https://www.lawnext.com/category/archives Tracking new and intriguing websites and products for the legal profession. Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:03:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://www.lawnext.com/2026/04/imanage-appoints-ryan-begin-and-david-zember-to-expand-global-partner-strategy-and-technology-ecosystem.html Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:55:06 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=52952 iManage, the company dedicated to Making Knowledge Work™, today announced the appointments of Ryan Begin as Vice President, Technology Partnerships and Ecosystem Strategy and David Zember as Vice President, Global Channels and Alliances. Together, the two leaders will help advance iManage’s global partner strategy by expanding the company’s technology ecosystem, strengthening alliance and channel execution, […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2026/04/clio-work-clios-ai-workspace-is-now-available-to-solo-and-smaller-law-firms-as-a-standalone-product.html Tue, 21 Apr 2026 16:46:10 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=52940 Clio has made Clio Work — the AI workspace for legal research, analysis and strategy it launched last October — available as a standalone product for  solo, small and mid-sized law firms, removing the requirement that customers also subscribe to its flagship practice management platform, Clio Manage. The Vancouver-based company, which describes itself as the […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2026/04/imanage-to-unveil-major-platform-advancement-at-connectlive-2026.html Fri, 17 Apr 2026 13:00:24 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=52924 Annual customer conference to feature reimagined user experience, governance and workflow enhancements and a preview of the next era of AI-powered knowledge work   iManage announces that ConnectLive 2026 will serve as the stage for a significant platform evolution – one that reimagines how legal and knowledge teams work, collaborate, and harness the institutional knowledge […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2026/04/simpledocs-appoints-alex-denne-as-chief-growth-officer.html Thu, 16 Apr 2026 14:00:46 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=52918 MIAMI, FL, UNITED STATES, April 16, 2026 — SimpleDocs today announced the appointment of Alex Denne as Chief Growth Officer. Denne will lead the company’s global growth strategy, overseeing customer acquisition, revenue expansion, partnerships, and go-to-market execution. Denne was most recently Head of Growth at Genie AI, where he grew the platform from stealth to […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2026/04/imanage-appoints-jon-janes-as-global-corporate-market-leader.html Tue, 14 Apr 2026 01:01:32 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=52895 iManage announces the appointment of Jon Janes as Global Corporate Market Leader. In this role, Janes will lead the global growth strategy for iManage’s Corporate segment, driving revenue expansion, strengthening customer partnerships, and scaling a high-performing sales organization across regions.   As Global Corporate Market Leader, Janes will be responsible for developing and executing a […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2026/04/priyanka-singh-promoted-to-evp-operations-cfo-at-litera-taking-on-expanded-strategic-role-as-litera-sees-ongoing-strong-growth.html Thu, 09 Apr 2026 23:25:56 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=52871 Promotion recognizes first-year impact and Litera’s commitment to operational excellence and scalable growth   CHICAGO – Apr. 9, 2026 – Litera, a leading legal AI platform provider that unifies the practice and business of law, announced the promotion of Priyanka Singh to Executive Vice President, Operations & Chief Financial Officer. Since joining Litera one year […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2026/03/steno-secures-49m-series-c-to-fuel-rapid-expansion-and-the-next-evolution-of-transcript-genius.html Mon, 30 Mar 2026 17:53:05 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=52779 Savano Capital Partners’ investment to accelerate Steno’s significant geographic growth and enhance their AI-driven product roll-out as it scales into one of the largest legal tech platforms in the USA.   LOS ANGELES, March 26, 2026 – Steno, the leader in tech-enabled court reporting and litigation support services, today announced it has raised $49 million […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2026/03/legal-industry-reaches-ai-tipping-point-majority-of-lawyers-now-using-gen-ai-despite-persistent-reliability-concerns.html Wed, 25 Mar 2026 13:00:50 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=52756 The legal profession crossed a significant threshold in 2025: For the first time, more lawyers are using generative AI than not, even as firm leaders express widespread concern about the technology’s reliability, according to the 2025 State of the Legal Industry report released today by SurePoint Technologies. The tension between adoption and apprehension defines the […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2026/03/lawdroid-announces-ai-conference-2026-the-year-to-build.html Fri, 20 Mar 2026 15:40:31 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=52717 Free Two-Day Virtual Event Brings Together Legal AI Innovators, Access to Justice Advocates, and Practitioners from Around the World   Vancouver, BC — March 17, 2026 — LawDroid, Ltd., a leading legal AI company, today announced the LawDroid AI Conference 2026, a free, two-day virtual event taking place April 28–29, 2026. Themed “The Year to […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2026/03/hand-arendall-harrison-sale-transforms-document-workflows-and-sees-immediate-roi-with-literas-ai-powered-drafting-and-compare.html Mon, 16 Mar 2026 15:42:01 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=52661 Customer results highlight growing demand for unified drafting, comparison, and collaboration within Microsoft 365 and web   NEW YORK – Legalweek 2026 – Mar. 10, 2026 – Litera, a global leader in legal AI technology solutions, shared new customer results at Legalweek demonstrating how law firms are transforming document workflows and realizing immediate value with […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2026/03/litera-partners-with-midpage-to-embed-legal-research-in-legal-agent-lito-as-benchmark-study-highlights-power-of-combined-llm-with-rules-based-engines.html Mon, 16 Mar 2026 15:38:07 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=52659 New integration with Midpage embeds trusted legal research sources within AI legal agent Lito; internal benchmark findings shared at Legalweek reveal why purpose-built legal AI remains essential for high-stakes document work NEW YORK – Legalweek 2026 – Mar. 9, 2026 – Litera, a global leader in legal AI technology solutions, announced an integration with Midpage, an AI-powered legal research platform trusted by 200+ law firms, to bring […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2026/03/watch-read-unicourt-launches-new-legal-analytics-for-dart-featuring-judgment-and-attorney-comparison-analytics.html Wed, 04 Mar 2026 14:00:09 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=52560 UniCourt announces new groundbreaking legal analytics for its award-winning product DART, showcasing judgment analytics and comparison of attorney metrics in key state trial courts   March 4, 2026 – UniCourt, the preeminent litigation data and analytics platform, is proud to announce the launch of its new legal analytics featuring judgment analytics and comparison of attorneys […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2026/02/unicourt-launches-new-judgment-research-capabilities-for-award-winning-product-dart.html Tue, 24 Feb 2026 14:04:43 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=52512 UniCourt announces its new judgment research capabilities in DART, a major advancement in legal research capabilities for assessing case values and risk based on case outcomes February 24, 2026 – UniCourt, the preeminent litigation data and analytics platform, is proud to announce the launch of its new judgment research capabilities. Now, legal professionals can use […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2026/02/selecting-an-ai-partner-for-modern-transactional-work-pierson-ferdinands-story.html Mon, 09 Feb 2026 18:41:06 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=52403 “The SimpleAI Word Add-In has quickly become an everyday tool used by partners across our firm.”  — Christina Wojcik, Chief Innovation Officer, Pierson Ferdinand LLP  Pierson Ferdinand (“PierFerd”) is a Partner-led, tech-driven, and fully distributed law firm providing high-quality legal services across 25+ markets. With more than 270 global partners, the firm brings deep experience […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2026/01/ask-imanage-delivers-an-ai-powered-search-experience-with-trusted-answers-across-firm-knowledge.html Fri, 30 Jan 2026 19:33:46 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=52335 Ask iManage now answers natural-language questions with cited responses across the document repository iManage announces new capabilities for Ask iManage, its native AI assistant, that enables users to ask natural-language questions across the iManage Work platform and receive contextual, cited answers drawn from prior firm work, directly within the document management system. The update introduces […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2026/01/imanage-expands-ai-capabilities-with-appointment-of-mike-eichsteadt-as-vice-president-of-ai-engineering.html Thu, 22 Jan 2026 18:13:39 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=52249 iManage announces the appointment of Mike Eichsteadt as Vice President of AI Engineering, underscoring the company’s continued investment in expanding scalable, practical, and trusted AI capabilities across its platform.   In this role, Eichsteadt will continue to advance iManage’s AI capabilities by scaling applied AI and data science efforts and ensuring innovation translates into real-world […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2026/01/lawdroid-names-chief-legal-futurist-to-drive-the-next-era-in-access-to-justice.html Wed, 21 Jan 2026 17:04:17 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=52233 VANCOUVER, British Columbia, January 21, 2026 — LawDroid, the justice tech company powering AI solutions for legal aid, courts, and government, today announced that Sateesh Nori has joined the company as its first Chief Legal Futurist—the first-of-its-kind role in the legal aid and access to justice space. In this newly created position, he’ll lead the […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2026/01/dean-sonderegger-returns-to-law-to-lead-wolters-kluwers-elm-solutions-business.html Mon, 12 Jan 2026 15:00:27 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=52127 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 within […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2026/01/lawdroid-taps-legal-aid-business-innovator-to-advance-ai-powered-legal-services.html Tue, 06 Jan 2026 14:00:07 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=52060 VANCOUVER, British Columbia, January 6, 2025 — LawDroid, the legal tech company powering AI solutions for legal aid, courts, and government, welcomes David Gray as Director of Business & Strategy to lead its next phase of growth and expand the reach of its AI-powered legal services, making justice more accessible for everyone. Gray brings over […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2025/12/imanage-momentum-builds-as-organizations-strengthen-the-foundations-for-trusted-ai.html Thu, 18 Dec 2025 17:37:37 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=51998 As businesses move from AI experimentation to real business impact, governed knowledge foundations are becoming the backbone of confidence, control, and productivity at scale   CHICAGO – December 16, 2025 – iManage, the company dedicated to Making Knowledge Work™, today announced continued global momentum as organizations increasingly recognize that artificial intelligence (AI) delivers value only […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2025/11/simpledocs-launches-ai-playbook-library.html Wed, 19 Nov 2025 16:27:39 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=51727 More than 50 expert-developed, data-informed negotiation playbooks are now available inside SimpleAI, the award-winning contract review and redlining software. Miami, FL — November 19, 2025 — SimpleDocs today introduced a new AI Playbook Library inside SimpleAI, giving legal teams immediate access to 50+ expert-developed and data-informed negotiation standards directly within Microsoft Word. The playbooks are […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2025/11/unicourt-dart-receives-overall-legaltech-data-solution-of-the-year-from-2025-legaltech-breakthrough-awards.html Thu, 13 Nov 2025 15:00:31 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=51659 Prestigious Annual Awards Program Recognizes UniCourt DART as a Product Driving Innovation in the Global Legal Industry   November 13, 2025 – UniCourt is proud to announce that UniCourt DART has been awarded “Overall LegalTech Data Solution of the Year” in the 6th annual LegalTech Breakthrough Awards program conducted by LegalTech Breakthrough, a leading independent […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2025/10/litera-democratizes-ai-for-legal-professionals-in-its-core-products-giving-millions-of-lawyers-no-cost-access-to-advanced-agentic-ai-lito.html Tue, 28 Oct 2025 16:15:18 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=51526 Lito easily connects with AI drafting tools, contract review platform Kira, and NetDocuments, the #1 trusted cloud-based content management and productivity platform that helps legal professionals do their best work CHICAGO and LONDON Oct. 27, 2025 – Litera, a global leader in legal AI technology solutions, announced a major move to democratize artificial intelligence for the legal industry. Starting today, […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2025/09/watch-simpledocs-acquires-law-insider-to-lead-the-ai-contract-revolution.html Tue, 30 Sep 2025 12:00:26 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=51286 Bringing together real-world contract precedent and next-generation legal AI to set a new standard for contract automation worldwide. Together, SimpleDocs and Law Insider will serve one of the largest global communities of contract professionals, with millions of monthly users and over 12,000 combined customers. The companies’ recent partnership proved the strength of the combined business, […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2025/09/lawdroid-launches-lawanswers-ai-nationwide-revolutionary-platform-tackles-americas-access-to-justice-crisis.html Wed, 10 Sep 2025 13:00:06 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=51091 Cutting-edge legal information platform aims to bridge the gap for millions of Americans unable to access legal help   