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Coheso, an AI-powered intake and work management platform that describes itself as a “legal front door” for corporate legal and compliance teams, today announced a significant enhancement to its platform with the addition of a universal contract lifecycle management (CLM) connector, which it says enables seamless integration and granular data mapping with organizations’ CLM…
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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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Nominations Open for 2025 American Legal Technology Awards
Nominations are now open for the American Legal Technology Awards, which honor innovation and excellence in the legal industry.
Nominations will be accepted through July 31. The awards will be presented at a gala dinner in Boston on Oct. 15, 2025, at Suffolk University Law School.
Self-nominations are encouraged, the organizers say, and there…
Seriously? Lawyer Representing the My Pillow Guy – Already Known For Having Been Caught Pantsless on Zoom – Now Faces Sanctions for Hallucinated Cases
This story has all the ingredients of a parody on The Onion. Regrettably, however, it is all true.
In federal court in Colorado, Eric Coomer, a former employee of Dominion Voting Systems, is suing Mike Lindell, the CEO of MyPillow, for defamation, over Lindell’s claims that Coomer somehow rigged the 2020 presidential election.
In…
Record Law Grad Employment Rates Suggest AI Isn’t Killing Off Lawyers Just Yet
At a time when legal doomsayers have been predicting the imminent replacement of junior associates by AI legal assistants, the law school graduating class of 2024 has delivered a contrary verdict: Human lawyers aren’t going anywhere just yet.
According to the latest American Bar Association employment report, the legal job market is showing not just…
D.C. Adopts Duty of Technology Competence for Lawyers, But Takes A Different Approach
In my continuing quest to track the states that have adopted the ethical duty of technology competence for lawyers, there is now another jurisdiction to add to the list: the District of Columbia.
On April 7, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals approved a variety of amendments to the Rules of Professional Conduct…
Aiming for Accuracy, Group Launches Legal AI Adoption Index; Invites Law Firms and Legal Teams to Self-Report
A newly launched independent initiative aims to develop an accurate, holistic and transparent index of AI adoption among law firms, in-house legal departments, and individual legal professionals.
Called the AI Adoption Index, the organization says its aim is to bring greater transparency to the current state of AI adoption in the legal industry “and…
Midsized Law Firms Increasingly See AI and Interconnected Technology as Critical for Future Success, New Survey Finds
An overwhelming 87% of professionals in midsized law firms view investing in cutting-edge technology as critical for their firm’s future, with expectations for AI’s value growing significantly, according to the 2025 US Midsize Law Firm Priorities Report, released today by law practice management company Actionstep.
The report, which surveyed 264 U.S. law firm…
Eve Says Its New AI Reasoning Mode Can Perform Senior-Level Work for Plaintiffs’ Lawyers
Eve, an AI platform for plaintiffs’ law firms, is today introducing an AI Reasoning Mode that it says can perform complex legal analysis through sophisticated step-by-step reasoning capabilities, on a par with a senior-level lawyer.
The company describes its Reasoning Mode as “a powerful new capability that transforms how legal professionals work with Eve’s…
Which Legal AI Vendors Have the Highest Customer Satisfaction? New Survey Reveals the Top 15
How satisfied are customers of legal AI companies? That question was put to attendees at the Strategic Knowledge & Innovation Legal Leaders Summit, or SKILLS, and the results are now in.
The SKILLS Summit, held March 27, 2025, in New York, brought together knowledge and innovation leaders from the largest law firms. In conjunction…
Litera Sweetens Peppermint Acquisition through Strategic Support Partnership with Harbor
Following its February acquisition of UK-based Peppermint Technology, Litera today announced an expanded partnership with Harbor, a provider of expert services to the legal industry, to provide law firms with implementation and support services for Peppermint’s CX365 platform, which combines CRM, ERM, matter management, and case management within a single solution integrated with…
Brightflag Announces New Spend- and Matter-Management Capabilities for Corporate Legal Teams
Brightflag, a company that provides spend and matter management software for corporate legal departments, today announced the addition of a number of new features, all aimed at enhancing how inhouse teams manage their work and spending.
The new capabilities — some available today, others coming in June — build upon Brightflag’s established AI technology…
Three Months After Its Acquisition of Playbook Builder Screens, Agiloft Completes Its Initial Integration
Three months after announcing its acquisition of Screens, Agiloft has completed the integration of the AI-powered contract review and no-code playbook technology into its contract lifecycle management platform, the company says.
In an interview last week, Screens founder Otto Hanson, who joined Agiloft as part of the December acquisition as vice president…