutions that directly assist legal customers in their efforts to streamline business issues such as File Reviews and Complaints Procedures.

Eclipse Legal Systems - the UK's largest independently owned legal IT provider - is celebrating its 25th birthday in 2012. The company was founded on 17th May 1987 by Steve Ough (now Chief Software Architect) and has gone on to become the market's leading Case Management Software vendor.  Its Proclaim solution is in use by over 16,000 individuals at 650 organisations.

Telephony, data-comms and mobile specialist Matrix247Law has announced details of its latest raft of client signings and project roll-outs.  Responding to Cheshire law firm Rowlinsons’ need to create a single resilient telephony network across two locations, Matrix247Law has implemented an Astra IP telephony solution with a dedicated broadband link for voice traffic, together with a back-up digital line to give full redundancy. Key features include email delivery of voicemail messages, on-screen dialing and presence management.

LexisNexis and Linex Systems have sealed an agreement to provide their mutual clients with direct access to LexisNexis news content directly from the Linex Smart Alerts platform. Linex has added an advanced de-duplication function, and functionality that enables clients to mash the LexisNexis content with all their other news sources for a tailored and consolidated information stream, removing unwanted content and reducing information-overload for busy professionals.

Guidance Software Inc., the World Leader in Digital Investigations™, today announced EnCase® App Central, a new marketplace for digital investigation apps along with a software development kit and other support for its developer network. Guidance Software chief executive officer Victor Limongelli made the announcement at the Computer Enterprise Investigation Conference (CEIC), being held through May 24th in Las Vegas.

Esquire Innovations announces an upcoming webinar series, Simplifying Styles, to empower users of all skill levels with the knowledge to achieve amazing workflow gains by using Microsoft Word styles to efficiently create and deliver documents based on best practices. This webinar will focus on the Planning stage of Document Renovation, which suggests that adhering to some simple principles will negate the vast majority of document corruption issues.

Legal Technology innovator, Peppermint Technology, is delighted to announce a partnership agreement with technology implementation expert Saturn27.  Saturn27 has joined the Peppermint Academy Programme, Peppermint’s community of trusted delivery partners.

Company provides integrated software platforms to attorneys nationwide, offering a paperless environment leading to increased productivity and efficiencies

In recent weeks, Morgan Drexen has implemented additional internal software to improve the complex flow of documentation in the quality control division. “The new software known internally as The Conditional Tree (TCT) prevents any loss of paperwork by fully automating the intake process using an computerized system."

Full-service law firm chooses kCura’s e-discovery platform to reduce the time and costs of review enterprise-wide

kCura, the developers of the e-discovery software Relativity, today announced that Davis Wright Tremaine LLP has purchased a license to install Relativity firm-wide. As a fully featured web-based e-discovery platform, Relativity allows users to create and automate custom workflows, make use of a complete set of text analytics capabilities including computer-assisted review, and build custom applications within the software to manage and search all types of case-related data and information.

One of the largest set of barristers’ chambers in England & Wales is rolling out the hosted IRIS Meridian Law Connected (MLC) system across chambers and its annexes. As part of the agreement, worth more than £1m, No5 Chambers has also outsourced all of its IT requirements to IRIS Legal and a full-time senior IRIS Legal employee will work on site on a day-to-day basis. No5 Chambers has offices in Birmingham, London and Bristol.

Alliance Enhances Elite Clients’ Profitability, Efficiency and Competitiveness

Elite, a Thomson Reuters business, today announced that Basal Enterprises has signed on as an Alliance Partner to offer Elite clients a strategic approach to billing and practice management.

DiscoverReady, a leading provider of legal discovery management services for Fortune 500 legal departments, is a finalist in the Best Writing/Content category of The 2012 American Business Awards for its blog on e-discovery issues. DiscoverReady’s blog features the company’s e-discovery experts analyzing current legal events and their impact on e-discovery. It also covers emerging technology, industry developments and company news. DiscoverReady is competing with Accenture, General Mills and ING DIRECT for bronze, silver and gold awards.