VANCOUVER, CANADA – September 4, 2025 – LawDroid, a pioneering legal technology company, today announced the nationwide launch of LawAnswers AI, an intelligent legal information platform designed to address America’s profound access to justice crisis. The […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2025/09/tempello-launches-8am-mycase-integration-at-kaleidoscope-conference.html Thu, 04 Sep 2025 16:31:28 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=50940 Tempello Launches 8am™ MyCase Integration at Kaleidoscope Conference, Expanding Seamless Email Time Tracking for Law Firms Austin, TX – September 4, 2025, 8:00 AM (Kaleidoscope Conference) – Tempello, the award-winning AI-powered platform that automates time tracking from email communications, is proud to officially launch its integration with 8am™ MyCase, one of the legal industry’s leading […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2025/08/lawtoolbox-and-profitsolv-announce-dynamic-integration-partnership.html Thu, 14 Aug 2025 17:37:55 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=50797 Denver, CO, Aug 14, 2025 – LawToolBox, the best-in-class provider of court rules that transform Microsoft 365 into a matter management platform for legal professionals, announces a strategic integration partnership with ProfitSolv, a leading provider of practice management software and payments for legal, accounting and professional services firms, which will be leveraged across multiple solutions […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2025/08/haystackid-launches-reviewright-mobile-app-to-advance-remote-legal-and-cybersecurity-review.html Tue, 12 Aug 2025 15:23:03 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=50761 New mobile application delivers real-time visibility into reviewer availability and project opportunity access for legal professionals and the organizations they support CHICAGO – August 11, 2025 – HaystackID, a trusted partner focused on managing complex data and workflow challenges in legal, compliance, regulatory, and cybersecurity environments, today announced the launch of the ReviewRight Mobile App. […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2025/08/unicourt-launches-new-docket-analytics-research-tracking-product-unicourt-dart.html Wed, 06 Aug 2025 16:26:55 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=50724 UniCourt announces their new Docket Analytics, Research, and Tracking product: UniCourt DART, a powerful way for legal professionals to enhance litigation workflows around the practice and business of law August 6, 2025 – UniCourt is proud to announce the launch of their new product, UniCourt DART (Docket Analytics, Research, and Tracking). DART is a revolutionary all-in-one […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2025/06/litera-appoints-anthee-merichovitis-in-combined-role-as-chief-business-transformation-operations-officer-to-enhance-customer-satisfaction-drive-value-creation-and-expand-ai-adoption.html Fri, 27 Jun 2025 17:45:15 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=50256 CHICAGO, June 25 – Litera, a global leader in legal technology solutions, is pleased to announce the appointment of Anthee Merichovitis as Chief Business Transformation & Operations Officer. Anthee brings nearly two decades of experience scaling private equity-backed SaaS companies through periods of high growth, change, and complexity. In this role, Anthee will lead Litera’s global strategic transformation […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2025/05/aderant-renews-its-partnership-with-lawpay-to-provide-cloud-based-e-payments-through-expert-and-sierra.html Fri, 09 May 2025 12:59:59 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=49840 Aderant, a global provider of legal business management software, said today that it has signed a multi-year renewal of its partnership with LawPay to provide its users with integrated access to LawPay’s electronic payments solution. The Aderant and LawPay integration fully automates and extends payment enablement options for customers of Aderant Expert and Aderant Sierra […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2025/05/imanage-insight-sets-new-standard-for-helping-corporate-legal-teams-leverage-internal-knowledge.html Wed, 07 May 2025 18:06:43 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=49807 Insight+ offers corporate legal operations a new approach to delivering consistent, high-quality service, making informed decisions, and driving strategic impact   iManage, the company dedicated to Making Knowledge Work™, today announced thatiManage Insight+ – a knowledge search and management solution native to the iManage Cloud ecosystem – is driving powerful results for an increasing number […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2025/05/revolutionize-legal-operations-with-klapper-industrys-first-private-ai-agent-builder-platform.html Wed, 07 May 2025 11:00:55 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=49809 NEWARK, N.J., May 07, 2024 – KLoBot Inc., a leading innovator in knowledge management solutions, proudly introduces KLapper, the first Private AI Virtual Agent Builder platform designed for the legal industry. KLapper delivers secure, scalable AI integration at your fingertips and deploys within the customer’s Azure tenant. Tailored to address the complex needs of law […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2025/04/qorusdocs-and-litera-partner-to-help-law-firms-win-more-business.html Thu, 17 Apr 2025 19:28:57 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=49599 New Partnership Integrates Firm Intelligence and Automated Pitch and Proposal Creation BELLEVUE, Wash., Apr. 16, 2025  – QorusDocs, an AI-powered proposal management software company that streamlines creation of pitches, proposals and request for proposal (RFP) responses, today announced a global partnership with Litera, a leader in legal technology solutions for legal work, firm performance, and firm governance. QorusDocs’ […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2025/04/litera-appoints-priyanka-singh-as-chief-financial-officer-to-lead-financial-strategy-and-growth.html Wed, 02 Apr 2025 14:34:59 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=49448 — Singh Brings More Than Two Decades of Expertise in Global Financial Planning and Management — CHICAGO, April 2 – Litera, a global leader in legal technology solutions, is pleased to announce the appointment of Priyanka Singh as Chief Financial Officer. Priyanka brings extensive expertise to Litera, including financial leadership, transformation, M&A, and SaaS company […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2024/11/how-it-works-a-demonstration-of-mycase-accounting-software.html Wed, 20 Nov 2024 15:42:19 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=48225 This week on How it Works, we have a walkthrough of MyCase Accounting software, presented to me by Sales Engineering Manager Lindsay Bushong. MyCase Legal Accounting, in their words, “is easy-to-use accounting software built seamlessly into the MyCase practice management platform to meet the unique business needs of law firms. An end-to-end solution, MyCase’s legal […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2024/10/latest-future-ready-lawyer-survey-from-wolters-kluwer-finds-broad-adoption-of-gen-ai-by-legal-professionals.html Thu, 24 Oct 2024 12:00:56 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=48005 Seventy-six percent of legal professionals in corporate legal departments and 68% in law firms are using generative AI at least once a week, with a third of those