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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.…
Bob Ambrogi
Bob is a lawyer, veteran legal journalist, and award-winning blogger and podcaster. In 2011, he was named to the inaugural Fastcase 50, honoring “the law’s smartest, most courageous innovators, techies, visionaries and leaders.” Earlier in his career, he was editor-in-chief of several legal publications, including The National Law Journal, and editorial director of ALM’s Litigation Services Division.
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Eve, AI-Driven Platform for Plaintiff-Side Law Firms, Raises $103 Million in Series B Round
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…
AI Contracts Company SimpleDocs Acquires Law Insider and Its Extensive Library of Contracts and Clauses
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…
Guest Column: Is Harvey Playing A Different Game In Legal AI?
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?
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Case Status Launches Client Intelligence, An AI Platform to Transform the Client Experience
The legal technology company Case Status today unveiled Client Intelligence, an AI-driven platform that the company says represents a significant shift from reactive client management to predictive client engagement.
The company announced the launch earlier today at its inaugural Client Experience Summit in Charleston, S.C., positioning the platform as a “system of action”…
Legal Aid Organizations Embrace AI at Twice the Rate of Other Lawyers, New Study Reveals
A study examining artificial intelligence adoption in legal aid organizations has revealed that these resource-constrained nonprofits are embracing AI technology at nearly double the rate of the broader legal profession, driven by the urgent need to serve millions of underserved Americans.
The survey, The AI Advantage: How Technology Can Help Bridge the Justice Gap,…
Guest Column: As AI Helps Close the Justice Gap, Will It Save the Legal Profession or Replace It?
Will AI create a golden age for lawyers — or make them obsolete? In her latest column for LawNext, AI strategist Jennifer Case explores a fascinating paradox: As AI tools lower barriers to legal services, they are simultaneously creating more legal work and potentially eliminating the need for lawyers altogether.
Jennifer…
Briefpoint Launches Autodoc: AI Tool Automates Responses to Document Requests in Discovery (Plus A Video Demo, Plus Priority Access)
Briefpoint, a legal technology company that uses AI to automate much of the drudgework of propounding and responding to discovery requests in litigation, today introduced Autodoc, a new AI-powered feature that automates the process of responding to document-production requests — finding and assembling the responsive documents in seconds and drafting the fully formatted…
On LawNext: Justice Workers — Reimagining Access to Justice as Democracy Work, with Rebecca Sandefur and Matthew Burnett
With as many as 120 million legal problems going unresolved in America each year, traditional lawyer-centered approaches to access to justice have consistently failed to meet the scale of need. But what if the solution is not just about providing more legal services — what if it lies in fundamentally rethinking who can provide…
Filevine Raises $400M in Two-Round Funding to Scale AI-Powered Legal Platform; I Speak with Its CEO
Legal technology company Filevine announced today it has raised $400 million across two funding rounds over the past 15 months, positioning the Salt Lake City-based company as one of the most well-capitalized players in the legal tech space.
The funding consists of a $150 million round led by Insight Partners completed about 15 months…
AAA Readies November Launch of AI-Powered Arbitrator for Construction Disputes
For an established dispute-resolution organization that is turning 100 next year, the American Arbitration Association seems to be doing everything but acting its age. Long among the world’s leading providers of human arbitrators and mediators for a range of disputes, the AAA is now preparing to launch its first AI-powered arbitrator in November.
The…
AI Tools Match Or Exceed Human Lawyers in Contract Drafting Benchmark Study
Artificial intelligence tools matched or exceeded human lawyers in producing reliable contract drafts in the first comprehensive benchmarking study comparing AI against legal professionals, according to research published this week.
The study, Benchmarking Humans & AI in Contract Drafting, conducted by LegalBenchmarks.ai, found that human lawyers produced reliable first drafts 56.7% of the…