Legal startup news (October 2013)

Online Attorney Marketplace UpCounsel Raises $1.5 Million, Opens Its Patent Practice To All (TechCrunch)
Docstoc Redesigns Its Site To Become The Go-To Place For Small Business Documents (TechCrunch)
Anaqua secures $25M to guard your trademarks, patents, and other valuable creations (VentureBeat)
Rocket Lawyer Is Free To Use ‘Free’, As Court Denies Rival LegalZoom A Hearing For Its False Ad Claims (TechCrunch)
How Do I (Really) Know If My Startup Is Infringing On Trademarks? (Fast Company) (hey, that’s me!)
10 Legal Startups to Watch (Outsell)
Lawdingo Raises $690K More To Help You Talk To Lawyers Instantly (TechCrunch)
Supercharging Patent Lawyers With AI (IEEE Spectrum)
This 20-Something Lawyer Is Putting Herself Out Of Business And Wants You To Help (Forbes)

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Legal startup news (September 2013)

Legislation Tracking And Prediction Startup FiscalNote Raises $1.2M From Mark Cuban And Others (TechCrunch)
Jurify: Lowers Cost and Time of Legal Research (Tech Cocktail)
PayPal founder invests in internet start-up aimed at helping lawyers and clients collaborate (Legal Futures)

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Legal startup news (August 2013)

YC-Backed SimpleLegal Reduces Legal Bills With Machine Learning (TechCrunch)
YC-Backed Casetext Takes a New Angle on Value Added Legal Research With Wikipedia-Style User Annotations (TechCrunch)
UpCounsel Lets Lawyers (And Clients) Escape Life At The Law Firm (Fast Company)

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Legal startup news (July 2013)

Foundry Group invests in the online dispute resolution startup Modria
ditto on VentureBeat
LegalReach opens its attorney network to anyone, secures $900k (VentureBeat)

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Legal startup news (June 2013)

Modus Raises $10M For Data Driven Approach To E-Discovery (TechCrunch)
ditto on VentureBeat
Despite the Massive Size of the Legal Industry ($300B), Venture Capital Funding to the Legal Tech Sector is Limping Along (CB Insights)

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Legal startup news (May 2013)

Lex Machina closes a $4.8M Series A funding round led by Cue Ball Capital. Congrats!
Ditto on TechCrunch
Silicon Valley’s Start-Up Machine, featuring Wevorce (New York Times Magazine)
Online Legal Services Platform Rocket Lawyer Raises $15 Million (TechCrunch)
Is Stanford the New Vortex of Legal Technology? (Law.com)
Wevorce, the YC startup that makes divorce suck less, opens to all (VentureBeat)
Judicata raises $5.8 million led by Khosla Ventures (Keith Rabois via Blake Masters)
McKinsey Global Institute report on disruptive technologies: Automation of knowledge work estimated worth per annum at $5.2–6.7 trillion in 2025, of which legal at $200–300 billion
Ditto on TechCrunch

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Legal startup news (April 2013)

Wevorce, a Y Combinator (the non plus ultra of startup accelerators) alumn developing legal technology for divorces (WSJ). For what it’s worth, I believe it has possible to file for (amicable) divorce electronically in some states of Australia for several years now.

Modus Is Trying to Shake Up the Fat eDiscovery Industry (TechCrunch)

Start-Up Looks to Make Law Firm Billing More Transparent (NYT DealBook)

Legal Tech Start-up Showcase starring LegalForce and Wevorce held at Stanford CodeX Apr 3, video available on YouTube

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• March 2013
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