professionals using it daily. That is among the findings of the 2024 Future Ready Lawyer Survey from Wolters Kluwer, the sixth edition of a report that offers […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2024/09/in-notable-e-discovery-news-alsp-elevate-acquires-consulting-company-redgrave-data.html Tue, 24 Sep 2024 15:22:49 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=47775 In notable news for the e-discovery industry, the legal software and services provider Elevate has acquired Redgrave Data, a consulting firm that provides services and software for e-discovery and data analytics. Redgrave’s founders Mollie Nichols, Scott Culbertson, Dave Lewis, Mark Noel, and Lindsey Worth will all join Elevate’s management team. Redgrave Data was formed in […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2024/08/aderant-introduces-viallocate-a-product-designed-to-solve-work-allocation-issues-for-law-firms.html Mon, 12 Aug 2024 12:48:06 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=47453 Aderant, a provider of business management software to larger law firms, today introduced a product designed to help law firms better allocate work among their associates.  Called viAllocate, the product helps law firms maximize billable utilization, balance associate workloads, and improve operational efficiency and profitability, Aderant says. It is designed to address the challenges many […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2024/07/mark-obrien-to-leave-pro-bono-net-the-legal-help-organization-he-cofounded-25-years-ago.html Wed, 31 Jul 2024 14:52:37 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=47291 Mark O’Brien, who cofounded the innovative access-to-justice organization Pro Bono Net together with Michael Hertz 25 years ago, and who has been its executive director since 2005, is stepping down from the organization Sept. 1.  In an email this morning to Pro Bono Net supporters, O’Brien said he is leaving “to embark on a long-planned […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2024/05/vlex-imanage-partnership-enables-single-ai-powered-search-of-internal-firm-documents-and-external-legal-resources-as-well-as-automatic-filing-of-federal-litigation-documents.html Wed, 29 May 2024 12:45:44 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=46726 Document management company iManage and legal research company vLex now have something else in common besides brand names that start with lower-case letters. The two companies today announced a partnership that will combine the artificial intelligence and docket-monitoring tools of vLex with the knowledge assets and client and matter folders that a law firm or […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2024/05/on-lawnext-how-the-free-law-project-works-to-expand-access-to-legal-information-with-cofounder-michael-lissner.html Wed, 22 May 2024 16:43:34 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=46659 Since 2010, the nonprofit Free Law Project has been working to make the legal ecosystem more equitable and competitive using technology, data and advocacy. It may be best known for CourtListener, its flagship project that houses an immense collection of court orders and opinions, and for its RECAP suite, which is the largest free collection […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2024/05/solo-and-small-firms-plan-to-adopt-ai-more-quickly-than-larger-firms-but-not-fast-enough-for-clients-clio-survey-finds.html Tue, 21 May 2024 16:00:35 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=46663 Solo and small firm lawyers intend to adopt artificial intelligence at a much faster pace than their larger-firm counterparts, but their clients are even more enthusiastic about the technology, believing it can result in more affordable and higher quality services from their lawyers. So says the 2024 Legal Trends for Solo and Small Firms report, […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2024/05/nominations-open-for-2024-american-legal-technology-awards-to-be-presented-at-gala-dinner-in-october.html Thu, 16 May 2024 14:34:02 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=46651 In what has become an annual tradition, nominations have now opened for the American Legal Technology Awards, which honor exceptional achievement in various aspects of legal technology. You will be shocked to learn that a new award category has been added this year — the Artificial Intelligence Award, highlighting innovation in applying AI to the […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2024/05/on-lawnext-epiqs-global-legal-solutions-leader-roger-pilc-on-how-ai-is-transforming-legal-services.html Tue, 14 May 2024 16:30:26 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=46643 In recent months, Epiq, a global company providing technology-enabled legal services, has announced new artificial intelligence and analytics features built using the AI capabilities of Amazon Web Services. These new features include a framework for building, training and deploying bespoke machine learning models as secure APIs for customers; integration of Amazon Bedrock for custom copilot […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2024/05/steno-launches-transcript-genius-aiming-to-revolutionize-how-attorneys-interact-with-transcripts-also-announces-46m-in-new-financing.html Tue, 14 May 2024 13:00:10 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=46629 A first-of-its-kind product launching today aims to “revolutionize how attorneys interact with transcripts” by using artificial intelligence to allow them to semantically search across libraries of transcripts and then dynamically interact with and interrogate individual transcripts to find relevant information. Called Transcript Genius, it was developed by Steno, a tech-enabled provider of legal support and […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2024/05/today-on-legaltech-week-its-the-post-ilta-evolve-post-cloc-and-post-jazz-fest-edition.html Fri, 10 May 2024 14:42:55 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=46619 After being away last Friday, we are back live today at 3 p.m. ET with our weekly Legaltech Week roundtable panel — where we offer our expert and sometimes irreverent takes on the week’s legal tech news. If you haven’t already, you can sign up free here to attend. Register once and you are signed up […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2024/05/aderant-ceo-chris-cartrett-on-the-companys-cloud-first-strategy-and-new-cloud-platform.html Wed, 08 May 2024 14:17:20 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=46595 As this episode is released, Aderant, a technology company that provides business and practice management software for mid- to large-sized law firms worldwide, is in the midst of its Global Momentum user conference, taking place in Nashville. At the conference, the company made a major news announcement – the launch of Stridyn, a new cloud […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2024/05/advancing-its-cloud-first-strategy-aderant-launches-stridyn-a-single-cloud-platform-to-unify-all-its-products-hear-exclusive-interview-with-its-ceo.html Tue, 07 May 2024 15:00:02 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=46589 When Chris Cartrett took over two years ago as CEO of Aderant, a provider of business management software to larger law firms, he promised to “take aggressive steps to further the company’s cloud-first strategy throughout its broad suite of solutions.” At Aderant’s Global Momentum user conference today in Nashville, he announced a major step in […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2024/04/exclusive-courtroom-insights-new-matter-connector-delivers-normalized-court-docket-data-to-foundation-and-other-law-firm-systems.html Mon, 29 Apr 2024 14:19:26 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=46555 Courtroom Insight today launched Matter Connector, a product that delivers normalized docket data from multiple sources to the knowledge management platform Litera Foundation and to other law firm systems. Matter Connector enables law firms to centralize docket data from major providers, such as LexisNexis, Lex Machina and vLex Docket Alarm, through one unified connector. Using […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2024/04/launching-today-a-gen-ai-no-code-virtual-assistant-builder-for-law-firm-km-and-innovation-teams.html Thu, 18 Apr 2024 13:00:34 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=46445 Debuting today is a new product, KLapper, that is a DIY legal virtual assistant builder, powered by generative AI, and designed specifically for law firm knowledge management and innovation teams. Developed by KLoBot Inc., a company that develops knowledge management technology for the legal industry, KLapper was developed to enable users to easily design, train […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2024/04/two-launches-today-from-vlex-a-gen-ai-document-analyzer-for-litigation-and-transactions-and-a-co-development-lab-to-help-customers-adapt-ai.html Tue, 16 Apr 2024 15:02:39 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=46391 The global legal research company vLex today announced the launch of Vincent AI Document Analyze, a new tool in its suite of generative AI features that enables legal professionals to analyze litigation and transactional documents and surface legal and factual information that they can use in preparing a response. Also today, vLex said it has […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2024/04/new-product-from-litera-uses-gen-ai-to-create-database-of-corporate-deal-terms-from-a-firms-own-documents.html Wed, 10 Apr 2024 13:00:35 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=46339 Litera today released a new product that uses generative artificial intelligence to create a database of corporate deal terms from a law firm’s own documents, in order to give legal teams easy access to al relevant data points from prior transactions, whether for negotiating a deal or pitching a potential client. The product, Foundation Dragon, […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2024/04/on-lawnext-how-imanage-is-making-knowledge-work-for-legal-professionals-with-ceo-neil-araujo.html Wed, 03 Apr 2024 16:09:45 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=46268 With the tagline “Making Knowledge Work,” the document management company iManage is enormously successful within the legal industry, with more than 4,000 customers across six continents, including 80% of the Am Law 100 and more than 40% of Fortune 100 companies. Just last year, it recently reported, it added more than 300 new law firms […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2024/04/netdocuments-says-its-patternbuilder-max-ai-is-its-most-successful-product-launch-by-a-factor-of-10.html Wed, 03 Apr 2024 12:00:14 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=46288 In news that is perhaps an indicator of the legal industry’s interest in generative AI, the document management company NetDocuments said today that its launch of PatternBuilder MAX AI was its “most successful product launch by a factor of 10.” From the product’s initial launch in October to early last month, the product grew to […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2024/03/exclusive-imanage-reveals-details-on-its-growth-lays-out-plans-to-further-leverage-gen-ai-partnerships.html Wed, 13 Mar 2024 14:00:21 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=46063 Among the most enduring yet dramatic success stories in legal tech is that of iManage, the document and email management company. Founded in 1995, its collaborative approach to content management made it popular among among law firms virtually out of the gate, and it was acquired eight years later for $171 million by Interwoven. But […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2024/03/leadership-growth-and-profitability-in-a-post-pandemic-era-new-report-focuses-on-how-modern-law-firms-are-navigating-digital-transformation.html Tue, 05 Mar 2024 19:17:18 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=45949  By Ari Kaplan, Ari Kaplan Advisors [Sponsored Post] In collaboration with Affinity Consulting, iManage, and SurePoint Technologies, I was fortunate to interview 18 chief operating officers, 10 executive directors, one chief executive officer, and one chief administrative officer at law firms, with a median of 140 professionals and 73 lawyers, between February 21, 2023, and March 15, […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2024/03/stuck-in-a-long-term-contract-with-a-practice-management-vendor-clio-offers-to-buy-you-out.html Tue, 05 Mar 2024 17:52:16 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=45974 Two years ago, Clio, the law practice management company, made an offer that some law firms might have found difficult to refuse. It offered to buy them out of up to six months of their contracts with competing practice management platforms if they switched to Clio’s platform. Now Clio is reviving that offer, which it calls […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2024/03/despite-all-the-hype-over-clm-software-most-companies-dont-use-it-to-manage-their-contracts-survey-finds.html Tue, 05 Mar 2024 14:23:02 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=45965 One of the most talked-about legal technologies of the last few years is contract lifecycle management software. But a survey released today finds that the majority of companies do not use CLM software at all, and of those that do have a dedicated CLM system, most use it only on a limited basis. Instead of […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2024/02/first-of-its-kind-credit-card-software-combo-from-lawpay-and-mycase-lets-law-firms-track-expenses-directly-to-matters-and-invoicing.html Wed, 28 Feb 2024 13:00:37 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=45903 This article may include affiliate links, and LawSites may earn a commission on purchases made using such links, but our reporting is independent and never influenced by advertisers or partners. Learn about our Editorial Integrity Policy. A common pain point for law firms is failing to track and invoice all reimbursable client expenses, resulting in […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2024/02/updates-from-ceo-jack-newton-on-recent-clio-news-midsized-firms-gen-ai-legal-aid-and-clio-draft.html Mon, 19 Feb 2024 15:05:17 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=45827 During ABA Techshow last week in Chicago, I had the opportunity to sit down for a brief conversation with Jack Newton, founder and CEO of law practice technology company Clio, who provided additional details on some of the company’s recent news. We discussed Clio’s greater focus on midsized law firms, its impending launch of generative […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2024/02/clio-rebrands-lawyaw-the-document-assembly-software-it-acquired-in-2021-as-clio-draft.html Wed, 14 Feb 2024 17:27:28 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=45816 Law practice management company Clio said today that Lawyaw, the document automation software it acquired in 2021, will now be called Clio Draft. The