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Get a live demo of how the imDocShare One Teams app enables you to experience the real-time co-authoring of iManage content in Microsoft Teams.

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In this 30-minute webinar, we’ll show a live demo of how the imDocShare One Teams app enables you to experience the real-time co-authoring of iManage content in Microsoft Teams.

  • How to seamlessly co-author Microsoft Office documents (Word, Excel, or PowerPoint) stored in iManage without ever leaving Microsoft Teams

  • How does the co-authoring capability of the imDocShare One Teams app reduce document creation and review times by allowing multiple users to collaborate simultaneously?

  • As a bonus, learn how the imDocShare Sync app helps to synchronize documents between Microsoft Teams and iManage and securely share iManage document links within a 1-1 or group chat.

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Nearly half of law firm leaders are exploring new lines of business or billable opportunities as a result of generative AI technology

NEW YORK, January 31, 2024 – LexisNexis® Legal & Professional, a leading global provider of information and analytics, today released results from a survey of senior leadership at top U.S. law firms and legal professionals at Fortune 1000 companies. The survey was conducted to better understand the business impact of generative AI technology on the legal industry and how it is redefining itself.

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Program Empowers Legal Teams to Manage Outside Counsel Spend and Compare Their Firms on Performance and Pricing

NEW YORK, NY January 30, 2024 – Priori, the leading legal technology platform for outside counsel decision-making, today announced the company is introducing new RFP, reviews and scorecarding features for free during a six-month Early Access Program available to existing and new clients.

The newly launched features will empower legal teams to send requests for proposals (RFPs) to their own trusted law firm networks directly through the Priori platform and leverage structured reviews and scorecards to better track and maintain knowledge about their preferred firms’ performance over time.

Importantly, legal teams will also have the option to receive proposals from Priori’s global legal marketplace of vetted law firms, lawyers, legal operations professionals and ALSPs to compare side-by-side with quotes from their own trusted law firm network, helping them select the right talent and drive cost savings when hiring for new matters.

“We’re incredibly excited to offer these new features that will help legal departments get even more value from our platform,” commented Basha Rubin, CEO and Co-Founder, Priori. “With RFP, reviews and scorecarding available as a value-add to Priori users, existing and new, corporate legal departments will have a first-of-its-kind opportunity to track their firms’ performance, compare pricing and source new firms, all through one platform.”

According to the Association of Corporate Counsel, the largest companies have a legal spend of $246 million annually with more than 50% of that spend going to outside resources such as law firms and alternative legal services providers. With so much at stake, it’s unsurprising that optimizing legal spend and controlling costs are among the highest priorities for legal departments. With this program, legal teams at companies of all sizes can access tools that allow them to analyze their current spend, track law firm performance and right-source legal work by sending it to the optimal provider.

EARLY ACCESS PROGRAM

Beginning February 15, 2024, legal teams and Priori Marketplace users can trial the new features free for six months by signing up for Priori’s Early Access Program:

  • RFP – Send requests for proposals to trusted law firm panels and, if desired, simultaneously receive proposals from Priori Marketplace. Using this structured RFP process, legal teams can negotiate better terms and pricing with their law firms and select the right firm for a new project, whether from existing panel relationships or Priori’s broader marketplace.

  • Reviews – Leverage private, structured data reviews to better track law firm performance over time, providing legal teams with another key vector to inform and improve hiring decisions and align with company and legal department initiatives.

  • Scorecarding – Easily and intuitively compare law firm performance through automated visual dashboards. Using this new feature, legal teams can track key performance metrics and use data to make informed decisions about future legal projects or matters.

Priori will highlight these three new features at Legalweek 2024 from January 29 – February 1.  To learn more about these product enhancements and sign up for the Early Access Program, please visit the Priori website.

Rethinking Outside Counsel Management 

Priori works with in-house legal teams at companies of all sizes to connect legal departments with the right outside counsel for projects globally, saving them time and money. Priori’s clients include everything from Fortune 50 enterprises to leading technology companies. Marketplace is the company’s flagship product connecting in-house teams with Priori’s global vetted network of attorneys. Today, Marketplace provides access to thousands of attorneys at firms of all sizes in all 50 states, 70 countries and covering more than 700 practice proficiencies. Scout takes the hypergranular searching and matching capabilities of Priori Marketplace and leverages them to create a new platform for outside counsel management. Combining Marketplace’s proprietary technology with AI creates efficiencies and delivers unprecedented insights for Scout users.