Hobs Legal Docs Ltd, one of the leading companies supplying litigation and document management solutions to law firms in the UK, announced today that it is has become a Relativity Premium Hosting Partner. Hobs offers bespoke and dedicated services to the legal industry, with two dedicated secure sites: one in London, and one in Manchester serving the north of England.   The company provides a unique 'end to end' service to its clients, from harvesting of data, through to production of materials for presentation in court.

Bridgepoint Development Capital Acquires International Voice Productivity Software Group BigHand in £49 Million Buyout from LDC

BigHand, the award winning voice productivity software developer, has been acquired by Bridgepoint Development Capital (‘BDC’) together with management in a transaction totalling £49 million. Founded in 1996, the company is the largest provider of voice productivity software to the legal, healthcare and professional services market in the UK and has a growing international client base.

New Version Offers Compare Feature and Support for Additional TaskSpace Versions

Informative Graphics Corporation (IGC), a leader in viewing, collaboration and redaction technology, announces today the release of Brava!® 7 for EMC Documentum TaskSpace 6.6 and 6.7 SP1. The release debuts this week at EMC World at the Venetian Conference Center in Las Vegas, booth 1127.

Social media growth makes discovery of sites like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn a must in many cases

Eleventh Hour, the leading provider of litigation support and e-discovery solutions to law firms and corporate law departments, today announces the company now has the availability to offer Social Discovery to law firms and corporate clients across the nation.

Electronic discovery software leader Lateral Data, LP today announced that Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, the largest law firm in the United States devoted solely to business litigation, has licensed the Viewpoint™ all-in-one platform for e-Discovery processing, analytics, predictive tagging and document review.

Miami-based TECKpert, a full-service web technology provider, is pleased to announce the launch of Cole, Scott and Kissane’s (CSK Legal) iPhone application. The iPhone app was created to provide a user experience on a mobile platform to CSK's clients, industry professionals, and potential clients.

Rocket Matter®, the leading cloud legal software for small to mid-sized law firms, today announces new bulk document uploading capabilities, saving lawyers substantial time and effort managing their paperwork. The new uploader combines the simplicity of drag and drop technology with the ability to simultaneously upload multiple documents.

Law Firm Adds Decisiv™ Search to Provide Industry-Leading Enterprise Search Capabilities

Recommind, the leader in predictive information management software, today announced that Ogletree Deakins, a national labor and employment law firm representing management in all types of employment-related legal matters, has selected Recommind's Decisiv Search solution, including Matters & Expertise and QwikFind.

Powering Automated Document Imaging for Document Management and Workflow Collaboration

DocuLex, creators of document management software, announces the V5.3 release of the company’s Archive Studio Image Capture component Goby Capture, facilitating automated document imaging and indexing for document management and workflow collaboration.

Thanks to a donation from Solicitors Own Software (SOS) and AED Locator, the first Public Access Defibrillator (PAD) has been installed in the city of Bath at the Recreation Ground for the use of the Rugby club, supporters, surrounding community and nearby residents.  SOS donated the life-saving equipment in memory of Stephen Parry, a company director who died of a heart attack at just 52 years of age.

Valora Technologies, Inc. (“Valora”), a leader in automated document indexing, analysis & review, appoints Sasha Hefler as Vice President of Public Relations, with global responsibilities to further strengthen leadership and support the corporation’s overall strategic market growth. Strategic Brands on Fire, owned by Hefler, has been contracted to handle the public relations and corporate brand strategy.

Sadler Law Firm LLC has successfully implemented Synaptec Software’s LawBase case and matter management software. The firm, a multistate practice with over 80 attorneys and offices in Houston, Fort Worth, and Pittsburgh, chose LawBase because of the ability to customize the LawBase database to suit the data requirements of each practice area within the firm.

The nation’s largest private independent provider of litigation discovery services, facilities management and knowledge process outsourcing, Document Technologies, Inc., today announced the introduction of a new logo and abbreviated trade name of DTI. The new name reflects the moniker by which the company is largely known among both existing clients and the market at large, and better accommodates its continued geographic and service expansion.

Survey Results Will Provide Legal & Professional Service Firms with In-Depth, Comparative Research on Financial, Operations and Technology Trends

Today, Source Consulting Group LLC (“Source”) announced the 2012 launch of the third annual Finance Operations Survey. Opening today and running through June 15th, the Survey provides legal and professional service firms with crucial information they need to compare their financial, operations and technology plans with peer organizations.