new name reflects a deepened integration of products and services since the acquisition, Clio says. “Uniting under the Clio banner gives us a clear focus on delivering value to our customers,” […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2024/02/thomson-reuters-is-shutting-down-its-firm-central-law-practice-management-software.html Sat, 10 Feb 2024 16:18:20 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=45795 Thomson Reuters is shutting down its Firm Central law practice management software and will discontinue support for the product after Sept. 30, 2024. Thomson Reuters launched Firm Central in 2013 at a media event in its then-headquarters in Eagan, Minn., as its answer to a then-growing crop of cloud-based practice management software such as Clio, […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2024/02/wolters-kluwer-adds-beneficial-ownership-information-to-its-legisway-product-for-corporate-legal.html Mon, 05 Feb 2024 14:10:09 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=45737 Starting this year, many companies will be required to report information about their beneficial owners — the individuals who ultimately control the company. With that new requirement come new products to help companies and their legal counsel comply. I reported on one of these last month, and now there is another.  Wolters Kluwer is adding […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2024/01/practice-management-company-clio-says-it-will-heighten-its-focus-on-mid-sized-law-firms.html Wed, 31 Jan 2024 17:12:16 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=45705 The legal technology company Clio, which started 16 years ago as a law practice management platform tailored to solos and small firms, said this week that it will now heighten its focus and investment on technology for mid-sized law firms of more than 20 employees. “In an era where technological advancement defines business success, mid-sized […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2024/01/termscout-launches-screens-first-of-its-kind-marketplace-for-lawyers-to-build-and-sell-contract-review-ais.html Wed, 31 Jan 2024 13:46:25 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=45708 TermScout, an AI contract review company, has launched a first-of-its-kind AI marketplace where lawyers and other contracting experts can build and sell their own contract review AIs, developed based on their unique expertise. The marketplace, called Screens, provides lawyers with an opportunity turn their expertise from a service into a product, while at the same […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2024/01/mycase-unveils-its-first-gen-ai-tools-as-parent-affinipay-lays-out-plan-to-embed-ai-across-all-its-products.html Wed, 24 Jan 2024 13:00:54 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=45610 This article may include affiliate links, and LawSites may earn a commission on purchases made using such links, but our reporting is independent and never influenced by advertisers or partners. Learn about our Editorial Integrity Policy. AffiniPay, the parent company of a group of technology products for managing law practices and accepting online payments, including […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2024/01/on-lawnext-how-courts-lawyers-and-legal-tech-companies-should-handle-sealed-court-documents-a-panel-discussion.html Tue, 23 Jan 2024 18:52:04 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=45607 At a time when legal technology companies are making it easier to access and analyze court documents, what should – and should not – be done to protect confidential court documents that are sealed from public access? This question came to a head last July, when a federal court in North Carolina took the drastic […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2024/01/legal-tech-moves-c-suite-appointments-at-axiom-exterro-merlin-and-relativity.html Thu, 18 Jan 2024 16:43:52 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=45572 With four different legal tech companies announcing executive appointments over the last week, including two to top sales spots, the timing leads me to wonder whether this is because companies are staffing up for the Legalweek conference that is just around the corner. Whatever the reason, here is a roundup of the newest additions to […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2024/01/new-epiq-product-for-corporate-legal-uses-ai-to-scan-communications-in-real-time-and-flag-regulatory-risks.html Wed, 17 Jan 2024 15:06:11 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=45561 Epiq, the global, technology-enabled legal services company, is today launching an antitrust and white-collar compliance product that uses artificial intelligence to help corporate legal departments identify, measure and act on risk within their organizations in real time. The product, Regulatory Risk Insights, uses AI and substantive expertise to identify intelligence about communications that may create […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2024/01/in-its-first-acquisition-paladin-picks-up-pro-bono-nets-pro-bono-manager-a-platform-used-by-large-law-firms.html Wed, 10 Jan 2024 15:00:14 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=45525 In a marriage of pro bono platforms, Paladin, a company whose platform connects lawyers with opportunities to provide free legal help, has acquired Pro Bono Manager, a product developed by Pro Bono Net to enable large law firms to manage and measure their pro bono programs. This is the first acquisition for the nine-year-old Paladin, […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2023/12/top-15-lawnext-podcast-episodes-of-2023-and-of-all-time.html Fri, 29 Dec 2023 14:17:23 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=45446 Call me lucky. Every week, I get to sit down at the mic for my LawNext podcast and have a conversation with the leading “innovators and entrepreneurs who are driving what’s next in law.” For me, each and every one of these conversations is fun and fascinating. But I am equally fascinated to add up the numbers […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2023/12/my-40-most-read-blog-posts-this-year-tell-a-story-of-a-legal-industry-consumed-with-generative-ai.html Wed, 27 Dec 2023 13:51:25 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=45365 Look over this list of my blog posts that were most popular this year, and there is no doubt about the topic that most captivated the legal industry. Of my 40 most-read posts of 2023, 30 directly involved generative AI and others implicated it. Of course, there is a chicken-or-egg aspect to this. Were so […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2023/12/free-law-project-seeks-to-develop-open-access-system-to-disrupt-court-e-filing-seeks-court-partners.html Thu, 14 Dec 2023 17:19:24 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=45343 Federal, state and local court e-filing systems are a Tower of Babel-like mishmash of proprietary technologies and paywalls that inhibit public access to court documents. Now, the Free Law Project, a nonprofit devoted to making legal information publicly and freely available, has received a grant to design and prototype an open access and open source […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2023/12/how-it-works-autonda-a-free-platform-to-automate-ndas-under-the-open-source-onenda-standard.html Tue, 12 Dec 2023 18:43:15 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=45334 Today in the LawSites video series How It Works, we get a demonstration of AutoNDA, a free software platform