Yesterday I noted that th 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had issued an opinion in the long-running copyright battle between Thomson Reuters and the now-shuttered AI legal research company ROSS Intelligence, but that the opinion was sealed and not viewable by the public.

Today, it was revealed that the court has ruled in favor…

Clio today announced that it has acquired Learned Hand, a startup that builds AI exclusively for judges and courts, giving the legal tech company’s newly launched judiciary business an existing product already in use in a number of courthouses.

Clio did not disclose the terms of the deal.

The acquisition caps a rapid series…

The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals today issued an opinion in the long-running copyright battle between Thomson Reuters and the now-shuttered AI legal research company ROSS Intelligence, but the opinion is, at least for now, sealed and not viewable by the public.

The court issued the opinion under seal together with an order stating…

Corporate restructuring operates at the intersection of legal precision and financial complexity, with stakeholder decisions routinely made under exigent circumstances. More data and shortened timelines have made that work harder. A 2025 study by Harvard and USC law professors published in the University…

I’ll confess: When I heard that Jesse Cole, the founder of the Savannah Bananas baseball team, was to be the keynote speaker at 8am’s Kaleidoscope conference, I found myself scratching my head. After all, what could the founder of a baseball team known for dancing players and a senior-citizen dance squad possibly…

In a marriage of two alternative legal services providers, Repario, a company with a focus on e-discovery and managed review, has acquired UnitedLex, a global company that provides a broader range of services spanning legal process outsourcing, legal operations, litigation, IP, contracts and technology.

Repario said that by blending its agility and…

At its second-annual Kaleidoscope customer conference in Las Vegas today, 8am announced new generative AI features, a new Claude MCP connector, and new financial products, including a law firm loan program with quick approval and funding.

Although 8am is the parent company of three law practice management platforms – MyCase, CasePEER and DocketWise…

Large Language Models (LLMs) are a breakthrough technology, helping fuel the AI industrial revolution. OpenAI and Anthropic are market leaders, with extraordinary private valuations. The prospect of their respective trillion-dollar public company valuations, should their initial public offerings come to fruition, has drawn attention to LLM economics.

LLMs are transforming industries including healthcare and the…

Legal AI company Harvey said today that it is launching a dedicated pro bono program in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.

In the first phase of the program, the company will work with a selected group of it law firm customers as design partners. Initially, this group consists of senior pro bono…

Legal tech company Clio has long said that its mission is to transform the legal experience for all. Until now, that “all” has largely focused on law firms and their clients, but recently Clio announced a major initiative to develop technology for the judiciary.

As part…

The American Legal Technology Awards has named the finalists for its seventh annual awards program, honoring outstanding achievement and innovation across multiple categories of legal technology. 

This year’s winners were selected from 234 submissions across 10 categories. Winners will be revealed at a gala awards dinner Oct. 25 at Suffolk…