Today legal publisher Fastcase is announcing the acquisition of Law Street Media legal news platform. Fastcase plans to work with founder John A. Jenkins, the former President and Publisher of CQ Press, and a team of reporters to evolve the online news platform into an enhanced daily news and analytics hub. When the site is
Upcoming ILTA Presentation: A Whirlwind Tour of the Hits and Hyperbole in Legal Research, Workflow, and Other Products
Next week the International Legal Technology Association will hold its annual meeting at the Gaylord Hotel in National Harbor, Maryland outside of Washington, DC. Steve Lastres, Director of KM at Debevoise & 
Plimpton and I will be presenting:
A Whirlwind Tour of the Hits and Hyperbole in Legal Research, Workflow, and Other Products, featuring Steven
13 New Exhibitors at AALL Annual Conference: ILS Software, Data, Training Vendors
Today I will be highlighting a new group of “first time” exhibitors who will be at the American Association of Law Libraries Conference at the Baltimore Convention Center, July 14-16th. Yesterday I highlighted the products offering litigation and analytics. If you are a careful reader of this blog you may notice that since yesterday I
11 First Time Exhibitors at AALL Conference in Baltimore: Meet the New Litigation and Analytics Exhibitors
One of the best places to network at the American Association of Law Libraries Annual meeting is the exhibit hall. Everyone looks forward to the latest releases from the major publishers. And then there is a swag – sometimes silly often useful but always appreciated.
But I also like to remind readers that every year
The Law Librarians Revolt: AALL Accuses LexisNexis of Engaging in Unfair Business Practices – Possible Antitrust Violations
For the past few years LexisNexis has been taking an increasingly combative stance in contract negotiations with their customers by tying a growing number of products together. It is a rather sad 
commentary that Lexis appears to view their flagship legal research product Lexis Advance as a sinking ship which must be held afloat by
Full Court Press and AI Sandbox: Fastcase and the Art of the Game Change – A New Era in Fair Pricing in Legal Publishing?
A small patch of Silicon Valley thrives in downtown DC. I have the good fortune to work one block from the Fastcase headquarters — a modest brick building off a street book-ended by the National Archives and the Smiths
onian’s Portrait Gallery. I spent a recent afternoon surrounded by the hipster and need I say young Fastcase editorial team. Although Fastcase pioneered visualization tools for case law research; is currently promoting an AI sandbox and recently acquired analytics start-up Docket Alarm, I was in their office to discuss PRINT. Yes –Books and Journals made of paper.
Fastcase co-Founder and CEO Ed Walters, not only runs Fastcase, but he also teaches robotics at Georgetown Law and is a regular on the the Legal Tech innovator speakers circuit. He is also what I like to call a “font geek!” He can go into a swoon over a great type font. He found a sort of soulmate in Steve Errick, the new COO of Fastcase, who is the son of a typesetter, a former legal publishing exec (Thomson Reuters, Lexis, Wolters Kluwer), who owns both a private publishing company Twelve Tables Press and a country bookstore Book and Leaf in Brandon, Vermont.
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Start Stop Survey Results AALL’s — “The Know it AALL” Is Voted Best New Product and Bloomberg Law’s “Docket Key” Best New Feature
The results of the 2017 Start Stop Survey are in. Thanks to everyone who participated in the survey. My apologies for 
the delay in compiling the results – let me blame a series of unexpected events starting in December and continuing through the spring.
Can it Be? The Best New Legal Information Product is FREE! Although AALL’s daily newsletter launched in late 2016 it really gained traction in 2017. I am also a daily reader. Know It AALL aggregates legal knowledge and technology stories from around the web ranging from academic publications to popular blogs and news sites. It is like a fresh cup of news serendipity to drink in along with your morning coffee. (Full disclosure: I am currently on the Board of the American Association of Law Libraries which publishes the newsletter..) The Know it AALL is available for free to anyone who wishes to subscribe at this link.
What is the best NEW PRODUCT you became aware of in 2017?
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Dewey B Analog? Announcing the First Annual Dewey B Strategic Blog-o-zine
PAYPAL Issues have been resolved. My apologies to those who were unable to place orders yesterday. Thank you for your patience.
Dear Colleagues and readers you must be asking yourselves:
What is a Blog-o-zine? It is word I made up to describe a print publication which includes “best of” selection of Dewey B Strategic
Fastcase Expands Treatises: Adds Littler Employment Library Including 79 Titles
Today Fastcase is announcing the addition of the Littler Mendelson employment law practice materials to their growing portfolio of secondary sources and practice materials. Littler, is the largest global employment and labor law firm, and as far as I know they also have the largest collection of law firm authored treatises. The firm has a bookstore on their website. As of today, Fastcase will offer, 79 titles from the Littler Employer Law Library within the Fastcase legal research platform.. Fastcase subscribers will now see little materials in their search results. National titles include: Littler on Bankruptcy and Employment Law Issues, Littler on Disability in the Workplace, Littler on Classifying Workers: Employees v. Independent Contractors, Joint Employees, & Other Contingent
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Last Call To Share Your Wisdom with Your Colleagues Respond to 2017-18 Start Stop Poll
My apologies for the delay. February was a “lost month” due to flu season. Please vote here.
They Survey will close Friday March 16th.
This blog has covered a wide variety of new products including Judicata’s Clerk, Gavelytics, Voxgov, CARA’s Brief Finder and CARA Push Notifications. Lex Machina launched new modules including bankruptcy appeals, commercial, employment and products liability. Ravel launched law firm analytics before being acquired by Lexis.
Wolters Kluwer appeared to have been in innovative overdrive building new tools and features on its own and in alliance with other technology companies. Wolters Kluwer launched M&A Clause Analytics, Smart Tasks, predictive legislation in their Federal Knowledge Center, Clarivate, Standard Federal Tax Plus, SEC RegReview, a new Cybersecurity Product, Enhanced Arbitration Platform and a KTmine IP Alliance.Lexis unveiled an AI tool: Lexis Answers and began to deliver some “mashups” between their various products. They enhanced Practice
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