About Priori Legal (‘Priori’)

Priori revolutionizes how legal teams find, engage, and manage outside counsel. Ranked a Chambers Tier 1 Global LawTech company, one of the fastest-growing private companies by Inc. and a Financial Times Intelligent Business, Priori’s cutting-edge technology powers two products that are redefining the procurement of legal services. Marketplace is a global platform that connects in-house legal teams with new talent from a vetted, global network of attorneys at firms of all sizes. Scout surfaces insights about trusted outside counsel relationships to drive informed hiring decisions and D&I initiatives. For more information, visit www.priorilegal.com.

 

Contact Information: 

Priori Legal

Jill Black, Vice President, Marketing

jill.black@priorilegal.com

713-560-9225

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Newark, NJ – January 31, 2024 – KL Software Technologies (KLST), a software and services provider of collaboration tools, announces the launch of a new data-driven, bilingual intranet using Microsoft SharePoint Online for the professionals at the international law firm Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP (Fasken). The firm’s robust intranet now offers all employees access to information that is professionally relevant to them, including company-wide news, events, financial dashboards, document management access, a firm directory and more. Mobile version was also created for professionals on the go.

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Exults, a leading name in digital innovation, is proud to introduce ExultsX, AI-Powered Legal Assistant, a new AI platform that promises to redefine the legal industry. ExultsX, the latest brainchild of Zach Hoffman, Founder, President, and CEO of Exults, will make its official debut at Legalweek New York 2024 on January 29, 2024. This groundbreaking platform distinguishes itself as a service-oriented collaborator, dedicated to elevating the operational capabilities of legal professionals.

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At the forefront of legal innovation, ExultsX automates a spectrum of legal tasks, ranging from comprehensive document analysis to advanced legal research, employing state-of-the-art AI algorithms. ExultsX enhances efficiency, accuracy, and productivity within the legal field. It’s not merely an AI assistant; ExultsX is an AI partner that aligns seamlessly with a firm’s distinctive legal ethos.

Be sure to visit Exults booth #1411 at Legalweek New York 2024

ExultsX

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Casepoint welcomes Christopher Kruse! As Executive VP of Commercial and Advisor, Chris’s rich experience in #legaltech positions Casepoint for high-growth success. His wealth of experience in legal technology and successful track record in scaling SaaS businesses align perfectly with Casepoint’s vision for growth.

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At the end of 2023, leading legal software and services provider Opus 2 announced two senior hires: Greg Blackman joined as CEO, and Beau Wysong joined as senior vice president of global marketing. 

Founded in London in 2008, Opus 2 now serves 100 percent of the top 50 international firms and 88 of the AmLaw 100.  

Both Blackman and Wysong will attend Legalweek 2024. Opus 2 will exhibit at Booth 3214. 

About Greg Blackman 

Blackman brings more than 25 years of executive leadership experience driving growth in enterprise software and sales organizations. 

Blackman joined Opus 2 from e-Builder, a workflow and collaboration solution, where he led the company to a 5x revenue increase totaling an excess of $100 million, as well as a successful acquisition by Trimble. At Trimble he served as president and general manager, achieving continued expansion for the e-Builder product with a focus on delivering client value and cultivating relationships. Previously, Blackman was Regional Vice President at SAP responsible for global revenue growth of subscription software, services, and support across all product lines. 

Based in the United States, Blackman will be crucial to strategy, innovation, and continued growth. Already a well-established fixture in litigation and hearing services, the company is focused on further expansion as a global legal software provider.  

“Opus 2 clients are uniquely driven, creative, and innovative in their use of technology,” Blackman said. “The opportunity to deliver measurable value to them while also accelerating company growth is incredibly exciting.” 

About Beau Wysong 

Wysong has a proven track record of building teams and leading successful go-to-market strategies for high-growth SaaS, legal tech, and B2B software companies. His two decades of marketing and sales executive experience includes a distinctive tenure at HighQ, which Thomson Reuters acquired in 2019, and Responsive, the leader in strategic response management. 

Leading the company’s global marketing team, Wysong oversees the integrated marketing efforts for Opus 2 software and services. Wysong will expand the marketing team to advance awareness and adoption in the U.S. and worldwide. 

“Opus 2 has such an impressive track record of helping the world’s largest, most reputable law firms to deliver better value, service and customer experience to their clients,” Wysong said. “And where the company’s heading – vision, innovation and market opportunity – it’s incredibly inspiring. I’m excited to join the team as we take the next step and drive new levels of growth in the United States and internationally.” 

