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Fastcase Acquires Judicata?s Legal Tech Stack to Build New Legal Research Tools

Posted on September 03, 2020
Judicata team joins Fastcase to extend deep legal reasoning tools across nationwide Fastcase and Docket Alarm research and analytics platforms   Washington, DC (September 3, 2020) ? Fastcase today announced the

Fastcase 7.6 ? Mars

Posted on August 28, 2020
What's New?   Briefs, Pleadings, Motions, and Orders. Users can now access hundreds of millions of Briefs, Pleadings, Motions, and Orders provided by Docket Alarm (a Fastcase company). Now Fastcase users can access Docket Alarm's 400+ million documents...

Fastcase Announces 2020 ?Fastcase 50? Award Winners

Posted on August 25, 2020
Honors 50 Innovators, Visionaries, and Leaders in Law   Washington, DC (August 25, 2020) ? Legal publisher Fastcase today announced the company?s annual list of ?Fastcase 50? honorees. Selected from

Building and Improving Your Online Presence

Posted on August 11, 2020
More people are using the internet to find products and services in today?s world, and as COVID-19 continues to change the way businesses operate, people are leaning into technology even

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Transition to the New Fastcase

Posted on July 23, 2020
Fastcase brings big data analytics, visualization, and work-flow tools to online legal research. Empowering attorneys to quickly identify the most important cases and reduce time wasted on repetitive tasks. In September 2020, Fastcase users will begin transitioning to the newly updated version of Fastcase...

Cadwalader and Fastcase Announce Partnership to Expand ?Cadwalader Cabinet? Capabilities

Posted on July 15, 2020
Leading Financial Regulatory Platform Adds Largest Law Library and Legal Research Database   New York, NY and Washington, DC – (July 14, 2020) Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft and Fastcase today

Growing Your Law Firm with Virtual Paralegals

Posted on July 13, 2020
This year has brought an increase in remote work across industries, including throughout the legal world. And this shift from office to home is not going away anytime soon. Lawyers

Fastcase Announces ?Leaders in Law? Series

Posted on June 17, 2020
Monthly Webinar Series Will Spotlight Lawyers Serving And Protecting Civil Rights   Washington, DC (June 17, 2020) – Full Court Press, an imprint of Fastcase, today announced a free webinar series in partnership with legal history publisher Twelve Tables Press...

Leaders in Law Webinar Series from Fastcase

Posted on June 16, 2020
  Full Court Press, an imprint of Fastcase, is launching a free webinar series in partnership with legal history publisher Twelve Tables Press. The Leaders in Law monthly webinar series will feature interviews with notable attorneys who are advancing civil rights in the United States and across the world...

The Global #MeToo Movement eBook Now Available

Posted on June 16, 2020
Full Court Press and Berkeley Center on Comparative Equality and Anti-Discrimination Law Publish Research From 48 Authors   Washington, DC and Berkeley, CA (June 16, 2020) ? Full Court Press,

Social Media Sensibilities

Posted on March 30, 2011
A great article featured on the Social Media Today blog got us thinking about all the ways to use social media, and all the ways it can go wrong. Commentary on social media etiquette has been present far and wide for a few years now and yet the messages don?t seem to be getting through...

Veni, Fastcase, Vici: During 5-Minute Recess, Man Wins Case with Fastcase iPhone App

Posted on March 25, 2011
We’re loving this article from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette about how more lawyers are moving to online legal research.  The article leads with a Fastcase success story: Marc Daffner needed to check his iPhone. The Allegheny County judge was staring at him from the bench, waiting...

Revolt Against the High-Tech Classroom?

Posted on March 24, 2011
In Law Technology News this week there was an article discussing the use of laptops in law schools that caught our collective eye. According to the article, a paper written by a Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law professor Kristen Murray ?concluded that laptops actually can enhance the educational experience — and suggests [...

Game On

Posted on March 23, 2011
Games are definitely on our mind here at Fastcase. March Madness is in full swing, MLS opening day was just this past weekend, and the beginning of baseball season is within sight. While the NFL lockout and the beginning of the Barry Bonds trial may be the big legal hitters right now, there are other [...

The Fastcase ?application might be good for a lot more than just the occasional quick lookup. On an iPad, it will be a lot more readable. Hmmm, up until know, I was pretty sure I wasn?t going to buy an iPad.? ? The California Blog of Appeal, 2/2/10

Posted on March 22, 2011

Where in the world is Fastcase?