Company to host reception at new corporate headquarters for LegalTech attendees

e-Stet, a specialized provider of electronic litigation technology services, today announced the company will be showcasing its electronic discovery offerings, specifically Managed Litigation Services (MLS) and LIVE, at booth # 517 at LegalTech West Coast.

Electronic discovery software leader Lateral Data, LP today announced that eLit, a leading provider of e-Discovery and hosted review services, has become a Viewpoint partner. eLit will deliver its full range of discovery services on the Viewpoint all-in-one platform. With Viewpoint, eLit can leverage a single e-Discovery tool across all clients and across all phases of the litigation lifecycle.

Complimentary report profiles data content allowing organizations to manage risk and liability by determining what to archive and what can be remediated

Index Engines today announces a new free “Data Assessment Program for Backup Tapes” for qualified enterprise clients.  Legacy backup tapes contain unknown hidden user data that can quickly become a liability for any organization.

Queen’s solicitors choose Esselar to deliver Mimecast and ScanSafe solutions

Law firm Farrer & Co has implemented cloud-based online security and email management solutions to protect mobile users when browsing remotely and to provide a highly secure archiving and auditing management of email.

Peppermint Technology delivers continuous, not point-in-time, COFA and COLP risk management and reporting tools as part of the Peppermint Platform.  The Platform provides compliance officers with the tools they need to support the new outcome focused regulations.  Unlike other standalone or bolt-on risk solutions the Peppermint Platform manages risk directly from a central business platform therefore intelligently identifying and managing risks as the business changes.

Recommind, the leader in predictive information management & analysis software, today announced that international law firm Stephenson Harwood LLP,  has chosen Recommind’s Decisiv Search as its unified search solution to access documents, matters, expertise across the firm and other media.

New space to accommodate company growth

Keno Kozie, a leading provider of information technology design, service and support to law firms and legal departments, today announces its corporate headquarters has been relocated to accommodate for the growth the company has experienced. While the company was able to stay in the same building, it has moved floors and now accounts for three times the space previously held.

Independent practice management specialist Norwel Computer Services has announced the promotion of Nicola Moore-Miller to the newly created role of Client Services Director. Nicola will take responsibility for the direction and management of products, account management, project management, training and support to underpin the vendor’s drive for total client satisfaction.

Revolutionary new SaaS application among products on display

HotDocs Corporation, the market leader in document automation and assembly technology, announced today that it will be attending LegalTech West Coast from May 22-23, 2012.

CaseConvert Migrates Legacy Databases into iCONECT's XERAa

Houston-based eDirect Impact (eDI), a leader in litigation data management and eDiscovery hosting and processing services has launched CaseConvert. CaseConvert was developed based on market demand by firms wanting to move existing projects into iCONECT’s new XERA review platform, and was developed in conjunction with technology from iCONECT Development, LLC.

Compliguard Flow Replaces Paper-Based Processes, Delivering Speed, Automation & Reliability

Frayman Group, a leading provider of new business intake, conflicts and risk management software for law firms, today announced that Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP (“Katten”) is now in production with Compliguard Flow, the legal industry’s most comprehensive new business intake and matter lifecycle management application.

Hubbard One, a leading provider of marketing and business development solutions and a Thomson Reuters business, has today announced the launch of a powerful and highly intuitive new Web Analytics solution. Web Analytics is a legal-specific solution that allows law firms to glean tailored insights and unprecedented intelligence from their web traffic data.

Managed service provider and legal sector specialist e-know.net has announced further sales success with the signing of Lees Solicitors LLP. Lees is one of Merseyside’s leading law firms and the decision to outsource its IT is a key part of a five-year strategic plan to boost profitability, efficiency and client acquisition and retention.

Investment brings a 600% nationwide hike in Internet bandwidth

Leading managed services provider for legal, InTechnology, has implemented a network upgrade in advance of the 2012 Olympics. The upgrade, which brings a 600% lift in Internet bandwidth split across the UK’s two main Internet hubs in Manchester and London, will add an extra layer of resilience for the company’s legal customers nationwide.

