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Legal tech startup Clio valued at $1.6B after raising $110M

New funding: Online legal giant Clio raised $110 million, boosting its valuation to $1.6 billion. The business: Founded in 2008 and… Read More

Seattle-area legal tech startup Advocat wins top prize of $200k at San Diego Angel Conference

Advocat Technologies, a Bellevue, Wash.-based startup which uses artificial intelligence to guide research and drafting for enterprise legal departments, took… Read More

Legal writing startup Clearbrief raises $1.2M from Madrona, Sequoia, Avvo founder, others

New funding: Clearbrief, a new Seattle startup that has developed AI-fueled writing technology for the legal industry, raised $1.2 million. Venture… Read More

House antitrust probe says Amazon has ‘monopoly power’ over sellers, company slams ‘fringe’ findings

A long-awaited report from a U.S. House antitrust subcommittee finds that Amazon “has monopoly power over most third-party sellers and… Read More

Ex-Microsoft engineer convicted of 18 felonies after stealing $10M in digital currency

A former Microsoft worker was convicted of 18 federal felonies after he stole $10 million worth of digital currency from… Read More

Tech Moves: RealSelf snags general counsel from Avvo; Tableau loses a data evangelist; and more

—Cosmetic treatment review site RealSelf is lawyering up with Josh King as the company’s first general counsel. King is leaving… Read More

Mark Britton

Avvo to be acquired by Internet Brands, parent of WebMD and Martindale-Hubbell, in major exit for Seattle-based legal marketplace

Seattle-based Avvo, which runs an online legal directory, marketplace and reviews site, has entered into an agreement to be acquired… Read More

Amazon drops contentious non-compete lawsuit against former AWS exec who left for new job at Smartsheet

Editor’s note: This story has been updated with a statement from Amazon. The former executive at Amazon Web Services who… Read More

Elena Donio

Former Concur president Elena Donio named CEO of legal services company Axiom

A day after it was announced that Elena Donio was stepping down as president of Concur, the technology executive has… Read More

Lawsuit alleges Amazon executives discriminated against and fired Muslim tech manager

A former Amazon.com manager in Michigan is suing the online retail giant, alleging that he was discriminated against, subjected to falsified… Read More

Guest Post: Pokémon Oh No! Augmented reality raises specter of personal injury claims

There’s no denying it — Pokémon have taken over the country and, thanks to the popular app’s launch in more… Read More

Working Geek: Avvo CFO Monica Williams gets her most important work done before 9 a.m.

Monica Williams has been a financial guru for Seattle tech companies for more than 20 years. Since 2014, she’s been serving… Read More

Daimler AG sues Amazon over replica Mercedes wheels, in new test of liability for knockoff goods

Daimler AG is suing Amazon for patent and trademark infringement, alleging that the e-commerce giant illegally sold and distributed replica Mercedes-Benz wheels… Read More

Betrayal, deleted emails and allegations of stolen trade secrets: Court hearing in contentious $2B Move-Zillow suit begins

Updated below with details from court hearing. There will be no shortage of fireworks this week as two longtime online real… Read More

Yahoo exec and Seattle startup founder Maria Zhang on her vindication against sexual harassment suit

Yahoo vice president of engineering Maria Zhang, a former Seattle-area startup founder, is talking publicly about the legal battle she’s navigated… Read More

Teens fake parental consent to enter contracts across the web — but their legal status is flimsy

Hey parents: You won’t believe the contracts your kids have been roped into. Like a fine print virus spreading quickly… Read More

Halo, Destiny composer Marty O’Donnell wins legal fight with ex-employer Bungie

Ex-Bungie composer Marty O’Donnell, who created music for epic games like Halo and Destiny, has won a legal fight against his former employer. VentureBeat has… Read More

Patent Navigation raises $2M to help lawyers automate the patent application process

Patent Navigation is raising cash to accelerate development of its software that helps lawyers prepare patent applications more efficiently. The Seattle… Read More

Mark Britton

Legal advice startup Avvo raises $71.5M, plans to hire 80 this year

Avvo is on a roll. Just two weeks after the Seattle-based legal advice startup announced plans for a new downtown office,… Read More

Patent trolls increasingly targeting tech: Apple, Amazon among most frequently sued

Patent litigation in the U.S. is expected to hit an all-time high this year, and the cases are largely being… Read More

Zillow hit with copyright suit that claims ‘brazen theft’ of hundreds of images

Zillow Group has been sued by real estate image provider VHT over allegations that the Zillow Digs home improvement site… Read More

Lighthouse eDiscovery raises $30M to help lawyers save time by automatically sifting through piles of legal docs

Lighthouse eDiscovery started 20 years ago, copying and scanning paper-based legal documents so they could be searched electronically. The Seattle… Read More

Startup vet Terry Drayton is getting sued again, this time by his longtime PR advisor

Mark Firmani served as Terry Drayton’s trusted public relations counsel, helping the Seattle entrepreneur and former HomeGrocer.com CEO navigate some… Read More

Legal marketplace Avvo accelerates with $37.5M, eyes international expansion and new products

Avvo has attracted $37.5 million in fresh capital, a huge capital infusion that the Seattle company will use to grow… Read More

Amazon announces payouts for e-book price fixing settlement

If there’s one big winner in the ongoing e-book antitrust mess, it’s Amazon and their customers. According to an email… Read More

Want to fight that traffic ticket? Avvo unveils new legal marketplace to help clients pick lawyers

Avvo today is unveiling a new matchmaking service to make it easier for clients to choose attorneys. Dubbed the Avvo… Read More

Looking to take on Quora, Avvo rebrands as a Q&A site

When former Expedia executive Mark Britton founded Avvo in 2007, the goal was to create an online directory and ranking… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Attorney-turned-software geek bets on GreenLine Legal

Attorneys often have their heads buried in massive amounts of legal documentation. But a new Seattle area startup called GreenLine… Read More

Tech Moves: Robert Pease says goodbye to Gist; lawyer defections

Sure, it’s technically summer time. But that doesn’t mean everyone is on vacation. Some folks are shifting jobs. Here’s a… Read More

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