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Last Friday, Aug. 15, as I began to make my way home from ILTACON 2025, and finally had enough of a break from the conference’s non-stop, four-day flurry of activity to check up on my social media, I took notice of the posts commemorating the 56th anniversary of Woodstock, which, as it happens, began on…
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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Watch: 15 Minute Demo of Midpage ChatGPT Plugin for Legal
On this episode of How it Works, I sit down with Midpage founder Otto Zastrow to demo Midpage GPT, a plugin within ChatGPT that allows lawyers to accurately and securely research case law.
The Midpage ChatGPT Integration allows lawyers to conduct legal research on real case law directly in ChatGPT. By connecting the ChatGPT to the…
LexisNexis Launches Protégé General AI, Expanding the Agentic Capabilities of its AI Assistant to General AI Models Such As GPT-5
LexisNexis Legal & Professional today introduced Protégé General AI, expanding its artificial intelligence platform to include secure access to multiple general-purpose AI models alongside its existing legal-specific AI tools.
This eliminates the need to switch contexts between legal-specific and general-purpose AI tools and provides a higher degree of security when using the general tools.
Launched…
Today on Legaltech Week: News So Big It Got Jean O’Grady To Come Out Of Retirement
When Jean O’Grady retired from writing her Dewey B Strategic blog late last year, she also stepped away as a regular panelist on our Friday live podcast Legaltech Week. But this week brought news so big that it drew Jean out of retirement and back on our panel — at least for today.
What…
Aderant Signs Deal to Acquire Legal Tech Assets of HerculesAI, Including Its AI Platform for Billing Compliance
In an in-depth piece I wrote about HerculesAI last February, I noted that the past year had been a big one for the company. Well, it just got even bigger, as Aderant, a leading global provider of business management software for law firms, announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire…
Harbor Global CEO Matt Sunderman On Driving Digital Transformation in Legal
This year’s ILTACON, which starts later this week, marks the second anniversary of Harbor, a global expert services company formed through the merger of three long-established legal consulting firms: HBR Consulting, LAC Group, and Wilson Allen, and that formally launched at ILTACON in 2023.
The company,…
Descrybe Joins Group of Leading Legal Research Tools in University Curriculum
With the legal research startup Casetext now kaput, having been killed off after its acquisition by Thomson Reuters, a newer legal research startup, Descrybe, has secured its spot in the widely used curriculum of the National Society for Legal Technology, joining established players including Lexis+, Westlaw and Bloomberg Law as one of…
Litera Expands Foundation Platform with Outlook Integration and AI Features
As it continues its “Road to ILTACON” series of product announcements leading up to ILTACON starting later this week, legal technology company Litera has announced updates to its Foundation Platform firm intelligence suite, including adding Microsoft Outlook integration and expanded AI capabilities through its Lito assistant.
The Chicago-based company’s Foundation Platform combines client relationship management…
Reveal Launches ‘aji’ Gen AI Review Platform with Free Access Through 2025
The e-discovery company Reveal Data today announced that it will launch its new generative AI-powered document review platform, which it is calling “aji,” in late September. The company said it is offering full access to the platform at no cost through Dec. 31, in order to enable “the entire legal community to explore and master…
Thomson Reuters Launches CoCounsel Legal with Agentic AI and Deep Research Capabilities, Along with A New and ‘Final’ Version of Westlaw
Two months ago, at a media briefing in its New York City offices, Thomson Reuters teased the launch of the “next gen” of its CoCounsel artificial intelligence platform, marking what the company said would be a fundamental shift from AI assistants that respond to prompts to intelligent agentic systems that can plan, reason and…
Breaking: Elite, A Financial Management Platform for Larger Firms, Has Been Acquired By Francisco Partners
Hot off the presses is news that Francisco Partners, a major global investment firm that specializes in partnering with technology businesses, announced plans to acquire Elite, a legal technology company that specializes in financial management and business operations.
It will acquire it from its current owners, TPG Capital, the U.S. and European private equity platform of…
NetDocuments Expands AI Capabilities with Document Profiling and Agentic Editing Tools
NetDocuments today announced significant enhancements of its document management system, introducing AI-powered document profiling capabilities and the company’s first agentic AI tool for editing documents directly within Microsoft Word.
The new features come as part of the company’s ongoing push to embed artificial intelligence more deeply into legal workflows while enabling legal professionals to…