Affinity Consulting Group (Affinity), an independent technology consulting group dedicated to the legal profession, has joined Clio’s Certified Consultant program. Clio is a cloud-based practice management system geared toward solo and small firm lawyers, helping manage everything from intake to invoicing.

Legal technology innovator Peppermint Technology is delighted to support the development of the UK’s young talent by hiring 4 apprentices under the Microsoft supported Apprenticeship Scheme.  The apprentices will fulfil roles in Peppermint’s development and support departments where they will gain exposure to Peppermint’s products and business.

Leading eDiscovery provider uses Equivio near-duplicates and email threads solution to reduce review costs for clients

Iris Data Services, a leading provider of discovery solutions and one of the Inc. 500 fastest growing companies in America, today announced its integration of Equivio’s technology for grouping of near-duplicates and email threads. By eliminating data redundancy, this best-of-breed analytics solution allows Iris to streamline the processing of electronic data and drive down review costs for its clients.

Virtual Practices - the online software and accounting division of Solicitors Own Software (SOS) - will offer a free information kit to delegates at the Solicitor Sole Practitioners’ Group Conference. Appropriately stored on a data stick/laser pen, the kit includes success stories from Virtual Practices clients, FAQs, costs and an independent IT guide.

Law Firm Adds Decisiv Email for Unique Predictiv™ Filing Technology

Recommind, the leader in predictive information management software, today announced that Bracewell & Giuliani, a law firm serving Fortune 500 companies, major financial institutions, leading private investment funds, governmental entities and individuals concentrated in the energy, technology and financial services sectors, has selected Recommind’s Decisiv™ Email for next-generation enterprise email management.

Microsystems announces an upcoming webinar, DocXcellence: The Thrill of Open XML and the Agony of Mobility, to give the legal industry insight into Office 2010, how to prepare for evolving workflows and Office 15.

All versions of popular litigation support product available to industry-at-large for download

AccessData, a pioneer of digital investigations and litigation support, today announces the Summation product line – Summation Express and Summation Pro - is available to the legal industry-at-large.

Leading business law firm brings kCura’s e-discovery platform in-house, purchased from DiscoverReady

kCura, developers of the e-discovery platform Relativity, today announced that Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLP has purchased a license of Relativity through Relativity Certified Reseller, DiscoverReady.

Leading international law firm to deploy web-based software solution to more than 1,000 users

Prosperoware announced today that international law firm Hill Dickinson has chosen their Milan platform to improve adoption of the electronic file across its organization and to streamline administration of its document management system, iManage WorkSite.

DocSolid, a leader in document scanning solutions for the legal market, today announced that it has hired Dean Hillery as its Channel Sales Director. In this position, Dean will use his extensive experience to drive partnership and business development opportunities that will continue the company’s growth.

Company welcomes more than 450 attendees from all product lines

Aderant, the world's largest independent legal software company, announces the eight Bridge Award winners that were honored at the company's annual Momentum Global User Conference held in late April in Las Vegas. These awards are given to clients who have exhibited outstanding partnership with Aderant and who have committed their time and resources toward building technology tools that help them better manage, grow, and protect their businesses.

IRIS Legal, the largest provider of software and IT services to UK law firms, is offering free advice to small firms at this year’s Solicitors Sole Practitioner Conference. At the event, IRIS Legal will be promoting its specialist practice and case management system designed specifically for sole practitioners and small law firms, IRIS Law Business Express, alongside IRIS Laserform its suite of electronic forms.

Zone Publisher streamlines collaboration on intranets and extranets

Prosperoware today announced a new offering for the legal industry, Zone Publisher, a highly innovative solution for synchronizing content between iManage WorkSite and Microsoft SharePoint for simplified, secure collaboration over intranets and extranets. Today, integration between the two systems is limited and complex to manage.

81% Say Time Required to Collect on Open Invoices Has Increased in Last 2-3 Years

Orion Law Management Systems, Inc. today announces the findings of its Accounts Receivable (AR) Collection Survey, which benchmarked trends in law firm financial collections activity.  A visible trend emerged showing that collections are either increasing or staying at an already increased level at law firms of 50 attorneys or less*, and that clients are taking longer to pay.