Posted on March 22, 2011
This month, Fastcase team members could be found at the Bar Leadership Institute sponsored by the American Bar Association in Chicago . Fastcase has been a proud supporter and sponsor of the valuable event for half a decade. Even in our fifth consecutive year as a sponsor of BLI, the team at the ABA continues to impress [...

Thursday ? 3/24 ? Fastcase Training in Chicago

Posted on March 21, 2011
The ISBA is offering a free Fastcase training on March 24, 2011 at its Chicago regional office. Join us for an overview of the free legal research member benefit through the ISBA. Where: ISBA Chicago Regional Office 20 S. Clark St., Suite 900 When: 1PM to 2:30PM 1...

Future Moments

Posted on March 18, 2011
Photo by Jinho Jung With spring fast approaching it is time to look back at the great consumer tech future moments of the first quarter of 2011. We feel that you would be hard pressed to find achievements that either represent the future or create the feeling that we do, in fact, live in the future...

Bigger than the Big Game: Part II

Posted on March 17, 2011
When the CBA extension ran out Friday night, the NFL and the group formerly known as the NFLPA had still failed to reach an agreement and both sides responded with the drastic measures football fans had feared. With the decertification of the players union, the owners proceeded with a lockout which could translate to serious [...

Making a difference: Shoe edition

Posted on March 16, 2011
At Fastcase, we really enjoy TED talks. They convey big ideas in small talks, and are good daily transitions between bigger tasks. Today we’re spotlighting a TED talk from Mark Bezos, a volunteer firefighter who talks about the importance of making a difference in small ways...

IRS Bracketology

Posted on March 15, 2011
We’re all filling out our March Madness brackets here at Fastcase (Go Badgers). Over at TaxProf Blog, Robert G. Nassau of Syracuse University College of Law is encouraging fellow tax enthusiasts to complete his bracket of IRS sections – “pitting them against one another to determine the code’s “most useful” section (with the occasional [...

Why we love: OpenCongress.org

Posted on March 14, 2011
The better question is, ?why wouldn?t we love OpenCongress.org?? This non-profit, non-partisan blog preaches the importance of openness in government and puts it into practice by making all kinds of legislative data available to the public. OpenCongress follows legislation in both the House and Senate in a clear, manageable format that includes a summary of [...

Resistance is Futile

Posted on March 11, 2011
Fast evolving computer technology has been a defining feature of our lives. Right now you could be conducting legal research on our website, listening to one of thousands of songs on iTunes, while emailing a client on your phone. In a Technology, Entertainment, and Design (TED) talk hosted late last year Amber Case proposed that ?technology is [...

What is Relevance? The Fastcase Algorithm.

Posted on March 10, 2011
Last week, Google announced that it was making major changes to its formula for ranking Web sites. One of the most interesting articles we read about this was less about Google and more about algorithms generally. Computers are only as smart as their algorithms ? man-made software recipes for calculation, the basic building blocks of [...

Calendar Science: Increasing Efficiency

Posted on March 09, 2011
Many of us at Fastcase are followers of David Allen, author of “Getting Things Done” (referred to as “GTD” in some of the geeky circles we travel in) – a 259 page paperback about how to organize work flow and personal efficiency...

Music to Our Ears

Posted on March 08, 2011
Breaking the long established order is not only happening within the bounds of legal research. Through the Internet, the music publishing industry is once again feeling the pressure provided by entrepreneurs who are changing the way we view and obtain information...

Bigger than the Big Game: NFL faces off with the NFLPA

Posted on March 07, 2011
cc licensed flickr photo shared by Anderson Mancini With the NFL mediation talks happening just blocks from Fastcase headquarters at the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Services, we couldn?t help but take a few minutes from our day to look into the issue ourselves...

Advice for attorneys with Verizon iPhones: ?Download right away.? The Fastcase app is a ?a must have for any attorney with an iPhone? ? iPhone J.D., 2/14/11

Posted on February 22, 2011

D.C. Bar Partners With Fastcase to Provide Free Legal Research

Posted on February 01, 2011
Members Gain Free Access to Nation?s Smartest Legal Research Tools Washington, DC (February 1, 2011) ? Legal publisher Fastcase and the District of Columbia Bar Association today announced a partnership that will provide all active and judicial members of the D...

Support Resources for MLK Jr. Day

Posted on January 15, 2011
In observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Fastcase Customer Support will be closed on Monday, January 17th. The following resources are available here should you need research assistance: Video Tutorials Comprehensive User Guide Quick Reference guide We will return to our regular hours on Tuesday, January 18th...

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