Alexi Technologies has filed its answer and counterclaim against Fastcase, vLex, and Clio, accusing the newly merged legal technology giant of manufacturing breach-of-contract allegations as a pretext to eliminate a competitor in the AI legal research market.
In December, Fastcase, now owned by Clio, sued Alexi in the U.S. District Court for the…
What’s in store for legal tech and innovation in 2026? That was the topic of our most recent Legaltech Week live show, in which our panel of legal tech journalists shared their predictions for the year ahead.
But if you missed it, no problem. Here are both the video and audio recordings.
Remember, our show…
In the last in a series of interviews recorded during the ClioCon conference in Boston in October 2025, we bring you a doubleheader – two interviews with two of the legal tech company’s key executives.
In the first, LawNext host Bob Ambrogi speaks with Reagan Attle,…
I have had a strong interest in online dispute resolution ever since at least 1996, when I wrote what I was later told was the first published article about ODR, Cyberspace Becomes Forum for Resolving Disputes. I was so curious about the concept that, in 1999, I put that interest to work, becoming a…
Over $55 million worth of meritorious civil claims go unfiled annually, particularly in working-class communities, because over 64% of prospective plaintiffs’ calls to law firms are ignored, says legal AI startup AlphaLit.
The reason firms ignore those calls is that they cannot financially justify vetting all those small cases. “You might need to have…
With this post, voting is now officially open! Help pick the 15 legal tech startups that will get to compete at the 10th-annual Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW, March 25-28, 2026. Your votes determine the 15 companies selected to face off in a live pitch competition that will be the opening-night event of this year’s TECHSHOW…
Relativity today announced the general availability of aiR for Case Strategy, a generative AI-powered product designed to help lawyers and litigation professionals develop case narratives faster by automatically extracting facts, building chronologies and generating strategic work product from evidence.
The legal data intelligence company said the tool enables legal teams to auto-extract key…
Dean Sonderegger is returning to the legal market in a new leadership role at Wolters Kluwer, the company announced today.
Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory has appointed Sonderegger as senior vice president and general manager of its ELM Solutions business, marking his return to the legal sector after a three-year stint leading other divisions…
What’s ahead for legal tech and innovation in 2026? In today’s live broadcast of Legaltech Week, our panel of journalists and experts will share their predictions for the year ahead.
We will also look back at our predictions from last year — and see how we did.
The show is live today at 3 p.m.…
Legal AI company Harvey today announced plans to develop Memory, a product that will allow users to choose to retain and carry forward the context of their work, including matter details, relevant precedent, working preferences and approved best practices, with the goal of enabling users to achieve greater consistency, efficiency and connectedness.
The company also…
The year 2025 marked a genuine inflection point in legal technology – the moment when AI moved from experimental novelty to operational necessity, when a billion-dollar deal reshaped the competitive landscape, and when regulatory reform appeared to gain renewed momentum.
As I look back over the stories I have covered this year, they chronicle an…
The biggest deal of 2025 – in fact, the biggest deal ever in legal tech – was legal tech company Clio’s acquisition of vLex for $1 billion. A global legal research company founded in Spain, vLex had, just two years earlier, merged with the U.S.…
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