Global 100 law firm, Allens Arthur Robinson, chooses Colligo Briefcase Enterprise for secure document distribution

Colligo Networks, the leader in email and document management solutions for Microsoft SharePoint, today announced Colligo Briefcase 2.0, the secure SharePoint iPad app. Briefcase 2.0 introduces two-way sync functionality, allowing iPad users to create and modify SharePoint content, even while offline. Changes are synchronized to SharePoint, with full conflict detection and resolution.

Litigation Solution Inc. today announced the rebranding of the company as Peritia Data Discovery. The litigation support industry has changed tremendously in the years since Litigation Solution was founded in 1994, and the company has evolved with these changes.

Nextpoint helps bring lawyers and technologists together for the advancement of justice in the Federal court system

Nextpoint, Inc., the nation’s leading provider of cloud-based regulatory, compliance, and litigation software, announces it will be of the sponsors for the 61st Annual Meeting of the 7th Circuit Bar Association, to be held on May 6-8 at the Hotel Intercontinental in Chicago.

Free event on May 9th will include a networking breakfast and cover how to use Macs in a law office and cloud computing

Rocket Matter®, the leading cloud-based legal software for small to mid-sized law firms announces their upcoming May 9th free legal education event entitled Accelerate Your Law Firm for the 21st Century co-sponsored with Citibank.

D4, LLC, a national leader in litigation support and e-discovery services to law firms and corporate law departments, today announced that Peter Coons, senior vice president of computer forensics, will be speaking at a lecture entitled: “eDiscovery: Predictive Coding and Data Patterns,” at the 2012 AccessData Users’ Conference in Las Vegas, May 8 -10, 2012. D4 is a gold sponsor and will be exhibiting at Booth #100.

Luncheons Will Reveal how Legal IT Departments Can Effectively Address the Storage Challenges That Arise in Daily Operations and Litigation Support

Nasuni®, a provider of enterprise storage to large, distributed organizations, announced today that its CEO, Andres Rodriguez, will present a series of complimentary luncheons in conjunction with the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA).  The luncheons, held at ILTA member law firms in May and June will explore the many challenges that arise as law firms and corporate counsel work to securely store and share an ever-increasing volume of electronically stored information (ESI).

Hot on the heels of the recent announcement that Eclipse has integrated the “Big 3”social media sites into Proclaim Case Management Software… YouTube integration has now joined the party. As with Proclaim’s Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook integration, YouTube channels and videos are fully contained within the Proclaim system and do not rely on lawyers having to access a separate browser.

Mindseye, an experienced leader in eDiscovery technology and workflow solutions, today announced that Jeff Fehrman has joined the company as Chief Strategy Officer. Fehrman, who was most recently Vice President, Forensics & Consulting with a large global LPO business, will be responsible for Mindseye’s long-term strategy development including market opportunity identification and strategic partnership initiatives.

Document Technologies, Inc. (DTI), the nation’s largest private independent provider of discovery services, facilities management and knowledge solutions, announces Ralph Rostas has joined the company in the role of Mid-Atlantic Forensics Manager for DTI’s discovery services business. In this role, Mr. Rostas manages all aspects of DTI’s computer forensics and forensic data acquisition in the Washington, D.C. Metro and Virginia markets.

Kroll Ontrack, the leading provider of data recovery, electronic discovery, and information management products and services, today announced the top five data recovery myths. From concerns over cost, system complexity and data protection to resource constraints and simple misunderstandings, preconceived notions are hindering organizations from obtaining a successful data recovery and protecting their data from future loss.

Leading litigation firm selects Relativity for e-discovery

kCura, the developers of the e-discovery software Relativity, today announced that Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP has purchased a license to install Relativity firm-wide. As a flexible platform, Relativity can be customized for Skadden’s specialized teams. Relativity users can build applications within the software to manage and search all types of case-related data and information.

Updates include technical improvements, enhanced features

eLaw, the single source of critical knowledge for busy legal professionals, announced today the introduction of its newly upgraded platform for managing caseloads. Among the key improvements is a fully redesigned user interface that provides more intuitive navigation and consistency, along with technical enhancements that offer greater speed and reliability. The new platform also offers wider accessibility across browsers.

