God forbid a disaster had befallen Austin, Texas, last week, because it could have set back the evolution of legal tech by at least a decade. Assembled there were many of the best and the brightest of the legal tech world, who had all come together for the fourth edition of what has become the…
Attention Legal Tech Startups: Applications Now Open for the 10th Annual Startup Alley and Pitch Competition at ABA TECHSHOW 2026
Applications are now open for a spot in the 10th annual Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW, a competition that has helped catapult the success of a long list of legal technology startups and become a seminal event of the American Bar Association’s annual legal technology conference.
Out of all the entries received, 15 startups…
AllRize Receives 2025 LegalTech Breakthrough Award For “Practice Management Innovation of the Year”
Prestigious Annual Awards Program Recognizes Companies and Products Driving Innovation in the Global Legal Industry
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., November 13, 2025 – AllRize, a leading a leading provider of AI-powered software solutions for law firms, today announced it has been awarded “Practice Management …
Legal and Operations Executive Amy Hinzmann Joins Lighthouse as Head of Information Governance
SEATTLE–Lighthouse, a leader in technology-enabled eDiscovery and information governance services, has announced that industry veteran Amy Hinzmann has joined the company as Head of Information Governance. Hinzmann, who brings decades of leadership experience and eDiscovery expertise to her work at Lighthouse, most recently served as executive vice president, corporate and commercial services, at…
UniCourt DART Receives “Overall LegalTech Data Solution of the Year” from 2025 LegalTech Breakthrough Awards
Prestigious Annual Awards Program Recognizes UniCourt DART as a Product Driving Innovation in the Global Legal Industry
November 13, 2025 – UniCourt is proud to announce that UniCourt DART has been awarded “Overall LegalTech Data Solution of the Year” in the 6th annual LegalTech Breakthrough Awards program conducted by LegalTech…
Callidus Legal AI Rebrands as StrongSuit, Adds Automated Case Validation
Callidus Legal AI has rebranded to StrongSuit and launched a significantly upgraded legal research platform that includes automated case validation — what lawyers traditionally call “shepardizing” — marking the company’s evolution from a legal AI tool into what it describes as an end-to-end litigation platform.
The San Francisco-based company’s new platform automatically verifies that…
Harbor Acquires Legal Tech Training Firm Encoretech in First Deal Since BayPine Investment
Harbor, the Chicago-based legal technology and consulting firm, continues its string of recent acquisitions with the addition of Encoretech, a specialized training and user adoption services company focused on the legal sector.
The deal marks Harbor’s first acquisition since receiving a majority investment from private equity firm BayPine in June and represents the…
Fileread Launches Matter Intelligence: Context Engineering Redefines Legal AI Interaction
New Feature Eliminates Prompting Barrier, Empowering Attorneys to Work Independently with AI
[NEW YORK, NY – November 12, 2025] Fileread today announced the launch of Matter Intelligence, a first-in-class feature that fundamentally changes how legal professionals interact with AI-powered document analysis. Using advanced context engineering, Matter Intelligence solves the universal challenge that has…
DocSolid Introduces Airmail2® Cloud Embedded: Seamless Document Scanning Within iManage Cloud and NetDocuments
Phoenix, AZ — November 10, 2025 — DocSolid, the leader in cloud-based digitization solutions for law firms, today announced Airmail2 Cloud® Embedded, a new document scanning utility accessed by users of iManage Cloud or NetDocuments, enabling them to profile and scan paper documents while working within the native document management interface.
Guest Post: Ken Crutchfield on What Business Robin AI — and Other Legal Tech Companies — Are Really In
What does McDonald’s real estate strategy have to do with legal tech? More than you might think, says Ken Crutchfield.
In the wake of Robin AI’s recent struggles to secure funding and reports of potential emergency acquisition talks, Crutchfield draws a compelling parallel to Ray Kroc’s revelation in The Founder that McDonald’s wasn’t really in…
K2 Services Acquires Epiq’s Business Process Outsourcing Division in Strategic Realignment
Epiq announced today the sale of its Global Business Transformation Solutions (GBTS) division to K2 Services, a managed services provider. The transaction positions Epiq to concentrate more intensively on technology-enabled legal solutions while significantly expanding K2’s operational footprint in the professional services sector.
The deal is part of a broader strategic move by…
Clio Completes Historic $1 Billion vLex Acquisition, Announces $500 Million Series G at $5 Billion Valuation, Plus Exclusive Interview with CEO and CFO
Legal technology company Clio has completed its $1 billion acquisition of vLex, marking the conclusion of the largest deal in legal tech history, and has simultaneously closed a $500 million Series G funding round, along with a $350 million debt facility, valuing the combined company at $5 billion, and clearing the way…
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