Selecting and using new technology that positively affects a firm’s bottom line is an investment. The initial time investment alone can be daunting, given the way legal technology has ballooned in recent years. It’s now a multibillion-dollar buffet of choices. The struggle to remain current is felt by the world’s largest firms all the way down to the smallest.

Smaller firms and solo practitioners face a unique set of challenges all their own that has led to a dearth of early, or even on-time, adoption.

“Consider for a moment a scenario that might, on the surface, appear relatively simple: purchasing a note-taking application,” Casey Flaherty, an attorney and principal with Procertas, tells Legaltech News. “After evaluating an almost countless number of apps, what platforms they are on, their feature sets and integrations. … All of a sudden you are on hour four of researching notes. Then, after making a choice, it’s on to installation and training.”