The LegalTech Fund, which was the first venture capital firm devoted exclusively to law and legal technology, announced today that it will convene its first TLTF Summit in December — a three-day event for investors, startups and legal innovation thought leaders that will feature networking, dealmaking and educational…
The 10 Latest Additions to the LawNext Legal Technology Directory, 8/2/22
Ever since we launched the LawNext Legal Technology Directory, which debuted in February, I am consistently fascinated to see the products that get added. As closely as I follow legal tech, I always discover products that are new and interesting.
Here are the 10 latest additions (descriptions taken from product listings).
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Gets A Bobblehead
Ketanji Brown Jackson has made it to the pinnacle of the legal profession, not only becoming an associate justice of the Supreme Court with her swearing in June 30, but also as the first Black woman to sit on the court.
But, let’s face it, no Supreme Court justice has fully made it until they…
Today on the Legaltech Week Roundtable: AALL Post-Mortem, Plus Wikipedia, Musk, Chat Tools and More
Today at 3 E.T., join us live as our Legaltech Week panel of legal tech journalists and bloggers unpacks the week’s top stories in tech and innovation, including a post-mortem on last week’s annual convention of the American Association of Law Libraries.
Attendance is free, but, if you have not already done so, you need…
A Former Legal Tech Founder Is At the Center of the Musk Affair Allegations
It is not the typical stuff I cover on this blog, but it is difficult to overlook the fact that the woman at the center of the latest Elon Musk scandal is the former founder of a legal technology startup and a fellow at CodeX, The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics.
On Sunday, The…
California’s Chief Justice Faults Legislature and Lawyer Lobbying for Blocking Movement on Regulatory Reforms
The chief justice of the California Supreme Court, Tani Gorre Cantil-Sakauye, said that the state legislature is to blame for stalling efforts to bring about regulatory reforms to address the state’s gap in access to justice.
Cantil-Sakauye was the keynote speaker last week at the annual meeting of the American Association of Law Libraries.…
Scientists Conclude that Wikipedia Influences Judges’ Legal Reasoning
Cite Wikipedia in an argument to a judge, and you are likely to get a disapproving glare in response. “Give me solid precedent,” the judge is likely to say, “cases and statutes and respected authorities.”
But a team of scientists from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) and Maynooth University,…
On LawNext Podcast: Elizabeth Adelman, New President of the American Association of Law Libraries
Last week, on the last day of the annual meeting of the American Association of Law Libraries, the nationwide organization of law librarians and legal information professionals, Elizabeth Adelman took office as the association’s new president. A key focus of her term will be on increasing the pipeline of those coming into the profession and…
Strategic Recapitalization of ‘Several Hundred Million’ Values Exterro at Over $1 Billion
Exterro, a provider of software for e-discovery, governance, risk and compliance, said today that it has completed a strategic recapitalization and secured additional committed equity capital as part of a continuation vehicle transaction that has provided it with “several hundred million” in new funding at a valuation of more than $1 billion, putting it…
LawNext Podcast: CALI Executive Director John Mayer on Using Tech to Advance Legal Education and Access to Justice
For 28 years, John Mayer has been executive director of the Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction, or CALI, a non-profit consortium of some 200 law schools that describes itself as “the innovative force pushing legal education toward change for the better.” Along the way, CALI’s mission expanded to include addressing access…
New SixFifty Product Automates Compliance with All State Data Privacy Laws
SixFifty, the technology subsidiary of the law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, is today launching a tool to help companies comply with the patchwork of data privacy laws in the United States by automating the creation of customized compliance documents.
Five U.S. states — California, Colorado, Virginia, Utah, and Connecticut — have passed…
Priori Legal, Marketplace for In-House Legal Teams, Raises $15M to Fuel Growth and Meet Demand
Priori Legal, a marketplace for in-house legal teams to find and hire outside counsel, has closed a $15 million A-1 financing round, it said today.
It will use the funds to scale operations to meet what it described as unprecedented demand for in-house counsel, as well as…