developed by SimpleDocs to automate the creation and management of non-disclosure agreements under the open-source oneNDA standard. AutoNDA is designed for inhouse legal and business teams that need to streamline and centralize the NDA process. It enables […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2023/12/on-lawnext-affinipay-ceo-dru-armstrong-on-the-intersection-of-fintech-legal-tech-and-ai.html Tue, 12 Dec 2023 14:04:37 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=45338 Dru Armstrong was named CEO of AffiniPay, the parent company of LawPay, in July 2021. Less than a year later, AffiniPay shook up the legal tech landscape by acquiring MyCase, one of the leading law practice management platforms, in a deal that also included four other practice management products: CASEPeer for personal injury firms, Docketwise for immigration practices, Soluno for billing and accounting (which it recently sold), and Woodpecker for document automation. […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2023/12/with-launch-of-new-ai-features-lawtoolbox-is-first-legal-app-approved-for-use-with-copilot-for-microsoft-365.html Mon, 11 Dec 2023 16:01:08 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=45327 The deadline calendaring and matter management company LawToolBox has added new artificial intelligence features through its integrations with Microsoft Outlook and Teams that automate the calendaring of court dates and contractual deadlines. With the new features, LawToolBox can read emails and attachments in Outlook, such as court orders and contracts, and extract deadlines and meetings. […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2023/11/mycase-releases-public-api-for-easier-integration-with-third-party-software-adds-lawpay-reconciliation.html Thu, 30 Nov 2023 18:00:48 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=45239 The law practice management company MyCase this week introduced a public API for easier integration with third-party software, as well as two new payments features that more tightly integrate LawPay within the MyCase platform. By releasing a public API (application programming interface), MyCase is making it easier for customers to integrate the platform with other […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2023/11/docket-alarm-founder-michael-sander-leaves-after-vlex-acquisition-former-gavelytics-exec-joins-to-lead-product-line.html Thu, 30 Nov 2023 15:48:00 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=45183 Michael Sander, the founder of Docket Alarm, a product that mines federal and state court dockets to provide litigation alerts and case analytics, has left the company, seven months after its acquisition by legal research company vLex in April. Docket Alarm was part of legal research company Fastcase, which had acquired it in January 2018, […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2023/11/clio-double-header-chief-technology-officer-jonathan-watson-and-chief-product-officer-hemant-kashyap.html Tue, 14 Nov 2023 17:05:03 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=45081 On today’sLawNext, it’s a Clio double header, featuring two separate interviews with two of Clio’s top product-focused executives – one with Jonathan Watson, its chief technology officer, and the other with Hemant Kashyap, chief product officer  – both recorded live at the Clio Cloud Conference in Nashville in October.  Even though I interviewed Watson and […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2023/11/now-available-first-two-episodes-of-the-new-lawnext-pr-podcast-featuring-law-insider-and-practicepanther.html Fri, 10 Nov 2023 19:40:55 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=45078 The first two episodes of my new podcast, LawNext PR, have now been posted: Law Insider Announces Clause Finder. A Deeper Dive into PracticePanther’s 2024 Small & Midsized Law Firm Report. As I explained in a recent post, LawNext PR is a sponsored podcast series focusing exclusively on the latest news announcements coming out of […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2023/11/live-today-on-legaltech-week-colin-levy-joins-us-to-discuss-his-new-book-the-legal-tech-ecosystem.html Fri, 10 Nov 2023 14:50:25 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=45071 Live today at 3 p.m. ET on Legaltech Week, the show where a panel of journalists and bloggers discusses the week’s top stories in legal tech and innovation, we’ll be joined by “legal technology maven” Colin Levy to hear more about his new book, The Legal Tech Ecosystem. Other stories on tap: Launching Today: Traact […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2023/11/is-the-future-already-here-a-look-at-wolters-kluwers-2023-future-ready-lawyer-survey-report.html Thu, 09 Nov 2023 18:10:45 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=45059 “The future is already here – it’s just not very evenly distributed.” No doubt, you’ve seen that William Gibson quote countless times. But it seems particularly pertinent to the 2023 Future Ready Lawyer Survey Report published this week by Wolters Kluwer, the fifth edition of this annual report. After all, the very premise of the […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2023/11/disco-licenses-vlex-library-in-move-to-combine-legal-analysis-with-factual-analysis-within-its-platform.html Wed, 08 Nov 2023 21:35:36 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=45049 The e-discovery company DISCO said today it has entered into a long-term license with the international legal research company vLex to obtain access to its U.S. primary law library of cases, statutes, regulations, court rules and constitutions. The company said it will incorporate the legal research data into its core platform to create a marriage […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2023/11/economic-optimism-among-smaller-law-firms-drives-increased-spending-but-they-still-face-challenges-meeting-client-demands-new-survey-finds.html Thu, 02 Nov 2023 12:59:09 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=44978 Even amid a highly variable and possibly decelerating U.S. economy, smaller law firms are showing greater optimism about their futures, as evidenced by the face that they are either maintaining or increasing their 2023 budgets across most key categories, according to a survey report released today. More than 75% of firms are either maintaining their […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2023/10/how-it-works-imanage-tracker-imanages-fully-integrated-matter-centric-task-management-service.html Tue, 31 Oct 2023 17:17:46 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=44955 Today in the LawSites video series How It Works, we get a demonstration of iManage Tracker, a matter-centric task management service to capture and manage tasks, track progress, and get work done – all integrated within iManage Work. Joining me to demonstrate how it works is Becky Bloom, senior product manager and attorney at iManage. Becky […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2023/10/on-lawnext-unpacking-the-2023-clio-legal-trends-report-with-joshua-lenon-clios-lawyer-in-residence.html Tue, 31 Oct 2023 12:35:31 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=44960  On Oct. 9, during the Clio Cloud Conference in Nashville, the law practice management company Clio released the 2023 edition of its annual Legal Trends Report. Since it was first published in 2016, the report has established itself as a benchmark of the state of law practice and technology adoption among smaller law firms. Among […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2023/10/stenos-web-deposition-software-now-available-as-a-zoom-app-for-easy-exhibit-marking-and-sharing.html Thu, 26 Oct 2023 13:09:22 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=44924 Ever since its founding in 2018, Steno has been on a mission to disrupt depositions. It started as a court reporting agency that also offered non-recourse financing of deposition costs, and then in 2020 launched Steno Connect, its own web-based video conferencing technology specifically built for remote depositions and exhibit handling. In the early days […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2023/10/lawnext-podcast-a-conversation-about-wrongful-convictions-with-brian-banks-and-michael-semanchik.html Tue, 24 Oct 2023 17:55:04 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=44899 This week, LawNext veers slightly off-topic for a conversation about wrongful convictions. But, as you’ll hear from our guests, there is a legal tech angle, even to this. At the recent Clio Cloud Conference, I had the opportunity to sit down for a live conversation with one of the keynote speakers, Brian Banks, whose aspirations for […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2023/10/netdocuments-ai-driven-patternbuilder-max-is-now-generally-available-comes-with-nine-apps-for-common-legal-use-cases.html Tue, 24 Oct 2023 11:59:48 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=44889 In July, NetDocuments announced the limited launch of PatternBuilder MAX, a generative AI-driven version of its PatternBuilder document assembly product that it said would enable firms to create custom generative AI automations tailored to the needs of their specific practice areas. At the time, I wrote about how one immigration lawyer had used it to […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2023/10/lawnext-podcast-clio-ceo-jack-newton-on-why-its-more-important-than-ever-for-lawyers-to-leverage-tech.html Tue, 17 Oct 2023 18:08:53 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=44816  In his keynote address at the recently concluded 2023 Clio Cloud Conference, Jack Newton, the founder and CEO of Clio, said that we are at a time in the legal industry when leveraging technology is more important for lawyers than ever before. Technology, he said, enables lawyers to amplify their impact, and when they do that, […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2023/10/vlex-fastcase-unveils-beta-version-of-its-global-multi-language-generative-ai-legal-research-tool.html Tue, 17 Oct 2023 12:44:51 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=44799 When the legal research companies vLex and Fastcase announced their merger in April, they promised the deal would fuel new opportunities for the development of generative AI for legal research. By creating the world’s largest global legal research library, spanning more than 1 billion documents from more than 110 countries, they said, they would have […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2023/10/the-gaylord-opryland-isnt-so-bad-after-all-and-other-takeaways-from-the-clio-cloud-conference.html Thu, 12 Oct 2023 12:57:30 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=44772 Was it just me, or did the Gaylord Opryland somehow seem more tolerable this year? As I am writing this, I am sitting on a plane, having just taken off from Nashville after attending my 11th Clio Cloud Conference. I am, it turns out, a member of small club of fewer than 10 people who […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2023/10/in-addition-to-major-product-announcements-clio-rolls-out-slew-of-product-updates.html Mon, 09 Oct 2023 15:22:58 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=44734 In a separate post today, I wrote about major product announcements made today by the law practice management company Clio during its annual Clio Cloud Conference in Nashville. In addition to those announcements, Clio highlighted a number of updates and enhancements to its existing products, some of which had already been announced over the course […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2023/10/clio-goes-all-out-with-major-product-announcements-including-a-personal-injury-add-on-e-filing-and-of-course-generative-ai.html Mon, 09 Oct 2023 15:14:10 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=44732 At its annual Clio Cloud Conference in Nashville today, the law practice management company Clio introduced an array of major new products and product updates, calling the series of announcements its most expansive product update ever in its 15-year history. (I discuss the product updates and enhancements in a separate post today.) New products include […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2023/10/coming-monday-at-cliocon-there-will-be-maps.html Fri, 06 Oct 2023 12:45:25 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=44718 Starting Monday in Nashville is the 11th annual Clio Cloud Conference, a conference presented by the legal practice management company Clio that focuses on legal tech, legal innovation and the future of legal practice. It will be the largest ClioCon yet, with 2,500 people attending in person and another 1,000 attending virtually, for a total […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2023/10/zuva-and-litera-jointly-develop-classification-taxonomy-for-legal-documents-and-make-it-open-source-through-the-sali-alliance.html Tue, 03 Oct 2023 13:02:04 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=44671 Two legal companies that are leaders in document and contracts technology, Zuva and Litera, revealed today that they have developed a multi-level document classification taxonomy for use by legal professionals and companies, and that they have contributed the taxonomy to the SALI Alliance, a group working to standardize legal data, to make it available on […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2023/09/relativity-announces-air-for-review-its-generative-ai-review-product-plus-other-ai-products-for-e-discovery-and-data-management.html Wed, 27 Sep 2023 15:21:17 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=44624 At its Relativity Fest user conference in Chicago today, the e-discovery company Relativity announced the forthcoming release of Relativity aiR for Review, the first of a planned series of products that will use generative artificial intelligence to help legal professionals in their work. Built on Microsoft Azure OpenAI Services, aiR for Review will enable user […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2023/09/in-a-law-practice-management-deal-mycase-sells-off-accounting-software-soluno-to-actionstep.html Mon, 25 Sep 2023 12:00:58 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=44599 AffiniPay, the parent company of law practice management company MyCase, has sold off the legal accounting software Soluno to another law practice management company, Actionstep, in what the New Zealand-based Actionstep says is an important milestone for its expansion into the U.S. and Canadian markets. MyCase acquired the cloud-based Soluno in 2021, saying at the […]]]> https://www.lawnext.com/2023/09/on-lawnext-podcast-litera-ceo-sheryl-hoskins-on-her-first-17-months-and-whats-ahead-for-her-company.html Tue, 12 Sep 2023 15:59:44 +0000 https://www.lawnext.com/?p=44534 It has been nearly a year and a half since Sheryl Hoskins joined Litera as its new CEO in April 2022. She came into that role following a period in which the company saw significant growth, fueled in part by a series of some 17 acquisitions, through which the company expanded from a primary focus on […]]]>