Articles Posted in July, 2026

Martin Luther King famously said, “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” My guest today quoted his words in her 2024 book, Law Democratized: A Blueprint for Solving the Justice Crisis. But now, two years after that book’s publication — at a…

This new collaboration feature lets multiple attorneys at a firm securely work the same case together — sharing files, chronologies, evidence, and drafts in one workspace instead of scattered email chains and duplicate uploads

San Francisco, California — July 17, 2026 — Paxton AI, the AI litigation platform for legal research, document drafting,…

Anyone can make sweets, but not everyone can make a Hershey bar.

The debate over legaltech startups offering nothing more than a “thin wrapper” around an LLM begs a deeper analysis of the value of a wrapper, particularly as open-source alternatives take root.

Let’s start with a Hershey bar. You pay for the chocolate, right?…

Intapp, the publicly traded company whose software manages intake, conflicts, and deal workflows for law firms and other professional services firms, yesterday announced the general availability of Celeste, an agentic AI product it describes as an “expert AI coworker” designed to run the business operations of a firm — from deal screening and conflicts…

Last week, Relativity announced that Chris Brown, its chief product officer since 2018, had been named the company’s president, effective July 13. In the new role, Brown continues to lead Relativity’s product organization while adding marketing and technology partnerships to his scope — a change that coincides with the departure of Chief Marketing Officer…

When I spoke with Chris Cartrett yesterday, just hours after reporting that he will step down Aug. 1 as president and CEO of Aderant, he was emphatic that his departure, after 12 years at the company, including five as CEO, was not about wanting to leave.

“It’s not a matter of wanting…

Legal Decoder, a legal spend analytics company whose billing-review technology has been relied on by Fortune 500 companies and Am Law 100 firms, as well as fee examiners in major federal bankruptcy cases, is today launching Aperture, a natural language interface that lets law firms and legal departmentss conversationally query legal billing and spend…

Litera, one of the most broadly deployed technology companies in the legal industry, is today unveiling a company-wide relaunch that positions it as the legal AI platform unifying the practice and business of law through one AI agent and one dataset.

The relaunch — going live today at litera.com — includes a new brand…

After 30 years serving 99% of the Am Law 100, Litera relaunches around one platform, one agent, and one dataset spanning every corner of the firm

CHICAGO – July 15, 2026 – Litera, the Legal AI platform provider that best unifies the practice and business of law, unveiled…

New featureset learns a firm’s objection and response strategy from work it has already served — then reapplies it automatically whenever a matching request appears, on any matter

San Francisco, California | July 13, 2026 Briefpoint, the discovery automation platform used by more than 1,000 law firms across…

In a major leadership change at one of legal technology’s largest companies, Chris Cartrett will step down as president and CEO of Aderant, effective Aug. 1, the company announced today.

He is leaving the legal industry to become chief executive officer of ImageTrend, a provider of software and data analytics for emergency medical…

Last September, when the company 8am — having successfully pulled off a major rebrand just three weeks earlier — then went on to pull off its first-ever customer conference in Austin, I wrote a review giving it high praise.

Although that inaugural event was modest in size, it was big in energy,…