How Tesla Played 'Fox' With Its Patent Pledge
Two weeks ago, Tesla Motor’s Elon Musk set certain corners of the internet abuzz with a cheeky blog post announcing that the company would not bring infringement actions against companies using its...
View ArticleSome Rough Sketches Sizing the Legal IT Market
Earlier this year, I left the groundswell of legal tech start-ups I encountered at Legal Tech 2014, Reinvent Law, and Lex Redux thinking about the $300 billion legal vertical market size I’d heard...
View ArticleCalculating the Value of Legal Research Efficiency
Blue Hill’s prior Analyst Insight Balancing the Cost of Legal Research explored the labor and access costs legal research creates for a law firm. The fees and time associated with legal research...
View ArticleDoes ILTA 2014 Offer Indicators of a Shift to Strategic Law Firm IT?
Last Monday, the International Legal Technology Association’s ILTA 2014 kicked off in Nashville to Dr. Peter Diamandis’s exhortation to innovation. With its “Six D’s of Distruption,” his keynote...
View ArticleBuilding a Business Case for Law Practice Management
Blue Hill conducted research interviews with 45 law firms with approximately 50 or fewer attorneys regarding their evaluation and implementation of practice management solutions. This report highlights...
View ArticleAbacus Private Cloud for Secure And Flexible Law Firm IT (Infographic)
A cloud platform makes systems and servers remotely available from anywhere with an internet or mobile connection. As such, cloud platforms expand a law firm’s access to it’s documents, files, and...
View ArticleTaking Stock of the Legal Cloud (1 of 2): Opportunities and Pitfalls
The past several years have seen tremendous expansion in cloud solutions and cloud platforms within the legal technology landscape. We’ve seen growing adoption and interest in these solutions among law...
View ArticleFoundations of Social Media Risk Management
This report gives a basic overview of the types and sources of social media risk. Overcoming these challenges requires sophisticated and sensitive oversight and guidance that engages and educates...
View ArticleTaking Stock of the Legal Cloud (2/2): Paths to a Secure Legal Cloud
Previously, I observed how the evolution of the cloud has led to considerable growth in cloud solutions within legal environments. At the same time, concerns about the security and privacy of cloud...
View ArticleILTACON 2015 Pre-Conference Announcements Show Legal Technology Suite Maturation
ILTACON is just now kicking off in earnest, but legal technology vendors have been busy with announcements and press releases in the run up. Of course, the large majority of announcements address...
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