About Opus 2 

For more than 15 years, Opus 2 has developed award-winning solutions trusted by the most successful law firms. Used in thousands of proceedings around the world, Opus 2 transforms how lawyers and other legal professionals work by eliminating inefficiencies and connecting them with the collaborative software they need to work smarter and more effectively together. The company also delivers the essential technology and expertise needed to conduct resolution proceedings in the most modern, seamless, and secure way possible. Learn more at opus2.com. 

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Onit Catalyst for Contracts Delivers Dynamic Contract Insight and Review with Seamless Microsoft Word Integration 

Houston, Nov 9, 2023 – Onit, the leading provider of legal workflow solutions, today announced Onit Catalyst for Contracts, a ground-breaking software application that intelligently transforms the contract lifecycle using Generative AI and Large Language Models (LLMs) to enhance pre-signature and post-signature contract activities. Businesses can now more rapidly review and extract contract information, confirm, and find and automatically action more issues.

“Onit Catalyst for Contracts further accelerates the digital transformation of legal-related business processes,” Onit AI Center of Excellence Managing Director Nick Whitehouse says. “Designed to empower users to interact with contracts in highly dynamic, conversational manner, Catalyst for Contracts delivers a technological edge that enhances the productivity and decision-making of over-burdened contract teams.”

“Our new contract chat feature empowers users to quickly summarize, explain, review, rewrite, and advise on contracts confidently,” Whitehouse says. “It’s like having a dedicated, digital paralegal available on-demand.”

A smart virtual assistant that understands legal language and contract creation nuances, Catalyst for Contracts helps legal professionals generate highly with ease, creating complete control over AI. Moreover, using AI provides unparalleled insights and control of existing business contracts to identify, extract, share, manage, and track contractual obligations and risks.

Onit also announced the release of designed to streamline Enterprise Legal Management (ELM) business processes, track performance, and maximize impact:

  • Matter Suite tracks matter-related Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
  • Spend Suite provides visibility across invoices, budgets, and more.
  • Vendor Suite allows users to review spend, matters, and rates through the lens of vendors and timekeepers.
  • Executive Suite empowers leaders with year-over-year trends and key insights across legal matters and spend management.

To learn more about Onit Catalyst for Contracts and the new ELM reporting templates, please contact us HERE.

About Onit    

Onit is a global leader of workflow and artificial intelligence platforms and solutions for legal, compliance, sales, IT, HR, and finance departments. With Onit, companies can transform best practices into smarter workflows, better processes, and operational efficiencies. With a focus on enterprise legal management, matter management, spend management, contract lifecycle management and legal holds, the company operates globally. It helps transform how Fortune 500 companies and billion-dollar corporate legal departments bridge the gap between systems of record and systems of engagement.

Onit helps customers find gains in efficiency, reduce costs, and automate transactions faster. For more information, visit www.onit.com.

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Opus 2 was selected as the Overall Case Management Platform of the Year in the 2023 LegalTech Breakthrough Awards, a program that honors the top technology companies, solutions and products in the legal technology sector. This year’s program drew more than 1,500 nominations worldwide; more information is available here. 

Designed to help litigation teams build winning case strategies more efficiently, Opus 2 Case Management saves time and money by eliminating frustrating and time-consuming legacy litigation management processes. The cloud-based software combines intuitive tools to organize and manage matter-related information including documents, evidence, transcripts, chronologies, and witnesses.  

Founded in London in 2008, Opus 2 now serves 100 percent of the top 50 international firms and 88 of the AmLaw 100.  

At the end of 2023, Opus 2 was shortlisted for Best Cloud Business or Analytics Solution in the Cloud Awards, which promotes and celebrates excellence and innovation in cloud computing, and earned a Global Tech Award for Legal Technology. In addition, in early 2024, they were likewise shortlisted for two Sustainability in Tech Awards. 

Learn more about Opus 2’s award-winning platform at Legalweek in Booth 3214. 

About Opus 2  

For more than 15 years, Opus 2 has developed award-winning solutions trusted by the most successful law firms and used in thousands of legal proceedings around the world. Transforming how lawyers work on matters, Opus 2 eliminates inefficiencies and connects legal teams with the collaborative software they need to work smarter and more effectively together. The team also delivers the essential technology and expertise needed to conduct dispute resolution proceedings in the most modern, seamless, and secure way possible. For more information, visit www.opus2.com.  

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