Compliguard.Cloud To Deliver Rich Business Intake & Conflicts Management Functionality In A SaaS Model On the Cloud, While Ensuring Security, Reliability, And Speed

Frayman Group, a leading provider of new business intake and risk management software for law firms, today announced Compliguard.Cloud, its Cloud-based risk management platform designed to provide rich business intake, conflicts and matter lifecycle management functionality for law firms.

Dedicated Team of Legal, IT, eDiscovery and Operational Experts Deliver High Level of Project Management to TERIS’ Clients

Leading eDiscovery support firm TERIS announced today that exceptionally strong demand for its Professional Services team has led to significant staffing level growth and infrastructure investments.

Leading Electronic Discovery Company Announce Zeke Alicea to Run Miami Operations

Iris Data Services, a leading provider of discovery solutions, announced today that Zeke Alicea is now the Regional Director of Iris’ Miami production facility. Alicea will be responsible for both Sales and Operations for all of Florida. Iris’ office is at 25 West Flagler St., Suite 1011, Miami, Florida, 33130, 305-677-9062.

e-Dis.co, a division of 17a-4 llc, is now offering a new service model based on EMC’s Kazeon eDiscovery software. e-Dis.co is a legal service provider (LSP) with the necessary operational experience and expertise vital to the eDiscovery process. By leveraging the EDRM (Electronic Discovery Reference Model) to drastically reduce the size of legal productions, eDis.co has provided significant savings to their clients.

Firm replacing legacy workflow software with new approach powered by IntApp Integration Builder to streamline client intake and new business inception

IntApp, Inc., the leading provider of application integration software for law firms, today announced that Cooper Grace Ward, a leading Australian law firm, has selected IntApp Integration Builder to provide information and process management as part of the firm's initiative to replace its legacy business intake software.

Foster Swift Collins & Smith PC upgrades its analog dictation equipment to BigHand’s voice productivity technology, combining Smartphone applications and work sharing for improved turnaround times and productivity gains

BigHand, the leader in voice productivity technology (VPT) and enterprise digital dictation in the legal marketplace, today announced Michigan-based law firm, Foster Swift Collins & Smith PC has upgraded its antiquated dictation system to BigHand’s voice productivity technology.

Law firm, Withy King, has chosen web-based SelectHR from Access to support its employee lifecycle management requirements. The fully-integrated HR software will help reduce administration by 60 per cent, support more structured LLP reporting requirements, cut the cost of duplication in training, and reduce the time taken to recruit candidates for its graduate solicitor training programme.

BigHand, the market leading voice productivity software vendor in the global legal sector, has today announced the launch of an OpenText Document Management eDOCS Edition (eDOCS DM) integration module designed to expedite the document production process for mutual customers. The new module allows integration between BigHand4 and eDOCS DM5*, and is the result of BigHand being approved as an OpenText Technical ISV Partner in January 2012.

D4, LLC, a national leader in litigation support and eDiscovery services to law firms and corporate law departments, today announced it has added John Rubens, formally of eTERA, to its executive management team in the position of Chief Operating Officer. Rubens, an experienced executive with more than 15 years of experience in operations and leadership roles with growth companies, will be based in D4’s headquarters in Rochester, New York.

That Lawyers require paper is a self evident truism. Our stock in trade is words and beyond the computer screen where they are nowadays formed words need an existentialist base without which they are no more than bursts of oral vapour or binary digits. We have moved on from papyrus and parchment and the modern legal office now stocks paper of various sizes, thickness, colours, textures and finishes as well as the pre-printed letterhead which no self-respecting lawyer can do without.

New Features Strengthen Popular Matter Management, E-Billing and Legal Hold Software Used by Corporate Legal Departments

LexisNexis, a leading provider of content and technology solutions, announced today enhancements to its LexisNexis® CounselLink® legal software that make it easier for corporate legal teams to capture, organize and share critical case and matter details. Among these enhancements are a new matter journaling tool and improved Microsoft® Outlook® calendar synchronization – both of which further strengthen the matter management capabilities of CounselLink.

