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The Arizona Supreme Court has approved the first three entities to be licensed as alternative business structures, enabling businesses owned by non-lawyers to deliver legal services under liberalized licensing rules. More here.
LawGeex Forms ALSP - the company has formed a small and focused ALSP business to provide legal advice and tech support for clients in the US. More here.
New ABA Report Shows "unfair bias" and compensation issues at the heart of the reasons women leave their legal positions in firms and even the legal industry as a whole. More here.
InTapp Makes Plans to Acquire Repstor - the cloud-based business applications company announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Belfast-based Repstor. More here.
Mitratech Acquires AdvanceLaw with plans to make the outside counsel performance feedback marketplace a part of their offer to GCs. More here.
So Far, 38 Law Schools are Requiring Students to Be Fully Vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus as a requisite for attending. Eric Feldman writes on the legal precedent for schools to require mandatory vaccination here.
ContractWorks conducted a survey of a selection of UK companies and found 15% of in-house staff use post-it notes to track contract milestones. Read more about the breakdown here.
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Legal.io CEO Pieter Gunst speaks with Henderson Lafond, Director of Legal Operations at Calm, diving into her career journey, lessons learned and the importance of going slow so you can go fast.
Am Law 100 firm Taft Stettinius & Hollister is set to combine with Sherman & Howard in 2025, creating a legal powerhouse with over 1,000 lawyers and a projected combined revenue of $810M.
Published weekly on Friday, the Legal.io Newsletter covers the latest in legal, talent & tech.
Published weekly on Friday, the Legal.io Newsletter covers the latest in legal, talent & tech.
As LegalTech gains traction in nearly every facet of the legal industry, LegalZoom and Deloitte are focusing on opposite approaches.
Published weekly on Friday, the Legal.io Newsletter covers the latest in legal, talent & tech.
The Washington Supreme Court ruled to adopt the NextGen bar exam, starting July 2026. Other states like Colorado and Minnesota join the effort to provide alternative ways to the bar.
Onit, a provider of legal workflow solutions, has announced the addition of new senior executive leadership team members to drive strategic growth and customer success.