<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Richard S. Granat]]></title><description><![CDATA[We provide advice and guidance to legal software startups.]]></description><link>https://www.richardgranat.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 16:24:39 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.richardgranat.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Productized Legal Services is the next Big Thing]]></title><description><![CDATA[I started developing software applications that substitute for a lawyer's work many years before the introduction of AI tools and...]]></description><link>https://www.richardgranat.com/single-post/productized-legal-services-is-the-next-big-thing</link><guid isPermaLink="false">684afcfeef70c6f7b2000ede</guid><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 16:22:06 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Richard Granat</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Florida Board of Governor's Opposes Legal Reform]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Florida Bar recommended to the Supreme Court to reject reform proposals to test allowing nonlawyer ownership in law firms, fee...]]></description><link>https://www.richardgranat.com/single-post/florida-board-of-governor-s-opposes-legal-reform</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6260615997db0fa76263a3e8</guid><pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2022 19:39:22 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Richard Granat</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Future of Virtual Law Practice]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Future of virtual law practice,]]></description><link>https://www.richardgranat.com/single-post/the-future-of-virtual-law-practice</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5e78c72d2d746d002dbb6973</guid><category><![CDATA[virtual law practice]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2022 14:41:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/43dae3_009d30ef3c1446718501ad721da25656.jpg/v1/fit/w_225,h_224,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Richard Granat</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[California Task Force Proposes to Regulate Legal Software Publishers]]></title><description><![CDATA[The State Bar of California’s Task Force on Access Through Innovation of Legal Services is now proposing to regulate legal software...]]></description><link>https://www.richardgranat.com/single-post/california-task-force-proposes-to-regulate-legal-software-publishers</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5db3139e2246df001773da2a</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Oct 2019 16:01:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/43dae3_1905715ef4eb4e10b42e619dcc4dc404~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_150,h_81,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Richard Granat</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Florida Bar Proposes A Registration Scheme for Legal Self-Help Software Publishers
]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Florida Bar Seeks to Register Self-Help Software Publishers. Good idea of First Amendment Violation?]]></description><link>https://www.richardgranat.com/single-post/the-florida-bar-proposes-a-registration-scheme-for-legal-self-help-software-publishers</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5d8d1037c7ed5000175c0cce</guid><category><![CDATA[access to justice]]></category><category><![CDATA[artificial intelligence and the law]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bar Regulation]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2019 19:45:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/43dae3_783eaf74b18f461ba1ae56386d6092ac~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_263,h_191,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Richard Granat</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Legal Document Preparation Industry]]></title><description><![CDATA[See Presentation on this topic here. The legal document preparation industry has been around since the early 1990's and has remained...]]></description><link>https://www.richardgranat.com/single-post/2019/09/12/the-legal-document-preparation-industry</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5d8ccc2ac1dee60017ff9103</guid><pubDate>Thu, 12 Sep 2019 19:53:59 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/43dae3_e29206e1cd634c9c9e9cd4e0ba738b2f~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_300,h_168,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Richard Granat</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Digital Flywheel for Solos and Small Law Firms: A Cautionary Tale]]></title><description><![CDATA[In 2009, I started a company called DirectLaw.com, that provided client-centered technologies to solos and small law firms. 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