New Position Created to Further Expand Company Vision and Focus on Professional Services

Applied Discovery®, a worldwide leader in professional discovery services including multinational collection, early case assessment (ECA), processing, hosting, production, and managed review services for law firms, corporations, and government agencies, announced today it has named Kelli Clark as Vice President of Solutions and Services.

Study from PwC and Iron Mountain shows four in 10 legal firms don’t know whether they have lost data

Sensitive and confidential information held by legal firms is at risk of exposure because many do not check whether their employees implement information security measures, according to new research by information management company Iron Mountain and PwC.

Latest version brings additional file recognition capabilities and support for email repositories, enhanced processing, and metadata export utility

PowerSearch Software, the leading developer of affordable and accessible search technologies, today announced that the latest version of its product is available and includes:

Compiled Services, the developers of litigation support and e-discovery software ReadySuite, announces the first of its “Freebie Fridays” when it will offer free downloads of the ReadyConvert module of ReadySuite. ReadyConvert allows litigation support teams to quickly and accurately verify their discovery deliverables.

Combination of Proven Technology, Discovery Experts and Local Facility Enhances Electronic Discovery Service To Central Texas

Orange Legal Technologies, a leading national provider of electronic discovery litigation, audit, and investigation services for law firms and corporations, today announced a technology and service partnership with Barringer Document Services, an Austin-based litigation service provider.

Record Operating Revenue of $82.8 Million was led by eDiscovery Growth of 133%

Epiq Systems, Inc. today announced results of operations for the first quarter of 2012 with first quarter operating revenue (total revenue before operating revenue from reimbursed direct costs) achieving a record $82.8 million, up 53% compared to $54.2 million for the prior year.

LawCLE Center, a division of Arkfeld Professional Education, leading the market in Electronic Discovery and Digital Evidence training programs, and Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at ASU, Center for Law, Science and Innovation recently announced an upcoming eDiscovery and Digital Evidence conference to be held at the College of Law on May 23-25, 2012 in Tempe, AZ.

Partnership enables the launch of an exciting new contract search product, allowing customers to save time and mitigate risk

Seal Software Group, a leading contract management provider, today announced the formation of a partnership with LexisNexis, a leading provider of content and technology solutions, to offer the Lexis Contract Finder service.

Atlanta Technology, the IT solutions specialist, has successfully completed the migration to a fully virtualised infrastructure for Kaim Todner Solicitors Ltd. The transition to virtualisation has enabled Kaim Todner to future-proof its IT by adopting two virtual hosted servers and one centralised storage device, in place of eleven original physical servers, improving scalability, while also saving administration resources and the costs of powering and cooling onsite hardware.

Leading litigation support company achieves notable milestone in legal market

Shepherd Data Services (Shepherd), a Minneapolis-based leader in full-service litigation support including e-discovery and review technology, commences its ten year anniversary. Since its founding in 2002, Shepherd has delivered the best strategies and technology systems to help law firm, corporate legal and government entity clients across the Twin Cities navigate through the litigation process.

DocAuto, a leading provider of software solutions for the global legal community, announced today the release of the Folder Manager for Exchange Module for DocAuto Server. This new module for the DocAuto Server platform, which was launched in November 2011, provides powerful capabilities for managing a “pseudo-matter-centric” view of client, matters or other WorkSpaces that are relevant to each individual user based on information from WorkSite or other core systems including accounting, time entry, matter management, docketing, matter intake, records management, knowledge management and many others.

The Addition Of A New Data Transfer Tool To mindSHIFT’s Portfolio Of Managed IT And Professional Services Enhances Attorney/Client Collaboration

mindSHIFT Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of managed IT, professional and cloud services to law firms and corporate legal departments nationwide, today announced that it has partnered with Biscom, Inc. to provide the legal community with a more secure means to electronically transfer confidential client data.

eDiscovery Technology and Workflow Solutions Leader Continues Extensive Corporate Growth in 2012

Mindseye, an experienced leader in eDiscovery technology and workflow solutions, announces today that it has moved its corporate headquarters in Arlington, VA to accommodate team expansion. In addition to the recent move, Mindseye has also launched a redesigned website to provide improved resources for organizations looking to streamline the eDiscovery process.

