There’s something about late March and early April. That period seems to bring vendors out of their offices and into the market with new releases, products and services. Below, a sampling.

One of the hot topics these days is client collaboration. How does a firm exchange documents and ideas with clients in a secure, seamless way? Firms use groupware such as Notes, extranets such as those built by Legal Anywhere (now Nikku) or portals such as that offered by Plumtree Software.