Here’s proof that that the holidays are finally over: There’s been an  avalanche of legal tech this week. Here are some of the highlights re: Ravel Law, Everlaw, Avvo, Andreessen Horowitz, Advanced Discovery, Reed Smith and Axiom. Hat tips:  Bloomberg BNA Big Law Business, Above The Law, and Robert Ambrogi.

(Updated to add Axiom.)

• Handshake Software  is partnering with legal research company Ravel Law, reports Gabe Friedman at Bloomberg BNA Big Law Business. “Handshake operates as a layer on top of Microsoft’s Sharepoint tool, which many law firms use as a storage device, and allows those users to not only access documents but to also look at their time management software and other tools. Now, users can also click a tab to run Ravel Law,” wrote Friedman. Ravel Law  was founded in 2012 by Stanford Law grads Daniel Lewis and Nicholas Reed. Read more

• Andreessen Horowitz has “invested $8.1 million in Series A funding round with the Berkeley-based e-discovery software as a service company Everlaw,” reports Friedman. “A.J. Shankar, CEO of Everlaw, described his company as design-centric, and focused on building a document review tool that is intuitive and easy to use.” Read more.  Still more: Shankar in an interview with Big Law Business.” Above The Law (Zack Abramowitz). Robert Ambrogi’s report on his Law Site blog. Techcrunch  (Connie Loizos).

• Avvo is launching a new fixed-fee legal services, Avvo Legal Services, reports Sean Doherty on his Jan. 14 technology column on Above The Law.”Like Avvo Advisor, ALS users pay upfront for access to a lawyer. But rather than ask legal questions over the telephone, the new service offers users a method to select a lawyer willing and able to complete a prescribed legal task,” Doherty notes.

“Lawyers who register for ALS choose their jurisdiction and practice area, be it business, family or immigration law, and select the discrete services they want to offer. Avvo calculates prices and defines the services, such as reviewing a consulting or prenuptial agreement ($149), starting a single-member LLC ($595), or filing an uncontested divorce ($995),” he writes.

Also covering the story:  Ambrogi, via   ABA Journal and his Law Site blog.

• Reed Smith has jettisoned 45 lawyers,”in the United States, Europe and the Middle East, less than 2.5 percent of its 1,650 attorney headcount, as well as an unspecified number of staff members,” reports BBBLB’s Casey Sullivan. The story broke on Above The Law via Kathryn Rubino.  Also: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

• Advanced Discovery acquired two legal staffing and document review companies, writes Friedman at BBBLB. The company purchased Legal Placements Inc, or LPI, which will retain its brand, he reports.  “Advanced Discovery now has two data centers, one in Washington, D.C. plus a subterranean facility in Kansas. AD also purchased Millnet, a London-based document review and legal staffing services company.

UPDATE:
• Left one out: Axiom Buys Stake in Canadian Legal Market  by Gabe Friedman, BBBLB.

Monica Bay is a Fellow at CodeX: The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics and a member of the California bar. She also is a freelance journalist for Bloomberg Big Law Business and Above The Law. Monica and Robert Ambrogi will soon be reviving the “Law Technology Now” podcast with The Legal Talk Network. Email: mbay@codex.stanford.edu. Twitter: @monicabay.