Monthly Archives: November 2009

Rocket Matter to Exhibit at Virtual LegalTech

NOVEMBER 19, 2009 – BOCA RATON, FL
Rocket Matter to Exhibit at Virtual LegalTech
Software as a Service practice management provider to showcase offering at first-of-its-kind online legal technology tradeshow.
Rocket Matter®, the leading Web-based legal practice management and time and billing solution for small to mid-sized law firms, today announced they are exhibiting at Virtual LegalTech, a [...]

How to use Google Scholar for Legal Case Research with Rocket Matter

When we built Rocket Matter, we kept web-based legal research in mind.  We wanted to make it easy and intuitive to associate research with your matters.
Now that Google has rolled incorporated legal opinion and journals into their Scholar search, building and organizing your cases has never been easier.  Here’s how you can use Google Scholar [...]

Meet Rocket Matter at Virtual LegalTech & Enter to Win a Snuggie!

Rocket Matter is a proud sponsor of the upcoming inaugural Virtual LegalTech Event put on by ALM Events.
To envision Virtual LegalTech, imagine combining Second Life with a Legal Conference. It’s very cool. When you stop by our booth, we can even initiate a live video and audio chat.

The event goes live on Thursday, November 19th, 2009 and [...]

Rocket Matter Nominated for 2009 Law Technology News Awards

Rocket Matter is nominated for the 2009 Law Technology News Awards for Best Practice Management System and Best Time and Billing for Small and Mid-Sized Firms categories.

Please don’t congratulate us, as we nominated ourselves.  I would be embarrassed.
But it’s important to us to win, since if we win a) we can put a cool-looking ribbon [...]

Rocket Matter Celebrates Two Years Since First Install

Two years ago, the very brave souls of Shiner & Sosin, P.A., a boutique law firm in Boca Raton, FL were the first production users of what we then called “The Product.”
Peter Sosin and David Shiner, just starting out their firm, decided to give the product that would become Rocket Matter a shot.  At the [...]

Software as a Service has a big presence at MILOFest 2009

Last week Mac lawyers from all over the United States gathered in Orlando to talk about using their beloved Apple machines in the legal space.  It was a very cool gathering of people, and whether you knew a lot or a little about Macs there was something for everyone.
I found it interesting to talk to [...]

Free Webinar: How to Protect Your Online Reputation + Chance to Win a Magic Mouse, Google Bomb Book

Your reputation is everything. It can take years to develop and only a few negative reviews to call it into question, if not totally destroy it.
This webinar is sponsored by Rocket Matter and is free to attend. Plus, we’ll be raffling off a cool new Magic Mouse, as well as a copy of Google Bomb, a must-read cautionary tale [...]

Macs and Lawyers: MILOFest 2009 Kicks Off

There’s no reason why a law firm can’t be fully operational and productive on Macs.  Today and tomorrow, a group of folks from all over the country gather in Orlando to discuss this topic in detail.  Welcome to MILOFest!

Last night we kicked things off with a dinner at Bongo’s in Downtown Disney.  One of the [...]

How Small Law Firms can be Productive for less using SaaS and Knowledge Management

Law.com’s Legal Technology blog featured an excellent piece by Bryan Redding of Cavo Legal (and fellow Big Ten alumni).  Mr. Redding sets out some of the challenges faced by small firms:
There are more than 850,000 lawyers in the U.S. currently practicing as solo practitioners or with small firms (less than 20 attorneys). This demographic is [...]

A Twitter-only Mobile Device: Silly, But It Sends a Message.

Peek makes devices that focus on doing one thing and doing it well.  Their flagship products are mobile email device readers, and that’s all they do: email + text.  In other words, no browser, no apps, nothing fancy.  The interesting thing: people love ‘em.
So when Peek announced a Twitter-only device, reviewers and consumers reacted in [...]