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Spencer Trask & Co. Venture Fastcase Merges with Legal Intelligence Platform vLex

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Tuesday, April 4, 2023

NEW YORK, April 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Advanced technology development firm Spencer Trask & Co. today announced the merger of Fastcase with vLex in a transaction funded by private equity firms Bain Capital and Oakley Capital.  The new venture provides a combined 3.8 million users in over 100 countries with smart access to the most extensive collection of legal and regulatory information in the world.

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  • Spencer Trask & Co. Chairman, Kevin Kimberlin
    Spencer Trask & Co. was the first institutional investor in Fastcase and its largest shareholder.
  • "We are really proud to see Fastcase take its mission to the global stage," said Spencer Trask & Co. Chairman, Kevin Kimberlin .
  • "Artificial intelligence and data analytics technology, used routinely elsewhere, will be demanded by discerning legal clients in the future," said Ed Walters, Fastcase co-founder and CEO.
  • "From the beginning, Spencer Trask supported our mission to democratize the law in the United States.

Docket Alarm Releases Powerful BI Tool for Motions in Federal Courts at ILTACon

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Thursday, August 18, 2022

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Docket Alarm by Fastcase today released a powerful new business intelligence tool for law firms and corporate legal departments. Dubbed simply as "Motions in Federal Courts," the new feature creates a new search engine over specific motion types, as well as analytics for individual law firms, judges, and nature of suit codes. The company will launch and showcase the tool at the 2022 ILTACon conference in Washington, D.C. next week.

Key Points: 
  • WASHINGTON, Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Docket Alarm by Fastcase today released a powerful new business intelligence tool for law firms and corporate legal departments.
  • The new Motions in Federal Courts search empowers lawyers to microtarget specific types of motions and to create customized analytics.
  • "If you combined the power of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the power of law firm analytics, it would look a lot like Docket Alarm's Motions in Federal Courts," said Michael Sander, Docket Alarm founder and VP of Fastcase Analytics.
  • Docket Alarm's library of Motions in Federal Courts is vast, covering the federal courts of all 50 states.

The End of "It Depends": Major Update to Docket Alarm Adds Pleading and Motion Grant Analytics Across All Federal Practice Areas

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Monday, March 7, 2022

Docket Alarm uses these "Pleading Tags" to create rich timelines, analytics, and insights.

Key Points: 
  • Docket Alarm uses these "Pleading Tags" to create rich timelines, analytics, and insights.
  • No longer will attorneys need to toggle between platforms for legal research, docket tracking, and litigation analytics.
  • "We're using analytics and data visualization to make new insights possible," said Docket Alarm Founder and Managing Director Michael Sander.
  • Docket Alarm was acquired by Fastcase in January 2018, and continues to be a disruptor in the legal analytics market.