DPS Software and LOASys International Limited are pleased to announce the completion of their project to integrate the market-leading LOASys (Legal Office Automation Systems) speech recognition product with DPS’s Outlook Office case management system. The integration provides a solution that combines speech recognition with document assembly and ongoing management.

North West firm Jennings Law have gone live with a practice wide system from Linetime. The firm set out to find a single solution to support their practice and case management needs and identified Liberate, Linetime’s combined solution as fulfilling all of their requirements.

Copitrak, are running their 3rd annual solutions forum in May. This year however, with the launch of Copitrak’s new division Nikec Solutions, the ‘Solutions Forum’ will not just be focusing on solutions and strategies on cost recovery and cost management, but also social media, internet management and mobile working. Plus Nikec will be previewing, for the first time, the Nikec Binder iPad solution.

Framework standardizes a defensible discovery process

Eleventh Hour, the leading provider of litigation support and ediscovery solutions to law firms and corporate law departments, today announces the company is offering a new service, Discovery Management Framework™ (DMF), for law firms seeking to standardize their discovery approach and documentation.

Alliance Helps Elite Clients Maximize Technology Investments

Elite, a Thomson Reuters business, today announced that AAC, Inc., a full-service consulting group, has signed on as an Alliance Partner. The partnership offers Elite clients strategic guidance around their financial systems and technology investments.

Traveling Coaches, the nationally recognized training, application integration and consulting partner to law firms and corporate legal departments, today announced that Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, has purchased Traveling Coaches’ CLASS and CLASSe content for the Firm’s ongoing technology training program as well as the Office 2010 User Adoption Materials for the Firm’s upcoming upgrade.

Delivering Internet-Age Technology for Cloud-Based Data

Nextpoint, Inc., the nation’s leading provider of cloud-based regulatory, compliance, and litigation software, introduces SmartCrawl™ Collections. The new evaluation process leverages Nextpoint’s proprietary SmartCrawl technology, ensuring Cloud Preservation™ users are provided a complete and and forensically sound archive of web-based enterprise content for litigation and regulatory compliance.

Latest Version Will Change the Way Firms View Paperless Proformas

Elite Paperless Proforma Version 4.0 is now available for professional services firms to transform the way they manage their pre-bill process. Elite, a Thomson Reuters business, has completely re-built this latest version of Paperless Proforma to deliver enhanced speed, an optimized user interface (UI) and new features that are driven by customer interaction.

RDC Analytics, a content analytics consulting firm, today announced that its Director of Analytics Market Development, Hope Swancy-Haslam, J.D., will be leading a CLE discussion for the Atlanta Chapter of Women in eDiscovery on May 9. The presentation, titled “Accelerated Document Review - Concept and Predictive Coding,” will examine current best practices for expediting document review in a timely and cost-conscious manner.

NetDocuments, a leading cloud content management service provider, announced today that the Boston-based firm Burns & Levinson LLP, has selected NetDocuments as its new document management service for its 125 attorneys and staff across their three offices.

This year’s ALA Annual Conference will see the launch of the latest addition to the Tikit Carpe Diem suite - TimeFinder. Carpe Diem TimeFinder enables firms to improve the accuracy and quality of their time inventory as well as reducing the time taken to capture relevant time entries. Providing the timekeeper with access to an electronic journal of activities that can easily be converted into time entries, TimeFinder targets the “end of day review and capture” attorney work habit.

Microsystems announces an upcoming webinar, Styles for the Style Averse, to present a new solution that empowers even the most novice Word user to deliver drafts and finalize legal work product that is client-ready and optimized for electronic consumption. More information can be found in our Events Calendar.

nQueue Billback, the leading provider of software-based cost recovery systems today announced that it set a record for total bookings in the first quarter of 2012. This follows two consecutive extremely strong quarters in the latter half of 2011. Bookings for the first quarter of 2012 are the most in the company's history and represent a 29% increase over the first quarter of 2011.

A rapid deployment option for its industry leading contract automation and management solution for law departments

“Introducing QuickStart was an easy decision. By offering ContractExpress as a Cloud solution and providing customers with a streamlined package of implementation services we have made it possible to get a contract creation and management process operational in as little as a month.” - Tim Allen, President, Business Integrity.

On-demand legal application training available for Microsoft Office, various practice/document management systems