Articles Posted in 2025

SAN FRANCISCO (October 6, 2025) — Clarra, a cloud-based legal practice management platform optimized for litigation and legal operations, announces the launch of a new suite of accounting and analytics features. Developed in direct response to customer feedback, the added capabilities enable plaintiffs’ law firms, defense litigation practices, and in-house counsel to improve…

For the second time in a month, I attended a first-time conference. And, once again, the inaugural conference exceeded my expectations.

Several weeks ago, I wrote about Kaleidoscope, the debut conference produced by 8am. This time, I found myself at the Client Experience Summit, the inaugural conference of the legal technology company

The New York State Bar Association announces a new partnership with the legal AI company Querious, offering the program to all members at a discounted rate.

Querious is the first Legal Conversational Intelligence™ platform built for the unique demands of legal practice. It uses artificial intelligence to highlight important legal information…

AI and automation threaten to erode junior-level work, such as first-draft contract preparation and document review, which has traditionally been critical to training new lawyers. Without intervention, this shift risks leaving junior lawyers without the practical exposure needed to develop essential skills.

Kennedys, a global litigation and dispute…

Utah has joined the growing movement to rethink attorney licensure in the United States, as the Utah Supreme Court approved Rule 14-703A, establishing an alternate pathway to becoming a licensed attorney that emphasizes hands-on legal training over traditional standardized testing.

The new route, approved Sept. 24 and which will be open to applications…

The legal technology company Altorney today announced the general availability of MARC, a generative AI-powered document review system designed to automate first-pass review decisions before documents enter traditional review platforms.

After first announcing MARC last March and going through a pilot period with corporate legal departments, the company is now releasing the product…

Nearly two years ago on this podcast, we discussed the American Arbitration Association’s innovation initiatives – and specifically its embrace of generative AI – with Bridget Mary McCormack, who became its president and CEO in 2023 after having been chief justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, and Diana Didia, its chief information and innovation officer.…

Eve, an AI platform for plaintiffs’ law firms, has raised $103 million in Series B funding at over a $1 billion valuation, it said today. The round was led by Spark Capital, with participation from existing investors Andreessen Horowitz, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and Menlo Ventures.

This follows the company Series…

Content is the raw material of generative AI, so it only makes sense that an AI-driven contract automation platform would want to acquire what is said to be the world’s largest database of contracts and clauses.

That is exactly what happened today as SimpleDocs, a company with an AI contract drafting, redlining and review…

Bringing together real-world contract precedent and next-generation legal AI to set a new standard for contract automation worldwide.…

Phoenix, Arizona September 29, 2025 – DocSolid, the leader in cloud-based digital mail and records management for law firms, today announced the release of Airmail2® Hub Mobile, the newest extension of its patented Cloud Digital Mailroom platform. Hub Mobile brings secure daily mail directly…

A Reddit post last week ignited a firestorm of speculation across the legal industry about the long-term prospects of legal AI company Harvey, with some dismissing it as little more than a ChatGPT wrapper. But is that criticism missing the point?

Ken Crutchfield

In his latest column…